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Government Scraps 3-Year Rule to Fast-Track Deep-Tech Startups

New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- In a policy shift aimed at accelerating India's deep-tech startup pipeline, the government has removed the mandatory three-year existence requirement for startups seeking recognit... Read More


UN biodiversity body opens reporting to communities, cities and businesses

India, Jan. 5 -- The UN Convention on Biological Diversity has opened its official reporting system to communities, cities, NGOs and businesses for the first time The move aims to capture conservatio... Read More


Oath in the Capital!

India, Jan. 5 -- While the rest of the world sits with diaries open and gym memberships renewed, resolving to drink more water and scroll less, something far more honest happens in the capital of Indi... Read More


Horrors Turn "Normal"

India, Jan. 5 -- Official Silence Is Shocking While Xi Jinping was at Mahabalipuram admiring Indian art and listening to Modi's 'political wisdom,' the People's Liberation Army was pushing the Chinese... Read More


MGNREGA to VB-GRAM-G: Denial of Right to Work

India, Jan. 5 -- It is a global fact that MGNREGA, that is, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) of 2005, was and is acclaimed as a global model for social security and... Read More


The Twenty Years of Ontological Wounds

India, Jan. 5 -- I was born like anyone else. Yet I was never treated like anyone else. The name Pariah was given to me. And its meaning was carved into my skin. I learned to walk alone. Quietly under... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (January 2, 2026)

India, Jan. 5 -- Delhi faces 4,241 TPD waste processing shortfall. Srikakulam biomedical plant exceeds PM, efficiency norms. Anakapalli mines operated legally but emit excess dust; APPCB issues noti... Read More


Christmas Violence: Not an Aberration, but a Serious Warning

India, Jan. 5 -- Christmas violence against Christians in India has ceased to be an aberration. Christmas now functions as a yearly test of India's constitutional commitment to religious freedom-and i... Read More


A Helpless Prime Minister Amid Rising Attacks on Christians?

India, Jan. 5 -- In recent years, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has repeatedly reached out to India's Christian community. On several occasions, especially around Christmas, he has visited churches, ho... Read More


Can a Grand Alliance Offer a Credible Alternative?

India, Jan. 5 -- If the impotency that characterises the presence of key institutions of rural governance is anything to go by, it is abundantly clear that political considerations have prevailed over... Read More