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Last rites of ajit Pawar, 4 others performed in hometowns

Pune/New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Thousands of people gathered in Baramati to bid farewell to Ajit Pawar whose mortal remains, wrapped in the national flag, were consigned to flames in his ancestral village ... Read More


Court draws the redline for UGC

India, Jan. 30 -- Caste is among India's oldest faultlines, one that has resisted multiple attempts to eradicate discrimination and instead mutated into newer forms over time. Caste bias in campuses i... Read More


India's external sector and its growth goals

India, Jan. 30 -- In a global economy marked by heightened volatility and fragmentation, it is tempting to judge a country's external strength through the narrow lens of daily currency movements or fl... Read More


Tighten oversight in the aviation sector

India, Jan. 30 -- Maharashtra deputy CM Ajit Pawar died on Wednesday when his Learjet aircraft crashed near Baramati. Within hours, aviation minister Ram Mohan Naidu offered a preliminary assessment t... Read More


Budget 2026: It is time for fiscal discipline again

India, Jan. 30 -- The Union Budget for the coming fiscal year is being presented at a moment of unprecedented global turbulence. The global economy is being shaped by tariffs, trade wars, and politica... Read More


Institution that is both a monument and a mirror

India, Jan. 30 -- India's history is littered with bold experiments that fizzled and grand pursuits that stumbled under the kaleidoscope of its complex society. But some institutions became glorious s... Read More


School students turn poets, storytellers for social change

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Picture this: a mother hurriedly whispers advice to her nervous 9-year-old daughter as they walk past a boy memorising words from a piece of paper clutched in his hands. Nearby, ... Read More


Class 9 student gang raped, dies by suicide in Raj

BIKANER, Jan. 30 -- A Class 9 girl, who consumed a pesticide after she was abducted and gang-raped by two men in Rajasthan's Bikaner on January 22, died at the Prince Bijay Singh Memorial (PBM) Hospit... Read More


Redevelopment policy gets nod, aims to transform urban landscape

Lucknow, Jan. 30 -- The state cabinet on Thursday approved the Uttar Pradesh Urban Redevelopment Policy 2026 to give a fresh momentum to urban development. The cabinet also approved an amendment to ru... Read More


tHAROOR MEETS KHARGE, RAHUL, SAYS 'all is good'

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor, who was at odds with the party's official line on a number of issues in the recent past, met party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and leader of the Op... Read More