This is ISRO's new record of launching 20 satellites, including those from the US, Germany, Canada and Indonesia.
Banks cannot shirk their responsibility in cases of frauds.
Economist Arvind Panagariya is the vice-chairman of NITI Aayog, while economist Bibek Debroy and scientist V K Saraswat are the two full-time members of the Aayog.
What we want from spectrum allocation is access to broadband networks at prices that will result in productivity gains.
Opposition-ruled states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu opposing the Bill as they fear losing some of their powers
The union government was taking effective steps to rid the country of corruption and nepotism, he said.
Goa, Uttarakhand and Meghalaya will initiate schemes to enable 24x7 power to consumers.
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley more than halved the central government's financial support.
Urban markets account for the major share of total revenues.
An ex gratia of Rs 2 lakh will be given per person to the next of kin of those killed in the floods.
'It is important to improve the quality of spending.'
President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday addressed the first joint sitting of Parliament as mandatorily required under the Constitution after the general elections. The address is the political, economic and foreign policy road map of the Narendra Modi government and covers virtually all crucial areas.
Dr Ashwani Mahajan, all India co-convenor of the Swadesh Jaagran Manch and an associate professor at the Delhi University, discusses the state of the Indian economy in an interview with Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier.
"I congratulate the people of Kochi on the proud moment," the PM said.
Demonitisation will facilitate transparency in the real estate industry, which has had a notorious reputation as a safe locker for black money, says Saket Mohta.
2015 is going to witness new agreements on climate change.
While the government has claimed significant increase in funds for farm credit, PMKSY and PKVY, facts show a different story.
Voting is being held in the politically sensitive Kairana in Uttar Pradesh, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya and Nagaland Lok Sabha seats.
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's address on the eve of 70th Republic Day of India.
'This health emergency has brought a lot of people together with the common purpose of getting Feluda to play detective as quickly as possible.' 'As a scientist, if we can make a small difference in people's lives, we are happy'
'Modi is the first BJP leader to try to include Dalits in its fold.' 'But the rank and file of his party is backward and want to bash up Muslims and Dalits whenever they have a chance.'
The role of AI spans coaching, performance, learning, engagement and career growth.
From educating people about the internet, connecting far-flung areas with a high-speed net, promoting entrepreneurship, building start-up incubators, women empowerment, to even running a voter registration campaign, cybersecurity and counter-terrorism, Facebook and Google have done it all for the government.
The Planning Commission has not been central to the policy making process since the mid-1960s, says Nitin Desai.
Dr Swarnim Wagle, the official behind Nepal's reconstruction strategy, speaks to Patrick Ward.
'The temptation of governments, to have a finger in the RBI pie will be just too great to resist, unless extensive amendments are carried out in the RBI Act treating it almost as the fourth branch of the government.'
Remembering Verghese Kurien, a visionary who singlehandedly built world's biggest agricultural development programme.
If nothing is done, the country is set to become 83 per cent energy-import-dependent by 2040.
We need transformative policies and incentives with purpose, especially in solar power and digital infrastructure.
Expansion of the BJP's base in the South, will be the main focus of the party's two-day national executive meeting
The public-private partnership model is a compulsion, says the minister.
Outlining seven principles of engagement for closer cooperation between India and China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday said the two countries should show sensitivity to each other's interests and sovereignty and move quickly to resolve the boundary issue.
Following is the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day.
Denmark topped the list of the 144 nations.
There are some 20-odd schemes with this default provision, or something close to it.
In South Asia, the poverty would fall to 13.5 per cent in 2015.
Governor also says two-stage verification for card transactions might go; RBI in process of setting up IT arm
'Charging that some main political parties are trying to "dangerously" disturb the communal harmony in Uttar Pradesh ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav on Monday warned such forces of stringent action.
Since many of Modi's urban policies were initiated in Ahmedabad, the city may act as a template to examine what can be expected in a country that is witnessing the biggest migration from rural to urban areas in the world
Progress on several parameters creates a tipping point situation.
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