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New EPFO app to allow members to withdraw EPF money through UPI

India, Feb. 10 -- Subscribers of retirement fund body EPFO will be able to withdraw their employees' provident fund (EPF) directly into their bank accounts through UPI payment gateway using its newly ... Read More


The United States' climate retreat is no longer symbolic

India, Feb. 10 -- The global climate change regime has taken several blows from the United States under President Donald Trump's leadership. What initially appeared as familiar climate scepticism has ... Read More


Indians needed elsewhere, not US

India, Feb. 10 -- In the mother-of-all-deals with the European Union (EU), mobility of Indian professionals to Europe was a crucial clause. The same was the case with the distant-cousin-of-all-deals w... Read More


Blase Capital BUDGET CUTS

India, Feb. 10 -- There were a number of reports after the Budget related to how the fiscal numbers were a bit wonky, with the central government in a bit of a tight spot. The revised revenue estimate... Read More


From braille to bench: Thanya Nathan to become Kerala's first judge with visual disability

India, Feb. 10 -- When the Supreme Court last year allowed persons with disabilities to enter the judicial service, 24-year-old Thanya Nathan saw a new opportunity open up. Inspired by the judgment, t... Read More


The growing menace of milk adulteration in India

India, Feb. 10 -- It refers to a very important issue of adulterated and spurious milk and milk products raised in Rajya Sabha. Usual reports of unauthorised units found producing synthetic milk and s... Read More


Post-2026: The ideological battle against Naxalism

India, Feb. 10 -- One of India's longest-standing internal security challenges-Naxalism - is set to be eliminated by March 2026. The Government of India's resolve to meet this deadline is reflected in... Read More


PM advises students to use AI for guidance, not as learning substitute

India, Feb. 10 -- Underlining the harmful effects of mobiles, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday advised students not to let technology enslave them, saying artificial intelligence should be used ... Read More


India announces $175 million aid to Seychelles

India, Feb. 10 -- India on Monday announced $175 million as development assistance to Seychelles after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held wide-ranging talks with the island nation's President Patrick H... Read More


Why Valentine's Day in India causes strife and disputes about Indian culture and Western influence

India, Feb. 10 -- On February 14, Valentine's Day in India arrives like a pop-up festival, bright and impossible to ignore, yet still not "official" in any civic sense. It isn't a public holiday. Scho... Read More