'We assist to bankrupt ideology of violent extremism everywhere'

In his penultimate State of the Union address, United States President Barack Obama said that the economy is improving and he vowed to dismantle terror networks. He promised equal opportunity for......

Modi and Obama set out to create a model for the world

Moving ahead with their new mantra -- Chalein Saath Saath: Forward Together We Go -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi and United States President Barack Obama on Tuesday vowed to deepen cooperation in......

PM suggests 8 areas where India, China can cooperate

Following is the full text of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s speech at the Central Party School in Beijing on Thursday: “I am deeply honoured at this invitation to speak at the......

TEXT: President Patil's last address to Parliament

President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......

RBI recognises FACE as fintech SRO

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has recognised the Fintech Association for Consumer Empowerment (FACE) as a self-regulatory organisation (SRO) in the fintech sector, the central bank announced on......

Why your tur dal has become so expensive

'If the money we spend on importing pulses reaches our farmers, there won’t be any suicides' 'There has been an overall increase in the prices of almost every commodity. But I don’t see......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......

Budget 2013: What the farmers expect

I want this, we want this, she wants this, they want this. . . there’s no dearth of voices before the annual Union Budget.Industry bodies, lobbyists and anyone with access to a computer at......