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New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the eighth pre-budget consultation in New Delhi, on Jan. 6, 2025. With Budget FY2025-26 scheduled to be presented on February 1, here is a look at some of the recently launched schemes, older schemes with significantly reduced funding, schemes under the Production Linked…
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The township will connect with major transportation routes, including the Bengaluru-Mysuru national highway (NH-275), Bengaluru-Dindigul highway (NH-209), and NICE Road. | Photo Credit: file photo The State Cabinet approved a Bengaluru Metropolitan Region Development Authority (BMRDA) proposal to establish the Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township in Ramanagara district, on Thursday. The integrated township in Ramanagara and Harohalli taluks…
New Delhi: Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the eighth pre-budget consultation in New Delhi, on Jan. 6, 2025. With Budget FY2025-26 scheduled to be presented on February 1, here is a look at some of the recently launched schemes, older schemes with significantly reduced funding, schemes under the Production Linked…
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Opposition parties, criticising the government for withholding information on the stampede at the Maha Kumbh, and the U.P. government’s alleged focus on VIP visits to Prayagraj rather than crowd control, called for a discussion on the tragedy during the upcoming Budget session of Parliament, at the all-party meeting on Thursday (January 30, 2025). The meeting…
The victims of a crash between an American Airlines jet and an Army helicopter included teen figure skaters returning from a national meet with their mothers and coaches, an Ohio college student coming from her grandfather’s funeral and a group of hunters headed back from a guided trip in Kansas. They were among 60 travelers…
New Delhi: The Economic Survey, a pre-budget document detailing the state of the economy over the last fiscal year, will be presented in Parliament at 12 p.m. on Friday by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. The presentation comes a day before the much-anticipated arrival of the Union Budget 2025-26. The survey will be tabled in Lok…
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Stockholm, Sweden: Iraqi refugee Salwan Momika, who was shot dead late Wednesday in Sweden, stoked international controversy with his Koran burnings. In June 2023, the 38-year-old with a chequered past sparked outrage when he stomped on the Islamic holy book and wrapped it in bacon before lighting a few pages on fire, slamming it shut…
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Members of a rapid response team collecting ducks from a farm in Alappuzha for culling following a bird flu outbreak. An awareness programme on menstruation in Bengaluru. Under a very high magnification of 12000X, this scanning electron micrograph shows a large grouping of Salmonella bacteria. Two European regulators said they were tracking variants of the…
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“I had gone for a field visit to a village in Bagalkot district last year when I came across a girl who had a bump that clearly indicated that she was pregnant. Upon enquiry, I found out that this 15-year-old girl was engaged to a boy and was not married. When I said that she…
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A recent study conducted by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay analyzed the financial impact of floods and cyclones across 25 states in India. The study, which covers a span of 23 years (1995–2018), highlights how the damage caused by these natural disasters severely affects the states’ budgets on an annual…