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With better fiscal health, fresh borrowings now used for past interest obligations, not current spending: Eco Survey

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Economic Survey of India tabled in Parliament on Thursday highlighted a steady improvement in the Centre's fiscal position, noting that fresh government borrowings are now in... Read More


'Increase urea price, transfer cash to farmers'

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Economic Survey 2025-26 has called for a "modest increase" in the retail price of urea - unchanged since March 2018 at Rs 242 per 45-kg bag - and transferring an equivalent a... Read More


Agri faces climate & water challenges

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- India's agriculture sector, crucial to achieving the government's vision of a developed nation by 2047, faces significant sustainability and productivity challenges despite recen... Read More


Economic Survey highlights need to retain students beyond Class 8

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- There is a need to retain school students beyond Class 8 as the secondary age-specific net enrolment remains low, the Economic Survey 2025-26 said. According to the survey table... Read More


India-EU trade accord: Three aspects that'll shape its success and four hoops it must jump through

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- India's recently concluded free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU, almost two decades in the making, has injected fresh energy into the country's geo-economics. It offers strateg... Read More


Court allows full screening of banned film 'Mentega Terbang' during director, producer's May trial

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 29 -- The banned film Mentega Terbang will reportedly be screened in full during the upcoming trial of its director and producer, after a magistrates' court ruled that the movie is ... Read More


SC upholds HC order in Punjab Kesari, directs printing press to function, hotel to remain shut pending NGT decision

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to interfere with the Punjab and Haryana High Court's order relegating the Punjab Kesari management to avail of alternative statutory remed... Read More


Kerala Budget increases allocation for tourism sector to Rs 413.52 crore

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan. 29 -- Giving a major fillip to tourism, the Kerala Budget for 2026-27, presented by Finance Minister KN Balagopal in the State Assembly on Thursday, increased the allocation f... Read More


'Don't hope for justice under BJP government'

Varanasi, Jan. 29 -- Shankaracharya Swami Avimukteshwaranand returned to Varanasi from Prayagraj on Thursday and launched a sharp attack on the BJP government in Uttar Pradesh, saying people should no... Read More


2 Delhi-based pilots, security officer: Who were the 4 others killed with Ajit Pawar

New Delhi/Mumbai, Jan. 29 -- The plane crash in Baramati that claimed the life of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar also killed two Delhi-based pilots, a flight attendant and a police head ... Read More