Military Needs Soldiers, Not Contract Labour

While we seem to want soldiers on short-term engagement, warfare itself is getting more technical and needs skilled manpower.The world has seen the dismal performance of armies that rely on short......

FULL TEXT: President's address to Parliament

Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session. Honourable Members, This joint sitting of......

'Indian Navy will protect India's trade and economic interests'

'The Chinese navy is large and expanding both in numbers and capability by the day.' 'India too must take measures to safeguard its own interests, now and in the future.' IMAGE: The INS Ranvijay,......

'Since Kashmir is not burning, the Pakistanis are very uncomfortable'

'What has changed is the desperation of Pakistan proxies and the separatists in their failure to foment violence and civilian casualties in Kashmir.' IMAGE: Indian Army soldiers conduct a search......

NITI Aayog vice-chairman to get Cabinet minister's rank and pay

The decision has been taken after long deliberations To clear the air over the status of top officials in NITI Aayog, the government is all set to elevate its Vice-Chairman Arvind......

Confused about the Budget proposals? Please read this

Extends fiscal deficit reduction roadmap by one year to 2017-18 Raises services tax, to implement GST by April 2016 and cut corporation tax from 2016-17 to 25% by 2020 The Government has presented......

Forget differences for growth, investment, jobs: Modi to CMs

Exhorting Chief Ministers to personally monitor factors slowing projects, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday asked states to bury differences to boost growth, create jobs and revive investment......

12th Plan should include strategy for commodities

T N Ninan of Business Standard, in one of his articles addresses that the Indian monetary authorities should shift their focus from headline to core inflation, a view that has been repeatedly......