Global working conditions have worsened in 2014.
Following is the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day.
'I was present at a meeting where he decided to permit the IAF to strike at Pakistan positions in Kargil, with the caveat that they should not cross the LoC.' 'Confident that the Indian Army would succeed, Mr Vajpayee was positioning himself to tell the world after the Kargil conflict was won that India did not violate the 'sanctity' of the LoC,' recalls Ambassador G Parthasarathy, who served as India's envoy in Islamabad in that eventful year, 1999.
People visit riverbanks during the festival to pay obeisance to the sun god at dawn as well as dusk, preferably just prior to the sunrise and sunset.
'Gloom is nowhere in sight, with healthy foreign exchange reserves, a strong rupee, healthy tax collections, corruption and crony capitalism under check,' argues Gopal Krishna Agrawal.
'In the last 55 years India and Pakistan have gone to wars, but nobody spoke about scrapping the Indus Waters Treaty.'
If gender disparities are eroded with more women being better-educated, that pool also becomes smaller.
This is the first "Green budget" of the government for effective containment of pollution in the city, the deputy chief minister said in the budget session of the assembly in the presence of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal.
India and China are associate partner countries of IEA.
'Hum karan poochtey rahe avishvas ka, karan nahi bata payey to gale pad gaye'
'The transmission sector is going to be the next sunrise industry.'
Witnesses and media have reported that smokes were still coming out from the sight despite claims by the fire fighters to have douse the fire.
And what happens next?
McLaren Formula One driver Fernando Alonso will miss this week's final pre-season test in Barcelona after leaving hospital on Wednesday following a big crash three days ago.
Modi urged the Swiss business leaders to explore the investment opportunities in India.
On the 40th anniversary of the beginning of one of the darkest periods in our history, here are six painful facts about the Emergency.
The challenge before TCS is to be totally at home with the IPR regime of developed economies.
The prime minister made the reference about the functioning of the Parliament against the backdrop of the virtual washout of its Monsoon session over various issues.
While his performance is commendable, the bribery charges against him just don't go away.
A coupe car offers the motorist the combined experience of a sports SUV as well as the comfort of a luxe sedan
The prime minister's visit to Washington should focus more on shopping for energy security and stopping the US from snooping on us, reigning in its popular and innocuously operated instruments to gather intelligence like Google, says Tarun Vijay.
Users seem to like the idea too: in a recent survey by technology consultancy IHS, 83 per cent were interested in wireless charging; in China, the figure was 91 per cent.
Akayed Ullah had no criminal record back home, a police official said, even as Dhaka vowed "zero tolerance" against terrorism.
Hailing from a middle class family, Pichai's family did not own a car or a television during his childhood.
Modi said India will pursue its dreams in partnership with its international friends.
It expects the Indian market to grow to 10 million units annually by 2030 and it intends to control half the market then, like it does now.
It has built confidence in the possibility of change; now reality has to catch up with the image and the expectation, says T N Ninan.
The world's growing demand for energy is also a big problem.
The urban, more sophisticated buyer will favour the BR-V over the Scorpio
The GST will alter the very face of fiscal federalism in India.
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'This is social reform, which has to be conducted from within society and by its institutions, like religious bodies, not by public officials and ministers. That is why I think the big change Modi seeks is actually not in his power to bring about,' says Aakar Patel.
'The Indian economy has been subsidised by the poor.'
The second generation Ford Figo offers the best of safety, performance, technology and styling, emerging as a complete hatchback.
'It is in electronics that the gap between where we are and where we need to be is most obvious and most persistent.' 'It is not only a national security issue, but also a commercial issue,' argues Rajeev Srinivasan.
Aayog feels expansion of the lowest base will enable more people to pay taxes.
The company's multi-modal, $200-million Pune manufacturing plant is expected to go on stream by mid-2014.
'The nuclear deal required Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to gamble the future of his government on a vision for the future of his nation.'
The incredible Usha Silai project.
'Those who have seen the functioning of the Modi government in Gujarat know that the issues related to Hindutva and issues of economy and growth function simultaneously.' 'Modi's politics are based on the understanding of the middle-class consumer society which is in pursuit of material aspirations.' Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com reveals the Modi government's economic and political plans for the year ahead.
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