The past couple of weeks have made me very sad. Since the news of conversion of 200 people in Agra, the media has gone crazy criticizing the organizations responsible for it, calling it inhuman and unjust. Does the constitution not
Electronic government holds the promise for a speedier, more efficient and effective governance. Better governance would mean better delivery of services more attuned to the citizen’s expectations. An effective and efficient front-end servic
Taking the tech campaigning to a next level, AAP volunteers have converted hashtag ‘mufflerman’, which began with a n
Prime minister Narendra Modi expressed his happiness to be at the 102nd session of Indian Science Congress (ISC), which he inaugurated in Mumbai on Saturday. However, he if takes a closer look at the science in India, he may feel depressed.
Prime minister Narendra Modi has no doubt hit the global sweet spot by identifying the corrosive potential of black money to slowly eat away the entrails of the painstakingly architected world economic and political system. In many ways it has alr
With public sector banks under intense pressure to reinvent the services, a big step was initiated on Friday with major stakeholders deliberating reforms “to make the banking system robust’. A retreat for banks and financial in
The Central government has approved the recommendations of M P Bezbaruah committee, which was formed in February 2014, to look into the v
They have every reason to protest. Mumbai’s rail commuter is most harassed. The ever-increasing hurdles in commuting adds to the stress of Mumbaikar. Friday’s spontaneous flare up was waiting to happen. Incidentally, railway minister S
Narendra Modi government replaced the 64-year-old `one-size-fits-all`planning commission with a new National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) to foster strategic developmental process in the country. Here are the framework and objective o
Twenty-five-year-old Marciline was surprised when her manager asked her to go home. She looked at the clock and it was not even noon. She immediately sensed that December 20 was to be her last day as an employee of Foxconn, the world’s large
After repeated protests by India, Pakistan on Thursday challenged the bail granted to Mumbai attack accused Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, even as the Nawaz Sharif government began to walk the talk on its anti-terror plan. The Interior Minis
The shift is both in name and objective. The government on Thursday signaled the birth of NITI Aayog, replacing the planning commission . With this the new organisation will focus on policy, which is even more basic than planning. An offic
Telecom operators can end 2014 with a prospect of getting more bandwidth at a lesser price in 2015. And the government can also hope for additional revenue, at least in principal, for the current financial year. This is the result
The government has made appointments for the top posts at four public sector banks (PSBs)and implemented its new policy of bifurcation of the post of Chairman and MD and CEO. R Koteeswaran, executive director, Bank of India ha
While the special NIA court was framing charges early this month against Haider Ali, Mujibullah and Taufique Ansari in the Bodhgaya serial blasts, another ‘terror attack’ was being planned by members of the same group. &
To rev up defence procurement in a big way, defence minister Manohar Parrikar has hinted at limited approval to dealing with banned firms and assured changes in the Defence Procurement Policy (DPP) to legalise representatives from foreign defence
Narendra Modi’s Make in India campaign got another push on Monday with a determined prime minister declaring that "if we have to change laws, we are ready. If we have to change rules, we are ready. If we have to change the system, we ar
Ringing the bell of caution for the banking sector, the Reserve Bank of India in its financial stability report says that there has been lackluster credit growth and overall risks to the banking sector remain unchanged. The report c
Stephen Alter’s latest non-fiction, ‘Becoming a Mountain—In Search of the Sacred and the Sublime’, was recently released in the capital. The American author was born and raised in the foothills of the Himalayas in Mussoorie
A Reuters report, quoting two health ministry officials, says that the government of India has ordered a 20 percent budget cut in healthcare. The sobering report, dated December 24, takes the wind out of the expectations created by prime minister
