5 varsity towns, girls’ hostel in all districts With a promise of a girls’ hostel in every district and nearly Rs 1.4 lakh crore education outlay, the Budget signals a clear shift from schemes to structures, placing women’s access and campus capacity at the heart of its education push. The education ministry allocation rises 8.3%
NEW DELHI: Government on Sunday unveiled a string of steps for Customs and central excise, measures that will help in simplifying the tariff structure, support domestic manufacturing, and promote export competitiveness against the backdrop of global trade tensions. Steps were also taken to promote ease of living with FM Nirmala Sitharaman proposing to reduce the
How Criteria for Sharing Central Taxes Have Evolved NEW DELHI: The yardsticks used to determine how central tax revenues are shared among states have undergone significant changes over the years, with successive Finance Commissions shifting weight from population and poverty-based indicators to broader measures such as fiscal capacity, demographic performance, forest cover and, most recently
Synopsis Indian data centre stocks rallied as the Union Budget announced a tax holiday until 2047 for foreign cloud service providers, aiming to position India as a global hub. Companies like Anant Raj, Techno Electric, and Netweb Technologies are expected to benefit from increased data centre development and infrastructure demand. Listen to this article in
Bengaluru: A 14-year-old boy who had been missing for the past three days was found dead inside an open Bengaluru Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) pipeline sump near Thathaguni in south Bengaluru Sunday. The deceased is Preetham, son of Rajaneekanth. Police suspect that the boy may have accidentally fallen into the sump while passing
Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu on Sunday paid tribute to Afrobeat king Fela Kuti after his posthumous Lifetime Achievement Award at the Grammys, the first African artist to be honoured this way. After a lifetime of clashes with successive powers in Africa’s most populous country, Fela was recognised nearly three decades after his death and long
A short clip from a 2023 interview featuring Sundar Pichai has resurfaced online, reigniting debate about how modern artificial intelligence systems develop unexpected capabilities. In the clip, the Google chief executive describes a language model that was able to translate Bengali accurately after minimal prompting, despite not being explicitly trained for that task. Pichai also
Bengaluru: Cadets of the Karnataka and Goa directorate of the NCC were welcomed with a victory rally in Bengaluru upon their return from New Delhi after emerging as the Prime Minister’s banner and trophy winners for the second consecutive year at the annual Republic Day Camp 2026. The directorate emerged as the overall champions among
Bengaluru: A four-day Indian classical music festival will begin at Chowdiah Memorial Hall on Sankey Road on Feb 5, bringing together leading and upcoming Carnatic musicians. The 17th edition of the annual festival, organised by the Bengaluru-based Bharatiya Samagana Sabha, is themed “Purana Gitam”, according to a statement from the organisers. Two evening concerts are
Ali Fazal calls Mirzapur: The Film a “masterpiece” as the final schedule wraps, raising excitement for the gritty 2026 big-screen chapter of the cult crime saga. Ali Fazal Photograph: (X) The much-anticipated Mirzapur: The Film has officially wrapped its final schedule, marking an emotional milestone for the cast and crew. Actor Ali Fazal, who reprises