Munde, whose party is a key ally in the Shiv Sena-led Maha Vikas Aghadi government, has made the demand in a letter written to Thackeray on Monday.
It is premature to make the assumption that Biden's policy toward China will not be a break with Trump, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'There is no tried and true recipe for creating Silicon Valleys.' 'Attracting and creating a mass of truly dynamic entrepreneurs is at the core and among the hardest and most necessary ingredients.' 'In the US, close to 60% of the top valued tech companies were started by immigrants who found the start-up climate to be superior to where they came from.' 'India would clearly benefit from attracting back its talented Diaspora, but it also needs to hold onto those entrepreneurs.'
'Even as discord over US-India trade and commerce colours diplomatic relations, defence relations between the two countries remain on a firm footing,' points out Ajai Shukla.
Have you decided what will happen to your social networking accounts and your digital possessions when you are no more?
Caution prevailed across the bourses ahead of the Union Budget.
In 2020 India was compelled by China to change its national security strategy. From counter-insurgency, which the army has been focussed on for years, we shifted to conventional war, observes Aakar Patel.
UPA-II has yielded a 7.5 per cent average annual growth rate
Can you imagine a show made in India beating both The Voice and The X-Factor on ratings? Vanita Kohli-Khandekar profiles Greymatter, the Indian content firm that made it possible.
'This is not just Make in India; this is much more than that. Right from design to delivery, everything was done in India.'
India may not be prepared to meet US demands, say experts
India will welcome two trade missions in 2015 focused on meeting its infrastructure needs with US technology and services.
The 'Make in India' concept in the defence sector has the potential to help India meet 70 per cent of its defence needs in a few years.
Ever since India became a force to reckon with in software services, doing for clients what they want done, the big void that has been constantly talked about is its absence from the space of software products - those over which you own intellectual property rights.
First was the desire to tap the large domestic market while remaining competitive in global markets.
How far investors will be convinced by Modi's promise to replace red tape with a "red carpet" remains to be seen.
Given the sharp differences that the Democratic and Republican lawmakers and the White House has on various aspects of immigration reform including H-1B, the Congressional passage of the bill and its becoming a law as of now appears to be a tall order.
'If Indians are to be truly protected, Parliament must review and address these dangerous provisions before they become law.'
A mechanism on whistle blowing is mandated from October and third-party entities managing such services give staffers far more confidence to blow the lid on wrongdoing.
Ajit Balakrishnan recalls some lessons from the last time people talked of 'convergence' -- the mid-1990s.
Sairat is the first Marathi film to cross Rs 100 crore.
Group Captain Murli Menon (retd) reveals how India can neutralise the Pakistan air force's combat capabilities without firing a shot.
Sensex in green, midcaps, smallcaps fail to show up; bluechips rule.
N Ganapathy Subramaniam, chief operating officer (COO), discusses the strategy to concert digital opportunities to larger deals, focus on reskilling own people instead of acquiring a company to get access to skillsets and demand from newer verticals in an interview with Romita Majumdar
There are several examples of one name standing in for many brands.
In its appeal, the doctors' body said the government should promote universal free vaccination to all above 18 years of age without leaving the vaccines to the extent of 50 per cent to the states and private hospitals.
'India will soon have the world's largest and youngest population -- just imagine what tomorrow's citizens of India will be able to accomplish, given the right education, training, and opportunity.'
Edward Snowden, the American National Security Agency whistleblower whose unprecedented leak of top-secret documents led to a worldwide debate about the nature of surveillance, insisted on Monday that his actions had improved the national security of the United States rather than undermined it, and declared that he would do it all again despite the personal sacrifices he had endured, Guardian reported.
Testimony presented before the Bhima Korgaon Commission over the last two months reveals the background to the violence that broke out on January 1, 2018.
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Government seeks stakeholders' comments by Jan 30 on discussion paper.
'We can go with smaller ensembles -- even 15 or 20 creations from a designer.' 'We are keeping the focus squarely on quality over quantity.' 'India Couture Week is, after all, about the best of the best,' FDCI Chairman Sunil Sethi tells Veenu Sandhu
In a career of eight years, the actor -- who turned 33 on May 16 -- already has an impressive oeuvre.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
The move will catapult Disney as the country's largest media and entertainment broadcaster, with over $1.3 billion of additional India revenue.
US companies are 'positively looking' at India.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi who envisioned Make In India last September was at his eloquent best as he made a fervent plea to global businesses to come Make In India.
Funding Indian start-ups has slowed down.
Sensex, Nifty under pressure on weak global cues.
China is on the lookout for investment pastures where its money is welcome, safe and earns a decent return. India also needs vast investment - about $1 trillion over the next 10-15 years - in infrastructure, green energy, transportation and heavy industry, says Ravi Bhoothalingam.
Designing a logo for your start-up may get you into trouble if you are not aware of some basic fundamentals.
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