India

Union Budget 2022 will be presented on February 1 in paperless form


New Delhi: The Union Budget 2022-23 will be presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in a paperless form on February 1. Marking the final stage of the Union Budget-making process, sweets were distributed among the core staff due for “lock-in” at their work workplace instead of the customary Halwa ceremony, the Finance Ministry informed in...

BJP has made politics of appeasement redundant: Bhupender Yadav


New Delhi: Union Minister Bhupender Yadav and economist Ila Patnaik have together authored a book titled The Rise of the BJP: The Making of the World’s Largest Political Party. The book traces the BJP’s history from being just an idea in the minds of Jana Sangh leaders to its position as the country’s most...

Tatas back in Air India cockpit


Maharaja comes home after 69 years New Delhi: All Air India flights operating on January 28 announced the special welcome message to passengers that Air India has officially become a part of the Tata group again, after seven decades. The Indian government on January 27 transferred its shares in Air India, along with control and...

Three Indian American luminaries awarded Padma Bhushan


New Delhi:  The Union ministry of home affairs announced the Padma awards on the eve of the country’s 73rd Republic Day on Tuesday. Three Indian Americans Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and actress and doyen of Indian cuisine Madhur Jaffery were awarded Padma Bhushan, the second-highest civilian award for...

Republic Day celebrated with patriotic fervor


For the first time, 75 aircraft including Rafael jets took part in the grand fly past. New Delhi: The 73rd Republic Day was celebrated across India with patriotic fervor. Parades, cultural programs, and other events were organized from Kashmir to Kanyakumari to mark the occasion. This year's celebrations are significant as it's the 75th year...

Taiwan offers to open its national archives to ‘rediscover’ legacy of Bose


New Delhi: Taiwan has offered to open its national archives and database to 'rediscover' the legacy of illustrious Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose. Taiwan, which was under Japanese occupation in the 1940s, was the last country that he was seen alive in. While consensus is that he died in a crash in Taiwan...

PM Modi unveils hologram statue of Netaji at India Gate


New Delhi: On the occasion of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose's 125th birth anniversary, Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled the hologram statue of the freedom fighter at India Gate. The hologram statue is a placeholder until a granite statue is installed. For the first time, India is beginning Republic Day celebrations from January 23 instead of...

Tributes poured in for Bose on 125th birth anniversary


New Delhi: The Indian President Ram Nath Kovind, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and other leaders paid rich tributes to Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on his 125th birth anniversary. On January 23, India celebrated the 125th birth anniversary of Bose, a prominent Indian freedom fighter. His birth anniversary was celebrated as 'Parakram Diwas', and the Modi government...

Subhas Chandra Bose: The Statesman


Caption: Subhas Chandra Bose was born on January 23, 1897, in Odisha's Cuttack. He cleared the Indian Civil Service examination but refused to join citing nationalism to be a higher calling. He joined the nationalist movement led by Mahatma Gandhi in 1921. He became Congress president in 1938. After his reelection in 1939, differences arose between...