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'30% rise in number of patients between 2024 and 2025'

VARANASI, Feb. 4 -- Experts have once again reiterated the importance of awareness and timely treatment, while tackling cancer. On the eve of World Cancer Day, observed on February 4, Dr Ashutosh Mukh... Read More


Union Budget to push devworks in UP: Chaudhary

LUCKNOW, Feb. 4 -- Calling the Union Budget a "visionary document" aligned with the goal of a developed India by 2047, BJP state president and Union minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary on T... Read More


Javed Akhtar credits Lucknow for his foundation, critiques expensive film ticket culture

India, Feb. 4 -- Film writer, poet and lyricist Javed Akhtar shared slices from his life during a session in Lucknow commemorating the birth anniversary of Shankar Dayal Tewari at the UP Urdu Academy.... Read More


Balancing for fiscal federalism

India, Feb. 3 -- Federalism is one of the key tenets of our constitutional framework and national unity. Its fiscal component, which determines how resources and responsibilities are shared among the ... Read More


Budget sets the course formaking India competitive

India, Feb. 3 -- Budget 2026-27 elevates competitiveness, rather than welfare, stimulus, or even growth, to a kartavya (duty). In doing so, it signals a quiet but consequential shift in how India unde... Read More


Pakistan's theatre of the absurd

India, Feb. 3 -- Stepping into the world of cricket increasingly feels like stepping into the theatre of the absurd: Some characters are often spouting gibberish, situations are downright bizarre, and... Read More


The age of militarised middle powers is here

India, Feb. 3 -- In Davos last week, a justifiably unhappy Canadian Prime Minister, Mark Carney, delivered what can be read as the funeral speech for the post-Cold War (America-led) world order. Empha... Read More


Budget implications for the agriculture sector

India, Feb. 3 -- Budget 2026-27, presented on Sunday, and Economic Survey 2025-26, presented on Friday, both referenced the "reform express" that Prime Minister Narendra Modi had spoken about earlier,... Read More


Cane-based intercropping should become new agri model for UP: Yogi

Lucknow, Feb. 3 -- Chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday directed the state agriculture department to implement oilseed and pulse-based intercropping with sugarcane in mission mode, saying the mode... Read More


Rs 364 crore approved for minority dev projects

Lucknow, Feb. 3 -- Under the Pradhanmantri Jan Vikas Karyakram (PMJVK) program, projects worth approximately Rs 364 crore have been approved for the development of minority communities in the state, i... Read More