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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2026-27 tomorrow, marking her ninth consecutive Budget and a key milestone in India’s parliamentary and economic history.

In his new book “Arguably Contentious: Thoughts on a Divided World”, Ansari also writes that recent studies on religious minorities who constitute approximately 20 per cent of India’s population have traced discrimination relating to them to perceptions that relate to the very origins of thinking that brought about the Partition of August 1947.

Union Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the Centre will introduce new agricultural laws to protect farmers against exploitation from spurious seeds, fertilisers, and pesticides.

After Nalsarovar, Thol, Khijadiya, and Wadhvana, Chhari-Dhandh has become Gujarat's fifth and Kutch's first Ramsar Site. It provides global recognition to the state's efforts in environmental conservation, the release said.

A Division Bench comprising Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Amit Mahajan held that contempt powers cannot be invoked to adjudicate disputes on merits or monetary claims once an order has been passed in compliance with judicial directions.

She is set to take oath as the first woman Deputy Chief Minister of the state later in the day, confirmed the Lok Bhavan, adding that the swearing-in ceremony will be held at 5 pm in Mumbai

The SEC had filed a lawsuit in November 2024 alleging that the two violated US securities laws by making false and misleading representations about Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL)

Recalling the Bharatiya Janata Party’s growth in West Bengal, Shah said the party had increased its presence from three Assembly seats to 77 and from two Lok Sabha seats to 18 within five years.

"Gaganyaan programme is planned in 2027. Before that, three uncrewed missions are planned. We are working towards the first uncrewed mission," he told reporters late Friday.

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate rationalisation last year comprised the replacement of the existing 28 per cent GST and compensation cess on ‘sin goods’ with additional excise and cess duties

Differences in the Pawar family, which had led to the birth of two political factions some years ago, seem to be becoming apparent again after NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar claimed ignorance about Sunetra Pawar becoming Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister

In New Delhi for the second India-Arab Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (IAFMM), which India is set to host today, Sudan’s Foreign Minister, Mohieldin Salim Ahmed Ibrahim, sought India’s help in his country’s post-war reconstruction efforts