The administration started preparing for the demolition of two precariously standing hotels in subsidence-hit Joshimath in Uttarakhand on Tuesday, but faced protests from their owners and locals on......
A standing parliamentary committee has rapped flood-prone states like Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Bihar for not taking any initiative to enact the model bill for flood plain zoning despite witnessing......
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......
It will be interesting to see whether India-China border tensions figure during the deliberations of PLA deputies to China's National People's Congress, notes Jayadeva Ranade, the distinguished......
President Ram Nath Kovind on Monday gave assent to the change in name of the Ministry of Human Resource Development as Ministry of Education, an official notification said. IMAGE: Education......
Are algos taking over from 'shoeshine and a smile', asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com 'Can you explain to me why this feature [and I named one] is missing in......
Ajit Balakrishnan on learning from past technology revolutions. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com The media, the world over, is flooded with stories about how Internet companies are......
The deadline for officers to decide on their career path in the biggest organisational rejig in the central bank’s 85-year history ends on January 31. The immediate fallout could be its......
Bank unions - officers and workmen - had buried their differences and sat across the table on August 29 to work out a fresh deal with the IBA involving a 20 per cent wage hike. The terms of the......
While household toilets are only one part of the large challenge for the government, having liquid and solid waste management facilities, along with water delivery across the entire country, is a......
- A Parliamentary Standing Committee praised the government for the wrestling and boxing facilities at the Sports Authority of India's Sonepat Center but pointed out that "excellence needs to be......
Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development, headed by Satyanarayan Jatiya, has slammed the Sports Authority of India for not roping in sportspersons even 20 years after being......