India’s GDP growth set to remain robust with new base year

IANS | February 27, 2026 9:30 AM

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) As the new GDP series (with base year 2022–23) is scheduled to be released on Friday, a sub-committee set up by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has also recommended an enhanced use of GST data in the new series for GDP estimates.

PM Modi to address post Budget webinar today

IANS | February 27, 2026 6:29 AM

New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the post-Budget webinar on "Technology, Reforms and Finance for Viksit Bharat" on Friday morning via video conferencing.

NCP nominates Parth Pawar for Rajya Sabha election

IANS | February 26, 2026 11:37 PM

Mumbai, Feb 26 (IANS) Nationalist Congress Party (NCP-Ajit Pawar faction) working president Praful Patel on Thursday announced that Parth Ajit Pawar, elder son of former national president and Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, will be the party’s candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections scheduled for March 16.

Nationwide HPV vaccination rollout a landmark step in public health: Former ICMR DG

IANS | February 26, 2026 10:19 PM

Jaipur, Feb 26 (IANS) V.M. Katoch, former Director General (DG) of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and former Health Research Secretary from the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Thursday, described the nationwide rollout of the Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination as a landmark moment in India's public health journey.