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Budget 2026: FM Sitharaman announces establishment of NIMHANS 2.0 in North India, exemption on cancer drugs

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Presenting the Union Budget 2026-27 in Parliament, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the government's plan to establish NIMHANS 2.0, a premier mental health inst... Read More


MSMEs take centre stage as Bengal industry backs Central Budget

Kolkata, Feb. 1 -- Industry chambers, business leaders and sector experts in West Bengal have broadly welcomed the Union Budget 2026-27, with a strong consensus around its emphasis on MSMEs, supported... Read More


CREDAI WB flags affordable housing gap in Union Budget

Kolkata, Feb. 1 -- The real estate industry in West Bengal has welcomed the Central Budget's continued thrust on infrastructure but expressed strong disappointment over the absence of targeted measure... Read More


The lure of leadership

Nepal, Feb. 1 -- The upcoming general election and the mood that it has evoked have created an unprecedented moment in Nepali history. The discussions that this event has triggered vary in the pattern... Read More


Several IPS officers & 52 Inspectors moved

Kolkata, Feb. 1 -- Just a day after Peeyush Pandey was appointed Bengal's new Director General of Police (DGP) and several senior IPS officers were reshuffled, another round of transfers took place on... Read More


'Spreading misinformation': BJP hits back at Congress over PM Modi reference in Epstein files

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- The Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) has accused the Congress party of spreading misinformation against Prime Minister Narendra Modi by 'twisting' a generic email fragment of investiga... Read More


A mandate for economic course correction

Nepal, Feb. 1 -- As Nepal prepares for the upcoming polls, scheduled for March 5, the people will be voting to institutionalise democracy, transparency and economic stability. People are concerned abo... Read More


Bitcoin slips to $78,566.83, down 6.55% in 24 hours amid market fears, risk aversion - Here's what happened

Bitcoin price today, Feb. 1 -- The world's largest cryptocurrency has slipped below the $80,000 level on 1 February, trading at $78,566.83, down 6.55% over the past 24 hours, according to data on Coin... Read More


Malda: Cong suffers major setback in Mothabari ahead of Assembly polls

Malda, Feb. 1 -- Ahead of the upcoming state Assembly elections, the Congress suffered a significant political setback in Malda district as four of its members of a gram panchayat in the Mothabari Ass... Read More


Budget 2026: Manufacturing gets a big push amid global headwinds

New Delhi, Feb. 1 -- Union Budget 2026-27 continued to push the pedal on localization in the Indian manufacturing sector, announcing a slew of measures across electronic goods, pharma, textiles, capit... Read More