The World Bank has committed 21 per cent of its US$9.3 billion of lending to India for the year ending June 2010 on infastructure, but the country wants more funds for energy, transport and other infrastructure. "The demand for additi
A circular doing the rounds in the rural development ministry has sent its babus to the study table. They are frenetically preparing for a test to be held on July 6, which, if they fail in, earns them an adverse entry in their ACR (annual
The World Bank today said its total lending to India will touch USD 9.3 billion for the fiscal ending June this year. The total expected lending this year includes USD 2.6 billion in interest-free credit and USD 6.7 billion in the f
Will India achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by the 2015 deadline? It certainly does not look so, says a report of an UN study, With only five years left for the target year, the report says that the South Asia is not expected to era
A focus on inclusion in education has seen reserved seats for those who are differently-abled go up at Delhi University. The university now reserves 1,620 seats for students with disabilities which is 400 more than last year`s 1,220. But t
A three-member team of a child rights body has sought suspension of the principal of Kolkata`s La Martinere School till the completion of a probe into the suicide of a student after he was allegedly subjected to corporal punishment.
Tactile paths, ramps, lifts, washrooms, parking space, signage and computers equipped with special software. These are some of the disabled friendly measures adopted by various colleges in the Delhi University in the recent past. Ac
India and Canada are set to sign a civil nuclear agreement that will allow New Delhi to secure uranium, nuclear equipment and technology to meet its energy needs during Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh`s visit in Toronto for the upcoming G-20
The Delhi University Teacher’s Association (DUTA) on Tuesday clarified its stand that they did not appeal to teachers for obstruction or disruption in the admission process. In a statement issued to the press it said that the alleged charges
Five years after the rural development ministry introduced Niraml Gram Puraskar (NGP), a cash award to encourage rural India go ‘open defecation free’, it is undertaking an assessment study of the impact and sustainability of the award
The Orissa government today rejected the demand to scrap Posco`s steel project, saying the Rs 51,000-crore project could contribute 11.5 per cent to the state`s gross domestic products in terms of value addition. Dismissing the demand by t
Environmentalists have slammed the government for appointing Rakesh Nath, who`s perceived to be sympathetic to the power industry and large dams, as chairman of `expert appraisal committee (EAC) for environmental appraisal of river valley and hydr
It is not enough that the judicial process in the Bhopal tragedy was more than a travesty in dispensation but the political grandstanding in demanding the extradition of Warren Anderson, the 91 year old former chief of Union Carbide is absurd. Not
CPI(M) today demanded an all-party meeting to discuss the proposed Bhopal compensation package, saying it was based on "flawed estimation" of deaths and injuries and there was no liability on Dow Chemicals. In a letter to
An ambitious proposal of HRD ministry to set up 20 Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIIT) could be a non-starter with the finance ministry not favouring it during the 11th Plan. A note issued by the HRD ministry for clea
In a diktat at variance with those given by many panchayats against youngsters marrying within the same sub-caste, a village panchayat has allowed such a couple to live together, but not in the same area. Babloo and Gudia of Amargar
The Delhi High Court issued a restraining order on Monday to the Delhi University Teacher`s Association (DUTA), asking it not to obstruct the ongoing admission procedure, a
With billions of dollars from contracts to be earned from India`s ambitious nuclear power projects, Japanese government has started intra-governmental negotiations to decide whether it should ink a civilian atomic pact with New Delhi, which is yet
An empowered Group of Ministers will meet here on Friday and is likely to consider freeing petrol prices from government control, official sources said. Petrol price will go up Rs 3.73 a litre if the domestic prices are aligned with intern
The Supreme Court today refused to grant any interim stay on the enhanced licence fee imposed by civic body MCD on mobile phone towers installed by cellular operators in the capital. A bench of Justices R M Lodha and A K Patnaik, ho
