The plan of UID/Aadhaar-based surveillance does not end with the collection of fingerprints and iris scan, it goes quite beyond it and poses a lethal threat to the idea of India, says Gopal Krishna.
The deal is estimated to be worth Rs 12,000 crore.
Kay Kay Menon gets candid about the film industry.
An India-built naval patrol vessel for Mauritius that will help in better policing its vast exclusive economic zone was commissioned today by Prime Minister Narendra Modi who said it will make the Indian Ocean "more safer and secure".
Govt likely to make security clearance mandatory for telcos irrespective of equity holding before giving licences; DoT members to meet today.
Eleven companies, which owe the bank Rs 843 crore, are untraceable.
Suppliers to Apple Inc are scrambling to get enough screens ready for the new iPhone 6 smartphone as the need to redesign a key component disrupted panel production ahead of next month's expected launch, supply chain sources said.
The former finance minister's only child was arrested at Chennai airport.
The group also lauded 'Sebi's active cooperation' in the matter.
District authorities on Wednesday reported nine more death cases in the wake of the devastation caused by cyclone Hudhud even as the worst-hit Visakhapatnam city was limping back to normalcy with adequate supplies of essential commodities.
Here's a look at how key Tata group companies fared under Cyrus Mistry's stewardship.
The company bought peace with the Union coal ministry by agreeing to almost halve its e-auction sales at 30 million tonnes this year, to make more coal available for the fuel-starved power sector.
The S&P BSE Sensex gained 57 points to end at 26,064 and the Nifty50 climbed 17 points.
Manufacture will soon be stopped at Bangalore and Tumkur in Karnataka and Ranibagh in Uttarakhand.
He said that distortion of historic facts will not be tolerated at any cost, which was well communicated to the film maker five-six months back in Mumabi.
Tata's Vistara has a very strong core team to look into daily operations.
Accusing the government of spreading misinformation in the National Herald case, the Congress said it was proud to be associated with the newspaper that stood up in pre-independence times against the British for throttling free speech, similar to the present day climate.
This issue was recently decided by the South Mumbai Forum.
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The existing shareholders will get one RPL share for each RCom share (of Rs 130 market price) held.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday stayed the summons to former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and 5 others by a trial court over the coal scam.
The S&P BSE Sensex ended 80 points up at 23,789 while the Nifty50 closed at 7,235, up 24 points.
RIL's standalone net profit rose one per cent quarter-on-quarter
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World's second largest mobile operator Vodafone Plc of UK on Tuesday sought FIPB approval to invest Rs 10,141 crore (Rs 101.41 billion) in raising its stake in the Indian arm to 100 per cent.
Some questions cited concerns that larger warnings can hurt tobacco farmers and boost illicit trade.
Investors engaged in profit booking in the recent gainers at attractive and higher valuations.
All you need to know about the case and the man behind the drama that has ensued.
Arora was hired in July to run a newly created unit called SoftBank Internet and Media Inc.
Citing denial of assistance from United States authorities, a Delhi court on Monday said the proceedings against 13 websites, including Facebook and Google, are "stayed" in a complaint case which accused them of promoting class enmity and undermining national integrity.
What will be the impact on the Euro itself? Will it devalue and to what extent?
The creation of the Amul brand and its famous mascot gave a rural revolution a durable competitive edge.
The 30-share Sensex ended up 8 points at 27,508 and the 50-share Nifty closed 1 point higher at 8,284.
Bankers of HPL too have endorsed the idea and are pitching hard for the chairmanship of Chatterjee.
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SpiceJet's ex promoter Ajay Singh is trying hard to pump in huge money into the airline.
Lt Governor says discoms must cooperate or face cancellation of licences. Ficci cries interference.
Think beyond engineering and medicine.
Can we make high speed 4G Internet available at 10 cents per GB, and make all voice calls free of cost -- that too in a large and diverse country like India? Can we make high-quality but simple breast cancer screening available to every woman, that too at the extremely affordable cost of $1 per scan? Can we make a portable, high-tech ECG machine which can provide reports immediately and that too at the cost of 8 cents a test? Can we make an eye imaging device that is portable, non-invasive and costs 3 times less that conventional devices? Can we make a robust test for mosquito-borne dengue, which can detect the disease on day 1, and that too at the cost of $2 per test? Amazingly, says Dr R A Mashelkar, the eminent scientist, all this has been achieved in India, not only by using technological innovation but also non-technological innovation.
Besides being a successful entrepreneur, he is the world's second youngest writer of books on ethical hacking.
Apoorve Dubey lists out the 15 things that will make you a successful entrepreneur.
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