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Topic: Fort William

Army Eastern Command HQ shrugs off ‘colonial’ legacy by renaming Fort William to Vijay Durg

The new name comes from a fort in Maharashtra that was a stronghold of the Maratha Navy. It is part of a move towards 'Indianisation of the forces'.

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Over six-fold spike in digital transactions since 2019-20, govt informs Parliament

Govt says digital payments also uplift under-served communities by providing them financial footprint that can be used to assess credit worthiness in absence of traditional documents.

India to get last of Spain-built C-295 next month, focus now on 1st India-made aircraft

New Delhi: The last of the C-295 transport aircraft that is replacing the ageing Avro fleet of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will be...

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.