Uber drives down the wrong lane in India

Uber is facing sharp criticism from fellow taxi providers for not following strict security norms leading to the rape of a passenger in New Delhi. Surabhi Agarwal reportsThe ride for radio taxi......

Has the 15th Lok Sabha been the WORST performing ever?

From 1952 to 1967, each of the three Lok Sabhas sat for an average of 600 days and more than 3,700 hours. In comparison, the 15th Lok Sabha -- from 2009 till 2013 -- has met for just 345 days and......

Pak plans permanent ban on Hafiz Saeed's JuD: Report

The powerful military establishment, which enjoys considerable influence over policy decisions in Pakistan, was also on board to ban JuD and other terror groups.   Pakistan is working on a......

How India has fared in its pursuit of nuke power

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh presented India's Action Taken Report at the Nuclear Security Summit in Seoul on Tuesday morning. This is what he said: International Legal Instruments: India is party......

Budget Good 1st Act. RBI's Monetary Policy 2nd

Let's wait for the monetary policy on February 8 -- to see how it complements the fiscal commitments, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addresses the FICCI......

Do-not-call registry fails to enthuse subscribers

Despite the hoopla, the 'National Do Not Call Registry' set up by the government has managed to enthuse only a mere 5 per cent of the total telephone subscriber base in its first year of......

Soon you can buy insurance at petrol pumps, gas agencies

This will help expand the distribution channels, said Subhash Chandra Khuntia, chairman of the insurance regulatory and development authority of India. IMAGE: A petrol pump in Kolkata. Photograph:......

Medical devices to be treated as drugs from next fiscal

The new regime aims to bring in ease of doing business, as the NITI Aayog has proposed to do away with the need to have manufacturing licences to register medical devices or to get a certificate of......