In the recently concluded 19th party congress of the Communist party of China (CPC), Xi Jinping has consolidated political and military power in China. He has, using a phased reforms approach and incremental policies, streamlined commands and re
The government on Thursday said that provisions of the Financial Resolution and Deposit Insurance Bill, 2017 (FRDI Bill) were meant to protect interests of depositors. The FRDI Bill, introduced in the Lok Sabha on August 11, 2017,
All this while doctors in Delhi have been repeatedly warning about the health risk, particularly to lungs, due to the toxic air in the National Capital Region. But, two back-to-back studies have shown the alarming impact on health, including
We now know why people are not getting a good quality of life in cities. Janaagraha Centre for Citizenship and Democracy analysed the financial management of urban local bodies (ULB) and presented key insights on the state of municipal finances ba
The government has told the supreme court that it is extending the deadline for mandatory linking of the government services with Aadhaar till March 31, 2018. However, news agencies reported, the extension is meant for those who ha
The bypoll for RK Nagar assembly constituency, which fell vacant following the death of Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, is going to be a litmus test for the ruling AIADMK, feel political experts. The constituency, a Chenn
Manjula Shetye’s death after a beating by jailors in Mumbai’s Byculla jail and even the riot that followed might have gone unnoticed by the media. It got the prime-time and page-one attention it did because a high-profile prisoner &nda
This is a crucial month for India’s foreign policy makers as two back-to-back trilateral meetings, one at the ministerial level and another at the foreign secretary level, are going to be held on December 11 and December 12 in New Delhi. Whi
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday the policy repo rate under the liquidity adjustment facility (LAF) unchanged at 6.0 per cent.
Air pollution potentially affects children’s brains, according to a new Unicef report which also points out that the majority of children at risk are in South Asia. The Unicef analysis focusing on very young children u
Former UP chief minister ND Tiwari had an interesting anecdote about the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri mosque issue. In 1989 when he was at the helm in Lucknow, the dispute peaked following the posturing and counter-posturing by RSS-BJP-VHP combine and th
The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) has spotted shortcomings for development of Rajasthan’s Dang Area which is characterised by ravines, gorges and infested with dacoits. The
The election for the Congress presidentship turned out to be a stroll in the park for Rahul Gandhi as nobody else filed nomination papers. It is not that the Congress doesn’t have leaders who could have taken up that role. But
Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi may get elected unopposed to the post of party president. He filed his nomina
Rahul Gandhi, who becomes the Congress chief on Monday without opposition, is taking up a position that was once occupied by stalwarts like Jawaharlal Nehru, JB Kripalani and Subhas Chandra Bose. Here are 10 of the Congress presiden
Uttar Pradesh (10,426 cases) reported the highest number of cases of atrocities against Scheduled Castes (SCs) accounting for 25.6% followed by Bihar with 14.0% (5,701 cases) and Rajasthan with 12.6% (5,134 cases) during 2016, showed the latest da
A fundamental shift is under way in payment habits of the Indian economy, said a RBI document that looked at the impact of demonetisation. RBI’s interventions on promoting electronic modes of payment appear to have facilitated
Everyone knows that the Ganga is heavily polluted. Along the 2,525 km of the river, there are just 57 monitoring stations to assess water quality. Few as they are, they tell a horrific story if one only goes by the amount of fecal matter in the wa
As Gujarat goes to assembly elections this month, at least 137 of the 977 candidates in the fray for the first phase have declared criminal cases against themselves. This is a finding of the analysis carried out by the
Former US president Barack Obama on Friday said that the distinction between `us` and `them` is dangerous and can wreak havoc on us all. Speaking at the HT Leadership Summit in New Delhi, Obama said that he was proud to have proud t
