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New Delhi: India’s social sector budget as a share of the gross domestic product is now second lowest in over a decade, and lower even than 2014-15, when the Narendra Modi government presented its first-ever budget.

While Budget 2026-27—presented on February 1—shows small increases for welfare schemes, utilisation remains low: In 2024-25, the latest...


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Mumbai: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today announced a Rs 1.06 lakh crore health budget for 2026-27, a 9% increase from the current financial year. Yet persistent gaps in utilisation, staffing and quality suggest higher allocations alone cannot fix India's ...


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Mumbai: What does one look for when counting India’s tigers? How do you recognise different signs? What to do if you encounter a wild animal? India’s tiger census, formally known as the All India Tiger Estimation (AITE), is a nationwid...


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Morning in Shillong, Meghalaya

Mumbai: Winter air pollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) caught the country’s attention as early as October. Just last week, the government r...


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Pune: Only one in 10 Indians exercised on a given day in 2024, according to the Time Use Survey by the National Statistics Office (NSO). Exercise participation has increased since 2019, when 5.7% Indians reported exercising, but remains close to the 8% recorde...


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