The central government has not fixed or mentioned any amount as “national minimum wage” in the Code on Wages Bill 2017, it was clarified on Tuesday. “The apprehension that minimum wage of Rs.18000
The death of two people after a mountain of trash collapsed in Delhi must be a wake-up call for civic authorities across the country. The tragedy at Ghazipur landfill prompted Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal to ban
Piyush Goyal, who took over as the railway minister on Monday, lauded his predecessor Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu for building the roadmap of railways’ extensive growth and for bringing in huge investment for the state run transporter.
A quiet Arab spring led by the veiled womenfolk of Hirmathla is behind making this village in Nuh district, and for that matter, nearly all of Haryana an open defecation free (ODF) zone. Women who for generations and till recently had to cringe in
Political observers have consistently painted Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions as being borne out of a dogmatic ideology. But the reshuffle-cum-expansion of the Union Cabinet on Sunday is the latest event that suggests exactly the oppo
India on Monday scored a major diplomatic victory when BRICS nations, including China, condemned terrorism caused by various Pakistan-based terror outfits like Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammad. BRICS nations’ condemning Pa
Prime minister Narendra Modi on Monday held a “constructive” interaction with Chinese president Xi Jinping during the BRICS summit, just days after the Doklam crisis was resolved. “Our interaction
New railway minister Piyush Goyal has his work cut out for him as he has to prioritise safety and restore confidence since the railways is going through a rough patch due to successive derailments. Goyal’s appointment has com
Nitin Gadkari has replaced Uma Bharti after over three years of almost no visible work in the ministry of water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation, as promised by prime minister Narendra Modi in his poll promise. I
Two positions of information commissioners are lying vacant for a year, said an RTI activist who pointed out that there is delay in appointment despite the huge pendency in cases. The posts fell vacant after the retirement of ICs B
The erudite Nirmala Sitharaman being appointed India’s first full time defence minister was the highlight of the cabinet rejig carried out by prime minister Narendra Modi – and it was completely out of the blue.
On the Independence Day of 2014, Parameswaran Iyer was in Hanoi working as programme leader and lead water and sanitation specialist for the World Bank. He was involved in tackling a desperate scenario of high open defecation (21 percent) and lack
A bench of the Delhi high court comprising chief justice Geeta Mittal and justice C Hari Shankar pulled up the Delhi government on its failure to frame rules under the National Food Security Act (NFSA), including those related to transparency, gri
Ever since the railway minister Suresh Prabhu offered to resign to prime minister Narendra Modi following two derailments in Uttar Pradesh, top officials at the Rail Bhavan appear to be in a quandary as he has stopped coming to office.
The government is finalising cyber security standards for mobile phones, union minister for IT & electronics and law & justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad said at an Assocham event. “Let me tell all mobile manufacturin
On August 31, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) failed to launch IRNSS-1H, India`s eighth navigation satellite, from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh. The satellite was onboard the ISRO’s trusted wo
When the voluminous 2011 census of India was released, there were many red faces at the centre. The painstakingly collected and collated figures showed that only 32 percent Indians were using toilets; the rest defecated in the open, adding to the
India is planning to establish a voluntary carbon market with World Bank assistance with focus on areas that are not covered, union minister for environment, forest and climate change, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, said on Thursday.
Chennai’s public health system would work ‘more intelligently’ during natural disasters or spread of diseases, said an official. Public health measures during emergency which includes flood, cyclone will be
Over 450,000 villages now have access to banking in one form or the other, said the RBI in its annual report. “As on March 31, 2017, 96 percent (472,136 villages) of the total villages allotted had been cov
