Finance ministry urges spending discipline, resilience amid global uncertainties; banks post record Rs 1.98 lakh crore profit

The finance ministry on Friday asked public sector banks (PSBs) to adopt prudent expenditure and austerity measures at all levels while maintaining resilience amid evolving global uncertainties, even as it reviewed their record financial performance in FY26, PTI reported.Financial Services Secretary M Nagaraju, while chairing a meeting to review the financial performance of PSBs, advised…

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Rahul Gandhi escalates CBSE OSM row, questions tender changes and asks: “Who wanted COEMPT to win?”

CBSE OSM Row Deepens as Rahul Gandhi Seeks Probe Into COEMPT Contract NEW DELHI: The controversy surrounding the Central Board of Secondary Education’s (CBSE’s) On-Screen Marking (OSM) system has now entered an even more politically explosive phase, with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi directly questioning how the digital evaluation contract was awarded and whether tender conditions…

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Nursing shortage in India raises serious concern | Mumbai News

Mumbai: Concerns over India’s nursing shortage and the need to strengthen the workforce dominated discussions at ANEICON 2026, the annual two-day conference of the Association of Nurse Executives India (ANEI), that began in Mumbai on Friday.Speakers highlighted that India has only 1.9 to 2.2 nurses per 1,000 population–lower than the World Health Organisation-recommended ratio of…

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Rajbhar slams SP: Protecting criminals, caste politics is their old culture | Varanasi News

Varanasi: UP minister Omprakash Rajbhar on Friday attacked the Samajwadi Party, alleging it has a long-standing culture of protecting criminals and pursuing caste-based politics.Speaking to reporters after a public hearing in Azamgarh, Rajbhar responded to SP chief Akhilesh Yadav’s allegations against the govt over the Jaunpur encounter.Rajbhar said the accused Ravi Yadav, whom the opposition…

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