There’s a story about seeking happiness that goes like this. A dog has an epiphany that happiness lies in its tail. So it begins an endless quest, moving in circles, chasing its tail but never quite catching up. Frustrated, the dog seeks out
How to put a finger on that elusive thing called happiness? Well, for a beginning, you could set up a department, as the Madhya Pradesh government has done, the first (and only one) of its kind in India. No matter if the creation involves some bur
I Ramamohan Rao, a former principal information officer, passed away on May 13. A professional communicator, Rao had been witness to crucial chunks of history like 1971 war with Pakistan, and fighting insurgencies in Punjab and Kashmir.
Three years ago Ashwani Kumar Sharma, who hails from Kauri block in Jammu and Kashmir’s Reasi district, was finding it difficult to run a family of five as he was unemployed. Little did he imagine that one day he would land a job with the In
Recent regulatory actions in India suggest the authorities are making a more concerted push to tackle banks` bad loan problems, says Fitch Ratings. "We believe that asset resolution will be a dominant theme in the sector over t
Cochin Shipyard Ltd, a Miniratna enterprise, is constructing four passenger-cum–cargo vessels for Andaman & Nicobar administration under the Make in India initiative. As per orders placed by the A&N administration, tw
At Raymond Limited’s modern textile facility in Vapi, whenever a supervisor has to check up on the looms, he doesn’t go walking around the factory floor asking the workers. He just looks at a computer screen. Looms in operation, their
A day after a global cyber ransomware attack, the Indian computer emergency response team of the ministry of electronics and information technology has advised organisations to apply patches to Windows systems. The details of patches, as sta
The initial public offering (IPO) of HUDCO, a Miniratna enterprise, witnessed an exceptional level of interest and the issue was oversubscribed by more than 79 times. This is the highest level of oversubscription witnessed in a dive
Genetically modified variety of mustard has got the nod for commercial cultivation from the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee. The recommendation for clearance has been sent to Environment Minister An
At Raymond Limited’s modern textile facility in Vapi, whenever a supervisor has to check up on the looms, he doesn’t go walking around the factory floor asking the workers. He just looks at a computer screen. Looms in operation, their
National thermal power corporation’s NETRA (NTPC Energy Technology Research Alliance) has installed India’s first of its kind, indigenously developed high temperature drop tube reactor (DTR) system. It is used for combus
In order to strengthen natural gas pipeline network in Kerala, GAIL (India) Limited, a Maharatna enterprise, has awarded contracts for pipeline laying work of the Kochi–Koottanad–Mangaluru pipeline for another 131 km. Th
The World Bank is supporting Procurement Observatories in India. Procurement Observatories are civil society organisations, whose goal is to collect, analyse and present public procurement policies and data to the public in a more understandable w
The fecundity of the state legislatures has resulted in multiplicity of laws of the land, without eliminating those which have been rendered obsolete by changing times. The laws remaining on the statute books, although no longer enforced, are obso
Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat together account for over half of the total investments attracted by real estate and construction sector in India as of December 2016, noted a study by ASSOCHAM. “There are about 3,489 pr
Minister of state for petroleum and natural gas, Dharmendra Pradhan said that over 2.20 crore cooking gas connections have been given in the first year of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY). Pradhan said that the PMUY, a flags
The income of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during 2014-15 was highest among all national parties. The party had declared a total income of Rs 970.43 crore but is yet to submit its copy of income tax returns for 2015-16 to the Election Commissi
India’s growth is expected to rebound to 7.2 percent in FY 2017-18 as the cash shortages accompanying the currency exchange initiative ease, said an International Monetary Fund report that was released on Tuesday. The Regional
The success of a democracy is dependent on informed and active citizens. Over the years, a lot of emphasis has been laid on promoting citizen participation in local governance. Many platforms have been created by the government and civil society o
