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Rs.20,000 cr incentives for carbon capture, utilisation and storage

new delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Centre will roll out a scheme to incentivise the carbon capture, utilisation, and storage (CCUS) technologies with an outlay of Rs.20,000 crore for a period of five years, Uni... Read More


STT charges go up on f&o; 'ill-timed' move say analysts

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her Budget 2026 speech, increased the securities transaction tax (STT) on futures and options (F&O) transactions, raising the levy on... Read More


Modi renames Pb airport, flags off new terminal

Ludhiana, Feb. 2 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday renamed the Adampur airport in Ludhiana after Guru Ravidas on the revered saint's birth anniversary and also virtually inaugurated the termin... Read More


Logistics: Inland waterways, coastal cargo get a boost

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday announced new dedicated freight corridors connecting Dankuni in the east to Surat in the west and 20 new national waterways (NW... Read More


7 high-speed rail corridors on cards

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday proposed seven high-speed rail corridors and allocated Rs.2,77,830 crore to the railways ministry for capital expenditure in 20... Read More


Slew of announcements to give a fillip to tourism sector

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The Union Budget on Sunday placed tourism among the key sectors for employment generation and regional development, with proposals covering eco-tourism, heritage conservation, tra... Read More


5 varsity townships to boost learning, jobs

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the setting up of a new National Institute of Design in eastern India, five university townships near industrial corridors, and... Read More


Rs.250 cr push for content creator labs in 15K schools, 500 colleges

NEW DELHI, Feb. 2 -- The Centre will support the Indian Institute of Creative Technologies (IICT), Mumbai, in establishing Animation, Visual Effects, Gaming and Comics (AVGC) content creator labs in 1... Read More


Govt proposes new panel to bridge AI skills and jobs gap

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman proposed the creation of a high-powered "Education to Employment and Enterprise" Standing Committee to strengthen the link between education, j... Read More


Rs.10,000 cr initiative to position India as a biopharma hub

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- The government will launch a Rs.10,000-crore initiative over five years to position India as a global biopharma manufacturing hub and set up a second National Institute of Mental ... Read More