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Union Budget 2026: Modi govt to set up ‘Education to Employment Committee’, prepare Indian workforce for the future

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2026

Based on its findings, the committee will recommend steps to ensure that workers are trained and ready to adapt to these changes.

Economy and Finance

From Champion SMEs to Biopharma Shakti: Finance Minister announces several funds in Budget 2026 to transform India’s industrial landscape

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2026

While presenting the Union Budget for 2026, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on 1 February announced an array of new funds and schemes designed to...

Economy and Finance

Ease of doing business, simplifying regulations, boosting domestic manufacturing and more: Here are the major reforms that are expected in Budget 2026

OpIndia Staff - 1 February, 2026

Officials are calling the budget's main theme 'Reform Express' inside the finance ministry. The idea is to focus on long-term structural changes rather than short-term populist measures. This includes simplifying regulations, improving ease of doing business and strengthening domestic manufacturing capacity.

News Reports

A story of Hindu resilience and revival: How a unique Kumbh Mela, which was stopped following Islamic invasions, was brought to life in Bengal...

Dibakar Dutta - 31 January, 2026

Tribeni Kumbh Mela is not a modern invention or political project as claimed by propaganda outlets. It is a sacred landscape, sustained by geography, scripture, practice and collective memory. Its Sangam, its snas, and its melas firmly lie within the continuum of Hindu civilisational tradition.

UGC Regulations flawed from within, even EWS students not granted safeguards: IIM professors flag blind spot

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2026

The University Grants Commission’s (UGC) 2026 regulations, framed under the banner of “promoting equity” in higher education, are facing pointed academic criticism, not merely...

News Reports

Sunetra Pawar sworn in as Maharashtra’s first woman Deputy CM, move seen as bid to protect Ajit Pawar’s legacy amid NCP power tussle

श्रवण शुक्ल - 31 January, 2026

Sharad Pawar hinted at a rushed decision. He said, "Ajit's plane crash put the merger talks on hold."

Karnataka HC upholds FIR against Sirajuddin for sharing obscene images of Hindu Gods, says free speech can’t justify religious insults

OpIndia Staff - 31 January, 2026

The bench said the content was so objectionable that reproducing it in a judicial order would itself be inappropriate.

News Reports

Delhi: 6-year-old girl raped by three minor Muslim boys in Bhajanpura, main accused flees to Bihar as family pleads for justice. OpIndia Ground Report

केशव मालान - 31 January, 2026

A six-year-old girl was brutally assaulted by three minor boys in Delhi's Bhajanpura. While two suspects are detained, the family alleges a 10-hour police delay allowed the main accused to flee to Bihar. The community is now demanding immediate justice and accountability.

News Reports

Madras HC strikes down order of DMK govt that allowed commercial use of surplus funds of historic Kallazhagar temple: Read what the court said

Shriti Sagar - 31 January, 2026

The court made it clear that temples cannot be treated like development projects and that any activity carried out in the name of 'development' must strictly align with the religious ethos of the institution and the law governing temple administration.