As NCLAT chair, lack of basic infrastructure remains Justice Mukhopadhaya's biggest challenge. The lack of permanent staff to take down orders in shorthand and later type them out for him to correct is just one among many. In cases where there are a number of intervening parties and applicants, the courtroom is often so jam-packed that even the senior advocates have failed to find place inside.
''Even without major reforms, with a business as usual scenario, and with current inflation trends, we should be clocking around 11 to 12 per cent nominal growth.' 'That is not happening and is a source of worry,' Rathin Roy tells Arup Roychoudhury.
Colleges are witnessing more offers, with better salary packages. Median salary packages offered have improved over last year.
Major Somnath Sharma was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously for his bravery in the Kashmir operations on November 3, 1947.
The fact that so many victims turn hostile should be a matter of concern. If so many accused persons continue to roam freely in society, this becomes an additional liability to women's safety, points out Rashme Sehgal.
There may be some losers as well as winners. And those who lose their jobs to the new technology will soon find other employment, says Martin Feldstein.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday told his military commanders that he saw a "rare" possibility of a full scale war but asked them to be ready for "invisible" enemy and challenges which will be "less predictable" in a changing world.
Jaitley can make his innings -- notwithstanding its likely length -- to be a watershed tenure, or just add to the image of the MoD drifting rudderless, says Brigadier S K Chatterji (retd).
Former Wimbledon champion Anne Jones was among British sports personalities included in the United Kingdom's New Year's honours list on Monday.
And it's not an IIT graduate who's bagged it, report Gireesh Babu & Vinay Umarji.
While the benefits offered by the new-generation products are alluring, choose a plan that offers features you may actually need in the future
IMAGES from Day 10 of the US Open matches played in New York on Wednesday
The 57-year-old Bhattacharya, front-runner for the post on account of years of service left, was managing director and chief financial officer of the bank prior to her elevation.
'If a lawyer can talk about finances, if a TV actress can be the HRD minister and if a 'chaiwala' can be... then why I cannot talk about economy?'
To shed more light on how GST will affect the individual as well as the nation, Rediff Chat has lined up experts to field your queries.
Around 700 migrant workers, women and children have lost their lives in this reverse migration. But what is happening today with the migrant labour is only a continuation of the policies pursued by the Modi regime during the last six years. It is not for nothing that India was ranked the most dangerous country in the world for women in 2018 by the Thompson Reuters Foundation poll, points out Rashme Sehgal.
Students will mostly benefit from the new format, says Ajit Padwal, Founder, Lakshya IAS Academy, Mumbai. He decodes what the new paper holds for aspirants and tells us why the UPSC, barring a few exceptions, has mostly got it right.
Former India wicketkeeper Ajay Ratra, who was Punjab's coach when Shubman Gill made his Ranji Trophy debut in 2017, believes the time is right to blood the youngster into the India's Test team
2018 was largely forgettable for Sushil Kumar -- India's only double Olympic-medallist -- and Sakshi Malik -- the country's first and only woman wrestler to win a medal at the biggest stage.
'The Chinese mindset and approach to India is far different from that in Pakistan.' 'This reality makes it possible for us to follow an engagement policy with one, while militating against engagement with the other.'
Relations between an elected government of Delhi and the LG can never be cordial: It is just the way the relationship is structured.
The cancellation of the project has far-reaching implications for the IAF, for which this was once its high-tech future fighter.
'The one thing that a cricketer aspires for is earning the respect of the dressing room and that respect is earned only when any player puts his hand up in adverse conditions and does his job for the team.'
'One good thing that has come out of all this is that it shown people that online ordering is the way forward.'
Finance Commission has got new team who are committed to growth initiatives.
If one were to go by the degree of clout, Jaitley was the undoubted No. 2 in the Modi government.
West Indies batting legend Brian Lara has severely criticised the Cricket Board's (WICB) move to axe Shivnarine Chanderpaul from the national team and has called for a honourary send-off to the veteran batsman by including him in two-Test home series against Australia.
It will bring down the cost of a second house because of tax benefits and price appreciation
Daughter of former deputy PM late Jagjivan Ram, Kumar, 72, was also the first woman to occupy the high office of the LS speaker
'Modi cannot drag India back into a primitive epoch resembling the religious wars in medieval Europe and at the same time claim to represent the aspirations of modernity among Indians,' notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
A leave vote means the future of Britain's financial services industry is now hanging in the balance.
'He has a splendid opportunity to capitalise on the CPEC and turn the economy around decisively, putting Pakistan firmly on a higher growth trajectory.' 'Indeed, under the Imran-Bajwa dispensation, there has been a noticeable whittling down of support to militant groups,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'China would rather tie us down; and bleed us as much as it can so that we aren't able to lift our heads to face them.'
A summary of Friday play at the French Open.
Just as the mighty Bhim sacrificed his son Ghatotkach and Arjun sacrificed his son Abhimanyu in the battle against Kauravas, Yashwant Sinha must ask his son Jayant to sacrifice his ministerial office, says Sudhir Bisht.
Given how the armed forces struggle to attract talent, they cannot rule out hiring half the population, says Nitin Pai
'New Delhi and Washington are now on the same page, on dealing with growing Chinese assertiveness, across the entire Indo-Pacific region,' notes Ambassador G Parthasarathy, Chancellor, Central University of Jammu.
She spins Bollywood tracks when she's not doing her investment consultant job.
The film to be produced under Daggubati's banner Suresh Productions, will see Vijay Sethupathi portray the role of Sri Lankan spin legend.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday
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