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Taking Kashmir to ICJ not feasible: CJI TS Thakur

 Chief Justice of India T S Thakur has opposed the idea of India seeking arbitration of Kashmir dispute with Pakistan at the international court of Justice [ICJ]. Speaking at the launch of Aman H Hingorani’s book “ Unravel

Govt saves Rs 27,000 crore through DBT

Over 30 crore people were benefitted through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) in 2015-16 as the government dispersed almost Rs 61,000 to MNRE

Oil, gas production from ONGC, OIL below target

Aging fields, frequent bandhs and blockades, and contractual issues among others are the reasons for low production of crude oil and natural gas from Oil India Limited (OIL) and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC). The government on Monday info

A fifth of Indian farmers covered under crop insurance scheme

 The implementation of the crop insurance scheme in the country is crucial as there has been a steady rise in the suicide of farmers. Currently, 20 percent of the farmers and 23 percent of total cropped area in country has been insured. 

End vilification of India Inc: ASSOCHAM

 The associated chamber of commerce of India [ASSOCHAM] has asked the Narendra Modi government to change the definition of NPAs [non-performing assets] – from the present 90 days limit to service bank loans – to enable India Inc.

Government rejects PSEB`s choice for NMDC top job

The appointments committee of the cabinet (ACC) has rejected government headhunter public enterprises selection board’s (PSEB`s) recommendation for appointment of Gopal Singh as the chairman and managing director (CMD) of National Mineral De

NCW wants CBI probe in Kerala rape case

The national commission for women (NCW) will ask the centre to hand over the investigation of the brutal assault, suspected to be a sexual assault, and murder of a 30-year-old woman in Kerala to the CBI. “The crime scene was heavily compromi

22 PSUs fined for not appointing women directors

A total of 1,375 BSE-listed companies and 191 NSE-listed companies have been fined for failing to appoint women directors on their respective boards. Out of these, two are public sector banks and 22 are central public sector enterprises. The infor

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“We have a colonial law which governs our regulatory system. Successive governments have tried to address the gap and loopholes in a patchwork way which is the root cause of the mess we are in. The problem is that there is no proper governan

Government must give PSUs more freedom, says Amitabh Kant

State-run companies need to be kept at an arm`s length from their administrative ministries and should be given more freedom and flexibility, said NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant. He said ‘Make in India’ will not succeed wi

Centre declines candidature of BK Mishra for BCCL top post

The Centre has declined the candidature of BK Mishra as chairman and managing director (CMD) of Bharat Coking Coal Limited (BCCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited (CIL). The appointments committee of the cabinet (ACC) on Friday

Leaked data is not ours, claims IRCTC

The Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) rebuked the allegations of the Maharashtra cyber crime cell regarding the leak of user profile data of at least one crore people from its website. The IRCTC clarified that the data allege

Pause before you pop, it may be spurious

Indu Gilra, a retired teacher in her seventies living in Indirapuram, Ghaziabad in the national capital region (NCR), would often pop a tablet of Combiflam at the slightest hint of body ache. Since it’s an over-the-counter medicine, she coul

Lok Sabha clears insolvency and bankruptcy code

 As the banking sector reels under bad loans, the Lok Sabha on Thursday cleared the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code that aims to regulate insolvency including time-bound recovery of dues from defaulters. It will now have to be cleared by the R

Rs 100 crore fine, jail term for wrong map of India

You will now face a seven year jail term or Rs 100 crore fine if you prepare an erroneous map of India, says the draft of “The Geospatial Information Regulation Bill, 2016”. The bill is to regulate the acquisition, disse

Haryana mulls jail term for those who waste water

Haryana government is planning to impose three months imprisonment and a fine of Rs 10,000 for damaging roads by throwing water.  According to a TOI report, PWD minister of the state, Rao Narbir Singh on May 5 said that the government

541 board level posts lying vacant in CPSEs

 More than 500 posts, including those of full-time and part-time directors, are lying vacant in various central public sector enterprises (CPSEs). Several posts of chairman and managing directors (CMDs) of companies such as MTNL, Hi

Finance ministry sacks 72 tax officers

 For the first time, the finance ministry has fired 72 tax officers, besides prematurely retiring another 33 for non-performance and on disciplinary grounds in the last two years. The action has been taken against officials harassin

Enhancing the SCOPE of PSEs

With a vision to create an ideal institution for PSU employees and develop a public sector cadre of professionals, the Standing Conference of Public Enterprises (SCOPE) will establish an Academy of Public Sector Enterprises (APSE) from July.

Elderly get just Rs 200 as pension, seek hike

Pained by the government`s apathy towards revising decades old monthly pension of Rs 200, 125 elderly citizens associated with Pension Parishad will be sending a day`s pension, Rs 7, to prime minister Narendra Modi – protesting against the p

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