'Overseas citizen shifted the basis of Indian nationalism'

Devesh Kapur has been the director of Centre for the Advanced Study of India, the only research institute in America devoted to India, since 2006. CASI at the University of Pennsylvania turned 20......

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......

Why the UID number project must be scrapped

Human right activist Gopal Krishna makes a case that the Unique Identification Number project is a gross violation of fundamental human rights and points out that a similar project/law in Britain......

President's address to the Parliament

Following is the trascriptof President Pratibha Patil's address to the joint sittingof Parliament on Thursday.Honourable Members, I convey my good wishes to you and to all our people. On behalf of......

Travellers from G20 nations can use UPI in India: RBI

The Reserve Bank on Wednesday allowed inbound travellers from G20 nations arriving at select airports to use the popular UPI for making payments in the country. Later, the RBI also proposes to......

India needs political will to promote phone banking: Pitroda

India needs strong political will to enable phone banking services across the country to facilitate payment of government salaries and school fees through electronics, Sam Pitroda, who piloted the......

Look, who all are supporting India's financial inclusion drive

Image: Bharti Airtel, ICICI Bank, Citi and MasterCard, would work towards promoting financial inclusion in India. Photograph: Mukesh Gupta/Reuters The US Agency for International Development......

Airtel and Jio go head to head in battle for 5G

The Big Two telecom companies have accelerated their moves towards this next-gen technology, though they have chosen very different routes to getting there, reports Surajeet Das Gupta. IMAGE:......