The portly and balding Amar Singh is back in the news – and how. A close confidante of Mulayam Singh, the patriarch of the Samajwadi Party, the return of Amar Singh is being cited as one of the reasons for the current turbulence in the p
The spending under the corporate social responsibility (CSR) by the NSE listed companies has seen a huge increase of 28% in 2015-16. The Companies Act (2013) has statutory provisions, making the CSR mandatory for companies with net worth of Rs 500
Uzbekistan president Islam Karimov, who died in September at the age of 78, will be remembered as the leader who steered the former Soviet Republic with political acumen by carefully maneuvering the domestic politics, keeping the western powers at
Defence minister Manohar Parrikar inaugurated a helicopter engines maintenance plant in Goa on Sunday. It is a joint venture of state-run Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) and Safran Helicopter Engines France located at north Goa’s S
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) will be a game-changing reform for the Indian economy, creating a common market and reducing the cascading effects of tax on the cost of goods and services. It will impact the tax structure, tax incidence, tax comp
This year, for the first time, noise levels during the Ganeshotsav festival reduced in Mumbai. Although the decibel (dB) level remained beyond the permissible limits and the safe norms, it reduced from a high 123.7 dB last year to 116 dB. This was
A number of tribal kids are dying of malnutrition in Palghar district, Maharashtra. Lack of basic facilities like roads, water, healthcare and employment is also not helping.
For the first time in five years, the profits of India’s state-owned companies dropped, by about 20 percent in 2015. According to the government data 77 public-sector undertakings (PSUs) reported losses and contribution to the excheque
Both India and China, which together are home to roughly one in three 10-year-olds alive today, are among the world’s fastest growing economies and have seen dramatic improvements in the opportunities available to youth, said UNFPA’s T
On a cloudy afternoon in the last days of September, a five-watt bulb hangs inside a kuchha hut in Kalamwadi village, somewhere deep in a tribal area of Palghar district, Maharashtra. The flickering bulb fails to provide enough illumination to rec
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) is waiting for a hearing in the Supreme Court on October 26 as it seeks more powers. Its restricted recommendatory and advisory role could be further enhanced and it could ensure that recommendations are
The news of vital data of thousands of debit cards being exposed to fraudsters has sent many into a tizzy, with people now calling up their banks and looking up Google on what to do next. Though banks have been sending alerts, to all those w
The supreme court has asked Karnataka to release 2,000 cusecs of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu every day till further orders. However, farmers living near Cauvery delta region are worried as their livelihood is at stake as the quantity of water is t
Asian Productivity Organization (APO) secretary-general Santhi Kanoktanaporn during the 57th Workshop Meeting (WSM) of Heads of National Productivity Organizations (NPOs) announced that the organization would be taking up a myriad of technology-en
India ranks 66 out of 113 countries in terms of how the rule of law is experienced by its people, says World Justice Project (WJP) Rule of Law Index. The report has put India behind 65 countries including Nepal, Thailand and Malaysia. India bags a
Hard cash is not free. In fact, the Rs 10 note costs between 70 paise and Rs 1.12 to print. An RTI response on the printing cost of currency notes has revealed that different public sector undertakings have different p
A staggering 79 percent of Muslim women reported not having received any maintenance from their husband post their divorce, said a survey report “No More – Talaq Talaq Talaq -- Muslim Women Call for a Ban on an UnIslamic Practice&rdquo
It is a common enough notion in the market and among investors that private sector banks have superior asset management skills and consequently, a miniscule amount of toxic assets. This popular narrative has, in turn, led to a rising demand for th
The biggest ever telecom spectrum auction is over, and again it’s time to take stock. The government, of course, has failed miserably to meet its targets – due to a variety of reasons. The industry, already amid a price war thanks to t
“Postal network to be used for distribution of the Chana dal and other pulses should be taken up through postal network,” tweeted PIB chief Frank Noronha after cabinet secretary PK Sinha on Wednesday reviewed the availability and the p
