Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) has been living in a policy grey zone. The body, headed by former Infosys honcho Nandan Nilekani, came up following an executive fiat when the UPA thought an all-purpose smart card to slash the subs
With the strike by power sector employees agitating against the creation of Telangana state showing no signs of abating, power crisis has sneaked into Hyderabad as well, with the state capital witnessing two hours of outage every day. The
M Veerappa Moily is a man on a mission. Though it’s another matter that half the time Moily himself is unsure about the nature and merit of his mission, the union petroleum minister is a politician who fits the pre-liberalisation 1980s&rsquo
As the situation in Andhra Pradesh reaches a boiling point with a cauldron of repressed anger against the formation of Telangana threatening to reach a point of no return, one set of politicians who have perhaps lost more sleep due to anxiety than
Having faced the ire of investors for tightening liquidity conditions earlier in July, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been working on easing those conditions so as to restore market sentiment. The apex bank on Monday slashed the marginal stan
The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) got its first woman chairperson Arundhati Bhattacharya who assumed charge on Monday. Bhattacharya took over the post from Pratip Chaudhuri after he retired on September 30. The g
Given the projected growth of economy and the expected rise in energy demands along with it, India aims to add 54,000 MW electricity to its generation capacity. India’s consumption per hour is 700 kWh/Cap while the same of th
Research across the globe on the risk factors that cause breast cancer has noted lifestyle as the key explanation. WHO also recognises that increasing urbanisation and adoption of western lifestyle contribute to the increasing incidence of breast
Anti-bifurcation protests continue in all the districts of Seemaandhra region of Andhra Pradesh. Despite curfew in Vizainagaram town and shoot-at-sight orders issued by district authorities, violence is still going on. Agitators remain undeterred
Jayashree Thakur, additional district magistrate (ADM) of Bhagalpur in Bihar, should not have been shocked and surprised after all. In July, the economic offence unit (EOU) of Bihar police raided her home and unearthed assets worth more than `20 c
Even with the government pulling out newer tricks from its hat every now and then to beat the slowdown and boost demand, the Indian industry continues to struggle, according to a survey by industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII).
With the decision to pick up majority stake in the 1,320 MW Sarguja power project in Chhattisgarh, NHPC is all set to directly compete with NTPC, the country`s biggest thermal power producer. The project was earlier proposed to be developed jointl
Editor`s note: Beginning his indefinite fast to protest the union cabinet`s approval for bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh to pave way for a separatestate of Telangana on Saturday (October 5), Jagan Mohan Reddy said the Congress-led UPA government
To meet the country’s burgeoning energy demands, Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) and Oil India limited (OIL) have enlisted the services of foreign firms to hunt for shale oil and gas. According to the US energy information adm
A full bench of the Himachal Pradesh state information commission (SIC) has ruled that in every file noting the writer has to write his full name along with his designation. This would end the struggle to decode the names and designations of the w
Normal life continues to be disrupted for the second day in the Seemandhra regions where bandh is being observed in protest against Centre`s decision to divide Andhra Pradesh into two states. Traffic disruptions and violence has been reporte
Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd (RINL) and the Railways have signed an agreement for setting up a forged wheel plant at Lalgunj, UP at an investment of Rs 1,100 crore. The plant will be producing one lakh wheels a year in the first phase. Accor
It is indeed “Sweet September” for an enthusiast of Right to Information. The struggle and sustained advocacy paid off when the government decided to refer the RTI amendment bill to the parliamentary standing committee on personal, pub
Just after the 2002 communal riots, a beleaguered Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi sought advice from a former president of Singapore about how to move forward in his political career. Modi’s image then was at its nadir and Gujarat&rsquo
Allaying the concerns of the industry on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Act 2013, minister for rural development Jairam Ramesh said drafting of the rules for the Act wou
