TikTok has interfered in polls, including India: US senators

US senators have alleged that TikTok, owned by the Chinese Communist Party, has interfered in elections of various countries, including India, and called for extending the deadline for a ban on the......

PMK breaks ranks with ally BJP to back TN resolution against NEET

The Tamil Nadu assembly on Friday once again passed a unanimous resolution urging the Centre to exempt the state from National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test and allow it to admit students to......

Centre notifies new law amid paper leak row

The Centre on Friday operationalised a stringent law that aims to curb malpractices and irregularities in competitive examinations and entails provisions for a maximum jail term of 10 years and a......

Rahul's Expulsion And The Casualties

One fallout of Rahul Gandhi's disqualification will be reflected in the Opposition's role in Parliament and related institutions. IMAGE: Congress President and Leader of Opposition in the Rajya......

Govt might resort to ordinance route for insurance, coal Bills

Senior ministers in the Narendra Modi government said on Monday it might take the ordinance route for the insurance and coal mines Bills as the Opposition, stronger in the Rajya Sabha, has been......

Modicare covers basics, but complex healthcare mostly outside ambit

Among the most widely used packages have been treatment of cataract, dental root canal and normal delivery of babies. Ilustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Only a third of the hospitals......

Fate of the new Insurance Bill remains uncertain

Last day of Parliament's Winter Session unlikely to see passage of Bill; ordinance route still not ruled out. The Insurance Laws (Amendment) Bill, which proposes raising the foreign investment cap......

Inflated medical claims? Here come new treatment n

Pulling the plug on inflated medical insurance claims, the Armed Forces Medical College, Pune has brought out a first-of-its-kind standard treatment guideline that specifies the average treatment......

How India can win 50 Olympic medals in 2024

The NITI Aayog has big plans for Indian sport, reports Sanjeeb Mukherjee.   IMAGE: Olympic Silver medalist P V Sindhu, one of two Indian medal winners in Rio. Photograph: Clive Brunskill/Getty......

RTI will apply to BCCI: Justice Mudgal

The Board of Control for Cricket in India will have to come under the ambit of Right to Information Act if it wants to use 'India' as its national team's name, Justice Mukul Mudgal, who headed the......