Tamil Nadu second biggest market for small business credit: study

[ad_1] Representative image | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Tamil Nadu is the second biggest market for small business credit, accounting for 9.3% of the national total, as per a joint report by Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and credit bureau CRIF High Mark. As of June 30, 2025, Tamil Nadu had an outstanding […]

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SC notice to Centre on PIL seeking transgender-inclusive school textbooks

[ad_1] The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from the Centre, NCERT and six states, including Maharashtra, on a PIL seeking the incorporation of transgender-inclusive comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) in school curricula. A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran noted the submissions of senior advocate Gopal Sankaranarayanan, who represented […]

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MHT CET 2025 Final Answer Key Soon: Where and how to check when released

[ad_1] The State Common Entrance Test (CET) Cell of Maharashtra is soon going to release the final answer key for MHT CET answer key for PCM and PCB group exams. When released, thecCandidates who have appeared for this year’s MHT CET for PCM and PCB categories will be able to download final answer key from the […]

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Three students from Maharashtra score 100 percentile in JEE Main exam

[ad_1] Three students from Maharashtra have featured in the list of top 24 candidates who have scored 100 percentile in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) – Main exam, the results of which was declared on Saturday. Vishad Jain, a resident of Mumbai’s Kandivali area, was preparing for the JEE Main exam at Narayana School. As […]

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Exploring the Paithani and the small-town textile template

[ad_1] A pillar here, an elaborately carved door there, trellised balconies and stone carvings offer tantalising glimpses of what it must have been like 2,000 years ago when Paithan, then known as Pratishthana, was the capital of the mighty Satavahana dynasty, and later the Vakatakas, the Yadavas and the Marathas. The town located a little […]

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Data | Retail price of tomatoes more than ₹100 a kilogramme in over 50 cities

[ad_1] Tomato inflation: The wholesale price of the tomatoes for the first-grade variety stood above Rs. 100 per kg in many parts of India by the last week of June The sudden and rapid fall in the quantity of tomatoes brought to various mandis across India in the last week of June created a demand-supply […]

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How did sari revivalist Vinay Narkar recreate the Motichoor sari, once woven in the Deccan?

[ad_1] Vinay Narkar with weaver Ambubai Dhotre. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT For sari revivalist Vinay Narkar, the six-yard and nine-yard unstitched drapes are not merely a piece of cloth but a repository of India’s tradition of native weaves and patterns that showcase the unmatched skills and creativity of the subcontinent’s weaving communities. The threads […]

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Watch thousands of fireflies glowing in the forests of Maharashtra

[ad_1] “Sitting in the forest in the dead of night and watching thousands of fireflies glowing in unison feels like the stars have descended on earth. They seem to light up the forest from one end to the other in a magical pattern,” says Digvijay Rathore, a senior trek leader of Mischief Treks, Mumbai, who […]

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India Grand Prix-3 | Rubina towers with a leap of 1.81m to attain Asian Games qualifying mark

[ad_1] Kerala’s M. Sreeshankar, who won the long jump event at Indian GP-3, at the Sree Kanteerava Stadium in Bengaluru on Monday, 10 April, 2023. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN On a day when quality performances were at a premium, Rubina Yadav (Haryana) towered over the rest by attaining the women’s high jump qualifying mark […]

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Jalyuk Shivar project’s second phase to start soon in Maharashtra: Devendra Fadnavis

[ad_1] File photo of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis. He announced that the water conservation project will begin soon in the State. | Photo Credit: PTI The second phase of the Maharashtra Government’s ambitious water conservation project called ‘ Jalyukt Shivar’ will start soon, Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on March 12. The […]

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