Understanding farmer protests in India. How the stalemate is resolved will have serious implications not just for India’s agriculture and economy, but for India’s democracy itself.
Four years after its selection under the Smart Cities Mission, the Madurai Corporation recently met for the first time to discuss the issue.
Activists allege that this shows how smart city projects in the state are being marred by myriad problems
To provide an enabling atmosphere for the general wellbeing of people, or meeting the demands of public interest, appears to be a tall order, given the disinterest of Yogi Adityanath in egalitarianism of any kind, point out observers and activists.
One finds dissonance with farmers’ expectations, and also a lack of coherence while reviewing the government’s agricultural policies in the run-up to the Budget.
Nalbari: Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday (January 24) alleged that if the Congress-AIUDF combine come to power in Assam, they will open "all gates" to welcome infiltrators.
Addressing a public rally here, Shah said the Congress' rule in the state g...
Amid a raging pandemic, and with thousands of farmers sitting at its borders, the national capital, which witnessed CAA protests and bloodshed around this time last year, will be hosting a muted Republic Day this year too.
Rajpath this time will s...
The third week of January has shown a declining trend in the spread of COVID-19 in the country, with parametres like active cases, recoveries, death rate, and test positivity rate showing signs of improvement.
The beginning of the COVID-19 vaccina...
Data gathered since France first imposed a controversial 6pm curfew, mainly in the east, suggests enforcing the measure two hours earlier may have had a significant impact on slowing infection rates.
New Delhi: Four of the top 10 valued firms added a total Rs 1,15,758.53 crore to their combined market valuation last week, helped by Reliance Industries which added Rs 71,033.44 crore to its market cap.
Long before independence, one of the biggest critic of right-wing Hindutva was Subhas Chandra Bose. In 1938-39, he stopped the practice of Congress members holding memberships in Hindu Mahasabha or Muslim League. His supporters would disrupt meetings of Mahasabha leaders such as Syama Prasad Mookerjee. Leaders like VD Savarkar even appealed to Hindus to fight Bose's Indian National Army. Yet, about 70 years later, those who swear by the right-wing Hindutva are today vying to appropriate the legacy of his biggest critic, Subhas Chandra Bose. Click here for more.
Four years after its selection under the Smart Cities Mission, the Madurai Corporation recently met for the first time to discuss the issue.
Activists allege that this shows how smart city projects in the state are being marred by myriad problems
Under pressure from his own party men, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa changed portfolios of new cabinet ministers within 24 hours of their appointment.
Two of Silicon Valley’s biggest technology giants have served an ultimatum to the Australian government, saying they will pull their services from the country if the government implements a code that they deem inimical to their interests.
Googl...
The RBI’s January bulletin has made a bullish prediction about the state of the economy in 2021: India’s GDP, which shrank by double-digits last year, is within striking distance of attaining positive growth, it says, forecasting a quick ‘V’-sha...
The BSE benchmark index, S&P BSE Sensex, breached the 50,000-mark in the pre-opening session for the first time on Thursday. The development came less than 10 months after the crash of March 2020, when the threat of coronavirus roiled the markets.
Following years of rethink on reducing the financial burden on Central ministries, the government contemplates rationalizing over 120 autonomous bodies under 23 Central government ministries and departments.
Around 400 million Indians can soon order supplies on WhatsApp with Reliance Retail planning to embed JioMart, its e-commerce arm into the messaging service within six months, Mint reported.
The report claims that the move will enable JioMart...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) may consider the idea of setting up a bad bank that buys bad loans and other illiquid holdings of other financial institutions to clear off their balance sheets, indicated the central bank's Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday (January 16).
For youngsters growing up in the seventies, a Lambretta scooter was the height of swag. Even to this day, scooter lovers across the country are keen to lay their hands on a Lambretta, which has become a vintage brand.
Bengaluru has raced past many leading European cities to be recognised as having the world’s fastest-growing mature tech ecosystem in the world since 2016, according to latest data released in London on January 14.
Even London, Munich, Berlin...
In cricket lore, India's victory at Brisbane would someday be hailed as the sport's equivalent of the Battle of Thermopylae fought not by 300 but just 11 bruised and battered men.
Almost the whole of India – including recent cricket-converts captivated by the fightback Down Under – spent a fretful Monday night hoping for divine intervention from the weather.
India on Tuesday won the fourth and final Test match against Australia, clinching the series 2-1 and retaining the coveted Border Gavaskar trophy. Youngsters displayed the best of their talents to win the crucial Test against the hosts by a historic three wickets.
Bengaluru: Former India cricketer BS Chandrasekhar has been hospitalised after suffering a stroke but is recovering well and is set to be discharged in the next couple of days, his family said on Monday.
The 75-year old legendary former leg-spinner complained of "tiredness and fatigue" on Friday evening and his speech became a "little bit cluttered", his wife Sandhya Chandrsekhar Bhagwath told PTI, describing the health scare as a "very, very minute...
A year ago, a notice sent to smartphones in Wuhan at 2 am announced the world's first Covid-19 lockdown, bringing the central Chinese industrial and transport centre to a standstill almost overnight. It would last 76 days.
Data gathered since France first imposed a controversial 6pm curfew, mainly in the east, suggests enforcing the measure two hours earlier may have had a significant impact on slowing infection rates.
Dozens of restaurants in Paris open their doors illegally for customers in violation of a strict Covid closure in place since 30 October. According to French media, many eateries take in dozens of clients, including public servants and trusted locals, through their back entrances every lunchtime.
Newdelhi: Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has thanked India for supplying COVID-19 vaccines to his country and shared on social media an illustration of Lord Hanuman bringing Sanjivani bo...
Women operated for removing breast cancer tumour are usually given radiation radiotherapy to kill any lurking cancer cells after surgery. Usually, radiation therapy lasts for three to five times a week, for about 3 to 5 weeks. A novel, single-shot radiotherapy, that too administered immediately after the surgery, a recent study finds, is as effective as conventional radiotherapy for most women.
An update by the Union Health Ministry on Thursday morning said the number of active cases crossed the million mark and currently stands at 10,09,976. As many as 40,25,079 patients have been discharged.
Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal went live on Twitter, on Tuesday (December 22) at 4 pm, to answer questions from teachers on board exams in 2021, paper pattern, syllabus reduction, and the mode of conduction of the exams
In the midst of the commotion over NEET in Tamil Nadu, the state passed a bill in the Assembly on September 15 providing 7.5 per cent sub-quota in admissions to state-run medical colleges for government school students clearing the all-India exam.
New Delhi: The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Central Board of Secondary Education on Friday directing it to file an affidavit giving details of the scheme, dates and other details of the compartment exam it plans to hold for class 10 and 12 students by the end of September.
