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Antonio Guterres warns UN faces "imminent financial collapse" amid unpaid
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The warning comes as the world body ended 2025 with record levels of unpaid dues and dwindling cash reserves. In a letter dated January 28 to ambassadors from all 193 member states, Guterres highlighted that the UN could run out of regular budget funds by July 2026 if current trends continu
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Union Budget 2026: FM Sitharaman proposes regional hubs to boost medical t
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
While presenting the Budget in Parliament, the Finance Minister said, "To promote India as a medical tourism hub, I propose a scheme to support states to set up 5 regional hubs in the country."
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Union Budget 2026: Centre allocates Rs 1.4 lakh Cr for state local bodies,
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The Centre has allocated Rs 1.4 lakh crores for states for the Financial Year 2026-27 as Finance Commission grants, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Sunday.
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Union Budget: Govt to launch coconut promotion scheme, boost cashew and co
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Speaking while presenting the Union Budget 2026-27, Sitharaman said the scheme will focus on major coconut-growing states and include measures such as replacing non-productive trees with new, high-yielding saplings.
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"Rare earth corridors to promote mining, research, manufacturing": FM Sith
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday proposed 'rare earth corridors' for mineral-rich states, including Odisha, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
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Union Budget 2026: CM Stalin flags 'unfulfilled promises', seeks fair shar
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
In a post on X, Stalin listed a series of demands, asking whether the Budget would include a Rs 3,548 crore education fund to support the studies of students who have been detained and not promoted, funding for Coimbatore and Madurai Metro Rail projects, Rs 3,112 crore for the Jal Jeevan
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Hope this budget will be very good for state: UP Minister Suresh Kumar Kha
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The Minister also praised the Centre's efforts in providing significant funds to Uttar Pradesh under the 'Special Assistance to States' scheme, saying that the state is utilising these funds effectively.
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US Embassy in India limits social media operation amid partial govt shutdo
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
The US Embassy in India on Saturday announced a temporary reduction in its social media activity due to the ongoing partial government shutdown in the United States, stating that its official X account "will not be updated regularly" until full operations resume.
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"Homeland or Death": Cuban President hits out at Trump's tariffs on island
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez on Saturday (local time) strongly condemned the United States' latest move to impose tariffs on countries supplying oil to the island, warning that the measures aim to "strangle" Cuba's economy.
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India, Arab States review progress at 4th SOM, identify new areas of coope
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India and Arab States held the 4th Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) of the Arab-India Cooperation Forum, where senior officials from both sides reviewed progress across multiple sectors of cooperation and identified new areas of engagement that were placed before the Second India-Arab Fore
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India, Arab States aim to double trade to USD 500 billion by 2030; boost e
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India and the Member States of the League of Arab States (LAS) have agreed to significantly deepen their strategic partnership under the Executive Program of the India-Arab Cooperation Forum, 2026-2028, with an ambitious target of doubling bilateral trade to USD 500 billion by 2030, up fr
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India, Arab League adopt 'New Delhi Declaration'; vows zero tolerance towa
Updated : 1 month, 3 weeks ago IST
In a significant move to bolster strategic ties, India and the League of Arab States (LAS) on Saturday adopted the 'New Delhi Declaration' following the second India-Arab Foreign Ministers' Meeting. The high-level summit, held on January 31, 2026, saw both sides reaffirming a "zero tolera
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