As India takes lead in world climate change policies, the ministry of environment, forests and climate change has drafted new emission and water consumption standards for thermal power plants. The draft notification has been publish
As the Modi government completes one year in office this month, RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, who oversees nation’s monetary policies, has said that the administration had taken steps to create an environment for investment and is “sens
Minister of state for Tourism Mahesh Sharma has hailed the extension of e-visas to Chinese nationals. Sharma said on Tuesday that “It was a great vision of our prime minister that he took a lead and Chinese declared it as e-tourist visa plac
Nothing can escape without consequences and people in power pay more than the aam aadmi. As war in Delhi’s state secretariat heats up, deep distrust is building up among the officials. Forced to stem storm of revolt and non-co
Soon Ganga pollution will be treated as a criminal offense. In the effort to abate pollution, ministry of water resource, river development and Ganga rejuvenation is working on a law that will punish the one who pollutes the river.
The political reality, in former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa disproportionate assets case, is pretty clear. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government wants Jayalalithaa to be saved. BJP knows that to establish its presence in Tamil
In his first blog published on the newly launched portal of NITI Aayog on Monday, vice-chairman Arvind Panagariya had said that due to limited potential of the agriculture sector in bringing prosperity to a vast population in the long run, the cou
The powerful have to have a necessary quality, restraint. But in the Delhi drama, most lacking aspects are restraint and decency in governance. The tussle between Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and lieutenant governor Najeeb J
Prime minister Narendra Modi seems to be building a USA in the backyard. On Tuesday, he called for unity among Asian countries and said they must work as Asians to shape the world and reform the global institutions of governance.
The government sought stay on order banning plying of over 10-year-old diesel vehicles in Delhi—NCR by quoting a study by IIT Delhi, and both were hauled up by the National Green Tribunal (NGT). It directed that they come back with a t
India and South Korea have agreed to upgrade the bilateral relationship to `Special Strategic Partnership`. This was disclosed by prime minister Narendra Modi after both the countries signed seven agreements on Monday. Modi arrived
Nature and its elements have taken the place where there was once filth and heaps of garbage. Initiating the concept of public art in the holy town of Varanasi, visual arts students from Banaras Hindu University (BHU) led by t
On December 7, 2014, the PM, along with his team, hosted CMs for exchange of views on economic planning. The consultation agenda was “cooperative federalism” (interface between the centre and states); strategic and perspective planning
Nearly five months after it came into being, the NITI Aayog has entered digital age as Arvind Panagariya, Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog, launched the beta version NITI Aayog website on Monday. The website can be accessed on the following url: http://w
If vehicle owners in Delhi display a picture of Arvind Kejriwal, then some demands of theirs could be accepted. Well, this is what we deduce from his address to the auto drivers and giving in to their demand for fare hike, without considering view
Despite assurances the overseas investors have pulled out nearly Rs 17,000 crore from the Indian capital markets in the first two weeks of the month due to apprehensions that the government would impose a 20 per cent Minimum Alternate Tax (MAT) on
Income tax return or ITR forms will be "far more simplified" assured Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Saturday. However, there was clarity on the disclosure of bank accounts and foreign travels. The ITR form, which
Oscar Wilde once said on ingredients of a tragedy that “actions are the first tragedy in life, words are the second”. In the Aarushi Talwar murder case, the killing of the 14-year-old was followed by ‘words’
Between them they control one third of world’s population and fastest growing economies. Hence, it can be safely said that this was a powerful selfie. The selfie taken by prime minister Narendra Modi with Chinese premier Li Ke
Even as exports shrank by as much as 13.96 per cent in April to $22 billion making it the fifth consecutive month of contraction as the demand for Indian goods slumped due to the global slowdown, FDI (foreign direct investment) in India grew by ab
