Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, presenting the Union budget 2025, announced plans for 1.5 lakh rural post offices to boost the rural economy. The budget includes a new urea plant in Assam and enhanced investment limits for MSMEs. The government will also support the National Cooperative Development Corporation to aid small businesses and farmers. NEW DELHI:…
Suryakumar Yadav during the 4th T20I against England in Pune. (Photo by Michael Steele/Getty Images) NEW DELHI: After a terrible start, India’s captain Suryakumar Yadav praised his team’s tenacity, giving Hardik Pandya and Shivam Dube credit for leading the innings to a respectable total as they defeated England by 15 runs in the fourth Twenty20…
UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist 2025 prelims admit cards now available for download UPSC Combined Geo-Scientist preliminary admit card 2025: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has officially released the e-Admit Cards for the Combined Geo-Scientist (Preliminary) Examination 2025. Candidates appearing for the examination, scheduled for Sunday, February 9, 2025, can now download their admit cards from…
NEW DELHI: In a rare coincidence, Justice Hrishikesh Roy ended his career as a constitutional judge with verbal bouquets from everyone on Friday in the Chief Justice of India’s courtroom, where in 1982 he took his first step as a lawyer struggling to seek a passover for a case.Everyone – CJI Sanjiv Khanna, Justice Sanjay…
NEW DELHI: Congress MP Manish Tewari criticized the budget process on Saturday, calling it a ‘useless ritual.In a post on X, Tewari said the budget has become an annual ritual for the finance minister, similar to the President’s address. “What is a budget? It is nothing more than an accounting exercise. How much did Government…
(Clockwise from left) Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Times Internet Limited vice chairman Satyan Gajwani US-led consortium’s winning bid stood at £295 millionLONDON: A consortium of US-based Indian techies have won the bid to own 49% of The Hundred‘s Lord’s franchise London Spirit.Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Google CEO Sundar Pichai,…
CTET December result 2024 notice: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has released an important notice regarding the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) December result 2024. The notice entails statistical information about the number of qualified candidates who registered for the exam.As per the notice, over 1 lakh aspirants qualified paper 1, a qualifying…
In its first full Budget on July 23, 2024, the re-elected govt had announced a revamp of the Income-Tax Act to make it simpler and easier to understand. This exercise has commenced, and with Budget 2025 almost here, businesses are expecting simplification of the tax deduction at source (TDS) provisions as part of the Budget…
US President Donald Trump. Amid repeated threats by Donald Trump on India’s ‘high tariffs’, the Economic Survey has said that import duties have not only come down over the years but are in sync with India’s global commitments.At the same time, it also said that while tariffs can aid in competitiveness, they are an effective…
When Delhi batter Yash Dhull’s struggles at the crease finally ended an hour into the second day’s play against Railways on Friday morning, the Ferozeshah Kotla crowd erupted in joy. It was time for the main act. Virat Kohli marched out to the middle – to bat in a Ranji Trophy game for the first…
