Hindustan Times Jaipur - February 02, 2025
Hindustan Times Jaipur - February 02, 2025
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February 02, 2025
Job creation, infra development steps on anvil for poll-bound Bihar
With an eye on the Bihar polls due later this year, Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced measures for job creation and infrastructure development including green-field airports.
1 min
Oppn decries Budget as 'pro-Bihar', 'anti-farmers'
The Opposition hit out at the Centre for failing to address the \"economic crisis\" and decried the Union Budget as a \"pro-Bihar\" budget.
1 min
Eye on state polls, budget looks to woo middle class
BJP leaders said the feedback from their cadre on inflation and expectations on tax cuts played a key role in shaping the budget
3 mins
₹500cr AI Centre, Expansion of Medical, IIT Seats in Edu Push
Infrastructure expansion at the five new Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) to accommodate 6,500 more students, 10,000 new medical seats and an allocation of ₹500 crore to set up a Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence for education.
1 min
Udan Scheme To Add 120 New Destinations In The Next 10 Yrs
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Saturday that the government will launch a modified version of its regional connectivity scheme, UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik), which will set out to connect 120 new destinations over the next decade.
1 min
Push for clean energy, critical minerals
Nuclear energy is expected to form a significant part of the energy mix for Viksit Bharat (developed India), Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her budget speech on Saturday, as she announced a ₹20,000 crore allocation for a programme for the research and development (R&D) of small modular reactors.
3 mins
₹15k-cr SWAMIH fund to help stalled projects
EXPERTS SAID THE FUND WILL HELP MIDDLE-CLASS FAMILIES, WHO ARE JUGGLING HOME LOANS AND PAYING RENT FOR ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION
2 mins
Bhutan Takes Lion's Share in Allocation for MEA in Budget
India's close partner Bhutan once again garnered the largest share of the government's external aid portfolio, with an outlay of ₹2,150 crore in the 2025-26 Budget, which also retained a ₹100 crore to develop Iran's Chabahar port.
1 min
Defence spending hiked, focus on modernisation
A significant portion of the modernisation outlay in defence will be spent on buying weapons, systems and equipment
3 mins
Lifesaving drugs exempted from full custom duty
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced a full customs exemption for 36 lifesaving drugs to treat cancer, and other rare and chronic diseases, and approved a concessional customs duty of 5% for six other drugs—moves that experts hailed as steps that will increase accessibility to expensive advanced medicines for a larger section of patients.
1 min
Agriculture Budget Is Big On Strategic Vision
The chief economic adviser termed agriculture \"the sector of the future\" at the release of the Economic Survey 2024-25.
3 mins
Riding on optimism, promising the riches
Optimism seems to be the key sentiment driving the FY26 Union Budget.
3 mins
A High-Class Budget for Middle-Class India
In a giant leap of faith, the finance minister has put over ₹1 lakh crore in the pockets of income tax paying Indians, betting on better compliance and more scrutiny for higher future revenues, and higher consumption and savings for growth
3 mins
Six smart themes that define Budget 2025-26
The finance minister's eighth budget has an internal consistency, which should help the government pursue and deliver on the targets in its focus areas
3 mins
A Highwire Walk That Must Balance Between Economic Growth and People's Welfare Needs
As India approaches the close of FY24-25, the economy finds itself at a crossroads.
4 mins
Kota's suicide conundrum
Six deaths within 15 days point at the continued failure on part of the govt, coaching institutes as well as parents
7 mins
Banasthali kids lauded
The students pursuing higher education across the country are torch bearers of nation's legacy, Prof T G Sitharam, chairman, All India Council for Technical Education, said on Saturday while addressing the 41st convocation of Banasthali Vidyapith in Jaipur.
1 min
BJP, Cong Trade Barbs Over Budget
Exemption from income tax for annual income up to ₹12 lakh was the biggest news of the Union Budget 2025, with industry experts and common people hailing the announcement made by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday.
2 mins
Delhi court relieves Raj govt from attaching iconic Bikaner House
The Patiala House court in Delhi on Saturday relieved the Rajasthan government from attaching the iconic Bikaner House, owned by Nokha municipal council in Rajasthan, in the national capital.
1 min
53 IAS, 24 IPS officers transferred in rejig
In a major bureaucratic reshuffle, the state government on Saturday transferred at least 53 Indian Administrative Service officers, 24 Indian Police Service officers, 34 Indian Forest Service officers, and also 113 Rajasthan Administrative officers, including four district collectors, three divisional commissioners and three inspector generals.
