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In the last eight years, Uttar Pradesh has undergone a structural transformation. Historically seen through its agrarian roots, the state is rapidly moving towards an urban-centric economy. Between 2011 and 2021, the shift from agricultural to non-agricultural employment grew at a rate of 7% per decade, surpassing the 5% increase seen in previous decades. This…

New Delhi: Ahead of the April 1 census 2027, Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday launched four digital tools for the country’s first digital census and unveiled two census mascots – ‘Pragati’, a female enumerator and ‘Vikas’, her male counterpart. The four digital platforms include a self-enumeration portal that will allow respondents to submit their…

PUNE: India’s summer heatwaves — the humid, suffocating kind that have more impact than the dry heat — are becoming not only more frequent, but also more intense through a now-familiar specific atmospheric chain reaction. A January 2026 study by scientists from IMD and Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM) Pune, published in the Journal…

Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri at the Iranian Embassy on Thursday New Delhi: Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri signed a book of condolence on behalf of the Indian government and people at the Iranian embassy on Thursday after the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei on February 28 amid criticism of India’s silence.External Affairs Minister S…

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate two corridors and lay the foundation stone for three additional corridors. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Chief Minister Rekha Gupta said this on Thursday, March 8. The projects are part of the ongoing expansion Delhi Metro network and will involve an estimated investment of over Rs 18,300 crore….

BENGALURU: State-run defense electronics major Bharat Electronics Ltd (BEL) has signed an MoU with space technology startup Bellatrix Aerospace to jointly design, develop and manufacture satellite systems and payloads, focusing on the emerging Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO) regime.“The agreement aims to combine BEL’s experience in mission-critical electronics and defense payloads with BEL’s experience in…

Indian passengers stranded in Iran conflict arrive at Delhi airport New Delhi: Around 7,000 Indians stranded in Dubai since February 28 have been brought home in the last three days and more flights are planned from Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ras Al Khaimah, Sharjah and Fujairah in the next 48 hours. Indian Ambassador to the UAE…

New Delhi: BJP is on the verge of a historic first win in Bihar. After a long wait – first through the Lalu era and then the Nitish era in Bihar – the saffron party is all set to get its first chief minister in the state. It follows the JD(U) chief Nitish KumarThe “voluntary…