BJP promises Yoga in schools, Sanskrit varsity in Telangana manifesto

The Bharatiya Janata Party in its manifesto for the December 7 assembly polls in Telangana, has proposed introduction of Yoga in schools and colleges and setting up a Sanskrit......

Power tariff subsidy, other AAP govt initiatives to stay

Lt Governor Najeeb Jung, who is now administering Delhi after President's rule was imposed, on Tuesday made it clear that none of the decisions and initiatives taken by the Aam Aadmi Party......

FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

'In India, there is very little trust in China'

Kenneth Lieberthal, senior fellow in Foreign Policy and Global Economy and Development at think tank The Brookings Institution and an expert on China, talks to Aditi Phadnis on the changes China is......

View Consumption Survey Numbers With Caution

Could the MPCE survey results be used as a basis of reconstructing the Consumer Price Index with new weights, asks Madan Sabnavis. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The Survey on household......

90% rural houses don't have refrigerators, 50% have TVs

Nearly half the households in villages had a television, but only less than 10 per cent owned a refrigerator in 2011-12, as per the latest government survey. Both the items have shown an......

Rural beats urban in Bihar on spend

Rural Bihar appears to be doing much better than urban areas in the state, if one goes by a recent National Sample Survey Organisation report. The consumption expenditure of a household in urban......

Govt hopeful India growth story will continue, exceed 6.5% in FY24

Enthused by higher than expected GDP numbers in the fourth quarter of 2022-23, Chief Economic Adviser (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran on Wednesday said India's economic growth may exceed the initial......