NEW DELHI: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor on Sunday said the Union Budget would be closely watched for measures to translate projected economic growth into employment, stressing that growth without jobs would not benefit the country’s youth. “We are all looking forward to hearing what the finance minister has to tell us. The Economic Survey projects…
NEW DELHI: Stock markets indices were trading flat in the Sunday’s special trading session ahead of the Union Budget 2026, reflecting cautious investor sentiment.The Nifty 50 was at 25,302 . 05, down around 16 points, while Sensex was up by over 18 points at 82,301.91 , as at 9.35 am.The Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) and…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With the T20 World Cup less than a week away, India have received a timely boost on the fitness front, with positive updates on all-rounder Washington Sundar and premier batter Tilak Varma.Sundar, 26, is currently undergoing rehabilitation at the BCCI’s Centre of Excellence (CoE) in Bengaluru after sustaining a side strain during the ODI…
NEW DELHI: The spotlight was firmly on Sanju Samson when India took on New Zealand in the fifth and final T20I in Thiruvananthapuram. Enduring a lean patch, Samson was expected to come out firing on his home ground, backed by fans eager to see him regain form. That, however, did not materialise as the opener…
EMRS result 2026: The National Education Society for Tribal Students (NESTS) has released the much-awaited Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRS) Teaching and Non-Teaching Result 2026 for the ESSE-2025 Tier-1 examination. Candidates who appeared in the large-scale recruitment held in December 2025 can now access their results and individual scorecards on the official EMRS portal.Candidates can…
NEW DELHI: Even after sharp observations from the Supreme Court and repeated reminders from the Union health ministry, the National Medical Commission has failed to enforce its own directions on payment of stipends to medical interns, with 65 medical colleges still yet to submit required details, according to an RTI reply.On October 28, 2025, the…
Commercial LPG gas cylinder prices were hiked on Sunday after oil marketing companies revised rates upward, increasing the cost of a 19-kg cylinder by Rs 49 with effect from February 1, Sunday. Following the revision, the retail price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder in Delhi has increased to Rs 1,740.50. Prices of domestic LPG…
Texas A&M University will shut down its women’s and gender studies program, revise the syllabuses of hundreds of courses and cancel six classes under a new policy that limits how faculty can address certain topics related to race and gender, university officials announced on Friday, according to the Associated Press.The decision follows months of internal…
BLA claims 84 Pak security personnel killed in Operation Herof (Representative image) New Delhi: Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) on Saturday commenced “Operation Herof 2.0”, a large-scale military offensive characterised by synchronised attacks at dawn. While BLA claimed scores of casualties across the region, the official count stood at 12. The local administration claimed to have…
Budget 2026 speech date, time: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to present the Union Budget 2026 in Parliament on February 1, 2026.The Union Budget 2026 will mark FM Nirmala Sitharaman’s ninth consecutive Budget presentation, making her the first finance minister in India to achieve this milestone. She will also become the first finance minister…
