The Centre has accorded top priority for cost-effective, pollution-free transportation modes, such as waterways, which reduce logistic costs and increase road safety. Union minister of roads, highways, ports and shipping Nitin Gadkari speaks to Sanjay Jog about the government's strategy.
The NITI Aayog has big plans for Indian sport.
Will help in reviving the economy and push investment.
The proposed Road Transport and Safety Bill, likely to be cleared by the Union Cabinet next week and introduced in Parliament in its current session, seeks to make Indian roads safer by imposing hefty penalties for violation of traffic rules.
The proposed Road Transport and Safety Bill, likely to be cleared by the Union Cabinet next week and introduced in Parliament in its current session, seeks to make Indian roads safer by imposing hefty penalties for violation of traffic rules.
Three years and Rs 28,710 crore worth of transactions later, it has more than double the number of sellers than Flipkart.
"The equivalent of BrahMos is yet to built. And, in the next 20 years, it cannot be intercepted by an enemy," says A Sivathanu Pillai, scientist, and CEO and MD of BrahMos Aerospace sharing the vision for the future trajectory of growth for the iconic missile technology developed jointly by India and Russia.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes recently notified rules under which an entity based in a 'notified jurisdictional area' will have to give an undertaking to share information in a prescribed format.
As daily testing of samples of blood and throat and nose swabs crossed two lakh for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, over 14,000 new coronavirus cases were registered in the country for the fifth day in a row to take the total count to 4,56,183, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
From Rafale relief to heat on realtors, 10 landmark Supreme Court judgments in 2018.
Seven of the 30 largest U.S. corporations paid more money to their chief executive officers last year than they paid in U.S. federal income taxes, according to a study released on Tuesday that was disputed by at least one of the companies.
Ramesh says the best route now is to refer the amendments to Parliament's standing committee on rural development.
Soft crude prices will cut fuel subsidy bill and help contain fiscal slippage this year.
'The government had a vaccine from January.' 'The government should have given the vaccine to all population above the age of 45, right from the start.' 'Each state has its own problems, but as far as vaccine coverage in India is concerned, there have been mistakes.'
There are unprecedented political implications of identification based on 'biological attributes of an individual', such as employed by Aadhaar, warns Gopal Krishna.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said the larger interest of the public sector would be fully protected.
Nodal body, which will take charge on October 1, to maintain data, will suggest recalls & fines.
Ahmad Khan Rahami, the man suspected in bombings in New York and New Jersey, is now in custody after a shootout with police, CNN reported.
Make in India has big shortcomings when it comes to natural resources.
Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Finance Nirmala Sitharaman said the drive against tax evasion is an ongoing process and the government has taken various steps under a multi-pronged strategy to deal with the issue of black money.
The PM alleged that a 'PC' (percentage commission) culture has become the state government's identity.
'Why don't they suggest artificial intelligence training for SC/STs?' 'Why can't they be trained in computer programming?'
'Now you have a full clampdown and a huge security blanket. How long are you going to maintain that? The moment you lift it, all that suppressed protest and anger will come out.'
Top 5 losers include Infosys, TCS, ITC, M&M and HUL.
'Make sure your public hospitals work.' 'Don't allow people to go shopping for expensive services; provide them yourself as the government and then charge them very little or nothing at all.'
'Our target is to award Rs 25 lakh crore worth of projects that would result in creating 25 million jobs'
Policy lays out a 5-year road map seeking creation of 3.5 mn jobs and promoting 10,000 start-ups.
Much of the rise in prices has been in food items
'Nehru's hegemonic politics has been responsible for many ills, which undoubtedly includes Kashmir'
At that time, nobody would have thought a construction period of three to four years would be grossly inadequate
'Prices are rock, bottom, developers are ready to negotiate and banks are keen to lend.'
May has already announced that she will make a statement to the House of Commons shortly after invoking Article 50 of the Lisbon Treaty.
Unless the judges factor in the ungovernability of technologies and their beneficial owners, present and future Presidents, prime ministers, judges, legislators and officials handling sensitive assignments may become redundant with reference to their age-old roles for securing 'national resources and assets', warns Dr Gopal Krishna.
The nation wants an ex-ante body for endorsing "public purpose" during land acquistion process.
Disruption is totally unacceptable in Parliamentary system, the President said.
Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in New Delhi onto participate in the fourth round of Indo-US strategic dialogue even as US announced to invest $100 million in India's burgeoning clean energy sector.
The Supreme Court imposed a green tax on trucks destined for other states but wanting to take a shorter route through Delhi.
Aslam Hunani presents some of the frequently asked questions about health insurance in India.
Four days ahead of the Delhi polls, the BJP released a 'Vision Document'.
The exemption from MAT does not apply retroactively.
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