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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


Five held for running illegal arms unit

Agra, Feb. 3 -- Five persons were arrested on Monday for running an illegal arms manufacturing unit at a closed brick kiln on Beswan Road under the Gorai police station area of Aligarh district, polic... Read More


Principal suspended for 'bid' to convert students to Islam

AGRA, Feb. 3 -- A government primary school principal in Mathura has been suspended after a BJP leader accused him of attempting to convert students to Islam and preventing the recitation of the natio... Read More


UP govt sanctions Rs.104 crore to complete Mudha bridge in Budaun

Meerut, Feb. 3 -- The Uttar Pradesh government has sanctioned Rs.104 crore to complete the long-pending Mudha bridge over the Ramganga river in Dataganj area of Budaun district, a project that had rem... Read More


Adjustment of primary teachers: HC stays case till Feb 17

LUCKNOW, Feb. 3 -- Extending its interim order passed earlier, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Monday directed the state basic education department authorities that no further proceed... Read More