The IIT Kharagpur has signed an MoU with the Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre (VECC) and the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute (CNCI) to launch MSc programmes in nuclear medicine and medical physics.

This collaboration aims to strengthen national capacity for skilled human resources in nuclear medicine and medical physics, which are critical to cancer diagnosis, treatment, and advanced clinical research, an IIT KGP spokesperson said Saturday.

All construction work related to the Ram temple in Ayodhya is expected to be completed by April 30, with the overall cost of the project estimated at around Rs 1,900 crore, Ram Temple Construction Committee chairman Nripendra Mishra said on Saturday.

Addressing reporters after the conclusion of a two-day meeting of the Ram Temple Construction Committee here, Mishra said that Larsen & Toubro (L&T) and Tata Consultancy.

State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, on Saturday launched CHAKRA — a Centre of Excellence for financing sunrise sectors including renewable energy, advanced cell chemistry and battery storage, electric mobility, green hydrogen, semiconductors, decarbonisation, smart infrastructure, and data centre infrastructure. These sectors are critical to India’s economic transformation, with their combined potential estimated at around ₹100 trillion over the next five years.

Rajya Sabha member Sunetra Pawar was unanimously elected as the leader of the NCP legislature party in Maharashtra on Saturday, three days after the death of her husband and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar.

She is set to take oath as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of the state later in the day.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission has arranged to serve Gautam Adani ‍with a civil fraud ​lawsuit, allowing the regulator's case against India's second-richest person to proceed.

In a Friday filing in the Brooklyn, New York federal court, the SEC and US-based lawyers for Adani and his nephew Sagar Adani said the lawyers agreed to accept the SEC's legal ​papers, eliminating the need for US District Judge Nicholas Garaufis to rule on how the defendants should be served.

The India–European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is expected to bring incremental gains for Indian automobile players, analysts said on Wednesday, as they saw fears of a surge in European imports "overblown".

Analysts tracking the sector believe the agreement could gradually improve export prospects for select Indian manufacturers, particularly in premium motorcycles and electric vehicles (EVs), with limited threat from the expansion of European auto players in the domestic market.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday demanded a Supreme Court-monitored probe into the death of Ajit Pawar in a place crash, alleging that "all other agencies" have been "completely compromised"

Stressing that the truth would not emerge through existing mechanisms, Banerjee said only a probe under the supervision of the Supreme Court would be credible.

India came out on "top" in the trade deal with the European Union and is going to have a heyday with this, US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in the first reaction from the Trump administration on the free trade agreement.

Greer was responding to a question on the trade agreement, billed as the "mother of all deals", sealed between India and the EU on Tuesday.

Nearly 100 stray dogs were allegedly killed in Nagarkurnool district of Telangana, taking the toll to 1,200 in the state since December 2025, animal rights activists claimed.

A FIR was registered in connection with the latest incident of alleged culling of canines, against three persons including the son of a village panchayat president (sarpanch), police said on Wednesday.

Vedanta shares gained 3.8 per cent in trade, logging an all-time high at ₹732.65 per share on BSE. The buying on the counter came after the committee of directors of the company approved the offer for sale (OFS) for Hindustan Zinc.

At 9:35 AM, Vedanta's share price was trading 3.7 per cent higher at ₹731.75 per share on BSE. Around the same time, Hindustan Zinc shares were trading 0.65 per cent lower at ₹721.85 per share. In comparison, the BSE Sensex was up 0.46 per cent at 82,230.74.

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