America is a nation of immigrants: Biden aid amid H-1b debate

America is a nation of immigrants, and there's broad support for expanding legal immigration in the country, a top domestic policy advisor to United States President Joe Biden has said amidst a......

Delhi's Air Is Forcing People To Migrate

Some residents have already taken this step to relocate, either temporarily or permanently, some to their native places and others to clean-air destinations like Goa and Himachal Pradesh. IMAGE:......

India Needs A National Security Strategy

The National Security Strategy document should flag all major issues concerning security strategy and provide guidelines to concerned departments to work out suitable action plans. Since the global......

First-ever phase-3 trial for dengue vaccine begins in India

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Panacea Biotec have initiated the first-ever phase three clinical trial for developing a dengue vaccine in India, the Union Health Ministry said on......

Modicare: Niti Aayog gets tough, seeks 'realistic' estimates

The government would be setting up a National Health Protection Council, National Governance Board and National Health Agency before  roll-out of the scheme on August 15. In a proposal put up......

Budget 2018: Good news for health insurance likely

Govt could cut the GST rate payable every time someone buys a health insurance product; or it could also provide a larger income tax set off for those who buy a health insurance product.......

Nilekani's idea maybe tweaked to make GST input credit smoother

The GoM will meet on Saturday to finalise single-stage, simplified, return filing under the GST; report will be placed before GST Council on March 10.  The model proposed by Infosys chairman......

Why India's gig workforce is still outside purview of basic benefits

If you have seen Zwigato, Param Kumar’s story will sound familiar. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Laid off from his job as a repairman at a Gurugram-based water purifier provider, he......

The Blue Revolution: Indian Cricket's Success Story

It is a tribute to a system so robustly meritocratic that this team represents India's diversity better than any other institution: The Union Cabinet, our chief ministers, the civil services, the......