It’s been 10 days of suffering and chaos for people,and the way the government is continuously learning from its mistakes - announcing reliefs and exemptions, and then even rolling back some - it is transparently clear that the government wa
Nashik Thermal Power Station (NTPS), part of Maharashtra State Power Generation Company Limited, has reduced the use of the power in the year 2015-16 as against that used in 2014-15, helping it bag an award for energy conservation.
“Mom, I have no cash, can’t come home. Can you come here and bring along some money?” The early morning SOS message from my daughter, a student of tourism studies in Agra, over phone was distressing. She had been looking fo
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has taken suo motu cognizance of the Nandini Sundar case and summoned chief secretary of Chhattisgarh and IGP, Bastar to explain the allegations of hostility and abuse of power against human rights defen
What Sitaram Yechury of CPM said during the demonetisation debate in the Rajya Sabha on November 16 (mildly edited and truncated for clarity): [...] If you don’t have paper, use plastic’. Kahan se layenge?
Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL), based in Assam, has become the first public sector oil company in the country which has completely replaced hard copy of invoices with digitally signed ones. A subsidiary of Bharat Petroleum Corpo
While the nation struggles to adapt to changes since demonetisation, foreign media has been widely covering the Narendra Modi government’s move and the public’s response. Writing on the direct impact of the announcement
The man standing in front of me shifted his weight from his left leg to the right leg. A minute later he gazed forlornly at the serpentine queue outside the ATM, adjusted his spectacles and shifted back his weight on to his left leg.
The unthinkable has just happened. The Tamil Nadu government’s decision to implement the National Food Security Act (NFSA) has raised eyebrows. The move was opposed by chief minister J Jayalalithaa, who, today, lay in the hospital for over o
The process for selecting the chief of the world’s biggest multilateral health organisation is underway. The next director-general (DG) of the World Health Organisation (WHO) will be elected at the world health assembly (WHA) in May as the c
The Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) has so far delivered 98 warships to the armed forces and with two more ships almost ready for delivery, the shipyard is now poised to become the first in the country to build 100 warships.
As soon as the government announced its decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes on the night of November 8, there has been an emergency-like situation across the country. With serpentine queues outside various banks, weddings getting canc
According to estimates population in the age group of 60+ in India is expected to be 11.6 crore this year, 14.3 crore by 2021 and 17.3 crore by 2026. Thus, increase in life expectancy requires focus on elderly care and their rights, social and eco
Only five public sector undertakings (PSU) have confirmed their presence for recruitment at the premier IITs. Most of the IITs had reached out to 80-odd PSUs in the country for this year`s placements and expected a hug
A UN human rights expert has issued a strong statement accusing the US security forces of using “increasingly militarised response” against North Dakota pipeline protestors, and called it “troubling”.
The Central Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2016, which facilitates levy of tax on intra-state supply of goods or services, and the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Bill, 2016 that facilitates levy of tax on inter-state supply of goods or serv
Prime minister Narendra Modi made the suggestion for holding simultaneous Lok Sabha and assembly elections at the all-party meeting ahead of the parliament session. The Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Jus
People who fear that genetically engineered crops are not healthy or will harm them in some way are either misguided or mischievous,” says Deepak Pental, rearranging a pile of research papers on his desk. His office is at the Centre for Ge
As I set out to cover an anti-Trump protest a day after the US election results, my instructors said something unprecedented: “Be careful.” I’ve been living in Chicago since June. During the initial days of my graduate school,
ICAI has issued show cause notice to two Chartered Accountants, who were caught on tape talking about converting black money by charging a commission of 30% to 40%. The premier accounting body of the country said that it is pained a
