The world-famous Darjeeling tea is losing its flavour even as it struggles with falling production, says Avishek Rakshit.
The bill seeks to ensure health-care, treatment and rehabilitation of persons with mental illness "in a manner that does not intrude on their rights and dignity."
Most of the index heavyweights are yet to declare their results.
The incomparable Mohammed Rafi would have turned 93 today, December 24. Raju Bharatan salutes the legend.
'It is absolutely critical on pure economic terms, but it's also smart politically, because a recent survey reported that 73 percent of Indians view climate change as the most pressing global concern,' US Secretary of State John Kerry tells a high-power audience in Washington, DC.
Captain Yuvraj Singh fell cheaply in his Ranji Trophy season opener before Uday Kaul and Gurkeerat Singh led Punjab's recovery against Railways on day two of the Group A match, in New Delhi, on Friday.
Here is a closer look at politicos who have emerged victorious in the electoral contest of five state assemblies.
In the past two years, investors in gold have lost money.
Three or four stars are disproportionately powerful in the industry. All the others in Bollywood, no matter how talented, must be aligned to one of these stars or be reconciled to doing small movies with the others, says Aakar Patel.
The issue at the core of it is the perceived fear among the locals of getting outnumbered and uprooted by 'others' and eventually losing their identity
It hopes to attract billions of dollars in investment by this move, and may ease some restrictions on foreign inflows.
No promoter is allowed to advertise, market, book, sell or offer for sale, or invite persons to purchase any plot, apartment or building, in a project without registering with the authority.
Sikka has influenced the company to break away from the old mould in more ways than one.
India's neglect of villages shows up in many other ways.
GSTN CEO Prakash Kumar tells Sudipto Dey how IT can improve service delivery of government departments.
As the BJP snaps at its heels, can the Communists stay relevant in the electoral game?
Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana envisages housing to 20 mn households by 2022.
'EPFO's investments this financial year should be Rs 1 lakh crore'
Indrani's words were quick, her hand gestures quicker. She kept pointing to certain paragraphs in their consent terms.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Wednesday
A summary of the opening day's play in the Ranji Trophy matches played across the country.
India in the last five-seven years did not do as well as it could to push progress.
'India has about 22,000 tonnes of private gold, held by individuals and temples.' 'Much of this is locked up in safes and vaults as a dead investment. If we can put the vast reserves of gold to use, it would boost the economy,' says V P Nandakumar, executive chairman, Manappuram Finance, India's first listed gold loan company.
'What the government should do to create jobs is to help revive the MSME sector.' 'This sector gives employment to lakhs of people.' 'The MSME sector provides more employment than the big industries.' 'So, what should be done immediately is to revive the MSME sector.'
When relationship problems are too tough for you to figure out, ask the Love Guru for help.
A round-up of results from the matches played at the Mushtaq Ali Twenty20 cricket tournament across the country.
Mohammed Taufiq has been a waiter at Kolkata's famous Coffee House for 36 years. After encountering at least 50, 100 new faces every day -- including Satyajit Ray once -- all he wants now is to return to his village after retirement.
Though SpiceJet is likely to resume flights, experts have a doubt on the airline's financial capabilities.
The average global temperature between January and October has been 0.68 degrees Celsius higher than the 20th century's average global temperature of 14.1 degree C.
The elections in two eastern Indian states were keenly observed in Bangladesh for two major contentious issues, writes Prakash Bhandari from Dhaka.
With the first salary date after demonetisation around the corner, will India's labourers be able to take their hard-earned wages home?
The country imported 9.31 million tonnes (mt) of steel in FY15.
Madras Cafe is a swift, smart and serious study of an inglorious chapter of history, writes Sukanya Verma.
A round-up of Ranji matches played on Friday
The IMF's predictions for India's near-term growth may seem rosy, but the usual caveats apply - that is, we are apt to under-perform.
In our special series on A Day in the Life of India, Ashok Kumar Mondol, a Kolkata tram driver, speaks about the joys of driving a city institution.
'India's nationalism has always been an exceptional and great experiment.' 'We said you don't have to give up your language, your lifestyle or your religion in order to be an Indian national.' 'Nowhere in the world could you find on such a large scale such a democratic experiment of nation building based on diversity.' 'That is the greatness of India's nationalism and we are on the verge of losing that greatness.'
Time is running out: Will India manage to attain goals set by the UN.
As a child, Sufal Das used to dream of becoming a dhaki. But a life full of adversities, and dwindling popularity of the dhak, has made him regret his dream.
