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New Delhi: Amidst strained ties with China, the pre-budget Economic Survey Monday made a strong case for seeking foreign direct investments (FDI) from Beijing to boost local manufacturing and tap the export market. As the US and Europe are shifting their immediate sourcing away from...

New Delhi: India has 26.52 crore students in schools and 4.33 crore in higher education institutions, according to the Economic Survey 2023-24, tabled in Parliament Monday. The document was tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, a day ahead of the Union Budget announcement. According to...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday imposed an interim stay on directives passed by the Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand governments that eateries along the Kanwar Yatra route must display names of owners. A bench of Justices Hrishikesh Roy and SVN Bhatti issued notices to the...

New Delhi: Following are the highlights of the Economic Survey 2023-24 tabled in Parliament by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Monday. The Survey is authored by Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran and his team. * Projects economic growth at 6.5-7 per cent in FY25 versus...

New Delhi: The RSS Monday hailed the Centre's move to lift the ban on government employees from participating in activities of the Sangh, saying the decision would strengthen the country's democratic system. It also accused the earlier regimes of furthering their own political interests by...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday gave bail to ex-Union minister Ajay Mishra's son Ashish Mishra in the case related to the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence that claimed eight lives, and restricted his movement to Delhi or Lucknow. January 25 last year, the top court...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said in the Lok Sabha Monday that there is a very serious problem in the country's examination system, prompting Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan to issue a strong rebuttal and state that there was no evidence of paper leaks in...

Mumbai: A fire erupted onboard an indigenous frigate ship undergoing refit at Mumbai's Naval Dockyard which was swiftly doused, an official said Monday. No casualties were reported in the incident which occurred Sunday evening. The Indian Navy in a statement said an inquiry has been...

New Delhi: A day before the presentation of the Union Budget, the Congress Monday said the Centre must make three important announcements of making MSP a legal guarantee, fix MSP on the basis of the Swaminathan formula and establish a permanent commission to monitor the...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Monday commenced hearing on a batch of petitions related to the controversy-ridden medical entrance exam, NEET-UG 2024. The top court was told by a counsel for NEET-UG aspirants that the National Testing Agency (NTA), which conducts the prestigious exam, has...