This is the full text of the address to the nation by President Droupadi Murmu on the eve of India's 78th Independence Day.
The opposition parties, the BJP and CPI-M on Thursday dubbed the Railway Budget "imaginary" and "document of dreams" as there was no allocation for completion of various railway proposals in it.
Bihar assembly Speaker Awadh Bihari Chaudhary, against whom the newly formed National Democratic Alliance government has moved a no-confidence motion, on Wednesday dug in his heels.
Even as the government debates whether to continue the FAME-II subsidy for electric vehicles (EVs), the share of such vehicles in overall sales is decelerating, after witnessing a heady growth in the first few years. The penetration of EVs - electric two-wheelers, passenger vehicles, three- wheelers and other segments collectively - in the first 10 months of FY24 has been pegged at 4.3 per cent, compared to 3.7 per cent in FY23, according to credit rating agency ICRA.
Will he tax the salaried class more? Will he give respite to the corporates? Will he smile at the housewife, the pensioner, the middle class? Will he usher in more reforms to boost the economy?
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'An entire operation was running systematically prior to the revoking of Article 370.'
Grandmaster Vidit Gujrathi on Tuesday said "everything came together" for him at the Grand Swiss event on his way to the Candidates.
In the second part of the 'I Dream' series Anil Rego explains how you can endeavour to lead a debt-free life.The first part of this series explained how you could become a millionaire by 30!
Following the Budget being announced by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, leaders across the political spectrum provided their views.
Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad on Wednesday described the railway budget as 'disappointing' and said the ministry's attempt to attract private firms to fund the rail projects is like 'chasing a dream'.
Naresh, who works at a bookstall and Raichand Singh, who owns a small hotel, at Carter Road in Bandra (suburban Mumbai), feel that post-budget the prices of essentials like cooking gas, petrol and hence vegetables is likely to move up.
The S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices have managed to stay afloat in a volatile January that saw the frontline indices hit their respective 52-week high levels and then slip. While the S&P BSE Sensex has lost over 2 per cent thus far in January, the S&P BSE Midcap and the S&P BSE Smallcap indices have gained nearly 2.5 per cent and 4 per cent, respectively during this period.
According to Nasscom, India must make its R&D significantly more robust to realise the 'Make in India' dream
Asked if he is joining the BJP, Nath said, "If there would be any such thing, I would inform you first."
'Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the decisions taken by my government in the national interest,' President Droupadi Murmu said in her address to both Houses of Parliament.
To understand Modi, listen to what he does not say -- vide NRC, suggests Prem Panicker.
'If there is an artiste somewhere in India or in the world who wants to express her art, I hoped that this award would inspire them, and add meaning to their journey.'
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's Budget speech on Friday brought closer to reality, billionaire industrialist Anil Ambani's dream of entering the banking sector.
'One genre cannot survive 365 days of the year. It can be the flavour of the season.'
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Minimal tax at the lower level may be ten\n>per cent. But that should start at Rs 500,000 and there should be no tax between Rs 100,000-Rs 500,000.
In the IPL 2024 auction, some notable players went unsold, facing unexpected outcomes despite their credentials.
A bio-medical engineering student from Mumbai Harsh Desai feels that the Budget Day is important as we decide 'how our country regulates its money'.
Commenting on the seat sharing in the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), Samajwadi Party president and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday said in Ballia that a decision will be made as soon as Surya Uttarayan occurs.
India was among the top-five economies with the largest general government capital stock level, said, in 2015, an International Monetary Fund report called "Making Public Investment More Efficient". The report fuelled a debate on countries sitting on piles of cash that could be used better. India was believed to have public assets worth $4.5 trillion. The report urged countries to start asset recycling. Six years after the report, Australia's success in asset recycling has turned India into a believer; despite doing averagely in its previous efforts on roads, railways or meeting its divestment targets.
BJP on Thursday said while claiming the exercise had brought back "hope" into the economy by charting a roadmap for the country's economic resurgence.
Yechury said the aim should be how to protect our economy from slowdown
'The people of Tamil Nadu in particular Chennai know about the double standards of the BJP. Nothing will work for them here.'
Your plans to bring home a dream vehicle may just have become a little more distant, with automobile manufacturers considering price increases to offset the impact of higher excise duty levied in the Union Budget.
Silicon Valley is at the heart of the transformation of the global economy -- which has both winners and losers, writes Ajit Balakrishnan.
With the fall of Congress, Chidambaram's political graph too started moving southwards.
Novak Djokovic looked back at what had shaped him as tennis's most successful male player - hardship and adversity.
Artificial Intelligence will create 2.3 million machine learning jobs by 2020.
