Expressing concerns over the mismatch between the skills of the fresh graduates and talents required in the country, president Pratibha Devisingh Patil has called for urgent steps to reverse the low employability ratio of graduates in the co
As the government readies for the 2012-13 union budget, slated to be presented in parliament on Friday, a new study shows severe underutilisation of funds and sluggish progress of different government schemes in the first ten months of the financi
This refers to media reports about party tickets being considered for Rajya Sabha to defeated political heavyweights in the recently-held elections to the state assemblies. It is an irony that physically and mentally disabled George Fernandes was
Congress MP Vijay Bahuguna was today sworn in as chief minister of Uttarakhand after the Congress overruled a revolt by another MP Harish Rawat, who is said to have offered to resign from the Union government. 65-year-old Bahuguna,
The brief euphoria generated by the private microfinance institutions (MFIs) withered away with the collapse of their doubtfully structured model. Its representative face in India, Vikram Akula’s high rise and bottom low with SKS microfinanc
Life expectancy at birth is improving due to better health facilities. But the maternal mortality rate (MMR) has been significantly high in India as compared to other developed and developing countries in the world, says the report `Understanding
Government of India is holding consultations with stakeholders on the Judicial Accountability Bill and has listed the matter for discussion in Parliament, Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid said here on Tuesday. Hoping that the bill
State Bank of India (SBI) has no plan to provide fresh loan to the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday. "SBI has informed that currently there is no such plan to provide addition
The government on Tuesday said it is likely to table a white paper on black money during the ongoing budget session of parliament, but maintained that there is no authentic estimate of the quantum of illicit wealth. "The white
Home minister P Chidambaram on Tuesday asserted in the Lok Sabha that NCTC was an "absolute necessity" and not an attack on the federal structure and maintained that even states opposed to some provisions of the body support its formatio
India has fallen by five places in the UN e-government survey 2012 from 119 in 2010 to 124 in 2012. The survey which was released on March 6, 2012 places the Republic of Korea at the top position followed by the Netherlands. United Kingdom
Disruptions on issues like Telangana, atrocities on Sri Lankan Tamils, sub-quota for minorities, and shortage of fertilisers on Monday marred President Pratibha Patil`s Address to the joint sitting of Parliament. MPs raised slogans to pres
Trouble for cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines again erupted on Monday with at least 30 flights either being cancelled or clubbed as several pilots and other staffers failed to report for work to protest delays in salary payments. At
The Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to six Andhra Pradesh ministers and eight IAS officers on a plea alleging that the CBI was not proceeding against them despite having sufficient evidence that they helped former Congress leader Y Jagan Mo
Despite the release of over 100 activists arrested during the ongoing Jat agitation here, rail and road traffic continued to be effected on Monday with protesters blocking several routes, officials said. Protesters blocked rail tracks and
Raising expenditure on education to 6% of gross domestic product (GDP), was one of the promises the Congress-led UPA made at the start of its first term in 2004. But (according to CBGA’s latest report) the present total public spending on ed
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has asked BJP and Congress to respect the regional parties because of their dominance in states. Kumar said the coalition era will continue and big parties like Congress and BJP should respect the regional
The Centre will spend Rs 900 crore on strengthening of Gram Panchayats across the country from next year, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said. "From next year, government will spend one per cent of the total of Rs
Akhilesh Yadav, who scripted spectacular success in the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections with an image makeover for Samajwadi Party, will be the new and youngest Chief Minister of the state, representing a generational shift in its politics. The 3
I write this fresh from a new classroom at the Taj in Bandra. There are, I’m sure, more advanced classrooms elsewhere in
