India’s nuclear energy mission: ₹20,000 crore provision, BARC to deploy rectors, 100 GW capacity goal — Latest updates

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her Budget 2026 speech in February announced continued emphasis on India’s Nuclear Energy Mission, with an outlay of ₹Rs 20,000 crore for research, design, development and deployment of small modular reactors (SMR). Today, Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (MoS) for Atomic Energy and Space in a written reply…

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Govt freezes TV news TRPs for 4 weeks over ‘sensational’ coverage of US-Iran conflict

The government on Friday directed television rating agency Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) to immediately freeze reporting the Television Rating Points (TRPs) for TV news channels for a period of four weeks, or until further orders, over ‘sensational’ coverage of US-Iran conflict. The move comes amid concerns that some TV news channels are displaying “unwarranted…

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