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👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website Niti Aayog member and former DRDO director general VK Saraswat on Sunday said venture capitalists must increase financial support for Indian defence startups, asserting that these firms have come a long way but require stronger funding backing for sustained growth.Speaking with PTI Videos on the sidelines of the Advantage…

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan at an event in Kochi on February 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat With Kerala getting barely a mention in the Union Budget 2026-27, political leaders from across the spectrum lashed out at the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government for ignoring almost all the long-standing demands of the State. While…

Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal questioned UPA-era deals and policy decisions such as the import of palm oil. | Photo Credit: ANI Congress leader Anand Sharma on Sunday (February 8, 2026) dared Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal to cancel trade pacts with ASEAN, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, and Singapore if they were against national interest. Mr….

“This breakthrough placed India firmly in the league of countries working on cutting-edge chip design, alongside companies such as AMD that have already showcased such capabilities,” Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said during the Texas Instruments new product research and development inaugural event, in Bengaluru on February 7, 2026. Photo: Special Arrangement India is making significant…

As the general elections draw closer, agrarian concerns have once again taken centre stage. Farmers from the heartland of the Green Revolution have travelled to the border of the capital to not only voice their distress, but also to shape the electoral discourse. The ruling dispensation, sensing adverse electoral implications, attempted to reach out to…

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Wednesday’s key moments. 1. Stocks were attempting to shake off continued fears that AI disruption could undermine traditional enterprise software companies. Some of the high-multiple names hit hardest in recent sessions, including Club…

Peloton posted a worse-than-expected holiday quarter on Thursday after shoppers failed to shell out for its new AI-driven product line and turned away from higher subscription prices, sending shares down 26%. The connected fitness company missed Wall Street’s estimates on the top and bottom lines and fell short of its own internal sales targets in…

Piyush Goyal (File photo) Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Sunday gave insights into the behind-the-scenes negotiations that shape India’s free trade agreements (FTAs).In an interview with PTI, Goyal revealed that had personally met every negotiator involved in India’s trade agreements, emphasising that negotiators are tasked with protecting their own country’s interests and…

The budget for rural employment schemes saw a 43% hike, with allocation of ₹95,692.31 crore to the new rural employment scheme under the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB–G RAM G) Act, 2025 and ₹30,000 crore for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS). Together, the allocation for both rural…

As in the case of other non-north-eastern and hilly States, a substantial portion of the losses for Tamil Nadu were concentrated in the power sector. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Tamil Nadu has been identified as one of the top three States in the country, which suffer from heavy losses incurred by State Public…