The issue of lynchings resonated in the Rajya Sabha; while in the Lok Sabha, the Opposition accused the government of not being sensitive towards farmers' issues.
Against the backdrop of attacks on Indian youths, a key inter-governmental forum in Australia has announced a slew of initiatives, including setting up of an information portal, to improve the safety and well-being of international students.The Council of Australian Governments said the measures will be implemented under its International Students Strategy for Australia that will include a central portal to provide students with up-to-date information on personal safety.
The bill was taken up for consideration in the Lok Sabha after the Speaker rejected Opposition demands to refer the key reform measure to a parliamentary Standing Committee.
Banks in India must have a modern approach, suggests a panel comprising of banking bigwigs.
The over-a-month long winter session of the Parliament, which is kicks off on Thursday, is expected to witness a storm on a daily basis, as the opposition is armed with not less than a dozen issues to put the government on the mat almost every day.
India's growth, he said, remains resilient with low inflation, fiscal prudence and low current account deficit, talking about robust structural reform measures.
Sources said the major criteria for review will be the minimum paid-up capital of the bank, nature of new entities to be allowed in the banking sector, promoters' contribution in the paid-up capital, nature of promoters and corporate governance norms in the current scenario.
Impose steep exit loads on existing investors moving to direct plans, whereas moving from a direct plan to a distributor-supported plan attracts no such fee.
A year ago, India's #MeToo movement witnessed women across India speak up against sexual harassment. Nikita Puri assesses what, if anything, has changed.
A year ago, India's #MeToo movement witnessed women across India speak up against sexual harassment. Nikita Puri assesses what, if anything, has changed.
To cut interest rates, the central bank head has to open up a debate on inflation target revision.
Ripples of Indias largest corporate scam along with poor quarterly performance have made more than half of the actively traded companies on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) opt not to disclose their fourth quarter un-audited results this month. Instead, they would announce only their annual audited results, before the end of June.
Kal Penn was one of the leading Indian Americans to have campaigned aggressively for Barack Obama during presidential election. Highly popular among the younger Indian Americans, Kal was highly instrumental in getting their support for Obama.
State Bank of India, India's largest lender, may cut interest rates in the new financial year on the back of a lower-than-expected credit growth.
A bill dubbing the Pakistan-based dreaded Haqqani Network the "most dangerous" Afghan insurgent group and seeking its designation as a foreign terrorist organisation is set to be taken up by the United States House of Representatives. The Haqqani Network is believed to be responsible for a number of terrorist attacks against United States facilities inside Afghanistan.
Security and Exchange Board of India Chairman C B Bhave and representatives from the Reserve Bank and Corporate Affairs Ministry are likely to brief parliamentary standing committee on finance about the latest developments in the Satyam fraud case, at a meeting called on Wednesday to discuss the issue.
Indian defence veterans, dismayed and appalled by the mistreatment given to them by the bureaucrats of the defence and finance ministries over issues of pension, have now written to the prime minister as a last resort and have threatened to intensify their four-year-old agitation
Meanwhile, company secretaries' body ICSI is also writing to the company secretary of Satyam Computer today to submit a report on corporate governance in a week. ICSI president Keyoor Bakshi said the government had earlier asked the institute to look into the revelations made by Satyam Computer's founder President Ramalinga Raju.
Foreign Secretary Shivshankar Menon on Wednesday met with the officials of the United States administration to discuss the issues related to the terror attacks in Mumbai that had claimed around 200 lives, including foreigners.Menon called on the Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs William Burns during his two-day visit to Washington.Menon's visit was planned ahead of the terror attacks in India's financial capital.
The flood-ravaged Srinagar city has been divided into three zones to expedite the cleaning up and sanitation operations, an official spokesman said on Tuesday.
The Gomti Riverfront Development project, the Agra-Lucknow Expressway, the Jai Prakash Narayan International Centre and the efforts towards the beautification of Old Lucknow are some of Akhilesh Yadav's initiatives that are the subject of investigation.
The government also said it will hold consultations with the airlines to explore the possibility of curbing the menace of charging exorbitant airfares during emergency situations.
The Aadhaar and Other Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was passed in Rajya Sabha by a voice vote, although many parties including the Trinamool Congress and Dravida Munnetra Kazagham opposed it citing various reasons, including apprehensions data theft.
Emerging markets could be affected by a combination of lower liquidity and higher dollar interest rates caused by a hike in the US Fed funds rate.
The premier Indian Institutes of Management will have to draw on all their management skills to solve the current financial imbroglio they are in. On the one hand, the fee hike by IIM Ahmedabad and IIM Bangalore has caused heartburn not only among students and the Union Human Resource Development Ministry but also among the other IIMs who say they were not consulted despite an existing agreement to do so. IIM-A and IIM-B have said that a fee hike is a prerogative of their own
The government has suffered a loss of Rs 12,488.93 crore (Rs 124.88 billion) due to under-invoicing of gross revenue by six telecom companies including Reliance Communications, Vodafone and Bharti Airtel, the CAG said in a damning report on Friday.
The new batch of Rhodes scholars includes South Asians. The prestigious international scholarship is awarded to high academic achievers who are also active in sports and community work.
A week after the covert United States raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, President Asif Ali Zardari sought to reach out to the Obama administration to ask it to stop army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani from staging a coup, a Pakistan-American businessman has said.
Family-owned companies like those of Tatas, Birlas and Ambanis are dominating the country's corporate landscape, but still face challenges regarding corporate governance norms such as appointment of successors and transparency in functioning, rating agency Moody's said. However, these companies have responded well to opportunities available in the fast-growing and liberalizing economy, according to a joint survey by Moody's Investors Service and its domestic associate.
Various corporate houses and multinational companies including AT&T, Russian firm Sistema, Sterlite, Hindujas, DLF, Parsavnath, Videocon and others have entered the fray to get telecom licences.
NPAs, cost, fee income, productivity, HR reorientation are focus areas; schedules drawn for addressing all from weeks to a year.
NSE's Ramakrishna and ING Vysya Bank's Bhandari front runners for the post.
BEST unions had struck work demanding, among other things, a pay-revision and an increase in dearness allowance.
Even Delhi does not have a full-time registrar of chits.
'Similarly, he is against Dalits forgetting that the only way to get rid of poverty is to empower poor people.'
The 58-year-old businessman, who is also the son-in-law of former Karnataka Chief Minister SM Krishna, has been missing since Monday evening from Mangaluru.
All evidence suggests that the US Federal Reserve will raise interest rates soon.
To curb mis-selling of policies and rationalise commissions, radical changes have been proposed to help investors.
The government package for public sector banks, announced last Friday, has been welcomed by the stock market with the PSU banking index booking smart gains.
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