Democrat candidate Hillary Clinton has sent out a personalized email to all her supporters, thanking them, congratulating Donald Trump, and highlighting in particular that, “This loss hurts. But please, please never stop believing that fight
Digital payment companies have showered praise on prime minister Modi for what they described as a bold decision to scrap currency notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 denomination. Some national newspapers carried full page advertisement
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Mayawati on Thursday criticised the Narendra Modi government for demonetization of 500 and 1000 rupee currency notes. She alleged that the move, which amounted to “an undeclared state of financial emerg
Prime minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on Tuesday evening caught everyone, not just black money hoarders, by surprise. Minutes after the announcement, the news about Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes loosing validity from Nove
While there is no co-relation between scrapping of higher denomination currency notes with elections, but if this move makes poll costs cheap, it is good, said finance minister Arun Jaitley. Addressing the media in Delhi on Wednesda
Harshad Mehta The superhero stock-broker dropped a bomb in July 1993, when he told a press conference that he had paid prime minister PV Narasimha Rao a bribe of Rs 1 crore, for relief in the securities-scam probe a
Digital payment companies have hailed PM’s decision of banning high denomination currency notes (Rs 500 and Rs 1,000) as a major step towards cashless economy. “This is the time to say no to cash and so do to corruption,
If banning high denomination currency notes can curb black money, the whole problem would have been solved in 1978 – when the Morarji Desai government did it. Banning Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes will certainly bring out all the hoard
Here are 10 things you need to know about Donald Trump who becomes the world’s most powerful man, occupying the White House Oval Office. Donald J Trump, born on June 14, 1946, has attended the New Yo
In a bold step, prime minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. He said that the decision will check corruption and black money. The decision has come soon after the September 30 deadline of the black mone
In an initiative aiming to accelerate the use of productivity data by stakeholders across the Asia-Pacific region, the Asian Productivity Organization (APO) announced the online debut of the Asian Economic Productivity Map (AEPM) for National Pr
Prime minister Narendra Modi’s dramatic Tuesday evening announcement to scrap currency notes of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 denomination is aimed putting an end to the grey economy,
“Toilets are being built. I ask, where?” wonders Asha Devi, a 38-year-old native of Khushiyari village near Varanasi. The village in prime minister Narendra Modi’s parliamentary constituency doesn’t have a single toilet. Wo
As reports suggest that Rahul Gandhi may indeed come to head the grand old party, we republish this analysis of the Congress vice president by a prominent social scientist, first published in the September 16-30, 2010 issue. Much has cha
The central information commission (CIC) has introduced an e-court software which would help in speedy disposal of appeals and complaints. The system offers online filing of appeals, complaints and disposal. As soon an applicant files a comp
Delhi is sick. It is wheezing and coughing. Its roads are packed with vehicles. It is bursting at its seams with people. Dengue
India’s Right to Information (RTI) Act is rated as the third best in the world as far as its provisions go but its rating for implementation and actual transparency ranks India at number 66. “There is a growing tendency
As the Delhi government announced emergency measures to help citizens cope with the public health crisis of hazardous air pollution levels, Greenpeace India has reiterated the central demands of its ‘Clean Air Nation’ campaign:
As the residents of Delhi and its adjoining satellite towns gasp for breath due to exceedingly high pollution levels, an IIT study that was submitted to the Delhi government in the beginning of this year had identified the factors that caused poll
The seventh session of the Conference of the Parties (COP7) began near Delhi on Monday. It is the first occasion that a COP meeting is being held in India. COP7, being held from November 7-12, 2016, brings together the WHO Framework
