Japan is targeting foreign direct investment (FDI) worth US$300 billion from overseas companies by 2020. In a joint statement signed by prime minister, Narendra Modi and his Japanese counterpart, Shinzo Abe, in order to promote FDI from India to J
Railway minister Suresh Prabhu presented the Railway Budget 2016 in Lok Sabha. This was his second rail budget since he took charge of the ministry. There were no changes in passenger fares and freight rates. Following are some key highlight
The election commission of India (ECI) is exploring the use of information technology in the voting process, as stated by the chief election commissioner, Nasim Zaidi, at an international seminar organised by ECI on Tuesday, titled ‘leveragi
Deepak Dhaba is a popular eatery on the Barnala-Sangrur highway. Truckers, drivers and passengers break their journey here for a tasty Punjabi meal. One day, the regulars to the place were told that its ownership had changed hands. Now, visitors t
On Fatehabad road in Agra, close to the Taj Mahal, a single-storey building looks like any other, nondescript house except for its familiar name – Sheroes’ Hangout Café – which is painted on a huge board and hung from the
In his book ‘India after Gandhi’, noted historian Ramchandra Guha describes Jantar Mantar as “mini India”. On Tuesday, this “mini India” was painted blue. Shouting slogans of “Jai Bhim”, more t
Puducherry has come up with an eco-friendly way of treating water in a fishing hamlet Chinna Kalapet. Based on a technology called SHEFROL (sheet flow root level) bioreactor, the wastewater treatment plant is running since November 2014 and helpin
The Pre-Conception and Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (PCPNDT) Act of 1994 goes by the premise that non-disclosure of gender of an unborn child will ensure prevention of female foeticide. Union minister for women and child development Maneka Gand
The just concluded Make In India Week has garnered business commitment of Rs 15.20 lakh crore in investment from global and domestic companies – of which close to Rs 8 lakh crore will go to the host state, Maharashtra. As many as 30% M
In an effort to popularise the sustainable development goals (SGDs) adopted by the United Nations, an NGO named BoscoNet is organising a competition for all age groups. The SDGs, which have 17 goals and 169 targets, cover a broad range of sustaina
The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), in a press statement Thursday, condemned the use of force against JNU students, facult
In a first of its kind initiative, Maharashtra government has signed a pact with MAB Aviation and its partner Radius Circle to launch an air ambulance service from the state for domestic and overseas patients. The company will launch its service
Given the charged atmosphere over JNU protests, the Delhi police will have quite a task – of ensuring safety of the arrested JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar - at hands for the next 14 days. Kumar, who is booked under the dra
Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky and novelist Orhan Pamuk are among a host of thinkers who have come out in support of the students and teachers of JNU who have been protesting the
The national human rights commission has sent notices to union home secretary, Delhi government chief secretary, Delhi Police commissioner and the registrar of the
A group of public intellectuals and social activists have written a letter to the president, the prime minister and concerned government representatives urging them to stop encroachment and destruction of Yamuna floodplains. Their concern has stem
“JNU is the other Red Fort of Delhi” Compared to the most of India, the university certainly has a far higher proportion of people with leftist inclinations. But th
Deepak Dhaba is a popular eatery on the Barnala-Sangrur highway. Truckers, drivers and passengers break their journey here for a tasty Punjabi meal. One day, the regulars to the place were told that its ownership had changed hands. Now, vi
Beyond consolidating its core constituency of hooligans, the BJP has only bloodied its nose in the JNU episode. [Link] Rahul Gandhi and his party, the Congress, should have benefitted a little from being on the right side of liberal and progressiv
On February 11, a bunch of JNU students gathered at a dhaba in the campus, and spoke of Afzal Guru (convicted of terror charges and hanged on February 9, 2013), Kashmir, BJP and other issues. Outright anti-India slogans were indeed raised, but it
