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Govt committed to welfare of poor, middle class: Prez Murmu in Parliament address

President Droupadi Murmu in her address to the joint sitting of the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha on Friday highlighted the government's various schemes and goals. She said the government was committed to fulfilling the welfare of the poor and the dr...

January 31, 2025 12:20 PM

PM Modi highlights innovation, inclusion and investment as key to India’s future as Budget session begins

Ahead of the Budget session on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaffirmed his government's commitment to all-round development in its third term, highlighting innovation, inclusion, and investment as the key pillars of India’s economic growth ...

January 31, 2025 11:47 AM

Sunita Williams sets new spacewalking record during 92nd US spacewalk

NASA astronaut Sunita "Suni" Williams achieved a historic milestone on January 30, 2025, by breaking the spacewalking record previously held by former astronaut Peggy Whitson. The International Space Station (ISS) shared the news on X: "NASA astrona...

January 31, 2025 10:33 AM

Mexico president to Google: Wrong to accept Trump’s Gulf of Mexico name change

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said Google is wrong to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico on its Google Maps platform after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the body of water be renamed the "Gulf of America." Sheinbaum present...

January 31, 2025 10:47 AM

Maha Kumbh: Probe panel on stampede to reach Prayagraj on Friday

A three-member judicial panel will reach the Maha Kumbh on Friday to probe the cause of the tragic stampede at the ongoing event that resulted in 30 deaths and injuries to 60 people on Wednesday. The Judicial Enquiry Commission, set up to investigat...

January 31, 2025 10:16 AM

Stock market opens higher ahead of economic survey, union budget

As the nation gears up for the Economic Survey and the Union Budget 2025-26, domestic benchmark indices opened higher on Friday, with optimism in the air as investors looked for potential catalysts from the upcoming announcements. The Sensex rose by...

January 31, 2025 12:11 PM

Trump repeats tariffs threat to dissuade BRICS nations from replacing US dollar

President Donald Trump on Thursday warned off BRICS member countries from replacing the U.S. dollar as a reserve currency by repeating a 100%-tariffs threat he had made weeks after winning the November presidential elections. "We are going to requir...

January 31, 2025 10:06 AM

‘Deeply saddened, we stand in solidarity with US’, PM Modi expresses grief on Washington DC plane collision

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed grief over the loss of lives in the Washington DC midair plane-helicopter collision and said that India stands in solidarity with the people of the US. PM Modi in his post on X wrote that he was deepl...

January 31, 2025 9:22 AM

Parliamentary Session: Waqf Amendment Act among 16 bills to be tabled in Budget Session

Sixteen Bills, including the Finance Bill 2025, amendments to the Waqf and Banking Regulations Act, and the merging of the Indian Railways and Indian Railways Board Acts, will be tabled in Parliament's Budget session, which begins on Friday with the ...

Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman chairs the sixth Pre-Budget Consultation with experts and representatives from the health and education sector for the forthcoming Union Budget 2025-26, in New Delhi on Monday. ANI Photo

January 31, 2025 9:36 AM

Budget Session 2025-26 begins today; Finance Minister Sitharaman to present Economic Survey at noon

The Budget session of Parliament kicks off today, beginning with President Droupadi Murmu's address to the joint sitting of both Houses at 11 am. After the address, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Economic Survey at noon i...

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