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Economic Survey flags services as backbone of growth, urges skills and innovation push

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- India's services sector continues to be the main driver of economic growth, contributing over half of the country's Gross Value Added (GVA) and playing a critical role in employm... Read More


The Ajit Pawar paradox: Unbeatable on the ground, unfinished at the top

India, Jan. 29 -- Ajit Pawar was among the rooted to the ground political leader Maharashtra has seen in the last three decades. On the ground, he was difficult to defeat and even harder to sideline. ... Read More


Economic Survey 2025-26 flags labour market progress, poverty reduction and Human Development gains

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- India has recorded significant progress in the labour market, supported by regulatory reforms, expanded social protection, and targeted skill development initiatives, according t... Read More


Is AI behind slow hiring in the US? Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell says.

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday (local time) appeared more upbeat about the US economy, saying it was on a "firm footing", but was more equivocal about artificia... Read More


State-of-the-art complex for children in conflict with law

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Delhi government will construct a modern, state-of-the-art integrated complex in Alipur for the reform and rehabilitation of children in conflict with the law, Chief Minister... Read More


Yogi discusses cooperation, shared values with Japanese delegation

LUCKNOW, Jan. 29 -- Advancing cooperation between Uttar Pradesh and Japan's Yamanashi Prefecture, as well as effective implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in 2024 by the two s... Read More


Path to Resilient Livelihoods

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- For close to two decades, rural employment programmes have been central to India's social security architecture. Since its enactment in 2005, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Em... Read More


Gandhi and the State

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The 78th death anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the father of the Nation, who was shot dead on 30 January 1948 by the Hindu fanatic Nathuram Godse, coincides with the proposed rena... Read More


A narrow escape a year and a half ago, Ajit Pawar had spoken of surviving bad-weather flight scare

India, Jan. 29 -- The death of Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar in a plane crash at Baramati on Wednesday has brought back memories of a flight scare he himself had spoken about barely a y... Read More


Bus operators seek '10-phase Assembly polls'

Kolkata, Jan. 29 -- An apex body of bus and minibus owners' associations in Bengal on Thursday urged the Election Commission to hold the upcoming Assembly elections in 10 phases, saying this would ena... Read More