Govt sets up high-level 11-member panel to oversee cheetah project

The Centre has set up an 11-member high-level steering committee to review and monitor the progress of the cheetah reintroduction programme and provide suggestions on the opening of the cheetah......

Canadian lawmakers back Indian students facing deportation

A Canadian parliamentary committee has voted unanimously to urge the border services agency to stop the deportation of nearly 700 Indian students who were duped by unscrupulous education......

After Namibia, India likely to get 12 more S African cheetahs in Feb

India and South Africa have finally signed a memorandum of understanding to transport a dozen cheetahs from this African country next month and reintroduce them in the Kuno National Park in Madhya......

First batch of 12 cheetahs from South Africa likely to reach India in Oct

The first batch of 12 cheetahs are expected to reach India from South Africa next month as part of an ambitious project to reintroduce the distinctively spotted cat species in the country where it......

Economic freedom: Top 20 nations, India falls to 111!

India scores a dismal 111th rank in terms of economic freedom, behind countries like China, Nepal and Bangladesh, according to a global study of 144 nations.India's ranking has fallen from 103rd......

29 countries with most economic freedom

In some countries opening and running a business is as easy as travelling from one city to another, while in some it means battling layers of bureaucracy. Let us have a look at countries that rank......

Even Bhutan beat India in economic freedom!

Hong Kong has the highest level of economic freedom worldwide India has slipped by 10 positions to 112th, out of 159 countries and territories, as it "fared badly" across categories including......

Economic Freedom: India's top 20 states

With India benefiting from sustained high growth as a result of liberal reforms, it is important to measure the diverse levels of economic freedom in various Indian states. The report on the......

Gavaskar, Ganguly to give lecture at Oxford

Former India captain Sourav Ganguly, who made his debut in television commentary in the Twenty20 World Cup, has been invited to give lecture at the University of Oxford in England as part of ICC......