Union cabinet gives go ahead to 'one nation, one poll'

Moving ahead with its 'one nation, one election' plan, the government on Wednesday accepted a high-level panel's recommendations for holding simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha, state assemblies......

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......

After quake, Nepal grapples with post-disaster diseases

Quake-hit Nepal is now grappling with a new challenge -- how to deal with post-disaster diseases like diarrhoea and respiratory infections, as water and sanitation are emerging as major concerns.......

Putin's North Korea Gamble

Russia's unprecedented rapprochement with North Korea has raised concerns about the re-emergence of a Russia-China-North Korea alliance which could increase the probability of conflict on the......

Quality Control Orders: What does this mean for domestic industry?

India believes developed countries and China use quality control orders as a trade barrier, and seeks to play catch-up Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com From toys, footwear and furniture to......

Airspace stimulus to save over Rs 1,000-crore in jet fuel costs

Aviation turbine fuel accounts for 35-40 per cent of the total operating cost of an Indian airline. The move to open up air space, which was earlier reserved for the Indian Air Force (IAF), to......

India's national policy for farmers

The Indian government has unveiled a national policy for farmers to help in rejuvenating the farm sector and bringing lasting improvement in the economic condition of the farmers.Here are the......

India won't withdraw from G20 currency pool

A day after BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) nations agreed on a $100-billion foreign currency reserve pool to tackle the volatile foreign exchange markets, India on Friday......