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Govt staff beat Monday blues, in office before 9 in Delhi

Monday blues are a cliché in central government now. After the Narnedra Modi government’s directive and host of measures to ensure a different work culture, there seems to be remarkable improvement, at least in staff attendance. There

Time to overhaul FSSAI and protect the future generation

India’s food products market is nearly `25 lakh crore and in the next five years it is expected to shoot over `40 lakh crore. In this scenario the role of the food regulator, Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), is crucial.

Jayalalithaa’s new seat is small to manage and restore her big pride

Tamil Nadu chief minister and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) general secretary J Jayalalithaa begins her campaign to restore her dented pride with an election meeting in Radhakrishnan Nagar assembly constituency in north Chennai

Yoga Day: Why India bends and sets two new world records

India on Sunday registered two new Guinness World Records for Yoga with 35,985 participants performing yogasanas at one venue and as many as 84 nationalities joining in the official observation of

Nathu La opens for Kailash pilgrims and new frontier of Sino-Indian friendship

Another door has opened to China and it has people connect. After over half-a-century of closure as consequence of the 1962 Sino-India war, Nathu La pass opened on Monday for the first batch of Indian pilgrims on Kailash Mansarovar Yatra.  Ch

In search of ‘heaven of freedom’

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high Where knowledge is free... -  Rabindranath Tagore These lines by India’s Nobel laureate have inspir

Public funds being used to build brand Kejriwal?

The Bharatiya Janata Party has termed the advertisement of the AAP-led Delhi government that is being broadcast on television channels as a "violation" of the supreme court`s order and threatened to approach the apex court. The BJP wants

No clarity on Sriperumbudur Nokia plant revival

It has been more than three months the prime minister Narendra Modi indicated his government’s plan to restart Noki

Don`t shy away from yoga benefits, says WHO as Delhi gets ready to bend

Notwithstanding needless controversies and posturing by pseudo-secularists, yoga is relevant in current India, suffering from effects economic growth. Those are skeptical should understand that the World Health Organisation (WHO) is

Blunt Ratan Tata speaks of flaws in governance in India

Tata Sons Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata has questioned the basic of governance and sought to redefine it in the post-liberalisation India. He was also at pain to explain how weak enforcement of rules and regulations is affecting the country.

Expect good salary hike this year due to optimistic economic growth

Salary levels in India are likely to exceed growth figures of the country, which is good news for professionals. While most of forecasts predict that India’s growth will be in the range of 7.5% the increase in salary is likely to be around 1

CBCS in Delhi University: A matter of choice

In the last week of May, when the Delhi university (DU) opened its admission process, it also introduced a new system of evaluation: choice-based credit system, or CBCS. This was done in accordance with the guidelines of the human resource develop

Mumbai let down by civic authorities and politicians

Even though Mumbai’s municipal corporation claims to have completed more than 95% of the desilting work and removed more than 3.40 lakh cubic metre of silt from major nullahs (storm water drainage) the city came to a standstill on Friday.

Mumbai marooned in monsoon rains, social media helps people connect

Mumbai weathers it every monsoon with bit of help from the administration. Friday was no different. Suburban trains are lifelines of India’s commercial hub Mumbai and they stood still on tracks due to heavy rains. Mumbai city recorded around

Emergency bomb: Advani provides fodder to Modi & BJP foes

It is hard to believe that in the age of social media activism in India there is a possibility of emergency-like situation in the country. But BJP leader LK Advani did allude to such a scenario and his Emergency comment has given fresh ammunition

Living in a world of parallels

“Bold is beautiful” Are Indians finally opening up their mindsets? Few days ago, the Indian advertising world took a step and launched the country’s first advertisement depicting a lesbian couple.

20 million homes scheme lifts housing sector stocks

The central government’s ‘Housing for all by 2022’ scheme for urban areas has lifted the shares of housing finance companies and few real estate companies. They were trading high on Thursday after the cabinet approved the launch

Yoga and Islam are synonymous: Muslim Rashtriya Manch

Amid controversies and campaign against yoga in the Muslim community, the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), a wing of RSS, has come out with a 32-page booklet ‘Yoga and Islam’. Minister of state for AYUSH, Shripad Naik, laun

Why bring Dawood in Lalit Modi debate?

As the cacophony over Lalit Modi hits unbearable decibels, the arguments and comments are becoming irrational or say childishly pedestrian. Gurudas Kamat, AICC general secretary and party`s Rajasthan in-charge hit the desperate butt

Madhya Pradesh students grab top ranks in IIT-JEE

Breaking the myth that big cities or the metros produce merit students, four boys and a girl from Madhya Pradesh have bagged the top positions in IIT-JEE Advanced results, declared officially on Thursday.  The ranking is sure route to admissi

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