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392 stories for “IT” · February 2026
Clear filtersSir Mark Tully, the former BBC journalist who headed its India bureau for 22 years, died in New Delhi. He reported on major events including the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War, the Emergency of 1975 and Operation Blue St...
The Union Budget 2026-27 has a total outlay of ₹53.5 lakh crore and sets the fiscal deficit at 4.3% of GDP, down from 4.4% in 2025-26, with the revenue deficit at 1.5%. The debt-to-GDP ratio is projected to ease to 55.6%...
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced seven high-speed rail corridors in the Union Budget 2026-27: Mumbai-Pune, Pune-Hyderabad, Chennai-Bengaluru, Chennai-Hyderabad, Hyderabad-Bengaluru, Delhi-Varanasi and Varana...
The President approved Padma Awards 2026 for 13 people from Tamil Nadu: two Padma Bhushan and 11 Padma Shri. Padma Bhushan goes to S.K.M. Maeilanandhan, executive chairman of the Erode-based SKM Group, for social work, a...
NITI Aayog has started Sampoornata Abhiyan 2.0, a three-month drive running from 28 January to 14 April 2026. It seeks full saturation of five key performance indicators in 112 Aspirational Districts and six indicators i...
Madhya Pradesh has declared 2026 its 'Year of Agriculture', with the theme 'Prosperous Farmers - Prosperous State'. The State's budget for agriculture and allied activities has grown from ₹600 crore in 2002-03 to more th...
Indian Railways brought 472.3 km of the Kavach Version 4.0 safety system into service in one day, the largest single-day commissioning so far. The stretches lie on the Western, Northern and East Central Railway zones, an...
Gujarat now leads India in renewable energy with an installed capacity of 42.58 GW, or 16.5% of the national total. The State is first in wind power capacity and second in solar installations. Its solar capacity stood at...
Brand Finance released its Global Soft Power Index 2026, in which India is ranked 32nd in the world with a score of 48.0. The United States is first, followed by China and Japan. The index gauges how far a nation can sha...
Spain's Carlos Alcaraz won the 2026 Australian Open men's singles title, beating Serbia's Novak Djokovic in the final. By reaching the final, Djokovic became the oldest man of the Open Era to play for the Australian Open...
The Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border Police carried out a joint exercise named 'Agni Pariksha' at Sigar in East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh. It trained personnel from non-artillery units in artillery proce...
The 16th Finance Commission, chaired by Arvind Panagariya, kept the States' share of the divisible pool at 41% for 2026-27 to 2030-31. The Commission is a constitutional body under Article 280. Its main innovation is a n...
