Donations to the PM CARES Fund fell sharply in FY25. Spending also dropped to a five-year low. Yet, the fund’s balance rose to a record ₹8,452 crore. Here’s what the latest audited accounts show.

India is pushing harder to reduce defence imports, with 405 critical items now added to its sixth Positive Indigenisation List. From helicopters, tanks and missiles to radars and ammunition.

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Pakistan has extended its airspace ban on Indian aircraft until September 24, just days before the previous restriction was due to expire on August 23.

The government has approved 31 new electronics component projects worth ₹7,877 crore under the Electronics Component Manufacturing Scheme. The approvals are aimed at deepening local manufacturing.

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India's Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar recently asked the US administration how elections in America can be held without a valid photo identification card, President Donald Trump said, making a case for mandatory photo IDs for every US voter to curb "electoral fraud".
Trump, in a post on Truth Social, further said less than one per cent of voters in India used postal ballots in the recent general elections, and every voter had a valid photo identity document.
The US president made these remarks to drum up support for the SAVE America Act which would require Americans to show proof of citizenship to register to vote, impose a nationwide voter identification requirement and severely limit voting by mail.
"Earlier this month, India's Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, asked our Administration - How can you have Elections in the US without a valid Photo ID," Trump wrote. "India's last Election had 646,000,000 Voters! Less than one per cent voted by mail, and every ..

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The Delhi government is planning to enact a 'Parivar Pehchan' legislation to formally introduce 'family cards' to ensure that benefits of its welfare schemes and programmes reach the genuine persons, officials said on Monday.
The legislation will allow the government to create a database of Delhi residents, said a senior Delhi government officer.
In July, the government announced its family card plan, with the primary objective of creating a unified database of all families in the city.
The card will carry information of the cardholder's family members, birth and death details and whether they are availing benefits under any existing government scheme.
The family card will be modelled on a similar 'Parivar Pehchan Patra' system introduced in Haryana.
The 'Delhi Parivar Pehchan' legislation will provide the legal and administrative bases to implement these cards, officials said.
Under the system proposed, each family would be issued a card in the name of the eldest female member o

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Awarapan 2 has achieved remarkable success, earning ₹130 cr at the box office worldwide. This movie has been Emraan Hashmi's highest-grossing solo venture in just 4 days

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The New Indian Express group is planning a national financial daily from Kochi, while Kumudam is preparing a bilingual Tamil-English business newspaper from Chennai

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At a $55 bn valuation, NSE's sale of 6% stake on offer could raise about ₹315 billion, surpassing the ₹278.7 billion raised by Hyundai Motor's Indian unit in 2024, the country's largest IPO to date

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Govt's decision under the ₹10,000 cr Biopharma SHAKTI programme to create a dedicated scientific review cadre within CDSCO is  an important reform

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