Current epidemic law can't handle future crisis, needs overhaul, says panel

Flagging "significant deficiencies" in the Epidemic Diseases Act, the Law Commission has recommended to the government that either the law be suitably amended to address existing gaps or a......

'The police will be significantly more militarised'

'The idea of subversive activities is so vague that it could include making fun of the government, being critical of the government.' IMAGE: Gangster Vikas Dubey after his arrest in Ujjain, July......

Government Cracks Down On FCI Racket

'The corruption charges in FCI are not the first and won't be the last.' Kindly note the image has only been published for representational purposes. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters A few weeks ago,......

'Court no town planner': SC stays Andhra HC order to build capital in 6 months

The Supreme Court on Monday sought responses from farmers and their associations, and the Centre to a plea by the Andhra Pradesh government challenging the high court decision which said the state......

Offices absorb Covid-19 pandemic shock in 2022, post 3-year growth record

After their near desertion in the wake of Covid-19, workplaces well and truly made a comeback in 2022 — making it the second strongest year of recovery for the office market in the past......

NSE blockchain platform for gold a game changer

In a first for India, bullion derivatives contracts will be settled on a blockchain platform. This will help in global acceptance of gold refined by Indian bullion refineries, giving a fillip to......

Nitish Kumar's biggest challenge at the moment

Around 275,000 migrant labourers and their family members have returned to the state. According to the state government, this number could exceed 1 million by the end of this month. As the NDA......

Raghuram Rajan on how India should lift lockdown

India should be "cleverer" in lifting the lockdown and should open up its economy in a "measured way" soon to save jobs, former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan said on Thursday, underlining that Rs......

World No 1 Sinner leads Italy's tennis renaissance

Andrea Binaghi, who has headed the Italian tennis federation (FITP) since 2001, pointed to reforms over the last 10-15 years to decentralise the coaching system and offer more financial, technical......

Kumble quits as NCA chairman

In a surprise development, former Indian captain Anil Kumble, on Monday, tendered his resignation from the chairmanship of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), almost two months after a controversy......