It will be interesting to see whether India-China border tensions figure during the deliberations of PLA deputies to China's National People's Congress, notes Jayadeva Ranade, the distinguished......
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday allocated portfolios to his cabinet colleagues keeping over three dozen departments, including the home ministry, with himself. The chief......
In a major rejig of the Narendra Modi government following the expansion on Tuesday, Smriti Irani was replaced as Human Resource Minister by Prakash Javadekar, while Ravi Shankar Prasad was......
'The tiger is the epitome of evolution.''Every tiger has a stripe pattern that is unique. Each tiger is unique.''Tigers are very elusive. It is said a tiger sees you nine times when you see it......
Sanitation is always clubbed with other departments, which lead to its neglect, says Devanik Saha. Sanitation in India is a grave issue. Though large scale campaigns have been launched by......
The housing stock demand may increase further Government on Wednesday gave its approval for the launch of the 'Housing for All by 2022' scheme paving the way for affordable homes to the urban poor......
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......
The slums have been categorised into three divisions: notified, recognised but not notified and unidentified slums which are neither recognised nor notified. The slum population has increased from......
Concern about corruption has moved to the centre stage and impacted business confidence and FDI flows, besides hurting the government and its image. This is a cancer which must be addressed.......
Srichand P Hinduja, Chairman Hinduja Group To regularize political funding and eliminate its corrosive influence of corruption. Concern about corruption has moved to the centre stage and impacted......