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India gets its 100th Chess GM

ICC board and committee meeting begins in Bali with focus on WTC cycles

India, Norway discuss joint tech to turn industrial waste into construction resources

Mutual fund rebounds strongly; October inflows surge to Rs 1.74 lakh crore

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India, South Korea review bilateral ties

February 15, 2026

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: India and South Korea held the sixth Foreign Policy and Security Dialogue (FPSD) on February15, reviewing...

Sitharaman discusses India-EU FTA with top leaders in Germany

February 15, 2026

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman met top leaders and industrialists during her visit to Germany and discussed...

Pak skipper Agha hopes for ‘the right spirit’ in India-Pak clash

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Ahead of February 15’s India-Pakistan clash in the T20 World Cup, Pakistan captain Salman Ali Agha...

7.63 cr farmer IDs created under Digital Agri Mission

February 15, 2026

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: India has created a large-scale digital foundation for agriculture with over 7.63 crore farmer IDs and...

Govt approves Rs 10,000 crore Fund of Funds for startups

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: In a major push to India’s fast-growing startup ecosystem, the Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister...

PM Modi dedicates 50 electric buses for Bhavnagar

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated 50 state of the art electric buses for Bhavnagar under the...

Fritz survives injury scare to enter SF in Dallas

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Taylor Fritz survived an injury scare to beat Sebastian Korda 6-7(2), 6-4, 7-6(5) to enter the...

Railways triples expenditure on safety to Rs 1.17 lakh cr

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways has tripled expenditure on safety over the last decade, from Rs 39,200 crore...

Bomb scare on IndiGo flight at Kolkata airport

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: A bomb scare was reported on a Shillong-bound IndiGo flight at Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International...

Rural budget allocations rise over 211 pc in a decade