Taking a leaf from the US, Canada and the UK, where students and research scholars get to work with Parliamentary panels, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan is pushing for induction of interns in the Parliamentary standing committees.
Speaking at the Global Innovation and Technology Alliance Platform in New Delhi, T Ramasami, Secretary, Department of Science and Technology said, India has captured a grassroot innovation system through formal structures.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs last month allowed ONGC and Oil India Limited to tap shale resources in blocks allotted to them on a nomination basis.
Indian-Americans from across the US hailed the maiden speech of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with some saying that the speech reflects that India has arrived on the world stage with a strong voice.
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Amul will now export dairy products to Russia.
Organising the logistics for a festival that attracts nearly 500,000 devotees is not easy.
Google will build its largest campus outside the Unites States in Hyderabad.
Dangal's success in China opens up the world's second-largest film market for India. But there are risks, warns Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Dangal's success in China opens up the world's second-largest film market for India. But there are risks, warns Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Buying in India is usually cheaper unless you have a pre-existing disease
The G20 meeting of the finance ministers and central bank governors beginning July 19 will also be attended by Reserve Bank of India Governor D Subbarao and Deputy Governor Urjit Patel.
The airline has already decided to lease out an A330 to Etihad and plans to lease out two more this year.
According to a survey done by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the average cost due to security incidents for Indian companies more than doubled from $194 in 2013 to $414 in 2014.
Several industry verticals such as food and beverage, education, fashion and tourism are leveraging their growth by franchising their products under various formats.
The Sensex ended down 251 points at 27,351 and the Nifty shed 65 points to close at 8,228.
The Quantico star reveals it all.
The country has also asked India to further reduce tariffs on goods.
The BBC is all set to produce daily newscasts in Telugu, Gujarati, Punjabi and Marathi (in addition to the existing Hindi, Tamil and Urdu), Jim Egan, CEO, BBC Global News, tells Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.
Come and check us, we're always open and law-abiding, says co-founder of US-based entity selling in India, after Delhi Police asks govt to track some e-commerce sites.
In an online chat with readers, NNS Chandra offered advice on how to pursue an education abroad.
India will surpass China to become the most populous nation in the world by 2022, six years sooner than previously forecast, and the country is projected to retain the top spot till 2100, the UN has said.
Protectionist and exclusionary FTAs weaken multilateralism.
Also, after years of rumours and speculation, Apple unveiled its first wearable device, Apple Watch.
What matters is that you live the moment and remain strong. It doesn't matter which form of music you love. Irrespective, one must spread music because music has the power to spread love and peace, says sensational pianist Stephen Devassy
Ranbaxy Laboratories on Thursday said it will co-operate fully with any regulator from anywhere in the world wanting to investigate its manufacturing practices.
'My final destination is to buy a house in Los Angeles, which means you are such a big star that the whole world knows you!' But for now, Kushal Paul is happy with his Sa Re Ga Ma Pa win.
GM is already in our food chain for years. The approval for indigenous GM mustard should put fake fear-mongering to rest, says Shekhar Gupta
'I will be happy if walls are built between India and China!' 'We are going to nooks and corners of the country to make ordinary people realise the need to buy Indian goods so that our workers get jobs.'
A number of countries allow you to become citizens by investing in government-approved projects or real estate or by buying bonds.
The event, organised by Deutsche Messe AG, is held each year at the Hanover fairground, the world's largest, in Hanover, Germany.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's success at courting Indians abroad have been as much a result of his old contacts as efforts by a dedicated arm of the BJP abroad. Archis Mohan reports
Biometric authentication is based on the unscientific and questionable assumption that there are parts of human body that does not age, wither and decay with the passage of time.
Such allegations are unjustified, given that the CCI's remedies do not promote a free-for-all scheme.
'Prime Minister Manmohan Singh may be anxious for a farewell visit to Washington in October,' says retired Ambassador K C Singh, 'but bending backwards on America's PRISM policy is going to earn him scorn at home and contempt abroad.'
In an online chat with readers overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions
India has made a remarkable journey from a top-down system of economic decision-making to one that unleashed our entrepreneurial spirits but the next big jump lies in enhancing the quality of our tale.
India and Japan's effort to form a multilateral group of liquefied natural gas buyers to avoid paying higher prices for the fuel is laudable as an objective but is unlikely to be effective immediately.
In an online chat with readers, overseas consultant NNS Chandra offers career advice.
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