45 specialists to join Modi govt in major lateral entry push

Forty-five specialists will soon be joining key posts of joint secretaries, directors and deputy secretaries in different central ministries as part of the Modi government's ambitious plan to......

Indian student facing US admission fraud charge to return under plea deal

A 19-year-old Indian student, who was arrested and charged with falsifying records to gain admission in a US university, will have to return to India under a plea deal entered into with American......

Coaching deaths: Rau's offers Rs 50L to victims' kin; Rs 10L by others

Rau's IAS Study Circle has offered compensation of Rs 50 lakh each to the families of three UPSC aspirants who died after rainwater gushed inside the institute's basement in Old Rajinder Nagar last......

BJP States Go All Out With Populist Schemes

Several BJP-backed state governments have unveiled schemes targeting the poor, women, farmers and students, following the party's setback in the Lok Sabha polls. IMAGE: Rajasthan Chief Minister......

20,000 GST Notices Issued For Rs 800 Bn Taxes

About 1.2 trillion tax evasion cases have been detected and as many as 59,000 entities identified for verification in order to ascertain whether they are fake. Illustration: Dominic......

Sitharaman urges banks to boost deposits

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharman on Monday held a performance review meeting with heads of public sector banks and asked them to make concerted efforts to garner deposits. Photograph: Shrikant......

C S Setty appointed new SBI chairman for 3 years

The government on Tuesday appointed Challa Sreenivasulu Setty as chairman of the country's biggest lender State Bank of India (SBI) for a period of three years. Setty, currently senior most MD......

WazirX Seeks FBI Help To Recover $230M

WazirX lost about 45 per cent of its crypto assets to the security breach. People privy to the discussions say North Korea has been mentioned. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters   The top......