Bihar's Populist Promises Clash With Fragile Economy

A string of welfare schemes and promises tests the state's budget, which is already heavily dependent on central support and spends little as capital outlay. IMAGE: Bihar Chief Minister Nitish......

Will create robust mechanism to check suicides at IITs, IIMs: SC

The Supreme Court on Friday said incidents of suicides in Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management were extremely unfortunate and assured a robust mechanism to check such......

Focus on Ashoka Univ prof's SM posts, don't seize gadgets: SC

The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the Haryana SIT's line of investigation in the case of Ashoka University professor booked for social media posts on Operation Sindoor saying "it......

AMU can't be a minority institution because ..., Centre tells SC

Aligarh Muslim University cannot be a minority institution given its "national character", the Centre on Tuesday told the Supreme Court, which began hearing the hugely disputed question of the......

The many battles that Amazon is fighting in India

Among all the geographies where Amazon is fighting regulators, India is the only place where its lines are also tangled in a major corpor­ate battle. Subhomoy Bhattacharjee reports. Several......

Meet Ajit Pai, the man at the center of the US net neutrality debate

The chief of America's Federal Communications Commission is not a fan of net neutrality.So what's his vision of communications and digital policy in these times?We find out... IMAGE: Ajit Pai at a......

Uber adds muscle to local arms

The company enhances financial capabilities of Uber India Systems, acquires Delhi-based firm Uber, the global cab-hailing app, is gearing up for a long drive in India, having taken a series of......

Gujarat model of development: More hype than substance

The Vibrant Gujarat summit in 2013, under Chief Minister Narendra Modi's watch. With facts and figures, the CAG report has highlighted how Gujarat was far from a role model for states across......