SC allows sand mining in Bihar, says ban causes huge loss

Observing that a total ban on legal sand mining causes huge loss to the public exchequer, the Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the Bihar government to carry on mining activities through the Bihar......

COVID-19: 'Good behaviour will reduce deaths'

'We cannot be naughty and expect the government to do good!''We have to behave ourselves and then we can expect the government to support us.''If we are able to protect ourselves well, then we......

COVID-19: 'We are lucky it came later to India'

'People are getting admitted to hospital two to three days before their death in a very serious respiratory compromise state and they are passing away within 48 hours.''Those who are coming early......

SHOCKING: In Odisha, only 3 of 500 hospitals are fire ready

Recent statistics show that the situation is no different across the country with several hospitals lacking the infrastructure to manage a breakout of a blaze. Dillip Satpathy & Nirmalya Behera......

Now, rating for B-schools

As credit rating agencies get ready to grade business schools, the jury is out on whether the process will be of much use.In December 2010, Mumbai-based Narsee Monjee Institute of Management......

Entire text of finance minister's Budget Speech

Budget 2010-11 provided considerable relief to income tax payers by raising the slabs at two levels but hiked the central excise duty on non-petroleum products across the board from 8 to 10 per......

IIT-Madras director on IITs and Pan-IIT event

Prof Madaboosi Santanam Ananth is one of the most vocal academicians in the country. He has been the director of IIT-Madras since 2001. Prof Ananth joined as faculty in the department of chemical......

Want big salaries? Try the realty sector

A player from this sector recently raised India's biggest IPO. The Bombay Stock Exchange has introduced an index for it. Foreign investment of $10 billion is expected to flow into the sector over......