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Budget 2026: Panel proposed to strengthen link between edu, jobs, enterprise

India, Feb. 2 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday proposed the creation of a high-powered "Education to Employment and Enterprise" Standing Committee to strengthen the link between educat... Read More


COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE UNDER JSA AND JJM

Bhubaneswar, Feb. 2 -- The Ministry of Jal Shakti launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) in 2019 as a time-bound, mission-mode water conservation campaign in 256 water- stressed districts of the countr... Read More


Budget ignores private sector's lack of confidence in economy and the need to expand the welfare net

India, Feb. 2 -- Recently, the Union government asserted that the Indian economy is experiencing a "Goldilocks moment" (a coinage borrowed from the popular children's tale to denote when everything is... Read More


Message from government: Growth leads consumption

India, Feb. 2 -- This was a budget of a mature economy, for an economically stable country, and by a government that is confidently looking beyond today. Union Budget 2026-27 signals a shift from cris... Read More


J&K Needs Comprehensive Industrial Package

Srinagar, Feb. 2 -- Jammu and Kashmir's economy has long been caught between promise and paralysis. For more than three decades, the region has awaited a comprehensive industrial incentives package fr... Read More


13 Ways the J&K Government Pushes Kashmiri Shawlwallas to the Doorsteps

Srinagar, Feb. 2 -- Every winter, India's cities witness a quiet, unsettling ritual. A Kashmiri shawlwalla rings a doorbell, opens his bag on a stranger's sofa or compound, recites the language of her... Read More


FM talks AI, tech without hype

India, Feb. 2 -- The story about technology and AI in Union Budget 2026 begins not with start-ups, digital platforms, or digital India, but with a tax proposal aimed at global cloud companies. The Bud... Read More


#BizTrends2026 | UCT Online High School's Tessa Venter: Engagement, agency, and AI - the academic benchmarks of 2026

South Africa, Feb. 2 -- A series of negotiations ensue with a variety of stuffed animals and strange shaped crafts offered up for possible consideration. The teacher in me is adamant that show-and-tel... Read More


Neighbourhood focus in foreign aid

India, Feb. 2 -- The Union Budget 2026-27 underscores India's twin priorities of reinforcing regional partnerships and accelerating long-term domestic growth, with a strong emphasis on tourism, mobili... Read More


Townships, hostels for girls in all districts

India, Feb. 2 -- Five university townships in the vicinity of major industrial and logistic corridors, girls' hostel in every district, setting up of content creator labs in 15,000 schools and 500 col... Read More