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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicMidday meal

Topic: Midday meal

Over 7,000 crore budgeted for education remains unspent in current fiscal year

Spending shortfall in education attributable to key school education schemes including Samagra Shiksha, midday meal (PM Poshan) & PM SHRI.

2 yrs after finance ministry veto, breakfast under school midday meal scheme back on Centre’s table

Breakfast estimated to require additional annual allocation of Rs 4,000 cr under scheme rebranded as PM Poshan in 2021. Preliminary discussions have been held, say ministry officials.

‘State’s views not included’ — Bengal slams Modi govt over report flagging ‘irregularities’ in mid-day meals

Irregularities include over reporting of meals worth over Rs 100 cr & difference in number of beneficiaries. A team from Delhi visited Bengal in February & submitted its findings.

Dalit cook Sunita Devi resisted in Uttarakhand. And became a potential Rosa Parks for India

Sunita Devi and some Dalit students' resistance after her sacking over dominant caste kids' refusal to eat mid-day meal cooked by her has parallels with American Rosa Parks's defiance.

‘Caste didn’t lead to sacking’ — Uttarakhand Dalit midday meal cook likely to get job back

Sunita Devi was allegedly fired after students refused to eat food cooked by her. Officials say parents opposed her appointment as it was not according to norms.

South Africa cricket tour must go ahead. Indian team should follow rules like in UAE

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On Camera

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

In a first, Indian small arms maker to bid for UK Project Grayburn to replace British Army’s SA80 rifles

Bengaluru-based SSS Defence has made public its bid for a major foreign military contract, targeting UK’s ambitious SA80 successor programme with its home-tested weapons.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.