August 24, 2026

Parents boycott anganwadi in Odisha, say don’t want kids to have meal cooked by dalit; centre remains shut in for months | Bhubaneswar News

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Kids boycott anganwadi over Dalit cook KENDRAPADA: In a stark reminder of prevailing caste prejudice in rural Odisha, parents have stopped sending their children to an anganwadi centre after an educated dalit girl was appointed as helper-cum-cook, forcing the centre to remain shut for nearly three months.Authorities had appointed Sarmista Sethi (23), a graduate, as…

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A landmark recognition—but what comes next?

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The recent decision by the ministry of commerce and industry, Government of India, to include cooperatives within the definition of start-ups is a landmark moment. It sends a strong policy signal that cooperative enterprises are not relics of an earlier economic era, but current business models capable of innovation, scale, and impact. By placing cooperatives…

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WTO reform urgent as global trade faces inflection point, status quo not sustainable: Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala

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WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala The World Trade Organization (WTO) needs urgent structural reform as the global trading system undergoes rapid economic and technological shifts, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala said, warning that maintaining the current framework is no longer viable, AFP reported.Speaking in Geneva on Wednesday, Okonjo-Iweala said the global trade body and the broader multilateral…

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Budget sets total expenditure at Rs 53.47 lakh crore for 2026-27 as govt balances growth with fiscal discipline: FM Sitharaman

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The Union Budget for FY 2026-27 has pegged total expenditure at Rs 53.47 lakh crore, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said while replying to the discussion on the Budget in the Lok Sabha, outlining the government’s strategy of maintaining high capital spending alongside fiscal consolidation.The revised estimate for the current financial year ending March 31 has…

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Council of American-Islamic Relations renews ‘hostile campus’ designation for Stanford University

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations has again designated Stanford University a “hostile campus” in its 2025 Hostile Campus Ratings Report, marking the second consecutive year the university has received the label.The report, released on Feb. 11 and shared with The Stanford Daily under embargo, evaluated 51 universities on administrative policies, leadership decisions, disciplinary actions and…

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