Finance department sanctions ₹1,396.05 crore as first instalment of maintenance fund to local bodies

The Finance department has decided to release ₹1,396.05 crore as first instalment of maintenance fund (road and non-road) to local bodies for the 2025-26 fiscal. This includes ₹536.94 crore in the non-road component and ₹859.10 crore for roads. As the first instalment, grama panchayats will get ₹878.49 crore in all, including ₹640 crore for maintenance…

Here are the big stories from Karnataka today

A view of the waste to energy plant at Bidadi near Bengaluru. | Photo Credit: RAVICHANDRAN N 1. Failure of waste-to-energy plant exposes lack of segregation in Bengaluru  On the one hand, where the civic administration is finding it difficult to manage the waste in Bengaluru, the waste-to-energy (WtE) plant at Bidadi, is unable to…

IIT-M incubated Cygni Energy opens 4.8 GWh BESS Gigafactory near Hyderabad

Cygni Energy’s 4.8 GWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Gigafactory has been set up on a five-acre campus at E-Mobility Valley in the Electronics Manufacturing Cluster in Maheshwaram, near Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: Arrangement Hyderabad-headquartered Cygni Energy opened a 4.8 GWh Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Gigafactory at E-Mobility Valley in the Electronics Manufacturing Cluster,…

Exclusive: “Our responsibility is to maintain investors’ trust,” says SEBI Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey in interaction with Anil Singhvi

In an exclusive conversation with Zee Business Managing Editor Anil Singhvi, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey laid out his vision for the markets, regulatory reforms, and investor protection. Pandey emphasised that safeguarding investors’ trust remains SEBI’s top priority. “Our responsibility is to maintain the trust of investors while ensuring…