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June 02, 2025

Coming: A national brain health blueprint

New Delhi: Niti Aayog will soon come up with a blueprint on improving quality of brain health and recognising early signs of cognitive disorders and dementia. The move is aimed at preventing the rising cases of neurological disorders like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, epilepsy and stroke, among others in the country.A senior government official, aware of the deliberations, told ET the work has been going on at the Aayog and concerned ministries for a year and is now in final stages."A meeting will be held on Tuesday to firm up the road map and we hope to submit the report to the government by end of June," the official said.Several rounds of deliberations have been held between the top officials of the Aayog, the Institute of Human Behaviour and Allied Sciences (IBHAS), the National Institute

June 02, 2025

India to get remaining S-400s by 2026

Russia is committed to delivering the remaining units of the S-400 air defence system to India by 2025-2026, the country's Deputy Chief of Mission in India, Roman Babushkin, said on Monday, highlighting that the system performed "very efficiently" during the recent India-Pakistan tensions.Babushkin also hinted at expanding bilateral cooperation with India in air defence and anti-drone systems."We heard that the S-400 performed very efficiently during the recent clashes between India and Pakistan. We have a long history of collaboration. The air defence systems, according to what we are experiencing, the situation in Europe and here, this is one of the promising topics of our partnership in defence preparation in general," Babushkin told PTI Videos.Babushkin confirmed that the contract for

June 02, 2025

Is the BFSI sector set for a major breakout in June?

A look at select stock futures that have seen higher-than average rollovers to June series, and their near-term outlook. Analysts said that the BFSI (banking, financial services, and insurance) sector is on the verge of a fresh breakout and looks firm in the uncertain market.PNB CMP (Rs): 105.8 Change in Open Interest in June Series: +6.1% Change in price in June Series: +3.4% PNB added over 6% open interest in the June series as long positions were built on Friday. Vipin Kumar, assistant vice president, derivatives and technical research, Globe Capital Market, said the stock had witnessed a bullish breakout with a noticeable rise in volumes on daily charts. “Considering the current chart patterns and strong long buildup, we expect it to move northward till it is trading above Rs 100 lev

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