Justice HL Dattu, who is heading the bench that is monitoring investigations into the 2G spectrum scam, is all set to become the next chief justice of India. Present CJI RM Lodha retires on the 27th of this month. Justice Lodha had
British law minister Shailesh Vara is in India to “explore possibilities if UK lawyers could be allowed to do business in India”. On a three-day visit, Vara met his India counterpart Ravi Shankar Prasad, chief justice RM Lodha and bar
Predictions about the future with the help of statistical modeling, machine learning and data mining have been used in society and science for long. The question, however, has always been the accuracy of the predictions. And the answer lies in
Wheat is one of the crops that have been given a go-ahead for genetically modified (GM) crop field trials in India. But, experts say as far as wheat is concerned there is no need for GM as of now. “Instead of going for GM we n
Union home minister Rajnath Singh has said that he would never “let anything” spoil his relationship with prime minister Narendra Modi, who has been steering the country through difficult times. In an exclusive and freewheeling
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was formed on August 8, 1967, comprising Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. There were several factors that led to the establishment of ASEAN as a social and economic re
When the rush of the work day is over, when the frictions and frustrations are still lingering over, when the mind refuses to be amused by TV and internet, a small voice from inside asks, what is all this about? That search, for peace of mind or f
The Indian Railways is finally waking up to the full potential of digital technology. The Indian railway catering and tourism corporation (IRCTC) launched the next generation electronic ticketing system in partnership with the centre for railway i
Close on the heels of the UK’s deputy prime minister Nick Clegg’s visit to India, its law minister Shailesh Vara will be on a three-day India visit starting September 1. According to the British high commission in New De
Housing is a challenge for India and the key ingredient to provide access to housing in different brackets is information, says Jagan Shah, director, National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA). Shah, most likely to be tasked with executing PM Nare
Prime minister Narendra Modi in his maiden visit for a bilateral trip outside of the subcontinent is visiting Japan from August 30 to September 3. Though earlier he was expected to fly into Tokyo, it is now confirmed that he will land in Osaka en
Telangana has 91 lakh ‘white ration cards’ – issued to families below poverty line (BPL). It had a small problem, and raised a few antennas: the entire state has 84 lakh households in all.
With the supreme court order asking realty giant DLF to deposit the penalty imposed on it by the competition commission of India (CCI) for abusing its dominant position in the market, there is cause for the common man to rejoice. Competition commi
The Shahabad malnutrition treatment centre, in Rajasthan’s southeastern district of Baran, may perhaps never have existed and little Satish Sahariya (name changed) would probably not have been alive today if the deaths of malnourished Sahari
Taking a step ahead towards digital literacy in India, government of India has launched its new domain Dot Bharat. Ravi Shankar Prasad, union minister of communication and IT and Law and justice has launched the Dot Bharat domain i
The department of electronics and information technology (DeitY) has set a target of making 32,000 common services centres (CSCs) as business correspondents by March 2015. CSC is a part of national e-governance plan intended to set
Gujarat has created an ecosystem that assures business and investment-friendly environment – be it re-engineering of the system, creating requisite infrastructure or networking for finances, chief minister Anandiben Patel said in New Delhi t
The supreme court (SC) on Wednesday said it cannot not disqualify tainted ministers in the union and state cabinets with criminal cases against them. Disposing off a 2005 PIL seeking removal of the then four chargesheeted ministers
Preaching philanthropy as a marketing technique is not new but the current effort by the government’s oil companies for partially fixing the huge short recovery owing to the subsidy on domestic gas supplies, by that (preaching philanthropy),
To improve quality of education in the country, union minister for human resource development Smriti Irani on Tuesday launched ‘Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat’ programme which focuses on early reading, writing and comprehension and early gr
