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A Grain for Thought: Reflecting on the monitoring system under PM POSHAN

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Health has been considered an important parameter of development and the states have
worked relentlessly towards achieving the end of it. One of these policies is the PM
POSHAN or the Poshan Shakti Nirman Scheme, initially known as the National Programme for Mid-Day Meals in Schools.

National Turmeric Board (2025): Institutionalising India’s Dominance in the Global Spice Trade

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India produces and exports turmeric in larger quantities than any other nation; but it took several decades for this spice to have its own organization. This happened when the Ministry of Commerce & Industry set up the National Turmeric Board (NTB) on October 4, 2023, thus carving out an exclusive body to look after its cultivation, research, standards, and export from the ambit of the Spices Board’s broad agenda. This new body was launched officially in New Delhi on 14 January 2025 through the inauguration by the Union Minister Piyush Goyal and appointing Shri Palle Ganga Reddy, the son of a farmer in Nizamabad, as the Board's first Chairman. The establishment of its office took place on 29 June 2025 in Nizamabad, Telangana, through the inauguration of Union Home Minister Amit Shah and allocation of Rs 200 crore to enhance quality of crops, research, and farmers' welfare

Developing IndiaAI`s Dream — Understanding the IndiaAI Compute Pillar’s GPU Infrastructure Growth (2024)

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GPU infrastructure is a critical enabler of modern AI development because it provides the computational power required to train large models, process vast datasets, and support high-volume experimentation. This makes it the backbone of any serious AI ecosystem, and its expansion has direct implications for the scale and speed of AI market growth.

From Fragmented and Failing to Integrated: What Delhi’s New Rehabilitation Complex Says About India’s Child Care Institutions

New Rehabilitation

Children enter India’s child care institutions every year, yet many continue to face overcrowding, staff shortages and gaps in rehabilitation. For children in conflict with the law, rehabilitation is especially important because the juvenile justice system is meant to support reintegration rather than simply punish them. Delhi’s proposed rehabilitation complex in Alipur could be an important step in that direction. But can a modern facility solve problems that have existed within the system for years?

India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement 2026: Trade and Investment Cooperation

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The India–UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) is a major bilateral agreement aimed at deepening trade, investment, and professional mobility between the two economies. Negotiations were formally launched in January 2022 and continued over roughly 15 rounds between 2022 and 2025 (UK Parliament, 2026). The agreement was signed on 24 July 2025 in London by India's Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal and the UK's then Secretary of State for Business and Trade Jonathan Reynolds, and came into effect on 15 July 2026 alongside a companion Agreement on Social Security (Double Contribution Convention, DCC) (PIB, 2026b).

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