Over the past six months, the neighbourhood primary health centres have remained largely ill-equipped and thus relegated in the fight against the virus. Nitin Kumar reports.
Debacle in four states prompts party to step up efforts to fare well in general elections, reports Sanjay Jog.
Dips in the Kshipra river during Simhastha are said to wash away all sins!
To adopt the January-December financial year cycle, the government needs to shrink the current financial year to three quarters and present the new annual budget to the state legislative assembly for its passage in December.
With the Union government clearing the way for foreign direct investment (FDI) in the railways, the Railway Board is devising a plan for operations, maintenance and construction projects.
With the government looking to divest loss-making steel assets, significant interest from secondary players is most likely this time apart from the anticipated list of large integrated primary steel producers, said industry experts. Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL), Neelachal Ispat Nigam Ltd (NINL), NMDC Integrated Steel Plant (NISP)-Nagarnar, Ferro Scrap Nigam Ltd and three units of Steel Authority of India (SAIL) - Alloy Steels Plant, Durgapur; Visvesvaraya Iron and Steel Plant, Bhadravati; and Salem Steel Plant, Salem - constitute the divestment list. All the three units of SAIL have been loss-making for more than five years.
Flaring of tempers comes atop much simmering trouble on clashing views; these stands might now get frozen.
According to the final draft of the negotiating texts, seen by Business Standard, there are a few binding commitments in the chapter on TFA, under Article 13, which talks of Customs cooperation.
RBI is unlikely to stem the slide against the dollar as the greenback is rising rapidly against all currencies in the world.
In its letter, finance ministry has pointed to sections 35, 35A and 36 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949, to highlight the powers and functions of the RBI as regulator
The company said the committee, headed by independent director D Sundaram and assisted by independent legal counsel Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co, and PricewaterhouseCoopers, found that the "allegations are substantially without merit".
Many placement agencies are fly-by-night operators in New Delhi.
Mulls ways to improve the bank's earnings, cut bad loans and step up credit recovery efforts
Divestment in PFC, REC, NHPC, Nalco, Hindustan Copper and NMDC could be considered
Those people without the Aadhaar number have found a loophole in the system
The UN climate negotiation decisions are meant to be taken by consensus and to originate from the submissions of all countries.
In a significant departure from tradition, the United States has decided to host Prime Minister Narendra Modi by working out a "special gesture date" around the 69th Session of the United Nations General Assembly meeting that is scheduled to take place on September 26 in New York.
Ola, Uber cabs face hurdles to operate legally in the capital.
These self-appointed well-wishers of AMU are basically for the control or police model of university governance. They have no faith whatsoever in the democratic functioning of the universities, observes Faizan Mustafa, former dean, Faculty of Law, and Registrar, Aligarh Muslim University.
The number of disgruntled leaders in the party is swelling.
Finance ministry asks bank, insurance & market regulators to issue notifications
Marking a key milestone in the Indian government's fight against black money allegedly stashed abroad, India will get this month the complete information on flats, apartments and condominiums owned by Indians in Switzerland as also on earnings made from such properties to help it look into tax liabilities associated with those assets.
Narendra Modi and Barack Obama will ponder over ties twice over, says Nayanima Basu
UP's mills, dominated by the private sector's 94 units, have already expressed their inability to participate in the next crushing season
Indian firms caught napping as private details of individuals were leaked
The hatchback has been priced strategically at a notch above the Nano and way below the Tata Bolt.
The previous United Progressive Alliance government had permitted up to 51 per cent foreign direct investment in multi-brand retail but the current National Democratic Alliance government is opposed to it.
The Finance Ministry is of the opinion that Vodafone might drag its tax dispute to court.
Investment announcement for $100 bn over 5 years likely.
Traders blame demonetisation for subdued demand in retail segment
The problem is actually acute in the diamond jewellery industry where there is no uniform criteria of inventory valuation unlike gold, whose prices are uniform and widely quoted.
Abu Dhabi national carrier had bought 24 per cent stake in Jet Airways for $379 million in April.
UIDAI has asked police to investigate, it was not fully convinced about nature of the incident
It will escalate costs, mandate regulator to check malpractices, set standards.
Dispute over IPR was a bone of contention in bilateral ties till a couple of months ago.
Revenue dept says changes in I-T Act require Parliament nod; new regime to wait till Budget in June-July 2014.
The San Francisco-based giant has acquired a Delhi-based company.
The Centre has, however, retained its proposal to curb flash strikes as workers in all factories will be required to give employers a strike notice of at least two weeks after the Bill becomes a law.
India has got the second set of Swiss bank account details of its nationals and entities under the automatic exchange of information pact with Switzerland, marking a key milestone in the government's fight against black money allegedly stashed abroad.
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