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25 Dec

Good Governance Day 2025: Five Bold Digital Reforms Unveiled

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New Delhi [India], December 25: Good Governance Day 2025 was not about speeches and slogans. It was about shipping real systems. Five of them, to be precise. Why Good Governance Day 2025 mattered December 25 is not just a date on the calendar. It marks Good Governance Day, observed every year on the birth anniversary of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. His core belief was simple. Governance must be clean, humane, and effective. Speaking in New Delhi at the National Workshop on Good Governance Practices 2025, Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh made it clear that this was not a…

25 Dec

Atmanirbhar Bharat: 5 Questions Gen Z Forces India to Answer

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New Delhi [India], December 25: Atmanirbhar Bharat began as an economic idea. Over time, it became an industrial strategy. Now, it is clearly entering a third phase: a people phase. The question around whether Gen Z can support Atmanirbhar Bharat reflects a shift in the national conversation. Infrastructure can be built. Capital can be arranged. Policies can be written. But execution ultimately rests on people who show up every day and make systems work. India’s workforce is young. That is not new. What is new is the scale at which this generation will influence outcomes tied to self-reliance, productivity, and…

25 Dec

Kimberley Process: India Clinches High-Impact Chairmanship in 2026

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Surat (Gujarat) [India], December 25: India just secured a seat that matters. From January 1, 2026, New Delhi will chair the Kimberley Process, the world’s primary shield against conflict diamonds. India Kimberley Process Chairpersonship is not ceremonial. It is operational power in a sector that touches geopolitics, ethics, and billions in global trade. The Kimberley Process Plenary has formally selected India to assume the chairpersonship from January 1, 2026. The decision places India at the centre of a tripartite global initiative involving governments, the international diamond industry, and civil society. One mandate. One focus. Stop conflict diamonds from entering legitimate…

25 Dec

PM-SETU Scheme: 5 Bold Reasons Industry Must Step In

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New Delhi [India], December 25: PM-SETU. The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship is asking industry leaders to step up and get involved. It signals a real shift in how India wants its skill and entrepreneurship programmes to work, with businesses no longer on the sidelines but part of the action. The message is simple and long overdue: skills don’t work in isolation, and industry has to be part of the process. This invitation places industry not as a sponsor or observer, but as a co-creator in shaping skills, training pathways, and entrepreneurial readiness under the PM-SETU Scheme. What the…

24 Dec

FTAs and MRAs Set to Supercharge Indian Professional Services in 2026

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New Delhi [India], December 24: Bharat wants its Indian Professional Services everywhere. And this time, the push comes with legally binding trade commitments, sharper skills, and fewer regulatory excuses. India’s ambition to dominate global services trade took a decisive step forward this week. At a Chintan Shivir in New Delhi, the Commerce Ministry made one thing clear: Indian professional services exports can no longer rely on goodwill and informal access. They need enforceable market entry, modern skills, and regulatory readiness. The message was blunt. The opportunity is massive. The window is open. But only if India moves faster. Why Indian…

22 Dec

Debabrata Pal: Weaving Dance, Painting, and Innovation Through Nirtyachitram

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New Delhi [India], December 22: In an era where art increasingly dissolves the boundaries between disciplines, Debabrata Pal stands out as a singular voice redefining contemporary Indian art. A visual storyteller, classical dancer, handloom designer, and CMF (Color, Material, Finish) practitioner, Pal has developed a rare and compelling artistic language where movement, rhythm, and visual form converge. At the heart of this practice lies Nirtyachitram—a pioneering technique of painting through dance using the foot. The Art of Nirtyachitram Nirtyachitram—derived from the Sanskrit roots Nritya (dance) and Chitram (painting)—is a performative process in which Debabrata Pal paints live on canvas using…

22 Dec

India Must Reinvest in Its Civilisational Values to Achieve Prosperity: Industrialist H M Bangur at the World Hindu Economic Forum 2025

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H M Bangur, Chairman, Shree Cement, handing over LoI to invest Rs 2000 cr to Chief Minister, Devendra Fadnavis, at the World Hindu Economic Forum 2025 in Mumbai Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 22: The World Hindu Economic Forum (WHEF) 2025, a two-day conference themed “Innovation, Self Reliance and Prosperity”, was formally inaugurated in Mumbai on Friday by the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Shri Devendra Fadnavis. The inaugural session was attended by the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shri Mohan Yadav, Swami Vigyananand, Founder of WHEF, Shri Rajesh Sharma, Chairman of the WHEF Organising Committee, and leading industrialists including Shri Hari…

20 Dec

Maharashtra Minister of Social Justice Glitters the 10th Bhimaanjali with a Galaxy of Classical Music Maestros in Homage to Bharatratna Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar

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New Delhi [India], December 20: The 10th Bhimaanjali, the annual pre-dawn convocation of Indian classical music held in reverent homage to Bharatratna Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, reached a luminous milestone on December 6, 2025, at Ravindra Natya Mandir. Presided over by Maharashtra’s Minister of Social Justice, Sanjay Shirsath, the decade edition reaffirmed the festival’s standing as a contemplative forum where melody and rhythm illuminate Dr. Ambedkar’s enduring ideals of equality, dignity and social upliftment. The programme opened at 6:00 AM, drawing an attentive assembly of music lovers, scholars and devotees. Organized by the Rashtranirmata Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Vicharak Samiti, Bhimaanjali 2025…

20 Dec

IPS Academy Student Tanishq Agrawal Becomes Flying Officer in Indian Air Force, Awarded Sword of Honour

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Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], December 20: Flying Officer Tanishq Agrawal has been honoured with the prestigious Sword of Honour for his outstanding performance at the Combined Graduation Parade (CGP) 2025, held at the Indian Air Force Academy in Dundigal. The parade marked the successful completion of training for cadets of the flying and ground duty branches of the Air Force. Tanishq Agrawal is an alumnus of IPS Academy, where he studied in the Fire and Safety Department. He completed his course in 2022 from the Fire and Safety branch of IPS Academy Institute of Engineering & Science. After graduating, he…

20 Dec

SSB Raising Day 2025: Amit Shah’s Powerful Salute to Brave Soldiers

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New Delhi [India], December 20: Quiet work. Hard borders. Zero applause expected. On Sashastra Seema Bal Raising Day, Union Home Minister Amit Shah put the spotlight where it belongs, on the men and women who guard India’s frontiers and stand firm in crises. Sashastra Seema Bal Raising Day is not about parades or grandstanding. It is about recognition. On 20 December 2025, Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation Amit Shah extended greetings to SSB personnel and their families, acknowledging a force that works far from the limelight but never away from duty. In a message shared on X, Shah…