Karnataka reduced the budget for providing hearing aids, Braille kits, and ‘talking laptops’ for students by 80%—from Rs 53 crore last year to Rs 10 crore for 2024-25.
According to an ET report, the cash-strapped airline will lay off around 15% of its workforce. However, SpiceJet is yet to confirm the number of jobs being cut.
In a rare move, Pakistan's military decided to cut its defence budget amid an austerity drive launched by the government to solve the country's financial woes.
India’s policy on Myanmar has been to deal with its Generals and maintain a distance from the country’s insurgent groups and political struggles. This will have to change.
Finance ministry says the proposed revamp will focus on structural reforms, rate rationalisation & ease of living, & will be deliberated upon in the coming weeks.
The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.
Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?
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