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Insurance, ID cards for gig workers
THE rapid growth of ecommerce companies, especially quick commerce, have increased the overall gig worker demand.
A Fair to Remember
From Pakistani-American sculptor Huma Bhabha to Polish queer artist Liactuallee, IAF director Jaya Asokan picks her favourites
DMK, AIADMK on the same page
TWO Dravidian majors – the ruling DMK and the principal opposition AIADMK – struck the same note on Saturday in their attack on the BJP-led government, both alleging that Tamil Nadu was ignored in the Union Budget 2025-26.
Kejriwal asked for 10L relief, Nirmala gives ₹2L more
TEN days ago, while launching his party's manifesto, AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal focused on the middle class and demanded that the Centre scrap income tax on earnings up to ₹10 lakh.
Neither A Halwa, Nor A Biryani
In his parliament speech on Budget 2024, Leader of the Opposition Rahul Gandhi had taunted the government by showing a picture of the finance minister and her mostly upper-caste officers participating in the ritualistic 'budget halwa ceremony' and asked metaphorically why India's budget halwa was not being shared proportionately with the oppressed sections.
Mithilanchal matrix in Madhubani saree
Presenting her eighth consecutive Union Budget on Saturday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a subtle yet powerful political gesture choosing to wear a Madhubani-embroidered saree symbolising her 'affection' for the Mithilanchal in Bihar.
Allocation Stands at ₹574 Cr, Census & NPR Unlikely to Begin in '25
A meagre allocation of ₹574.80 crore under the Union budget for Census, Survey and Registrar General India indicated that the delayed decadal head count exercise in the country may not be carried out this year too.
I-T CUT MAY NOT BOOST PRIVATE CONSUMPTION
THE announcement on changes in income tax slabs involving reduction in effective income tax rates in Budget 2025-26 has expectedly made headlines in the Indian media.
Budget a force multiplier: Modi
PRIME Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed his third-term government's first general Budget as a \"people's budget\" and a \"force multiplier\" aimed at fulfilling the aspirations of 140 crore Indians.
Between Nature and Humanity
The fearlessness that reflects in artist GR Iranna's experimental mediums creates a deep aesthetic which elevates the canvas into a third dimension