Keeping it going
The recently released figures from the Central Statistical Organisation that estimate how fast India’s states have been growing have undoubtedly…
Read MoreNew potatoes to cost less
Patna-based Central Potato Research Institute (CPRI) has developed three varieties of potato as a New Year gift for farmers and…
Read MoreThe growth redux by Arjun Sengupta
The New Year began with very good news about the Indian economy. During the last five years, 2004 to 2009,…
Read MoreCJI office comes under RTI: Delhi HC
The Delhi High Court Tuesday upheld its single bench order that the office of the Chief Justice of India (CJI)…
Read MoreCJI’s office comes under RTI ambit: Delhi HC
In a landmark verdict against the Supreme Court, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday held that the office of the…
Read MoreEmployment guarantee scheme under scanner after hunger death
A landless labourer dies on Christmas day after going without food for five days. Neither he nor his wife, who…
Read MoreLesser wheat acreage due to late sowing this season by Gargi Parsai
The government’s expectation of the rabi wheat crop making good the shortfall in the drought-affected kharif season has received a…
Read More78-year-old woman waging lone battle for justice
BERHAMPUR: Justice seems to be eluding a 78-year-old woman, Padma Maharana, of Komand village under Rabha police station in Ganjam…
Read MoreBihar, a growth story by Raj Kumar
Roads “as smooth as Hema Malini’s cheeks” was a promise that Lalu Yadav had once given to the people of…
Read MoreOver 100 birds die in tea estate
Dibrugarh: Over a hundred birds died of suspected pesticide poisoning in a tea estate at Moran in Dibrugarh today. Forest…
Read MoreIndians stuck in Kabul job net
Kabul (Reuters): Dozens of Indian labourers have been forced to take refuge in a Sikh temple in Kabul after job…
Read MoreCyber relief for disabled
The central government has decided to make each of its 6,000 websites disabled-friendly. Under new government guidelines, the visually challenged…
Read MorePostpone poverty survey
What sets poverty in India apart is the effort that has gone into defining, measuring, recalibrating, contesting, recounting, refining and…
Read More20 m. solar lights planned by 2022 by Sujay Mehdudia
The solar lights will help to save one billion litres of kerosene every year In the next three years, India…
Read MoreCommercial activity around Corbett Park posing a threat to eco-fragile zone by Vinay Kumar
Unhindered commercial activity around the Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand is posing a serious threat to the eco-fragile zone and…
Read More