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Monday, January 26, 2026
TopicSchemes

Topic: Schemes

Budget 2024 gives cosmetic solutions to unemployment—hollow shells where substance is needed

The measures announced in the Budget to address the problem of thwarted aspirations of young people don't seem to be a strategic response to the underlying issues.

Modi’s new plan is Buddhiman Bharat for smart kids and Uber-for-farmers

Buddhiman Bharat and Uber-for-agriculture were among the ideas that came up for discussion at a recent Niti Aayog session attended by PM Modi.

Maximum schemes, minimum welfare: How the Modi govt fell into the same trap as UPA

‘Gareebon ka Neta’ Modi is going to go to the polls with exactly the same record that he accused the Congress-led UPA of: a polity of promises, and not performance.

The similarity between Modi govt and old Hero Honda ads

Narendra Modi government promised historic MSP to farmers, and then forgot about it.

On Camera

Mark Tully was a colossus on the Indian subcontinent. He had sources at all levels

I was in Islamabad when Mark Tully broke the news of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto being hanged. I held it against him—he could have tipped me off. But he was a journalist before he was a friend.

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.

Shaurya Chakra for Lt Col who led op to ‘eliminate’ terror leadership along Indo-Myanmar border

President Murmu has also conferred Kirti Chakra on Major Arshdeep Singh of 1 Assam Rifles for eliminating armed cadres when patrol led by him came under fire along Indo-Myanmar Border last May.

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.