Centre’s fiscal deficit at 63 pc of full year target at Jan-end: CGA Data
New Delhi: The Centre’s fiscal deficit at the end of January stood at Rs 9.8 lakh crore, or 63 per cent of the annual budget target for 2025-26, compared to 74.5 per cent in the year-ago period, government data released on Friday showed. The Centre estimates the fiscal deficit (the gap between expenditure and revenue) […]
Census 2027 to be a fully digital enterprise
New Delhi: The Census 2027, which will recast the decennial headcount as a fully digital enterprise, will have at its heart the Census Management and Monitoring System, or CMMS — a dedicated digital portal engineered to orchestrate one of the largest administrative exercises in the world. Marking a decisive break from the paper-bound enumeration, the […]
‘Welcome, My Friend’: Netanyahu receives PM Modi at airport
Jerusalem: Prime Minister Narendra Modi landed in Israel to a red-carpet welcome on Wednesday, with his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu along with wife Sara receiving the Indian leader at the Ben Gurion airport, signalling a new momentum in bilateral ties. It is PM Modi’s second visit to Israel in nine years. The India-Israel relationship was […]
Corruption, case backlog, too few judges: NCERT book lists challenges in judicial system
New Delhi: Corruption, massive backlog of cases, and lack of an adequate number of judges are among the “challenges” faced by the judicial system, according to the new social science NCERT textbook for class 8. The section “corruption in the judiciary” in the new book states that judges are bound by a code of conduct […]
India unveils its first counter-terrorism policy
New Delhi: The government on Monday unveiled the country’s first counter-terrorism policy, “Prahaar”, setting out a multi-layered strategy based on “zero tolerance”, intelligence-led prevention and disruption of extremist violence that aims to deny terrorists, their financiers and supporters access to funds, weapons and safe havens. The policy unveiled by the home ministry is based on […]
India condemns Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghan territory
New Delhi, Feb 22 (PTI) India on Sunday strongly condemned Pakistan’s fresh airstrikes on Afghan territory that resulted in civilian casualties. New Delhi described the strikes as another attempt by Pakistan to “externalise its internal failures”, and reiterated its support for Afghanistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. “India strongly condemns Pakistan’s airstrikes on Afghan territory that […]
Terror conspiracy in Delhi: Bangladeshi nationals among eight arrested
New Delhi, Feb 22 (PTI) Eight suspects have been nabbed for allegedly plotting a major terror conspiracy in Delhi at the behest of Pakistan’s ISI and Bangladesh-based extremist organisations, police sources said on Sunday. Six of the suspects have been arrested from different parts of Tamil Nadu and will be brought to Delhi for interrogation. […]