1 min
NDA parties set to make joint push in final stretch
Efforts to end BJP's 27-year drought
3 mins
ONOE JPC set to visit all states; meet ECI
The Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) scrutinising two bills aimed at ushering in simultaneous state and national elections has decided to visit all states, meet political parties, the Election Commission of India, former judges, paramilitary forces, and a slew of stakeholders to review the proposal, people aware of the matter said on Friday.
1 min
Constitutional provisions protect both good, bad judges
Justice Hrishikesh Roy, who retired as a Supreme Court judge on January 31 following a five-year tenure, offered an unfiltered look at judicial challenges, from accountability and liberty to transparency.
3 mins
FBI Purge Targets Agents in Trump Investigations
FBI agents who participated in the investigations that led to now-abandoned criminal charges against President Donald Trump are expected to be fired in a sweeping purge of the top US law enforcement organization, US media reported on Friday.
2 mins
Pakistan: 12 terrorists, 18 security personnel killed in Balochistan
At least 18 security personnel and 12 terrorists were killed during a clash between them in Pakistan's southwest troubled Balochistan province.
1 min
German Doctor Convicted of Raping Patients
A German court on Friday handed a doctor a six-and-a-half-year jail term for raping female patients while carrying out colonoscopies.
1 min
Hamas Frees 3 Hostages, Israeli Govt Releases Palestinian Prisoners
Hamas militants released three male hostages being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, and Israel began releasing 183 Palestinian prisoners from Israeli jails, part of a ceasefire deal that has halted 15 months of intense fighting.
2 mins
Trump's Greenland bid 'not a joke': Rubio
The top US diplomat said President Donald Trump's proposal to buy Greenland \"is not a joke\" because of the risk that China would station resources on the island that threaten American security and the importance of Arctic shipping lanes for energy exports.
1 min
Medical Transport Aircraft Crashes in the US, at Least 6 Aboard Killed
On Wednesday night, an American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members collided in midair in Washington, DC
3 mins
Jr Champ Mane Announces Arrival on Big Stage
Junior world champion Parth Rakesh Mane was shooting in a world of his own during the 10m air rifle final at the National Games, oblivious of the fact that the competition included two Paris Olympians and the 2022 world champion.
2 mins
Mukund and Ramkumar Post Easy Wins, India Lead Togo 2-0
Sasikumar Mukund returned to Davis Cup action with a fluent straight-set victory while Ramkumar Ramanathan hardly broke a sweat in his match as an untroubled India took a 2-0 lead in the World Group I play-off tie against Togo, here Saturday.
1 min
Sports and youth affairs budget raised by over ₹350 cr
The government's flagship Khelo India programme to scout and nurture athletes at the grassroots level was the biggest beneficiary as the allocation for sports and youth affairs was hiked substantially by ₹351.98 crore in the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman here on Saturday.
2 mins
India Eye Women's U19 T20 WC Defence
Unbeaten so far in the tournament, a dominant India will start as overwhelming favourites to win their second consecutive title when they take on South Africa in the final of the Women's U19 T20 World Cup here on Sunday.
1 min
Sky and Samson's form in focus as India take on England in fifth T20I dead rubber
The series already in their pocket, India would look to address their nagging batting woes against an England team gunning for revenge after feeling hard-done by a debatable concussion substitute when the two teams clash in the fifth and final T20 International here on Sunday.
2 mins
Australia Hand Sri Lanka Their Worst Ever Test Defeat
Sri Lanka suffered their heaviest defeat in Test cricket history on Saturday as Australia flexed their muscles to take a 1-0 lead in the two-match series with a crushing victory by an innings and 242 runs.
2 mins
No 2nd innings for Kohli as Delhi crush Railways
Off-spinner Shivam Sharma grabbed five wickets as Delhi ended their Ranji Trophy league campaign on a high, sealing a bonus point win over Railways here on Saturday.
2 mins
Udit Narayan Jha On Backlash For Kissing Fans
After a video showing him kissing a fan on the lips sparked outrage online, the singer says this is how fans show love.
1 min
Whatever I am today is because of Saraswati Maa's blessings
On Saraswati Puja today, the legendary Asha Bhosle talks to Soumya Vajpayee and expresses gratitude to the deity for blessing her eight-decade-long career
1 min
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