RBI rate-cut
The central government has welcomed the step taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut the repo rate by 50 basis points, reducing it overall by 125 basis points in the year 2015 (“RBI move c...
The central government has welcomed the step taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut the repo rate by 50 basis points, reducing it overall by 125 basis points in the year 2015 (“RBI move c...
All mega cities, not just Delhi suffer from the ill-effects of different forms of pollution and with greater development, levels of toxicity in the air are only bound to rise (“3 infants move SC a...
The efforts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in wooing investors to India have been impressive (“Mr. Modi in Silicon Valley,” Editorial, Sept.29). However, it is important to acknowledge the roadbl...
The proposal to curtail the powers of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) should be a matter of great concern for the people of India (“Empower, not weaken the CAG,” Sept.30). A ser...
The first trilateral meeting of Foreign Ministers of India, United States and Japan minced no words in declaring that their strategic and economic interests in the Asia-Pacific were increasingly c...
Proposes steps to ‘demilitarise Kashmir’ and ‘mutually withdraw troops from the Siachen glacier’.
Free and fair elections form the bedrock of a democracy and clean electoral rolls are a vital part of it. The use of Aadhaar numbers to identify voters will not just make the enrolment process simpler, it will also help avoid the duplication of voter names across constituencies. Having photos printed on the electoral rolls was a step towards making identification easier at the polling station. But even photo ID card is no answer to the problem of duplicate registrationsThe election law is clear that... Читать дальше...
The Compensatory Afforestation Bill has raised significant money, which must be used to restore existing forests rather than on artificial plantations
The killing of Cesare Tavella, a 50-year-old Italian...
Development comes in many forms and serves multiple purposes. Over the last few months, the Central government has initiated a series of steps to upgrade communications and transport
Intelligence inputs warn of attacks on major Indian cities
‘Warming, temperature extremes and strong variability in rainfall are likely to impact food and livelihood security of the population in India’
With relations between India and Nepal plunging to an all-time low, the Congress Wednesday saw an advantage in criticising the ruling BJP for what it termed “a partial failure” of Indian diplomacy...
The Hindi-speaking Madhesis, who constitute 31% of the population, have been agitating for a proportionate share in political participation and governance in Nepal’s newly adopted Constitution.
Indian history is becoming a laundry list of things we cannot know, need not know, should not know, and a small proportion of things — decided in advance — that we must know
An assessment of views of students reveals distrust towards Gajendra Chauhan
The Union HRD Minister calls for popularising the language and improving the standard of teaching it.
Antrix Corporation, an arm of the Department of Space, said it would fight the huge compensation of Rs. 4,300 crore that it has been asked to pay Devas Multimedia P. Ltd. for breaching their old c...
Eight persons were killed in the serial blasts that rocked R-Day celebrations
Narco analysis of 12 persons now convicted in the case was done in Forensic Science Lab in the city
The BJP MP from Gorakhpur ran a poll on his website on whether or not the Modi govt should come out with a policy to control the population of Muslims.
For someone who saw her son stuck to the hospital bed in coma for nine years before he became the 189th victim of the 2006 Mumbai train bombings, Jayashree Sawant is bitter about the delayed justi...
They accuse the ATS of manufacturing evidence.
Muslims can be offered another site to build a mosque, perhaps across the Saryu river, says VHP.
Indian diplomat walks out The Indian Minister in Peking, Mr. J.S. Mehta, and his wife walked out of the “Great Hall of the People” during China’s anniversary celebrations here [Pek...