Salaries, perks of ministers to cost Rs 1,259 crores

The Union budget for 2023-24 has allocated Rs 1,258.68 crore for various heads of expenditure of the Union cabinet, including salaries, sumptuary and travel by ministers and entertainment of......

Putin oversees nuclear drills, says 'ready to use all means'

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday monitored drills of the country's strategic nuclear forces involving multiple practice launches of ballistic and cruise missiles, the Kremlin said.......

Check Out 3 Standout DRDO Weapons!

IMAGE: The Abhay, Jeet and other guns on display at the Adani Pavilion during the DefExpo, in Gandhinagar, October 19, 2022. Photograph: Atul Yadav/PTI Photo With the theme of 'Aatmanirbhar......

Pradip Tripathi moves to Cabinet Secretariat as govt effects major bureaucratic rejig

Senior bureaucrat Pradip Kumar Tripathi has been appointed as secretary (coordination) in the Cabinet Secretariat as part of a major bureaucratic reshuffle effected by the Centre on Monday. A......

Uncle Sam and the Elephant

If Paris really meant to serve as a landmark in recognising equity in climate negotiations, it should have heralded the second phase of the Kyoto protocol. Instead we have all countries, India and......

Another Gujarat cadre IAS officer gets plum posting in Modi govt

In yet another secretary-level change, government appointed Hasmukh Adhia, a 1981 Gujarat cadre IAS officer, as the new Financial Services Secretary replacing G S Sandhu. Sandhu, a 1980 Rajasthan......

Corporations, children and responsibility

Companies can be more alert on how various aspects of their operations impact children, writes Rajni Bakshi.Corporations are now among the most powerful entities on earth. Children are the......

PM refuses to cancel coal block allocations

Despite the Opposition pressure, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has categorically ruled out the possibility of cancelling the allocation of controversial coal blocks and ordering a judicial probe......