On Wednesday, September 18, the Supreme Court denounced manual scavenging as 'most uncivilised and inhuman'.'It is the notion that they are born to do this which needs to change.'Sneha......
Nearly 57 per cent of total income of five national parties during financial year 2013-14 was from sale of coupons (smaller donations), a leading election watchdog NGO has said. "Bigger donations......
The finance minister hiked the total defence expenditure from Rs 203,672 crore in FY 2013-2014 to Rs 229,000 crore for FY 2014-2015. Though the increase appears substantial, it is insufficient to......
Two full-fledged semiconductor fabrication plants are going to come up in India very soon entailing multi-billion dollar investment besides several chip assembly and packaging units, Minister of......
The number of people who file tax returns has also increased by about 65 per cent during this period from 3.31 crore in FY 2013-14 to 5.44 crore in 2017-18 fiscal, the CBDT said in the statement.......
The Finance Minister has presented the Union Budget 2013-14 with the ambitious plan to reduce the fiscal deficit as a percentage of GDP to 4.8 per cent in FY2014 from 5.2 per cent in FY2013, while......
Russia is among the top buyers of Indian tea, accounting for about 18 per cent of the industry's total exports. IMAGE: Tea plantation workers pick tea leaves in Assam. Photograph: ANI Photo ......
Ahead of RBI policy meet, India Ratings said an interest rate hike of 0.50 per cent in the remaining part of the fiscal will throw the BSE 500 companies into a quandary as they can ill-afford any......
Jagmohan Dalmiya returned as president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India after being unanimously elected at its Annual General Meeting in Chennai on Monday. The Narayanswami Srinivasan......