Budget 2025: Defence Must Be The Priority

'The first and most basic responsibility of any government is to protect its people from external threats and internal harm.''Budget 2025-2026 has to focus on meeting this responsibility,' asserts......

Budget Prepares For Rise In Cancer Cases

Do we have enough trained oncologists and medical professionals in India to man these over 4,500 beds in the public sector? IMAGE: Union Home Minister Amit A Shah at the Shri Mahavir Health and......

Full text: President Murmu's R-Day eve address to the nation

'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji’s dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us......

First issue in engaging with Pak is...: India's UN envoy

The first issue in engaging with Pakistan is the cessation of terrorism, India's envoy at the United Nations said, underlining that India has been a long-standing victim of cross-border and global......

'Investments Of Over Rs 4 Trillion To Create 100,000 Jobs'

'The size of the investments is important, but equally crucial is the number of jobs that these proposals create.' IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurates the Global Investors Summit 2025......

Budget plans to complete 1 lakh homes in stalled projects

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a fresh Rs 15,000 crore 'SWAMIH Fund' for completion of 1 lakh units in stalled housing projects across various cities, a move aimed......

Focus On 26 EV Launches, Charging Infra At Auto Expo

With nearly 100 launches and unveils, the Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025, held in Delhi from January 17 to 22, made one thing clear to automobile enthusiasts: Electric vehicles (EVs) are the way......

India's gig economy may add 90 mn jobs, contribute 1.25% to GDP

The gig economy market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 17 per cent to reach a gross volume of $455 billion by the end of 2024, according to a white paper by The Forum......

Delhiwaale ho, dum dikhao: Kohli's advice to youngsters

IMAGE: Virat Kohli arrived at Arun Jaitley Stadium at 9 am, joined the team huddle, warmed up, and played football for 15 minutes. Photograph: Kind Courtesy Virat Kohli Fan Club/X At exactly 9am......

Global cyber outage crashes IT systems of Paris Olympics

Paris 2024 says impact of global cyber outage limited, ticketing unaffected IMAGE: The Paris Games are a week away with the Opening Ceremony to be held on July 26. Photograph: Marko......

India need Iyer, Ashwin to step up in 2nd ODI vs Aus

The game on Friday had enough positives for India, mainly the performance of Mohammad Shami and Suryakumar Yadav, but few questions still need to be answered ahead of the World Cup, beginning......

FIFA WC PIX: Qatar World Cup closing ceremony

IMAGE: View during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 closing ceremony before the match. Photograph: Hannah Mckay/Reuters Tens of thousands of soccer fans wearing French and Argentinian colours......