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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicRTI query

Topic: RTI query

Only 24,821 Indians identified as Sanskrit speakers in 2011 Census, reveals RTI query

The information was revealed by the language department of the Union home ministry's Registrar General and Census Commissioner's office, in reply to the RTI. 

‘0.01%’ street vendors from minority communities benefit from Centre’s loan scheme, finds RTI query

A total of 32.26 lakh loans were disbursed under the PM SVANidhi scheme between June 2020 & May 2022, according to data revealed by the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

Award citations of Army’s elite 10 Para commandos in 1971 war destroyed ‘as per policy’

The Central Public Information Officer said the relevant record of citations have been destroyed and hence not available.

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.