Centre asks states on graded lifting of Covid curbs

The Centre has told states it is critical that the lifting of restrictions and providing relaxations are carefully calibrated with continued focus on containment efforts to curb the spread of the......

Ram temple: Ban on mining pink sandstone in Raj likely to be lifted

A standing committee of the Rajasthan Wildlife Board's has cleared a proposal to allow the mining of a special sandstone, much sought after by builders including those constructing the Ram temple......

Plasma bank to be set up in Delhi for COVID-19 patients

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced setting up of a 'plasma bank' for treatment of COVID-19 patients in the national capital, and said it will start operating in the next two......

'The virus will circulate for a very long time'

'Despite expanded testing, the incidence remains low.''Therefore, the focus should be on specific districts where we need to improve the testing.''We should have a district-centric strategy.'......

Faceless assessment and the problem of tax arrears

'It may be prudent not to plunge into a new online tax appeals system in one go, which could only create more disputes and increase the embarrassingly high tax arrears of the government,' warns A K......

Sebi extends deadline to apply for 147 senior level posts

The revised date for phase I and phase II examination for the recruitment of officers in Grade A will be informed in due course. Markets regulator Sebi has again extended the deadline to apply for......

Railways to IAS: Where are the Women?

Women's representation in government jobs is less than 15%.Abhishek Waghmare reports. IMAGE: An all-women crew operated the Bhopal-Bilaspur Express on March 8, 2019 to commemorate International......

Moody's to upgrade India's rating in 2 years if reforms are 'tangible'

Moody's listed six agenda on the list of pending reforms -- land acquisition Bill, labour law reforms, significant infrastructure investment, tangible benefit from Make in India initiative, tax......

BCCI clears Shami of match-fixing charges, hands central contract

Shami has been given a Grade 'B' annual contract IMAGE: Big relief for Mohammed Shami. Photograph: BCCI The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), on Thursday, cleared India speedster......

BCCI announces new contracts; Dhoni and Ashwin relegated

  IMAGE: Mahendra Singh Dhoni. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images Former India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and senior off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin were relegated from the top bracket......

Team India's request to COA for pay hike will need GB approval

IMAGE: Bhuvneshwar Kumar celebrates the fall of a wicket (Image used for representational purposes). Photograph: BCCI India captain Virat Kohli and former skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni are set to......

Guha's bombshell questions Kohli, Dhoni, Dravid, Ganguly, Gavaskar

Historian's resignation letter reveals that Kumble-Kohli rift is a reality. Indian cricket's 'superstar culture', unaddressed conflict of interest issues and the Board of Control for Cricket in......

Huge pay hike for Indian cricketers: Dhoni in Grade A, Raina out

The match fee for Test matches has been hiked to Rs 15 lakh per match from Rs 7.50 lakh earlier, while ODI and T20Is will make them richer by Rs 6 lakh and 3 lakh respectively. The Board of......