From paper files to predictive AI: India’s disaster finance reset

India’s 16th Finance Commission and Budget 2026 signal a decisive shift in how the country funds disaster management—moving away from post-crisis relief towards data-driven prevention, AI-enabled risk intelligence, and climate-resilient development. For decades, disaster management in India followed a familiar script: calamity strikes, relief is mobilised, compensation is disbursed, and attention soon shifts elsewhere. That…

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‘Zero intention of integrating’: Row over Texas family welcoming ‘gau mata’ home for housewarming; Indians say better than alcohol party

A video of two cows taking a tour inside a new house on the occasion of housewarming has been doing the rounds as it caught the attention of India-hating Texas commentators who condemned the ‘zero intention of integrating’. The video was originally posted on the Facebook page of Texas Gaushala in January this year. “Family…

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India adopts quota-based auto duty cuts, alcohol tariff relief under US pact; export access widens

Benchmarking its market access strategy to product sensitivity, India will grant quota-based duty concessions in the automobile sector while offering market access to alcoholic beverages under tariff reduction and minimum import price-based formulations under the trade pact with the United States, the government said on Monday, PTI reported. Under the agreement, tariffs on $30.94 billion…

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‘Ready to go to jail’: Himanta reacts to Owaisi’s complaint against ‘point blank shot’ video | India News

Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma (File photo) NEW DELHI: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said he was ready to be arrested after AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi filed a police complaint against him over a now-deleted Assam BJP’s controversial video.The BJP leader also said he didn’t know anything about the video, adding…

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‘Pomegranate can’t enter but terrorists do’: Pakistan leader’s caustic jab at own military over rising cases of terror

Pakistan’s Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Sunday launched a sharp attack on Pakistan’s handling of militancy and its Afghanistan policy, questioning how extremist elements continue to cross the border even as trade remains blocked.Speaking at a public gathering in Rawalpindi, Rehman highlighted what he described as a glaring contradiction in Islamabad’s approach…

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