Mahatma Carter

Carter was in politics, but not a politician, certainly not a transactional politician. Carter bears not a small resemblance to another leader of another large country, who was also in politics but......

Karnataka approves cyber security policy for curbing crimes, data privacy

The Karnataka Cabinet on Thursday approved the cyber security policy aimed at curbing cyber crimes in the state and promoting data privacy. IMAGE: Karnataka law and parliamentary affairs minister......

Indian American gets US Senate nod for top post

Indian-American Suresh Kumar was among 27 nominees of the Obama administration who were confirmed on Friday by the United States Senate. But at the same time before leaving for Presidential Day......

Cabinet re-promulgates land ordinance for third time

The government on Saturday decided to re-promulgate the controversial land ordinance, saying it is necessary for maintaining continuity and providing a framework to compensate people whose land is......

1,00,000 houses for paramilitary forces soon

The government will construct about 1,00,000 houses for paramilitary personnel across the country in the next four years. The home ministry's mega housing project will be implemented through the......

Has India's 'Bad Bank' Worked Or Not?

The target was for banks to sell Rs 2 trillion worth of non-performing assets to NARCL, the so-called 'bad bank', by 2021-2022.Only 10 per cent of this has been executed. Illustration: Dominic......

Govt may miss Rs 6-trillion national monetisation target

The Centre’s ambitious Rs 6-trillion National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP) could fall short of yearly targets for the current fiscal year (FY22) and the next one as well (FY23), partly due to......

For $5 tn GDP, India must spend about $1.4 tn on infra by 2025

In order to achieve $5 trillion GDP by FY'25, India needs to spend about $1.4 trillion over this period on infrastructure, according to the Economic Survey. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com......

Brazil outlines $2.3 billion in public spending for Olympics

Brazil's government on Tuesday issued its first estimate of public spending on projects related to Rio de Janeiro's 2016 Olympic Games, though the 5.6 billion reals price tag is set to swell as......