'She has to get the funds, cut through bureaucratic flab, speed up modernisation, ensure planned acquisitions stick to timelines, make organisational changes and ensure the military is capable of performing the task that it is given,' says Brigadier S K Chatterjee (retd).
Reforms do happen and one example is Odisha which has taken steps to create a dedicated municipal cadre.
Air toxics emissions are high from older vehicles.
The last thing the country needs in a globalising and technologically advancing international business environment is a poorly educated workforce.
In an online chat with readers, Vidhu Shekhar, Country Head - India, CFA Institute shared crucial advice to crack the competitive exam.
Our large military requirements make for an enormous buyer's leverage, which the defence ministry fritters away in piecemeal purchases
New age technology will reshape India's future.
'My mantra is simple. If a customer demands something, we have to deliver at the speed he wants. No customer will wait for us. That is where local top-quality talent comes in,' says the MD of Bosch India.
India has so far succeeded in staving off the deadly virus that has claimed over 4,500 lives abroad.
This is the joint statement issued by the ministry of external affairs on the visit of US President Barack Obama to India.
The one common theme across companies that have rewarded shareholders is consumption.
The success story of Adani's Mundra Port in Gujarat, in terms of efficiency, technology and management, should be replicated at Vizhinjam to ensure that this ambitious project does not fail, say Shehzad Poonawalla and Riya Sinha.
The inspiring story of B Udhaya Krishna and his friends is the story of today's aspirational India, the India that encourages entrepreneurial spirit. Hurdles like poverty, discouragement and insults are just temporary hindrances in front of them to work hard to achieve their dreams.
In an online chat with readers, overseas consultant NNS Chandra offers career advice.
Are the ChildLine booths for runaway children an attempt to sanitise Indian railway stations or a genuine effort for the protection of 'railway kids'?
What lies ahead for Korea's forgotten athletes? Take a look.
'At an altitude of 5,000 metres, the levels of oxygen in the blood of a healthy soldier would be similar to that of a patient with a severe lung disorder at sea level.' 'While such patients are admitted to ICUs, confined to bed and treated with continuous oxygen therapy, the soldier at 5,000 metres with similar levels of oxygen in his blood performs intense physical activity and fights the enemy!' BharatShakti.in founder Nitin Gokhale reveals the ordeals that await soldiers when they are posted to the Siachen glacier.
'The unique achievements have been made by engineers from small towns who have had a non elite upbringing and who have grown with the programme,' says R Aravamudan, one of the pioneers of the Indian space programme.
With nearly a million identified slums, UP urgently requires housing for the poor
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