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Budget: Big boost to sports goods industry, NADA funding cut

India, Feb. 1 -- India's sports goods manufacturing sector received a boost in the allocation for the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs in the union budget presented on Sunday with Rs.500 crore set... Read More


Union Budget 2026-27 proposes duty waiver on cancer, rare disease drugs, NIMHANS 2

India, Feb. 1 -- The Union Budget 2026?27 on Sunday proposed major healthcare and welfare initiatives, including customs duty waivers on key drugs for cancer and rare diseases, the establishment of a ... Read More


Manipur: Malem Thongam launches signature campaign for free movement on highways

India, Feb. 1 -- Transgender activist and social worker Malem Thongam on Sunday launched a mass signature campaign to gather public support for a Supreme Court petition seeking unrestricted movement o... Read More


Union Budget 2026-27: Northeast sees incremental gains, share remains marginal

India, Feb. 1 -- The Union Budget 2026-27 once again speaks to the Northeast in the familiar vocabulary of promise-connectivity, culture, agriculture and strategic integration, even as allocations for... Read More


Budget 2026-27: Rs 10,000 crore Biopharma Shakti push to boost public health

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament on Sunday, announced the 'Biopharma SHAKTI (Strategy for Healthcare Advancement throug... Read More


Union Budget: No big bang proposal for poll-bound states

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday unveiled a bunch of projects that are expected to give a fillip to infrastructure and connectivity in the poll-bound states of ... Read More


Nirmala Sitharaman to present record ninth union Budget today

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- : union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrived at Kartavya Bhawan on Sunday ahead of the presentation of the union Budget for the financial year 2026-27 in the Lok Sabha duri... Read More


"Effort to continuously strengthen skill, scale, sustainability": PM Modi calls Union Budget strong foundation for Viksit Bharat 2047

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday hailed the Union Budget 2026-27 as a "strong foundation" for India's journey towards Viksit Bharat 2047, saying it would provide fresh energ... Read More


"Not aware of context, can't comment": Chidambaram on Rahul Gandhi's 'dead economy' jibes at government

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Former Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Sunday declined to comment on party leader Rahul Gandhi's "dead economy" jibes at the government over its handling of Indian economy and s... Read More


Budget for common people, Opposition is blind: BJP

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The BJP on Sunday hailed the Union Budget as a "step forward" towards making India developed as it slammed the opposition parties for calling it "lacklustre" and "hollow", saying ... Read More