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February 24, 2025 4:32 PM
India’s welfare system has undergone a profound transformation in recent years as technology has been channeled to manage long-standing challenges such as bureaucratic inefficiencies, administrative leakages, and corruption. For decades, social assistance programs—whether in the form of cash or ...
February 24, 2025 3:39 PM
In a bold move towards nurturing innovation and scientific temper among India’s youth, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the establishment of 50,000 Atal Tinkering Labs (ATLs) in government schools over the next five years. This ambitious initiative, a cornerstone of the Union Budget 2...
February 24, 2025 2:18 PM
The first session of the newly constituted Delhi Assembly began on Monday, with BJP MLA Arvinder Singh Lovely taking the oath as the pro-tem Speaker. The oath was administered by Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena at Raj Niwas before the session commenced. "A new chapter will be written today. ...
February 24, 2025 12:53 PM
The second edition of the "India in Bahrain Festival" drew more than 2,000 visitors to Dana Mall in Sanabis, showcasing India's cultural diversity through performances, art, and cuisine. The event, organized by the Indian Embassy in collaboration with Lulu Hypermarket Bahrain and Dana Mall, took pla...
February 24, 2025 11:04 AM
Space is about to get more crowded for Elon Musk. The billionaire's Starlink communications network is facing increasingly stiff challenges to its dominance of high-speed satellite internet, including from a Chinese state-backed rival and another service financed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos. S...
February 24, 2025 10:56 AM
Papal thriller "Conclave" claimed the top prize on Sunday at Hollywood's Screen Actors Guild Awards, and Timothee Chalamet's portrayal of Bob Dylan made him the surprise best actor winner, at the last major honors ahead of next weekend's Oscars. The "Conclave" cast of Ralph Fiennes, Stanley Tucci, ...
February 24, 2025 10:43 AM
Mitchell Santner-led New Zealand will take on Bangladesh in their second Group A match of the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Monday. The Nazmul Hossain Shanto-led Bangladesh side finds itself in a must-win situation after losing its opening game to India. Mea...
February 24, 2025 9:42 AM
President Donald Trump’s administration on Sunday said it was placing all but a handful of USAID personnel around the world on paid administrative leave and eliminating some 2,000 of those positions in the U.S., according to a notice sent to agency workers reviewed by Reuters. Just before midnigh...
February 24, 2025 9:04 AM
Friedrich Merz, set to become Germany's next chancellor after his opposition conservatives won the national election on Sunday, vowed to help give Europe "real independence" from the U.S. as he prepared to cobble together a government. Merz, 69, faces complex and lengthy coalition negotiations af...
February 21, 2025 9:20 AM
The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate confirmed Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick for FBI director, on Thursday, putting a Trump loyalist atop the nation's most prominent law enforcement agency at a time of growing upheaval. Patel was confirmed by a 51-49 vote. Two moderate Republicans...
