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Wednesday, July 30, 2025
TopicCentral government

Topic: central government

NHAI faces ‘debt trap’ as borrowings grow 1800% since 2014-15, but construction fails target

NHAI’s debt servicing is projected to shoot up over four times by 2022-23. Experts say the authority is running risk of debt trap.

Does India’s federal structure make it impossible to solve inter-state air pollution crisis?

Delhi-NCR have been enveloped in toxic smog for the last few days and the average air-quality index stood at 494 Sunday.

Top court tells Centre to file response to pleas seeking review of Rafale verdict by 4 May

The Supreme Court rejected the Centre's plea for 4 weeks time to file its response to petitions seeking a review of the Rafale verdict.

‘Pakistan, terrorism, chowkidar’ — Modi’s favourite words in speeches after Pulwama attack

ThePrint’s word analysis of Narendra Modi’s public speeches before and after the Pulwama terror strike reveals a significant shift in his poll campaign.

Is Kendriya Vidyalaya losing popularity among central govt staff? Data suggests so

Proportion of KV students from central govt families has dropped to 47% in 2017-18 from 60% in 2011-12, while that from non-govt families is on the rise.

Centre orders 10% EWS quota to be implemented in govt recruitment from 1 February

Instructions regarding reservation in admission to educational institutions will be issued by the HRD Ministry.

This ‘truce’ is actually a defeat for the Reserve Bank of India

A closer look at what we know transpired suggests that, in fact, the government won a victory.

RBI signals a compromise with Modi govt after marathon meet

The Reserve Bank of India will form a panel to study the transfer of its surplus reserves to the government.

Central govt is bearing the brunt of severe shortage of IAS officers

The Centre, which relies on states for IAS officers, has only 34 per cent of the officers it should ideally have.  

Devastating Kerala floods: National indifference or political partisanship?

Heavy rain hit Kerala on 8 August leading to floods that have affected 443 villages. By Friday, the death toll rose to 177. The Centre...

On Camera

India’s draft guidelines on biosimilar drugs can make treatments more accessible, affordable

Though India has built a robust domestic biosimilar market, its international presence and the ability to lower prices as compared to small molecule generics remain limited.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.