If the stock market is the ultimate symbol of capitalism, it is an irony that the shares of public sector enterprises (PSEs) contribute to about one-fifth of the total market capitalisation. That is what they call state capitalism.
On January 17, Sunanda Pushkar, wife of the union minister Shashi Tharoor, was found dead in a hotel suite in Delhi. Autopsy findings indicated an overdose of a schedule H drug, Alprax; it is said that an overdose of Alprax may have resulted in a
One can be only as independent and objective as one wants to be. This is also true of the various regulatory authorities: their independence depends on the people running the affairs. The idea to establish these regulatory bodies was to d
Jantar Mantar, the national capital’s protest pulpit, is not unfamiliar to candle-light marches. Banners and posters there are as ordinary and everyday an affair as the greens of the lawns of the 18th century architectural wonder and the gre
Anarchy is order, whereas government is civil war. Such a differentiation between anarchy and government as illustrated in the Anarchist Manifesto in 1850 appears more real than an academic formulation in today’s India. With Delhi chief mini
It happened in April 2006 – not too far in the past. The issue at stake was whether to allow further construction of the Sardar Sarovar dam on the Narmada. The central government had appointed a committee, headed by then water resources mini
The St Teresa’s College has rolled out a project to train almost 12,000 government school students in e-governance at the Government Girls High School on January 16th. According to a report in the Indian Express, the ini
According to an ANI report, BJP`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi pitched for digital and internet-based governance in the country, while addressing business leaders ahead of national polls. According to the report,
According to a media report, Exams 24x7.com in collaboration with the department of education, Karnataka government will organize free online preparatory examinations for secondary school leaving certificate (SSLC) and pre-university course (PUC)
The wiki entry for Delhi chief minister throws up two important facts: 1. Delhi got its first chief minister, Chaudhary Bramha Prakash, way back in 1952. P
Ojing Darung, Arunachal Pradesh’s labour commissioner, was arrested on February 8 for encroaching on government land. He had dismantled his official residential quarters and constructed a residential complex in its place. As soon he
The much-debated Section 377 of Indian penal code criminalises not only gay sex but also all intercourse against the “order of nature” – a culturally and religiously coloured perception of ‘nature’ that believes sex i
The utility of the electricity regulatory commissions, set up to reform the gargantuan power sector, has come under question, as the AAP government of Delhi led by inimitable Arvind Kejriwal has gone ahead and reduced charges. The populist move, f
India and South Korea have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on digital signatures for facilitating the effective and efficient paperless bilateral trade and commerce. It was signed in the presence of Kapil Sibal, minister for communicati
Less than a day after Sunanda Pushkar, wife of union minister Shashi Tharoor, was found dead, and even before the police can confirm whether it is a murder, suicide or natural death, the verdict – sort of – is out. It’s murder, s
Comparisons being natural in political arena, especially when discussing the Gandhi family, one could not but recall Rajiv Gandhi’s “naani yaad dila denge” comment as Rahul Gandhi began his address at the AICC session in New Delh
Just after Sanjay Gandhi died in a plane crash in Delhi, the AICC session was under way to take stock of the political situation. Having lost a son who played a crucial role in assisting her, Indira Gandhi, the then prime minister and AICC chief,
K S Chandrashekar, joint secretary (IT), Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, has said that the union territory will become 100 percent e-savvy by the end of this year. One of the main projects for this purpose will be the ‘UT Wide Ar
To boost electronics system design and manufacturing, ESDM, the government can focus on a set of 25 high priority products, which accounts for 82 percent of the overall electronics consumption and develop a supportive ecosystem to set off the disabil
It was a bright and sunny winter morning, just over a fortnight ago, when Arvind Kejriwal, fresh after taking oath as the new chief minister of Delhi, told thousands of people gathered at Ramlila Maidan in Delhi, and beamed nationally by all TV st
