While prime minister Narendra Modi is among the top five in the `most followed` and `most influential people` list on Twitter, union external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj is the most followed foreign minister worldwide with 24,38,228 followers .
Prime minister Narendra Modi’s cabinet on Wednesday cleared 100 Smart City projects and Atal mission for rejuvenation and urban transformation of 500 cities. The government will spend around one lakh crore on urban development under two new
If there is any entity of the Punjab government which can be praised for making sincere efforts to reform drug addicts, it would have to be the drug de-addiction and rehabilitation programme of the state government. Available in every district, th
At a time when every Indian is busy saving the internet, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India’s (TRAI) latest move has made them the victims of the same internet. TRAI has revealed the email IDs and personal details of all those people
Being the only one in his basement office, Sharma leaves the toilet door ajar. There is none to spring a surprise on him or be embarrassed of. One winter afternoon, he is in there when he is indeed caught unawares – by a cold pressing revolv
The land of five rivers has enough water; its golden fields run as far as the eye can see; prosperity is writ large over the state, yet there is a pall of sinister, white smoke over its horizon. Punjab possibly has everything a
The government has set a target of 1.5 billion tonne coal production by 2020, raising concerns over the ambitious task. State-owned Coal India Limited (CIL) is, however, confident, and says that if the issues of infrastructure, environmental clear
What happened in Nepal and how big is the damage? Seismologists say that the quake happened on what is known as a “thrust fault”. This describes the situation when one piece of the Earth’s crust is
The Nepal earthquake death toll reached over 5,000 and more than 10,000 reported injured as relief and rescue operations continued in full swing. READ:
Affirming their support ‘net neutrality’ in a circuitous manner, the telecom operators continue to defend zero rating practice. As the pressure over net neutrality builds up the operators on Friday came out with their version of demand
After almost 45 years in legislative history, the Rajya Sabha on Friday passed a bill that seeks equal rights for the transgenders. The last private member bill was passed by the Rajya Sabha in 1970. This bill comes a day after Rese
India is one of the unhappiest countries in the world. It ranks 117 out of the 158 countries in the third World Happiness Report. People who live in the happiest countries have longer life expectancies and more social support
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With an aim to roll it out from next April, finance minister Arun Jaitley on Friday moved the constitution amendment bill for the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) in the Lok Sabha. The introduction of the bill saw a walkout by Co
With campaign on net neutrality attaining mass response proportions, the Department of Telecom has called a meeting on Monday (April 27) to discuss the issue. The meeting of multistakeholder advisory group (MAG) will be with a commi
“I made a mistake. I should have called off the rally," said Arvind Kejriwal on Friday. Speaking to media the Delhi chief minister and AAP leader said "I admit it was my mistake I shouldn`t have spoken but I said I
Ironically, after two-days of strike by its staff, state-run telecom operator BSNL announced unlimited free calling scheme during night hours from May 1. The Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) operates all over India except in Mumbai and Delhi.
Prime minister Narendra Modi made a brief statement in the Lok Sabha on the farmer`s suicide and said there was nothing more important than a human being`s life. "For many years, farmer suicides have been a serious issue for all governments,&
Fifty professors from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) have issued a joint statement and sought net neutrality. The IIT faculty members are from Bombay, Madras, Patna, Kharagpur, Kanpur , Delhi, Bangalore
A weak monsoon will decrease the efficacy of India`s irrigation ecosystem and hit the agricultural output, resulting in 0.50 percent drop in 7.9 percent GDP growth estimate, says rating agency Crisil. "According to our calculations, a deficie
