By Rohit Vaid, New Delhi : "Suggestions" on Air India's strategic divestment are welcome but the proposed stake sale in the debt-ridden national carrier will go on, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapati Raju has said. On recent reports that a Parliamentary Panel...
By Rituraj Baruah and Rohit Vaid, New Delhi : Ladakh-based education reformist and innovator Sonam Wangchuk believes that the rights given under the reservation policy should be curtailed after its benefits are used by one generation of a family. Accordingly, families...
Kolkata : Describing the current political situation as "not conducive for anybody", veteran writer Nayantara Sahgal has called for rejecting the idea of "Hindutva" which is "creating violence" and has "nothing to do with Hinduism". "Right now, it is a very different...
By Gulshan Luthra, New Delhi : The Indian Navy is considering the acquisition of more Boeing P-8I aircraft for surveillance and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW), according to Navy chief Admiral Sunil Lanba. In an interview to the magazine 'India Strategic', Admiral Lanba...
By Sugandha Rawal, New Delhi : Oscar-winning composer A.R. Rahman, who has been named as the first brand ambassador of Sikkim, hopes India becomes more inclusive towards the "fascinating" Northeast, which he feels is a treasure waiting to be explored. "I always find...
By Nishant Arora, Noida : Industries globally, including in India, are going through a seismic change today when it comes to embracing disruptive technologies like Machine Learning (ML) and Artificial Intelligence (AI). Sensing the future requirements, software giant...
By Vishal Gulati, New Delhi : Poaching of tigers is still a big threat in some parts of India and, despite massive funding, the science underlying their monitoring is poor. Reason: Forest managers who dictate how monitoring should be done and by whom. These are the...
By Radhika Bhirani, New Delhi : The Goods and Services Tax (GST), implemented by the central government from mid-2017, has proved to be a strain on the overall economics of film-making and is also discouraging the public's cinema-going habit, says Film and Television...
By Vishav, New Delhi : Government's Chief Statistician T.C.A. Anant has no worries that the government may breach the fiscal deficit target of 3.2 per cent of the GDP for the current fiscal. In fact, he feels revenue would be buoyant by year-end and that the targeted...
By Vishav & Biswajit Choudhary, New Delhi : The factors responsible for a five-quarter slump in the growth rate, including the adverse effects of demonetisation and GST implementation, have played out and the Indian economy is now poised to take an upward...