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The exercise will span 36 states and federally-administered territories, more than 7,000 sub-districts, over 9,700 towns and nearly 640,000 villages, with fieldwork carried out by enumerators and supervisors – typically schoolteachers, government staff and local officials. Source link

NEW DELHI: The Centre has moved to extend its digital media rules to news and current affairs content shared by non-publisher users on social media platforms, proposing changes that expand the reach of Part III of the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, beyond registered publishers.In draft amendments issued on…

From the 1970s onwards, the census took on a distinctly socio-economic lens. Migration histories, duration of residence, fertility patterns and detailed employment classifications became standard. In more recent decades, especially in 2001 and 2011, the census has tracked the modernising economy: commuting patterns, marginal versus main work, education attendance and increasingly detailed disability and fertility…

NEW DELHI: A foreign vessel carrying Iranian oil is likely to reach India on April 4, marking the first such shipment since May 2019, when India stopped imports from the country in the wake of US sanctions.MarineTraffic data showed that the Eswatini-flagged tanker, Ping Shun, was heading to the Vadinar facility of Deendayal Port at…

With the 2026 FIFA World Cup not too far away, it’s time to start looking at who will be present, and more importantly, who won’t be. This year marks the third straight World Cup that won’t have Italy. The Azzurri are tied with Germany for the most World Cups won (4), but have failed to…

In a coordinated global response to the Middle-East airspace crisis, India has announced that all short-term visas expiring between 28 February and 30 April 2026 will be automatically extended by 30 days at no cost. The decision aligns New Delhi with similar measures in the UK, Canada, the UAE and Qatar, easing the compliance burden…

With barely hours to go before the summer rush begins, India’s Bureau of Immigration (BoI) has flipped the switch on a long-planned digital arrival process. From 00:01 IST on 1 April 2026, every foreign passport holder—including Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) card-holders—must complete an e-Arrival Card online before boarding a flight to India. The form…

The Iran–Israel flare-up is rippling through Indian travel budgets. Moneycontrol’s fare-tracker shows Delhi-London economy tickets hovering between ₹1.23 lakh and ₹1.6 lakh—double the seasonal average—while premium cabins have breached the ₹4-lakh mark. Carriers blame war-risk insurance surcharges, longer routings to avoid closed Iranian and Pakistani airspace, and higher fuel prices that crossed USD 115 per…

The Reserve Bank of India has postponed capital market exposure regulations by three months, now effective from July 1, 2026. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced a three-month delay in the implementation of its Amendment Directions regarding capital market exposures. The new effective date is set for July 1, 2026. This decision comes…