Centre pushes states to speed up farm scheme spending, warns of fund delays

File photo: Union minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan (Picture credit: PTI) Union agriculture minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Saturday urged states to adopt a strategic approach to budget utilisation, warning that delays in spending allocated funds result in losses for states and hamper the timely release of subsequent central instalments. Addressing a review meeting with state…

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IBPS RRB PO admit card 2025 for prelims released at ibps.in: Check direct link, how to download hall ticket here

The Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has released the admit card for the IBPS RRB PO (Officer Scale-I) Prelims 2025 exam on its official website, ibps.in. Candidates who have registered for the recruitment drive can now download their hall tickets using their registration number, roll number, password or date of birth. The prelims exam…

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Religion, history and classrooms: Ohio launches Charlie Kirk Act, promoting positive lessons on Christianity in schools

Ohio launches Charlie Kirk Act, promoting positive lessons on Christianity in schools The debate over how religion should be addressed in American public schools has intensified after the Ohio House passed the “Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act,” a bill that formally states teachers may highlight the positive influence of religion—especially Christianity—on U.S. history. According to…

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Operation Trashi-I Day 14: Security forces ‘re-establish’ contact with terrorists in J&K’s Dolgam | India News

Image used for representative purposes NEW DELHI: An encounter broke out early Saturday in Dolgam area of J&K, after security forces re-established contact with terrorists. The area was cordoned off as Operation Trashi-I entered day 14.“During the ongoing joint Operation TRASHI-I, contact with terrorists was re-established in the early hours of 31 Jan 2026, in…

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2025 was the eighth warmest year whereas the 2016-25 emerged as the warmest decade on record in India, extreme weather events took 2,763 lives last year: IMD | India News

NEW DELHI: Year 2025 was the eighth warmest year on record in India whereas the 2016-25 period emerged as the warmest decade, the IMD said while releasing its annual climate summary on Thursday. Making a monthly forecast for the current month, it said most regions of the country are likely to experience “below normal” minimum…

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