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Monday, January 26, 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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From Indonesia to India, Asia’s pivot to political satire is no laughing matter

Politics in Asia is getting funnier, but the punchlines are falling flat. From Indonesia to India, young people grappling with economic uncertainty and shrinking trust in institutions...

India wants Canada’s resources as nations build on truce, British Columbia’s Premier says

Premier David Eby, the leader of the minerals- and gas-rich province of British Columbia, spoke with executives at Tata Steel and Reliance Industries on a trade mission to India.

From action near Myanmar to hand-to-hand combat in Kishtwar, meet this year’s gallantry award winners

Overall, President Droupadi Murmu has approved Gallantry awards to 70 armed forces personnel, including six posthumous, on the eve of 77th Republic Day.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.