Can India Get Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya From The UK?

It is high time the Indian government signalled discomfort with the UK providing refuge to those accused of financial crimes in India, states Jaimini Bhagwati. IMAGE: Nirav Modi in London. In the......

Modi inaugurates railway, Kochi Metro Phase II projects in Kerala

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday inaugurated various projects, including that of the Indian Railways and Kochi Metro, which would improve connectivity in Kerala and said these would help in......

Unified MCD comes into existence, Gyanesh Bharti new commissioner

The unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi formally came into existence on Sunday, with IAS officers Ashwani Kumar and Gyanesh Bharti assuming charge as the new civic body's special officer and......

Conversion Row Rears Its Ugly Head In Tamil Nadu

As of now, there is nothing to suggest that the 'Michaelpatti episode' has the potential to polarise Dravidian Tamil Nadu on religious lines, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Akhil Bharatiya......

Sitharaman walks the tech talk with AI, data governance, digilocker in Budget

The Union Budget on Wednesday outlined several initiatives to drive India's technology agenda and boost digital infrastructure, including new centres of excellence for artificial intelligence,......

IRDAI mulls linking insurance frauds with individuals' credit score

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is considering a proposal to make insurance frauds a parameter for calculating credit scores in an attempt to put a lid on the......

100 cities in six months: Govt's ambitious ONDC pilots on Friday

The central government’s ambitious Open Network for Digital Commerce’s (ONDC’s) small-scale implementation is set to begin from Friday to see how the technology-enabled......

Govt has ambitious plans for the GIFT City

The government on Tuesday said it will allow setting up of world-class foreign universities in Gandhinagar's GIFT City, free from domestic regulations, to facilitate availability of skilled......

It's a wrap for Winter Olympics!

South Korea's final Olympic challenge: keep the lights on IMAGE: General view of the Olympic cauldron before the closing ceremony. Photograph: Jorge Silva/Reuters Olympic officials have showered......

The games politicians play

IPL made the news, but most sports bodies are run like cliques Given that BCCI is the world's richest cricket board and its 3-year old baby IPL is already a $4.13 billion brand, it's not surprising......