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A hospital in Alluri Sitarama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement With the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us (though the World Health Organization warns that the virus has still not vanished), the Union Budget expectedly shifted focus to levers of economic growth such as infrastructure and employment. It was…
A hospital in Alluri Sitarama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement With the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic behind us (though the World Health Organization warns that the virus has still not vanished), the Union Budget expectedly shifted focus to levers of economic growth such as infrastructure and employment. It was…
Gold jewellery at a shop in Kolkata. | Photo Credit: AFP While providing primacy to growth with inclusion, the Budget attempts to infuse a new momentum to the economy and strengthen India’s resilient ecosystem so that the country emerges as a growth engine of the world. An overarching theme An important focus of the Budget…
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National missions for pulses and oilseeds are to be strengthened | Photo Credit: The Hindu There was a lot of anticipation before this Budget. As the first major public policy announcement of the new government, it was expected that the Budget would lay down a plan of action for the following five years of the…
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‘The fiscal arithmetic and the macro-policy stance in the Budget signal continuity and a carrying on with fiscal consolidation efforts’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images The short Budget speech by the Union Finance Minister is marked by clarity on three aspects. First, the intentions and vision for Vikisit Bharat@2047 are spelt out through the nine…
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Cities are home to about 50 crore people, accounting for about 36% of India’s population. The urban population has been growing at a steady pace of 2% to 2.5% annually. The ever-growing pace of urbanisation in India calls for sustained investments, with a vision and determination. The maiden Budget of the new government has recognised…
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Representational Image.© AFP An assistant coach and an analyst with the Canadian women’s football team were on Wednesday sent home from the Olympics for their part in a spying scandal. Head coach Bev Priestman also announced she will take no part in the opening game of Canada’s gold medal defence, against New Zealand….
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Washington: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appealed for his country and the United States to stand together in a landmark speech Wednesday aimed at rallying support in a US Congress split over his military campaign in Gaza. “For the forces of civilization to triumph, America and Israel must stand together,” Netanyahu said, after arriving to…
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France is preparing to welcome over a hundred heads of state and government, royalty and US First Lady Jill Biden for the Summer Olympics which begin with a dazzling ceremony on the river Seine on Friday. No Russian official representing Vladimir Putin’s government has been invited due to the Kremlin’s war against Ukraine,…
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Washington: U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris called on a rally of more than 6,000 Black women on Wednesday to help her revitalize the Democratic presidential campaign, ahead of her Republican rival Donald Trump’s return to the campaign trail. Harris has emerged as the Democratic presidential candidate in the Nov. 5 election after President Joe Biden,…
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