New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday announced that the Self-Reliant India Fund will be topped up by Rs 4,000 crore in 2026-27 to support micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs). The fund was announced in 2023 to infuse Rs 50,000 crore in equity funding...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday proposed to increase the outlay on electronics manufacturing to Rs 40,000 crore in the 2026-27 fiscal year. Presenting the Union Budget for 2026-27, she said high-tech tool rooms will be established at two locations to give push to...
New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday proposed Rs 10,000 crore investment over the next five years to develop India as a biopharma manufacturing hub, set up 1,000 clinical trial sites and strengthen the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation. Biopharmaceuticals, or biologics, are complex medicines...
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi Sunday approved the Union Budget 2026-27. Following the approval, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present her ninth record Budget in the Lok Sabha that comes in the backdrop of global uncertainties and slowdown in...
New Delhi: Ahead of presenting her ninth consecutive Budget, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Sunday called on President Droupadi Murmu. As per established tradition, the finance minister met the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan before heading to Parliament. Sitharaman posed with her Budget team in front...
New Delhi: Commercial LPG cylinder prices have been increased by Rs 49 from February 1, bringing higher costs for businesses that rely on these cylinders for daily operations. Oil marketing companies announced the hike as part of their regular monthly price revision. The increase applies...
New Delhi: Congress Sunday took a swipe at the Modi government over US President Donald Trump's remarks that India is going to buy oil from Venezuela instead of Iran, saying the American leader continues to give "information on what our own government has done or...
New York: Newly disclosed US government files on Jeffrey Epstein have prompted the resignation of a top official in Slovakia and revived calls in Britain for a former prince to share what he knows with authorities about Epstein's links to powerful individuals around the world....
New Delhi: India Saturday conveyed to Arab League member nations that "zero-tolerance" for terrorism must be an "uncompromising universal norm" as the two sides deliberated on the shared priority of advancing the Gaza peace plan and ways to navigate the current geopolitical environment. The issues...
Mumbai: Newly-appointed Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Pawar on Saturday said she would carry forward the legacy and ideals of her late husband Ajit Pawar, describing his teachings on duty, struggle and commitment to the people as her guiding force. In a post on X,...
India’s recent trade agreement with the United States is being celebrated by the government at the Centre as a significant...
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The people of Bangladesh have spoken decisively that they still believe in democracy and would not be swayed by polarising...
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By Aakar Patel There is always a shortage of nationalism in our country, because there seems to be so much...
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By Dilip Cherian For years, the civil services examination had a convenient loophole. Crack the exam, get into the IAS...
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