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Sitharaman proposes committee to assess impact of AI, optimise employment potential

India, Feb. 1 -- The government will set up a committee to optimise potential for employment, growth and exports and will assess the impact of emerging technologies, including Artificial Intelligence ... Read More


Budget 2026-27: Key announcements for education, youth

Hyderabad, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, said the Union Budget 2026-27 is a "yuva shakti-driven budget", placing renewed emphasis on education, skills and the se... Read More


Mental health gets prime slot in Budget 2026 speech, Sitharaman announces NIMHANS 2.0

India, Feb. 1 -- Among the key reforms introduced in Budget 2026, union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman has stated the government will be working to launch another site for the National Institute ... Read More


Union Budget 2026: FM pushes AYUSH, Ayurveda; Jamnagar's WHO Global Centre for Traditional Medicine to get a boost

Union Budget 2026, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her ninth Budget speech on Sunday, announced multiple proposals for reforms in the health sector. She said the government plans to ... Read More


15,000 content creator labs across India as animation-comics sector growing fast, says Sitharaman in Budget 2026

India, Feb. 1 -- Content creators and even comic books found a mention as focus areas for the economy in Nirmala Sitharaman's Union Budget 2026 speech on Sunday. She said content creator labs will be... Read More


Budget 2026: Content Creator Labs To Be Set Up Across Educational Institutes

India, Feb. 1 -- In a bid to bolster the Indian orange economy, FM Nirmala Sitharaman announced support for Indian Institute of Creative Technologies in Mumbai to set up AVGC (animation, visual effect... Read More


Union Budget 2026 live: Income Tax Act 2025 to be implemented from April 1

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday, February 1, said that Income Tax Act, 2025, to be implemented from April 1. The minister said that the target for capex will be rai... Read More


Just Like That: Beating Retreat and India's long unfinished de-colonisation

India, Feb. 1 -- Like many Indians, I too was upset when the Beating Retreat at Vijay Chowk in New Delhi, which marks the culmination of the Republic Day celebrations, stopped the tradition of ending ... Read More


Want to be a YouTuber? Budget 2026 announces 15,000 new labs for creators

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has promoposed setting up content labs in 15,000 secondary schools to support Indian Institute of Creative Technologies durin here Budget 2026 ... Read More


Indices trade higher; metal shares decline for 2-day

Mumbai, Feb. 1 -- The key equity indices traded with modest gains amid the ongoing Budget 2026 proceedings. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented her ninth consecutive Union Budget in th... Read More