After the death of Sathya Sai Baba on April 24, many of his followers wondered why the religious leader didn't live up to the age of 96 as per his own prophecy. Shortly before his demise, Baba is believed to have told Sathyajit, his personal caregiver, "I want to leave early".
The scrutiny started when it came to the government's notice that Shelf Drilling, a company that operates one third of ONGC's contracted jackup rig and earns a revenue of close to $220,000 a day, has China Merchant Group as its single largest shareholder.
Funding challenges are not limited to just one think tank. Several scholars say that access for conducting research and getting foreign funds has become a major hurdle for think tanks, with the government raising many questions regarding such inflows. As a result, many think tanks are keeping a low profile and becoming less prolific.
Gourav Bhattacharya, IIM-A alumnus and CAT 100 percentiler shares his tips on how to crack group discussions and personal interviews for getting admissions to the hallowed precincts of India's institutes of management.
Market regulator Sebi on Thursday asked mutual fund houses to disclose the details of investor complaints on websites, as well as in annual reports, to enable clients to make more informed decisions.
Delinking spectrum from the licences in the aftermath of the 2G scam, Sibal said, "In future, the spectrum will not be bundled with licence. The licence to be issued to telecom operators will be in the nature of 'Unified Licence' and the licence holder will be free to offer any of the multifarious telecom services."
Union minister of state for communications and IT, Gurudas Kamat, launched the railway reservation system for providing tickets at four post offices in Mumbai on Monday.
Not all change is good, but this one is, applauds Shekhar Gupta.
Highlights of RBI's third quarter review of monetary policy.
A key accused in the 2006 Kozhikode twin bomb blast case was on Thursday made approver by the CBI Special court.
'And as we sit (or sleep) out the nightmare, there is feverish speculation about what the post-Corona world might look like,' mulls Hasan Suroor.
With tensions between China and Taiwan rapidly increasing, the tone of China's official media has also become progressively more strident, observes former senior RA&W officer and China expert Jayadeva Ranade.
The internal battle within the Obama administration seemed to have been won by Paul Volcker, the impressive and outspoken former Federal Reserve chairman who has long been a critic of financial innovation.
The city is past the inflection point to dish out lessons in aesthetics. Guys get realistic and realise that the city can only run fast on the treadmill to remain where it is. And yes, true to form, this is a classic case of government ignoring core issues of affordable housing, making builders friendlier towards the buyers etc. and instead literally going for cosmetics.
He did not believe in any fiscal puritanism. In 2012, when it was almost certain that the government will breach the 2012-13 fiscal deficit target, he wrote that in abnormal times, abnormal measures are required to get back to normalcy.
Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray on Friday flayed tennis star Sania Mirza for her decision to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, saying "had Sania's heart been Indian, it wouldn't have beaten for a Pakistani."
The new category would also help NBFCs raise more money from overseas markets, for which the government has raised the cap to $500 million from earlier $100 million under the approval route.
The government on Friday slammed the door on foreign-based players like Prakash Amritraj and Sunitha Rao and made it clear that only Indian citizens would represent the country in future international events. The decision leaves the tennis quartet of Prakash Amritraj, Sunitha Rao, Shikha and Neha Uberoi-- all US citizens -- at the crossroads even though Shikha had said on Thursday she is ready to surrender her American passport to continue playing for India.
In view of the government's austerity drive, Union External Affairs Minister S M Krishna on Sunday decided to forego travel by private aircraft which he is entitled to use on visits abroad and said he will go by commercial flights.
Overall, the first gala round saw some high quality singing.
France-based building materials maker Saint-Gobain is undertaking a realignment of its gypsum business in the country, giving the Indian subsidiary a new name, as it aims to achieve a turnover of Rs 600 crore (Rs 6 billion) in the domestic market.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on Tuesday decided to provide special facilities to all Muslim prisoners during the holy month of Ramzan.
"Joh Behenji se tak raayega woh mitti mein mil jaayega (whoever challenges Mayawati will be doomed)," state PWD Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui said.
LG wants to be known as the brand that enables enrichment of life. Here's the plan.
"We have reduced the time period for improving skills. Earlier, if an employee would show even a small improvement, we would give an extension of a few more months. Henceforth, that will not be done," said Ajoy Mukherjee, vice-president and head, global human resources. The company will consider an employee's performance for the past three years so as to maintain consistency.
Embarrassed by India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and off-spinner Harbhajan Singh's failure to turn up for the Padma Shri awards last Wednesday, the government issued a notification saying National sports awards, like the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dhronacharya and Dhyanchand, will be withdrawn if the recipient is absent from the ceremony without intimation.
However, longer range missiles, under-sea launched missiles and futuristic weapons systems like electronic counter-warfare measures will be 'undertaken in-house,' said Dr S Prahlada, one of country's top defence scientists.
The Bangalore-headquartered company will henceforth focus on tactical advertisements, which will generate immediate sales. Titan's advertising budget this year is estimated to be about Rs 180 crore. In the current financial year, the company has already spent Rs 160 crore on advertising. Though the company has not made any cut on the ad budget yet, it expects that the adspend will drop.
Such criticism by China of a foreign government official, particularly of a major power like the US, is very unusual. It is clear that China will come under increasing pressure certainly till the US presidential elections are held, observes former senior RA&W officer and China expert Jayadeva Ranade.
However, he will continue to hold 32,500 shares, 0.02 per cent of the paid-up capital, as an individual shareholder
India stormed back in some style, after being surprised in the first game in Chennai, to thrash England in the next three and score an emphatic 3-1 triumph in the just-concluded Test series. A look at how the Indian players fared in the England series.
The Florida-based Hindu University of America will henceforth 'do business as' the International Vedic Hindu University. It has announced plans to expand the Vedic base of its program offerings. Paramahamsa Nityananda, founder of the Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam, who was elected chairman of the University recently, will be the 'guiding force in the university's future growth and evolution.'
The Florida-based Hindu University of America will henceforth 'do business as' the International Vedic Hindu University. It has announced plans to expand the Vedic base of its programme offerings.
In a major New year bonanza for the armed forces, the Prime Minister's Office has informed the defence ministry that the armed forces personnel would henceforth have a separate pay commission, which is delinked from the civilian pay panel.
All senior state bureaucrats accompanying Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on the state aircraft will henceforth be subjected to personal and luggage frisking as part of the sped up drill regarding Azad's security.
The domestic IT major Tata Consultancy Services said that its major expansion would henceforth take place within the notified Special Economic Zones in the country. TCS is setting up its largest global operating unit to accommodate 20,000 professionals in Rajiv Gandhi Infotech Park at Hinjewadi, Pune, a notified SEZ. Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh on Wednesday laid the foundation-stone for the facility, which will become operational by December 2009.
Eyeing the fast-growing Indian gaming industry worth Rs 270 crore (Rs 2.7 billion), Zapak Digital Entertainment is all set to open 1,000 gaming cafes across the country by December this year. The Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group company, which presently runs 51 gaming cafes under the brand name Gameplex, will henceforth expand through franchisee model.
The woman is a first-year PhD student and she has alleged that Anmol Ratan, a JNU student and AISA activist raped her on Saturday, police said.
This is chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad's first stern action against a ministerial colleague, since he declared a war against corruption in public life in the state.
After the Supreme Court order, the Indian government has further made the multi-location research trials of new genetically modified (GM) crops tougher.
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