Mobility is essential to modern life. Our physical environment, though, defines the boundaries of our mobility. In urban centres, these boundaries are within the physical limits of the city. As cities expand, we tend to expand our mobility boundar
Prime minister Narendra Modi has acknowledged the efforts of the banks in opening 11.5 crore accounts under pradhan mantri jan dhan yojna (PMJDY). In an email sent on Saturday to all the bankers across the country, Modi has also asked the banks to
Events seem to be rolling fast and furious, and Marans are caught in it. After the SpiceJet fiasco of Kalanithi Maran, his brother Dayanidhi Maran is likely to be arrested in BSNL telephone exchange case. Marans are close relatives of DMK chief M
There is an inherent deformity in the hearing range of all those in power. Their ears are seemingly too sensitive to criticism and harsh realities. George Orwell while articulating his views on freedom of speech said “If liberty means anythi
As I walked towards the United Nations Office at Geneva (UNOG), a melancholic woman stopped me and asked: “Tu es Charlie (Are you Charlie)?”, referring to ‘Je suis Charlie (I am Charlie)’; the phrase that has caught the ima
In his novel “Delhi”, Khushwant Singh described his mistress Bhagmati as akin to the capital: both are unattractive and detestable, yet their roughness on surface conceals a seductive charm underneath. It is difficult to keep away from
Reflecting dull manufacturing activities, indirect tax receipts growth has been below par while direct tax collection growth has been in double figures in the April-December period of this financial year. Anticipating such a fall the government ha
Now raising concern on the dwindling sex ratio, prime minister Narendra Modi launched ‘Beti Bachao Beti Padhao’ scheme from Panipat, Haryana on January 22. The state of Haryana was selected for the launch of the scheme b
The Reserve Bank of India is pushing for greater transparency in financial world and has asked all banks to display charges and loan interest rates on their respective websites to facilitate informed decisions being taken by the customer.
India’s mobile service providers have received strong support from the world body over high price of spectrum and a skewed auction policy scheduled next month. The GSM Association, which represents nearly 800 mobile operators
This Republic Day is first for the BJP, which formed the government in May last with huge majority, and the names for Padma awards are floating around. The ferocity with which the media went ahead with the publication of its list, forced the gover
The budget carrier SpiceJet has received another lifeline on Thursday as aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has allowed the airline to accept advance bookings beyond March 31. The summer schedule of the airlines commences
How much a government can interfere or make rules to lift an ailing corporate giant? Asking the US Congress to implement ‘application neutrality,’ Blackberry Ltd. CEO John Chen has sought a law to force app makers to provide a version
Microsoft has unveiled Windows 10 and it will be last OS (operating system) you will buy, and many will get it free. After Windows 10 is installed, Microsoft plans to put in place a continuous updates process that will eliminate the concept of nex
The US president will get an opportunity to address the people of world’s largest democracy. After joint write up in a major newspaper in September last year, Barack Obama and Narendra Modi will jointly speak to the people of India in a radi
1. Public sector banks should report with the depth of social logic and to the larger society How could PS banks ‘manage’ to write off 2.43 lac crores of loans so far? How could 14 of them collectively f
Trouble for Shiromani Akali Dal refuses to go away and now its ally BJP has also been dragged into the Punjab controversy. A division bench of justices S K Mittal and Deepak Sibal of the Punjab and Haryana High Court on Wednesday stayed the transf
Delhi elections are noisy on ground and becoming creative in virtual world. Apart from the battle for power there is a battle of hashtags being waged. As the nominations closed on Wednesday in Delhi, the Twitterati hit the overdrive
When US president Barack Obama comes to India next week, he will be a different person, and prime minister Narendra Modi can learn few things from him. Addressing Congress for the first time since Republicans seized the Senate in No
Governments usually do not compete for record books but if a record is created it can be celebrated. The Narendra Modi government, which is yet to complete one year in office, has earned Guinness Book of World Records entry for opening the maximum
