'Risk Of Such Disasters Has Increased In The Last 10 Years'

'Heavy rains are not the primary reason for landslides in Wayanad.''There are all sorts of (human) intervention going on in that area.' IMAGE: SENSITIVE MATERIAL. THIS IMAGE MAY OFFEND OR DISTURB.......

NDA allies get 11 ministerial positions

Bharatiya Janata Party's National Democratic Alliance partners have got five cabinet ministerial berths in the third term of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, as against none in the outgoing......

Babri, economic reforms, scams: Rao's action-packed 5-year term as PM

Polyglot, statesman and scholar, the inscrutable PV Narasimha Rao was often referred to as the Chanakya of Indian politics, the prime minister known for initiating far-reaching economic reforms and......

'Despite Covid we don't care about health'

'The first duty of the government is to learn lessons from a bad experience and course correct. It's a pity that the government is making policy without looking at evidence and differentiating......

Needed Quickly! Semiconductor Experts

Semiconductor makers need thousands of engineers and technicians, and though India has one of the largest pool of engineers in the world, they do not have experience in the semiconductor......

Govt has ambitious plans for the GIFT City

The government on Tuesday said it will allow setting up of world-class foreign universities in Gandhinagar's GIFT City, free from domestic regulations, to facilitate availability of skilled......

Gujarat, Kerala & TN top FSSAI food safety index for 2020-21

Gujarat, Kerala and Tamil Nadu have topped an index that ranks states on food safety parameters for the 2020-21 year, according to an FSSAI report unveiled by Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on......

Manchester, Silicon Valley...

Why do Innovation Revolutions happen outside India, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com   If you are born, raised and educated in India, high chances are that the......