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India needs 8% growth for two decades: Survey

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- India needs to grow at 8 per cent for up to two decades to become a developed nation by 2047, the Economic Survey said on Friday, pitching for a slew of reforms, including land a... Read More


India needs to guard against excessive financialisation: Survey

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- India needs to guard against the dominance of financial markets in shaping policy and macroeconomic outcomes, a phenomenon known as financialisation, to achieve the goal of Viksi... Read More


An Uncharted Frontier

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- The rise of DeepSeek, China's ambitious AI research lab and large-scale language model developer, has injected fresh dynamism-and anxiety-into the global AI landscape. As Beijing... Read More


Push for Business Reforms

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- India's Economic Survey, a long-standing prelude to the Union Budget, has evolved from a 1950-51 white paper into a crucial economic analysis tool. Though not constitutionally ma... Read More


The AI Disruption

New Delhi, Jan. 31 -- China has upped the ante again, and this time against the world's biggest tech giants. Accompanied by global drama and thrill, Chinese Artificial Intelligence (AI) DeepSeek has l... Read More


Stampede at Maha Kumbh: 2 from Bengal dead, 2 missing

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- Two women from south Bengal-Basanti Poddar of Kolkata and Urmila Bhuniya from West Midnapore-are among those who died at Maha Kumbh. A woman from north Bengal's Siliguri and anoth... Read More


Bengal poised to unveil new Defence manufacturing policy during BGBS

Kolkata, Jan. 30 -- As Bengal gears up for the Bengal Global Business Summit (BGBS), set to be held on February 5 and 6, the state is poised to unveil a new Defence manufacturing policy spearheaded by... Read More


UP govt tightens security, scraps VIP movement

Mahakumbh Nagar, Jan. 30 -- The Maha Kumbh festival in Uttar Pradesh saw more than 2.06 crore devotees taking a holy dip at Triveni Sangam and other ghats on Thursday, as authorities heightened safety... Read More


Kejriwal accuses EC of favouring BJP

New Delhi, Jan. 30 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal launched a scathing attack on Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Thursday, alleging that the Election Commis... Read More


Centre braces for Oppn heat over Kumbh tragedy, economic concerns

NEW DELHI, Jan. 30 -- The crucial Budget Session of Parliament will begin on Friday with President Droupadi Murmu addressing both Houses assembled together in the Lok Sabha chamber. After the Presiden... Read More