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Rajya Sabha passes NCDC Bill

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Following over an hour-long discussion, the Rajya Sabha on August 12 passed the National Co-operative Development...

Retail inflation edges up to 4.45 per cent in July

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: India's retail inflation, based on the new Consumer Price Index (CPI) series, edged up to 4.45...

Two Hundred Bicycles, and 1.40 Lakh More to Come

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: At the Vidhan Sabha on Monday, Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta handed bicycles to around 200...

A New Number Series, So You Know Who Is Calling

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has moved service and transactional calls from utilities, courier and...

A Supercomputer Named for Wisdom, Switched On at Sonipat

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated ‘Param Pragya’, an AI-enabled high-performance supercomputing facility at IIT Delhi’s Sonipat...

India’s Largest Export Year, and Where It Came From

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: India’s total exports reached a record $863.1 billion in FY26 — merchandise at $441.8 billion, services...

IMD Forecasts Below-Normal July Rainfall Across India

August Is Where the Kharif Year Is Decided

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Roughly 29 per cent of India’s southwest monsoon rainfall and about 20 per cent of kharif...

Parliament Builds the Commission the Court Asked For

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The Rajya Sabha cleared the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2026 yesterday, a day after the Lok Sabha....

India’s smartphone market shows resilience

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: India's smartphone market showed resilience in the second quarter of 2026 with market value rising 1.7...

India, Namibia to boost trade and investment