The term of the last chairman of the pension regulator, Yogesh Agarwal, was cut short by the finance ministry in November.
Among others, China is developing the strategically located Gwadar port in Balochistan, which is aimed towards having a military presence, says a Pentagon report
The party is finding increasing acceptability in the 18-35 years age group with Rahul Gandhi adding a million followers in the past 2 months and Facebook and Twitter also seeing similar spikes.
If the new governor can think out of the box even as he signals that he can bat for the RBI cadre and respect its institutional memory, that will go a long way in getting out of the current impasse.
In 2016, the Centre has been able to get only seven IAS officers from all states so far.
There was no law that prevented the government from presenting a sixth full Budget, or something similar to it.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye's visit to India will enhance economic and military ties between the two countries and give the relationship a strategic dimension, says Jiye Kim.
The list has been handed over to Enforcement Directorate.
He said it was not only a tax reform but 'is a measure that lends strength to the new culture of honesty'.
It's time we remembered the fundamental: water cycle and life cycle are one.
India believes rich nations should be away from farm subsidies.
'Biden's promise of returning to 'normalcy' after Trump appears to mean that the same old politicians, who are responsible for the 'endless wars' in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, are being brought out of the woodwork after four years,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
India, he said, has opened up its markets and stepped up public investment including in the infrastructure space and is concentrating a lot on boosting expenditure to improve the quality of rural life
'The two-word answer is: Proper oversight,' says T N Ninan.
'If the RBI had done the right things, these mistakes would not have happened in banks, public or private,' says Ajay Shah.
Several Premier League clubs have furloughed employees since the new coronavirus outbreak while others, such as West Ham United and Southampton, have said their players have accepted wage deferrals. While CA announced plans to furlough almost 80% of staff last week, putting them on 20 per cent pay until June 30 when it is hoped more will be known about how long government curbs to control the coronavirus will last.
Rebuffing petroleum ministry, Siddaramaiah launches Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana-like scheme months before state polls
Yes. Whilst public expenditure is kicking in, the key reason is the decline in private investment
'Defence does not new 'planning commissions'; it needs an implementation commission.'
The prime minister and president stated their intention to expand defence co-operation to bolster national, regional and global security.
If the fight against black money seems half hearted, the same is not the case with gau raksha, says Subir Roy.
The income tax department on Monday released rules for equalisation levy - a tax on online advertisements that would come into effect from June 1.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday left for home after wrapping up his six-day tour that took him to China, Mongolia and South Korea.
'It is highly doubtful that the Trump administration will consider inserting itself into the volatile India-Pakistan dispute.'
'65 per cent were males.' 'Age group of deaths: More were seen from age 51 to 70.' 'Saw some deaths from age 21 to the 40s.' 'About 76 to 77 per cent of patient deaths had some kind of a comorbidity.' 'The main comorbidities were the presence of diabetes, hypertension, some kind of heart diseases.'
FDI in the defence sector during 2000-2014 has been a meagre $4.94 billion, despite the total FDI flow into the country across sectors standing at $321.81 billion.
Ajit Balakrishnan on how the Web could return to its original egalitarian goals.
Turkey's state-run Halkbank can only resume processing Indian oil payments to Iran once Western sanctions are officially lifted following an interim deal in Geneva last month, a senior Halkbank official said on Wednesday
The police lodged a suo motu case against unknown persons in connection with their involvement in the mishap, a police officer said.
Company says faults, which were noticed soon after system upgrade on March 27, have been rectified
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