Pravasi Bharatiya Divas: Engaging The Indian Diaspora Is A Must

The Indian Diaspora has been able to carve a niche in their adopted countries as a result of their talent, perseverance and hardworking nature, asserts Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Centre cancels UGC-NET amid NEET fiasco

Amid a raging row over the medical entrance exam NEET, the Union education ministry on Wednesday ordered the cancellation of the UGC-NET following inputs that the exam's integrity may have been......

NEET row: NTA DG shunted out; Centre orders CBI probe

Facing flak over alleged discrepancies in competitive exams, the Centre on Saturday shunted out National Testing Agency (NTA) Director General Subodh Singh and handed over the probe into......

MSP panel sets up 4 sub-groups to discuss key issues, SKM opts out of meet

The committee on minimum support price formed four sub-groups on mandated topics, including making 'MSP more effective and transparent' in its first meeting on Monday but Samyukta Kisan Morcha......

Recession is over: Who are the biggest winners?

It is official. The recession is over! The United States' National Bureau of Economic Research has declared the recession that started in December 2007 ended in June 2009. The 18-month slump was......

10 things to know about Gita Gopinath, IMF's new chief economist

On October 1 Indian-American Gita Gopinath was appointed chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. Announcing her appointment, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde hailed the......

Meet Gita Gopinath, IMF's new chief economist

She would be the first Indian to be occupying the coveted post at IMF after former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan Alongside guiding Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on economic policies, Gita......

Good news: Air is cleaner. Bad news: Water still dirty

India is struggling to clean up its polluted rivers due to lack of coordination and focus, says Rema Hanna, Associate Professor of Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School. Hanna, who is also a......