'The government's proposal to store citizens' data including Aadhaar data under its Digital India initiative on cloud is violative of the citizens' human rights because the cloud is admittedly beyond India's jurisdiction.'
This is the time when the US would need the conceptual strategic thinking of a Henry Kissinger, able to ally diplomatic skills with a well-conceived worldview of what the emergence of a new balance of forces will mean for a US whose ability to shape global events has definitely declined but still exists, says Claude Smadja.
Orissa learnt its lessons from previous cyclones, particularly the 1999 super cyclone, whereas Uttarakhand has failed to do so from any of the previous natural calamities that hit the state, says Dinesh C Sharma.
Diplomats agree that amid stormy relations with China and Pakistan, Modi has posted impressive foreign policy successes, notes Aditi Phadnis.
Cyber crimes caused by the insured's employees also get covered under the policy but would exclude the actual perpetrator.
Till date, 107 elections to states and three parliamentary polls have been smoothly conducted using the EVMs.
Air toxics emissions are high from older vehicles.
'... for two reasons: the poor quality of education, and the low rate of female participation in the labour force.' 'Unless something is done quickly to remedy these problems, India will just have a large population of low-skill, low-wage, males trying and failing to feed their families adequately.'
India has so far succeeded in staving off the deadly virus that has claimed over 4,500 lives abroad.
The ecosystems of India and China today jostle against one another across Asia and much of the world.
Is it likely that one of these days, a demand may rise that only truthful endorsement should be made in media and that if it is discovered that she or he in real life does not use that brand, punishment may follow, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.
'No country can go from zero to hero at the Olympics.' 'A hundred Indians now feature in the world's top 25 and that's progress,' says Shekhar Gupta.
His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions. Siva Sankar pays tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer who passed into the ages on Friday.
Urjit Patel as the new RBI governor whose focus is on taming inflation has lowered the probability of interest rate cut soon
Sustained campaign forces NPCIL to issue statement on Kakrapar fuel leak. But there is still not clarity on what went wrong.
Nandan Nilekani and his wife Rohini are trying to improve education across India.
Mata Amritanandamayi's hospital has developed protein nanomedicines for drug-resistant leukemia and nano-structured wafers to prevent recurrence of brain tumours
Young, ambitious workforce learns skill degrees come with no guarantees.
'Four years into his tenure and Modi still has no idea what is wrong with the agriculture sector!'
The means to do so via an expanded Aadhaar system is easily at hand, too.
Our large military requirements make for an enormous buyer's leverage, which the defence ministry fritters away in piecemeal purchases
Biometric authentication is based on the unscientific and questionable assumption that there are parts of human body that does not age, wither and decay with the passage of time.
By removing Avinash Chander last week, the government has chosen to sacrifice the organisation's most potent symbol of success
Serious question marks remain over how effectively, or whether at all, India can actually execute a disarming CF strike that takes out most of Pakistan's nukes, says Ajai Shukla.
'We use the word "historic" perhaps too much, but the prime minister's visit certainly was historic in so many ways.'
Indrani dressed in a short purple kurta and leggings, with a bandhini green-purple chunni, sindhoor glowing in her mang, was receiving a drubbing from her lawyers for the facts she had revealed before the court on Tuesday while arguing the rejoinder to her bail application. She was insisting: "But he asked me for a motive!"
PepsiCo India's new CEO admits to being an ardent follower of the world's management gurus and they clearly mould his outlook.
That is bad news for officials taking part in discussions at the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings this week.
EduBridge is emerging as a strong player in training unemployed youth.
A glance back at some important events that occurred in 2018.
'India may be new to world politics and her military strength insignificant in comparison with that of the giants of our epoch.' 'But India is old in thought and experience and has travelled through trackless centuries in the adventure of life.' 'Throughout her long history she has stood for peace and every prayer that an Indian raises, ends with an invocation to peace.' Jawaharlal Nehru's memorable speech to the United States Congress.
India Inc was, perhaps, watching out for a repeat of the dot-com bubble burst of the early 2000s.
Enormous debt isn't the only thing afflicting Air India. Its work culture is an equal culprit in its downfall.
RIL has faced protests from local authorities, activists and residents across India campaigning against masts and roadworks.
Even as plans to redevelop Dharavi continue to gather dust in government files, its young residents have chalked their own course and chosen to fly high. Hepzi Anthony recounts a few inspiring tales.
Furthering Indo-US cooperation on terrorism, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Barack Obama on Tuesday agreed to make "joint and concerted efforts" to dismantle safe havens for terror and criminal networks like Lashkar-e-Tayib, Jaish-e-Mohammad, Dawood-company, Al Qaeda and the Haqqani network.
Railways must pull back its share of freight traffic.
Following is the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address from the ramparts of the Red Fort on the 73rd Independence Day.
Fraud is a big concern among many board members.
'I could see it not having any impact whatsoever,' says Stephen P Cohen on Obama's India visit.
