The Centre on Friday earmarked Rs 93,847.64 crore for the education sector for 2019-20, an increase of over 10 per cent from the last budgetary allocation. Last year, then finance minister Arun......
India's national security strategy needs to be revised periodically since the global and regional geopolitical situation is dynamic, points out Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd). IMAGE: Indian and......
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday addressed to the nation on the eve of the 74th Independence Day. From India's fight against COVID-19 to China face-off, Kovind spoke on several issues during the......
Asserting that the government's response will be 'hard' if violence continued in Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday made it clear that 'half-hearted' efforts by Pakistan to......
President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday addressed the first joint sitting of Parliament as mandatorily required under the Constitution after the general elections. The address is the political,......
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has announced a number of schemes and measures that are expected to benefit the education industry and also improve infrastructure in the sector. BUDGET 2018: Full......
In this age of uncertainty, even the weather gods seem to be missing a step or two once in a while and have been bringing unseasonal warmth or cold or rain or snow. It seems the only thing we can......
First things first: I would like to join millions of fellow citizens in conveying best wishes to India's new prime minister and his government. This is both heartfelt and selfish, for on his......
Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......
Image: Budget for growth and development. Photograph: Reuters Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday announced a 5 per cent reduction in corporate tax over next four years,......