Modi Bluster Missing From Budget

With the reality of coalition politics staring the BJP in its face, this was inevitable, points out Ramesh Menon. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman leaves for Parliament to present the......

Modi Firmly In Control Of Ministers

The strong message from the prime minister is of continuity of policies he considers right with strong emphasis on execution, points out T N C Rajagopalan. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi......

Full list: Modi's New Ministers And Their Portfolios

Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday evening, heading a 72-member Union council of ministers. Here is the complete list of ministers in Modi 3.0 and their portfolios:  ......

Modi's top 4 retain portfolios; Nadda gets health, Shivraj agri

Signalling continuity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday retained Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar in charge of the four high-profile ministries -- home, defence,......

Quality Lapses Shut Down Drug Makers

Most of the pharma units are failing in documentation, and validation processes, and many don't have full-fledged quality control laboratories. IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only......

Budget 2024: MSME ministry gets 'positive' feedback on 45-day payment rule

The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has received “positive” feedback from industry regarding the 45-day payments cycle for MSMEs, according to a senior official......

What Will Keep Nirmalaji Busy This Year?

Fresh plans of privatisation or divestment in central public sector enterprises and public sector banks might take a back seat this financial year because these may require a large consensus among......

'Payment banks' micro-lending to significantly impact economy'

'The transition from payment banks to SFBs is only permissible for banks not owned by corporate entities.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Airtel Payment Bank/Instagram Airtel Payments Bank saw a......

Can't micro-manage BCCI functioning: Apex court

The Solicitor General said, "Leadership develops at the grassroots level and it remains in the state association. By the time, his time comes for being elevated to the BCCI; he has to go for a......

Check out Steve Smith's 'duplicate'

Giving the 'social challenge' a new twist, the International Cricket Council called Australian batting sensation Marnus Labuschagne a duplicate of his team-mate Steve Smith.The social challenge......

'Share the trophy' trends after Super Over saga in World Cup final

IMAGE: Kane Williamson of New Zealand walks past the World Cup trophy. Photograph: Michael Steele/Getty Images As the ICC Cricket World Cup final witnessed a first-ever super-over in which......

Dhoni turns 37! Wish the legend on his birthday

Birthday wishes pour in for captain cool Dhoni IMAGE: Birthday boy Dhoni with Virat Kohli and his wife Anushka Sharma. Photograph: Virat Kohli/Twitter Former Indian skipper Mahendra Singh......

Rahul Dravid turns 45! Tendulkar, Laxman tweet wishes

IMAGE: Former India captain Rahul Dravid. Photograph: PTI. The ‘Wall’ Rahul Dravid turned 45 on Thursday and a stream of birthday wishes poured in for the true gentleman of Indian......