India has issued a notice to Pakistan for modification of the Indus Waters Treaty of September 1960 following Islamabad's "intransigence" on its implementation, stressing that the neighbouring......
'Chief Minister Rio is holding the Naga Peace Accord hostage with his tacit support to the NSCN-IM, egging them to refuse to accept a solution within the Constitution.' IMAGE: Prime Minister......
It's time that we, as a nation, stopped fearing failure and waiting for instant success in our space ventures. Let us instead applaud the journey, even if it comes at a certain cost to the......
TheCongress' Maharashtraunit said on Fridaythat it wanted a fresh negotiation with its 10-year-old ally Nationalist Congress Party, a move that comes barely a month ahead of the Assembly elections......
It was one of the most tantalising days in Parliament. Parties debated for and against the nuclear deal. MPs crossed swords, armed with allegations and statistics. As the nation was glued to the......
If the minister had stuck to his old fiscal deficit target of 3.6 per cent of Gross Domestic Product, he would have had to Budget for a fiscal deficit about Rs 4,500 crore (Rs 45 billion) less than......
To improve the investment climate and reduce the backlog of stalled projects, Economic Survey 2014 – 15, tabled by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in the Parliament on Friday, argues for a......
Jean Tirole, theorist of industrial organisation, incomplete contracts, and a lot else besides, has just won the Nobel Prize for economics. Usually, his insights show how real-world incentives are......
Stressing on the need to revive the economy and push investment, industry body CII Thursday said RBI should cut key policy rate by 1 percentage point in this financial year.It said that increased......
The panel of Parliament examining the Direct Taxes Code (DTC) Bill has almost finalised its recommendations. It wants more taxpayer-friendly measures. With the government expected to bring......
Having stepped down as president of the embattled Indian Cricket Board that is facing the heat from the Supreme Court, Shashank Manohar said he quit as he was not capable of implementing the......