‘This is only the beginning’: Devavrat and his father reflect on rare Vedic feat praised by PM Modi

IANS | December 2, 2025 10:14 PM

Varanasi, Dec 2 (IANS) At just 19, Vedamurti Devavrat Mahesh Rekhe has done something that last happened two centuries ago. Inside the serene premises of the Vallabhram Shaligram Sangved Vidyalaya in Varanasi, Devavrat completed the Dandakarma Parayanam, a rigorous recitation of 2,000 mantras from the Shukla Yajurveda Madhyandina branch, over 50 uninterrupted days.

'Rs 43 lakh for Speaker's chair, Rs 67 lakh for portraits': RTI activist slams K'taka govt for wasting public tax money

IANS | December 2, 2025 10:11 PM

Belagavi (Karnataka), Dec 2 (IANS) Right to Information (RTI) activist Bhimappa Gadad alleged on Tuesday that the Karnataka government has spent about nearly Rs 43 lakh on a single chair for the Legislative Assembly Speaker in the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha in Belagavi, and an additional Rs 67 lakh on installing portraits of national leaders inside the building.

India to remain world's fastest growing economy in FY26: OECD

IANS | December 2, 2025 9:56 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) India remains the world’s fastest-growing major economy with an expected growth of 6.7 per cent in 2025-26, driven by higher private consumption and buoyant government expenditure on infrastructure projects, according to the economic outlook report released by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Tuesday.

Manufacturing sector accounts for 78 per cent of foreign technical collaborations: RBI

IANS | December 2, 2025 9:50 PM

New Delhi, Dec 2 (IANS) The foreign technical collaboration (FTCs) in the manufacturing sector entities accounted for 78.4 per cent of the total reported FTCs, of which, machinery and motor vehicles together accounted for 30.6 per cent, while FTCs in the services sector constituted 16.6 per cent between financial year 2023-2025 (FY23-25), data from Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed on Tuesday.