The tickets of online lotteries were sold till the last moment before the draw. No sales report was generated before the draw, said the CAG in a report on the Mizoram state lotteries. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) report
At a time when we are thrilled at the thought of the arrival of hyperloop transportation technology enabling high-speed travel inside a partially vacuum tube and introduction of the bullet trains, our conventional trains and the passenger safety a
The NHRC, however, has steadily become more busy. From 496 complaints it received in 1993-94, in 2015-16, the commission registered more than one lakh cases of civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights. The moot question is whether th
The National Commission of Women (NCW) has issued notice to the Janata Dal (United) leader Sharad Yadav for his explicit remark on women. While addressing a public gathering in Patna on January 24, Yadav reportedly said, “Hon
While none of the political parties have so far volunteered detailed information about how they coped with the demonetisation-remonetisation drive, the audit reports for the financial year 2015-16 that some of them have submitted to the Election C
The outlook for gold monetisation is interesting. The flaws associated with the first gold monetisation scheme – most significantly the minimum deposit size – are not present in the latest iteration and there are certain structural d
“As president of the Akademi, I may tell you quite frankly I would not like the prime minister to interfere with my work.” – Jawaharlal Nehru, first president, Sahitya Akademi Nehru had made it clea
In order to extend passport services to citizens on a larger scale and to ensure wider area coverage, the ministry of external affairs (MES) and the department of posts (DOP) under the ministry of telecommunications have agreed to utilise the head
Taking suo motu cognisance of a news report of the death of over 500 tribal girls in the Maharashtra state-run ashram schools, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued a notice to the chief secretary of the state to come up wit
As much as 69 percent of the income of six national political parties and 51 regional parties has come from unknown sources, according to a long-term data analysis carried out by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR). The tot
The union cabinet has approved a new scheme for promotion of rural housing in the country. The government would provide interest subsidy under the scheme. The interest subsidy would be available to every rural household that is not
Indian Institutes of Management will now be able to grant degrees to their students. The union cabinet chaired by prime minister Narendra Modi has approved the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Bill, 2017, under which the IIMs woul
The Election Commission of India has directed the government not to announce any schemes for the states where elections are going to take place. The election commission wrote a letter to the cabinet secretary on Monday, making it cl
Public Private Partnership (PPP) models have been extensively employed in infrastructure sector, which include transport, energy, water, sanitation, social and commercial infrastructure. In addition, with the evolving governance structure, the n
For the first time in more than a decade we have a reasonably broad based recovery in the global economy, said Anders Borg, chair, World Economic Forum’s Global Financial System Initiative. In an article &ldq
Investment growth in emerging market and developing economies has tumbled from 10 percent in 2010 to 3.4 percent in 2015 and was below its long-term average in nearly 70 percent of emerging and developing economies in 2015, said two World Bank e
The sight of the Qutab Minar, the tallest brick minaret in the world, on a sunny winter morning is nothing less than perfection. The lush green lawns around it, the spick-and-span streets, and the hustle and bustle around this ancient monument set
In 2012, families whose loved ones were killed by security forces in Manipur decided to fight the injustice and formed the Extra-Judicial Execution Victim Families Association. They moved the supreme court against Assam Rifles, the army and Manipu
Around 30 anti-Maoist vigilantes allegedly barged into tribal welfare activist Bela Bhatia’s house on Monday morning and intimidated her. They asked her to leave Chhattisgarh in 24 hours. The incident happened days after she helped a te
Violence broke out in Chennai and parts of Tamil Nadu on Monday over Jallikattu. For the past six days, the protests had been largely peaceful. There was a police crackdown after which protestors went on a rampage. Petrol bomb was
