The centre on Tuesday announced drought relief assistance of Rs. 5,083 crores for the states of Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh which have been facing severe drought due to below normal monsoon in 2015. Maharashtra will
Nitish Kumar cannot thank the women of Bihar enough for his decisive victory in assembly elections. He had worked for this day – by not only making promises but also delivering on them. The ubiquitous bicycle-riding girls on the way to schoo
Facebook`s free basics proposal is deeply flawed, says a joint statement by faculty members from IITs and IISc. Close to 50 faculty members have released the joint statement stating that the service isn`t actually free and that it may violat
Union petroleum minister, Dharmendra Pradhan on Monday announced setting up of a new state-of-the-art crude oil distillation unit (CDU) of Bharat Petroleum’s Mumbai refinery and a petrochemicals complex in Maharashtra.
Susanne Rudolph, a professor emerita at the University of Chicago, passed away this week. We reproduce an interview with her and Lloyd I Rudolph soon after they received the Padma Bhushan in 2014.
In a major embarrassment, the Congress party was left red-faced on the day it celebrated its 131st Foundation Day. Articles appearing in the December issue of the party’s mouthpiece ‘Congress Darshan’ have criticised Jawaharlal N
Acres of emerald sparkle in knee-deep water in the paddy kohl fields in Thrissur, Kerala. It is sunny and transplanting is going on. There are hardly any workers to be seen for all the work that is happening. But if one looks carefully, a tiny tro
In the year 2015, world witnessed many occasions that made us question our ‘being’. The thing that defines us into who we are, what we believe in and what we think is worth pursuing. Dictionary.com this year, on accou
Facebook has taken up the war against the opponenets of its campaign Free Basics. The social media giant is giving advertisement in almost every national newspaper for past three days, pitching for Free Basics in the name of digital quality, earli
Dr Alok Shukla, who once won praise for reforming Chhattisgarh’s public distribution system (PDS), has finally broken his silence and posted on his Facebook page his defence againstallegations of irregularities in what has come to be known a
Urging people of India and Pakistan to come together and take forward the history of shared legacy, Hameed Haroon, CEO of Karachi-based Dawn media group, said that both the nations must strengthen their identities as southeast Asian countries and
State capitalism was the need of the hour when India got into its path of economic development. It continues to occupy a pedestal position despite the new global economic order – contributing over 27 percent to India’s fiscal bud
On the outskirts of Varanasi, the Azamgarh road leads to a small hamlet, Lamhi, the place where Munshi Premchand was born, lived and left behind some of the most marvellous pieces of modern Hindi literature. His stories, which revolved aroun
“Are there only two options before us [for PSUs] – either disinvest or close down? There is a third way, corporatise it, change its culture, make it apolitical, bring in efficiency.” – Prime minister
The financial year 2014-15 was not a typically good year for the global economy – largely due to the weaker-than-expected global activity in the last quarter (January to March) of 2013-14 and a consecutive weak April-June quarter of 20
To check rising pollution in the national capital, the Delhi government has decided to introduce odd-even formula for the first 15 days of the New Year. According to this rule, odd numbered cars will travel on odd dates of the
State of municipal education in Greater Mumbai shows no improvement as compared to previous years and continues to be telling of education standards of the municipality. Praja Foundation’s latest report on municipal education
Bundelkhand, the land of famous warriors Alha and Udal, is entrapped in an unending battle. But unlike 1857, today there is no ‘harbola’ to tell the stories of sacrifices. Then, Subhadra Kumari Chauhan wrote, “Bundele harbolon ke
