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Sonia seeks doubling of Centre's contribution to pay

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- Senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday raised the issue of distress faced by women frontline workers in the Rajya Sabha, seeking doubling of the Centre's contribution to ... Read More


Akhanda 2 box office collection day 2: Balakrishna Nandamuri's film inches towards Rs.70 crore mark

Akhanda 2, Dec. 16 -- Thaandavam continued its theatrical run with a steady performance on Day 5, earning around Rs.2.22 crore (India net) across all languages. Starring Nandamuri Balakrishna, the fil... Read More


Structural Overhaul

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- The introduction of the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill in the Lok Sabha is a significant restructuring of India's higher-education governance in decades. By proposing a si... Read More


Towards Balanced Cigarette Taxation

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- The 56th GST Council meeting marked a significant moment in India's indirect tax administration, bringing, inter alia, the structure of cigarette taxation back into the policy fo... Read More


Mumbai to get 'biggest central park in India's history'

India, Dec. 16 -- Mumbai's Mahalaxmi Racecourse will be rebranded as "Central Park" as part of a mega-makeover that will transform this colonial-era institution into a 295-acre open space that will al... Read More


Conflict's Dangerous Spillover

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- Thomas Friedman in his The New York Times column "This Israeli Government Is a Danger to Jews Everywhere," had warned that the way Israel is fighting the war in Gaza under Prime ... Read More


PMC polls after 9 years to decide control of rRs.r12,618-crore budget

India, Dec. 16 -- After nearly nine years - almost four of them without elected representatives - all major political parties are set to contest the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) elections, turning... Read More


VB-G RAM G bill to replace MGNREGA; sparks row in Parliament

New Delhi, Dec. 16 -- The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) or VB-G RAM G, which seeks to replace the two-decade-old Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee S... Read More


Dhaka University students burn effigy of Indian PM Narendra Modi

Dhaka, Dec. 16 -- A group of students at Dhaka University has burnt the effigy of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The students said they are against "aggression" and oppose India's "intervention... Read More


From connectivity to competitiveness

Dhaka, Dec. 16 -- The "Digital Bangladesh" slogan, which emerged in 2009, echoed a collective dream of embracing technology across all aspects of life. The dream had a modest yet revolutionary vision:... Read More