Satya Nadella, CEO, Microsoft, was in town to launch the Hindi, Telugu and Tamil versions of his autobiography `Hit Refresh` released on September 26. At an event hosted by Microsoft and HarperCollins India, he spoke about his book with Indian cri
The Asian Development Bank has suggested widening the scope of the electricity law so that India can better carry out cross-border trade. In its report –
Delhi is out of breath, yet again. The air quality in the Delhi NCR region dipped to a ‘severe’ level on Tuesday. The last time the air quality was severe in the region was on October 20, a day after Diwali. That happened despite the s
People using their debit or credit card to make payments at shops has become a common sight after demonetisation took place on November 8, 2016. At some places like the army CSD canteen, cash payment can no longer be done. Only card
Pradeep Gehlot’s voice trembles even now when he talks of his father Srikrishna Gehlot’s death four years ago of a complication he developed in his chest. “Father had only a mild chest pain and we took him to the M
Former prime minister Manmohan Singh, a respected economist, had described demonetisation as a monumental management failure and prophesied that the rate of growth of national income, that is, the GDP of the country, can decline by about two perce
The idea of institutional arbitration has come to stay in India, said Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra. “Enforcement is the cornerstone of any result that comes by arbitration by decree of a court. An award passed by institutiona
Campaigning in Himachal Pradesh early in November, prime minister Narendra Modi raised the pitch for good governance when he spoke about ridding the state of the five demons of mining mafia, forest mafia, tenders mafia, transfer mafia and drug maf
The November 8, 2016 announcement to scrap Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes did have a huge impact on the GDP, but it also left economists scratching their heads as they looked at numbers which were puzzling. Real GDP growth decli
A group of citizens including eminent jurists and civil activists have written to Justice BN Srikrishna, retired supreme court judge and chairperson, committee of experts on data protection framework, to protest against the non-transparency
Namibia has joined the growing list of countries where India has made investments in oil and gas blocks. ONGC Videsh has acquired a 30 percent stake in an oil block in this southwest African nation which is known for its rich natural resources, in
The supreme court on Friday asked the banks and the telecom service providers (TSP) to specify a deadline in their messages for linking accounts with Aadhaar. The apex court clubbed four new petitions related to Aadhaar with
Waiting time at toll plazas is likely to come down as FASTags will now be fitted in all four wheel motor vehicles sold on or after December 1, 2017. The ministry of road transport & highways has issued a gazette notification and
India has one of the highest numbers of TB cases in the world, a World Health Organisation (WHO) report has said. An estimated 10.4 million people fell ill with TB in 2016: 90% were adults, 65% were male, 10% were people living with
Over about a year, the number of telecom operators in India has effectively shrunk from 14 to three: Idea Cellular-Vodafone; Bharti Airtel and Mukesh Ambani-owned behemoth Reliance Jio – apart from the state-run BSNL/MTNL. Virtually every ot
India has slipped in the Global Gender Gap Index ranking of the World Economic Forum, just days after it did so well in World Bank’s ease of doing business. It now stands at 108th position.
In the not too distant future, the package you ordered from an e-commerce website may well be delivered at your doorstep by a drone. The draft norms for drones have been finalised, which is expected to give a huge push to drones rev
An enquiry has been ordered after at least 18 people were killed and dozens were injured when a boiler exploded on Wednesday afternoon in the power generating unit at NTPC Unchahar plant at Raebareli in Uttar Pradesh. The boiler pi
The Gita Press is synonymous with Hindu religious texts: its cheap editions of the Bhagwad Gita, and equally its Hanuman Chalisa, have reinforced the piety of devout Hindus. Many use them in daily prayers or to seek religious wisdom. The press als
Pakistani experts and commentators seem rattled by India’s rather swift move to operationalise the seat route to the landlocked Afghanistan via the Iranian port of Chabahar, ending, for all times, the war-ravaged country’s dependence o
