Since jobs will remain scarce for the foreseeable future, an unemployment allowance should be the next big social-security initiative, suggests T N Ninan.
Come August and he will host the world's best scientists and engineers in Seattle, US, to see if they can design cheap, dry toilets which don't hitherto exist.
Rediff Labs mapped the survey result of the cities based on the national rank secured in Swachh Survekshan 2017.
Dharavi's success underlines the importance of community participation in any public health crisis.
A new mobile app is allowing women to identify safe zones in a city with the help of crowd-sourced audits
Arvind Kejriwal returns to Ramlila ground to be sworn-in as CM one year after he quit post.
Are Indian citizens mindful of their responsibility?
The Swachh Bharat Abhiyan -- or Clean India Mission -- was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on October 2.
India has just had one of the worst quarters in export earnings.
These coaches, officials said, will be "economical" and in between the current AC three-tier and non-AC sleeper class.
It is urgent that we break the silence around the 'M' word, one ward and gram panchayat at a time, so that women and girls -- irrespective of their financial capacity -- can demand the information and materials they need, says Archana Patkar.
'Why can't a country that builds and manages airports of acknowledged excellence at home and abroad produce passports of durable quality for its citizens?' asks Sunil Sethi.
'Poor people need to survive, and with the prices of vegetables, petrol, electricity and water high, there was no option but to vote for AAP to change things.'
Anushka Panda, who has spinal muscular atrophy tells us how she scored 97.8 per cent and topped CBSE class 10 examination.
Senior Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi on Tuesday asserted that her party, if voted to power in Assam, will bring a new law to 'nullify' the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in the state.
I cannot think of another Hindi movie that has, without so much as a hint of cynicism or speechifying, brought out that fundamental fact of Muslims being an integral part of the Indian culture while being at the same time a subculture with its own polite niceties, observes Sreehari Nair.
Shah said that the people of the country will decide about the principal opposition party to BJP in the 2024 polls and they have not given this label to any party.
Bangladesh might overtake India this year by per capita income in nominal dollars, but it is not yet close to becoming South Asia's economic powerhouse anytime soon, T N Ninan points out.
Swachh Bharat Mission could focus on using technological innovation to eradicate the problem of open defecation, says R Gopalakrishnan.
Iyer, popularly called Param, is keen to return to the US where he had spent several years working with the World Bank at its Washington office -- a job he later quit to become road manager for his daughter, a professional tennis player.
The ground, which served as the battleground for the 51-year-old bureaucrat-turned-politician during the Anna Hazare-led India Against Corruption movement, is getting decked up and workers are busy making arrangements.
He launched the "cleanliness is service" exercise to push for greater public participation in one of his government's centrepiece programmes launched on October 2, 2015.
Respect for India is increasing all over. One can experience the change, Modi said.
'Genuine mistakes can and must be forgiven,' argues Vivek Gumaste.
After delivering three stillborn children, Hirkanya Bhanarkar (39) had finally conceived and given birth to a girl on January 6, only to lose her in the fire.
Start your digital detox today before irreversible damage to health and mental complications stalk your life, advises Ramesh Menon.
'Is it not deplorable that even after 75 years of independence, there are people in our society who have been denied freedom?'
Researchers have found two new mutations in coronavirus samples from Amravati and Yavatmal districts of eastern Maharashtra which can escape neutralising antibodies, a senior official said on Thrusday. Meanwhile, authorities in the two districts have announced strict implementation of restrictions, including a weekend lockdown in Amravati, to stem the rising cases of COVID-19.
Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates promised to extend all support to Centre's efforts to expand the reach and effectiveness of sustainable sanitation services .
The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday unveiled its manifesto for the West Bengal elections, promising to build a 'Sonar Bangla' by providing employment, strengthening social security schemes and vowing to clear the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in the first cabinet meeting of the new government.
'Ignorance isn't a problem when it's a question of common citizens having forgotten (or never learnt) middle school science.' 'It becomes a problem when it's displayed by policymakers and people of some influence,' says Devangshu Datta.
'Economic issues do not matter during elections; it is the emotional connect that helps swing votes.'
'Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the decisions taken by my government in the national interest,' President Droupadi Murmu said in her address to both Houses of Parliament.
States spent much more in the first three months of the current financial year compared to the corresponding period last year.
A senior CAPF commander privy to the development said the forces have discussed the "challenges and opportunities" that can come with transgenders in the officer ranks.
The star-turned-politician said that she isn't approaching her stint in politics as a star, but would rather be known as a people's representative.
Leaders of that party are now scared of contesting from constituencies dominated by majority population
December 2022 could be the last Christmas for Santha Bakery, a business drawing its lineage from the first Christmas cake baked in Kerala.
Meet Lysinbacillus telephonicus, Microbacterium telephonicum, Pyrenochaeta telephoni.
The window of one of the coaches of the Rs 100-crore train was damaged.
