Month: February 2025

Vice President Takes Dip In Sangam, Praises Yogi Adityanath For “Excellent” Set-Up

February 1, 2025 admin

Mahakumbh: Vice President Jagdeep Dhankar on Saturday took a dip in the Sangam and showered praises on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath for the “excellent” arrangements at the Maha Kumbh. Speaking to reporters, he said the world would be astonished to know that the number of people who have arrived at the Maha Kumbh…

Nation

FM trudging on ‘worn-out’ path; tax cuts after decade of high rates: Congress

February 1, 2025 admin

Congress leader P. Chidambaram and Gaurav Gogoi addressing the media on Budget at AICC, in New Delhi on Saturday. | Photo Credit: Sushil Kumar Verma The key takeaway of the Union Budget 2025-26 is that the BJP is wooing the tax-paying middle class and the electorate of Bihar, former Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on…

Business

Gunmen kill 10 members hailing from Assad’s community in Syria

February 1, 2025 admin

Gunmen in Syria have shot dead 10 people in a “massacre” in a village home to members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority. FIle | Photo Credit: AP Gunmen in Syria have shot dead 10 people in a “massacre” in a village home to members of ousted President Bashar al-Assad’s Alawite minority, a war…

World

Obesity rare in rural children despite genetic susceptibility: study

February 1, 2025 admin

Prevalence of underweight children was more rural schools, while obese children were from urban schools A genetic study of childhood obesity in about 6,400 school-going children aged 9-18 years has found that socioeconomic status significantly modulates the inherent genetic susceptibility to obesity. Unlike in the case of adult obesity, genetic studies to understand obesity in…

Science

Union Budget 2025: Education gets better Budget allocation, more money for IITs, central universities

February 1, 2025 admin

The Finance Minister said the total number of students in 23 IITs has increased 100% from 65,000 to 1.35 lakh in the past 10 years. A view of IIT Madras. File The Union Budget 2025-26 has increased the allocation for school and higher education and has announced Bharatiya Bhasha Pustak Scheme to provide digital-form Indian language…

Business

Ashwini Vaishnaw After Budget Allocation

February 1, 2025 admin

New Delhi: Calling the Union Budget 2025-26 “amazing”, Union Railways and Electronics and IT Minister, Ashwini Vaishnaw on Saturday said that with the big allocation to it, Indian Railways is all set to expand faster, safer and comfortable rail travel across the country. The country can expect “200 new Vande Bharat trains, 100 Amrit Bharat…

Nation

BCCI Awards: Jasprit Bumrah Is Best Men’s Cricketer, Smriti Mandhana Bags Women’s Honour, Lifetime Award for Sachin Tendulkar

February 1, 2025 admin

The legendary Sachin Tendulkar, whose batting records and impact on international cricket have stood the test of time, was on Saturday conferred with the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, while current India pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah was honoured with the Polly Umrigar Award for Best Men’s International Cricketer of 2023-24. The 51-year-old…

Sports

Urine-based test detects aggressive prostate cancer

February 1, 2025 admin

Traditional approaches to prostate cancer screening involve blood tests, MRI, and biopsies. However, in addition to being uncomfortable, some of these procedures result in overdiagnosis of low-grade cancers. In a new study, researchers at the University of Michigan Health Rogel Cancer Center have clinically validated a previously developed urine test, which can potentially bypass these invasive procedures among…

Science

Union Budget 2025: This is a Budget for poll-bound Bihar, other States ignored: CPI(M)

February 1, 2025 admin

CPI(M) West Bengal State Secretary Mohammad Salim. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Communist Party of India (Marxist) West Bengal State Secretary Md. Salim said on Saturday (February 1, 2025) that the Budget presented by the Union government was for Bihar. The veteran leader criticised the lack of allocations for women, farmers, the poor,…

Business

Union Budget 2025: Budgetary allocation for MEA hiked by 15.45%

February 1, 2025 admin

The Union Budget has increased the allocation for the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) by 15.45%. The total allocation of ₹20,516.61 crore made for the annual requirements of the MEA is, however, without the EXIM bank provisioning that is also part of the MEA’s annual budget plans. The Ministry has received ₹6,750 crore comprising 33%…

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