The government's predicament is a result of its own doing: That of not ensuring adequate buy-in by the stakeholders before passage of the laws, notes Vivek Gumaste. IMAGE: Farmers's vehicles......
The government is open to considering ways to strengthen mandis, create a level-playing field with proposed private markets, and freedom to approach higher courts for dispute resolutions in a bid......
President Pratibha Patil on Monday addressed Parliament for the last time as President when she flagged off the Budget session. Here's the text of her speechHonourable Members I welcome you to this......
Colonel Anil A Athale (retd) says that Sino-Indian cooperation at the Copenhagen climate summit isa sign of things to come. The most important occurrence of the last year of the first decade of the......
Analysts are advising a cautious stance on the steel sector due to a combination of factors. Photograph: Babu/Reuters The major one is that China has maintained momentum on steel exports in CY24......
Currently, banks are closed every second and fourth Saturday of a month.Why shouldn't they be shut every Saturday?When most customers carry their banks in their pocket (the app on the mobile......
India's economy is projected to slow to 6.5 per cent in the fiscal year starting April but will remain the fastest growing major economy in the world as it fared better in dealing with the......
Following are the highlights of the Economic Survey 2022-23 tabled in Parliament on Tuesday: Photograph: PTI Photo India's economy to grow 6.5% in 2023-24, compared to 7% this fiscal and 8.7% in......
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Tuesday stayed a Rs 169 crore penalty imposed on Oravel Stays Ltd by the competition commission of India (CCI). Oravel Stays Ltd operates......
India's Vijay Sundar Prashanth returns the ball to Jiri Vesely of Czech Republic during their first round match of the Chennai Open at SDAT Tennis Stadium in Chennai on Tuesday. Photograph: PTI......
World champion Viswanthan Anand played out his second draw with World No 1 Magnus Carlsen of Norway to stay second in the overall standings after the sixth round of fourth Final Chess Masters in......