Each year, economic damages increase -- and once again, development gains are lost in one season of flood or bad drought.
Unlike the regimes of Jayalalitha, Palaniswami and Karunanidhi, ministers are actually getting to make decisions on their own, with the unmentioned rider that they would be held responsible and accountable, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Most business groups in India, including Godrejs, Tatas and Mahindras, have seen patience tested in JVs, with some of them winding up quickly
The CAT 2009 has been plagued with various problems and has candidates scrambling for answers. But Karan Agrawal, who will be taking the test on December 3, has some different concerns.
Chidambaram said the stimulus package has left several sections like the poor, migrants, farmers, labourers, workers, small shopkeepers and middle class high and dry.
The party believes that Mamata's poor handling of the pandemic and the devastation brought on by Cyclone Amphan will provide it the political fillip it needs.
The most worrisome aspect is that most water woes are the result of mismanagement
Portuguese footballer Nani faces the wrath of Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson after accusing him of mismanaging his career and calling him a complicated man.
"There will always be brilliant fraudsters who will find newer ways. The need is for utmost vigilance, diligence and honesty on the part of those who are entrusted with the job of regulation and auditing."
'We have lots of expectations from Omar Abdullah. He is dynamic, very sharp, intelligent and has the zeal to work for the people. He has a fire in him and he wants to do something concrete for the people. Besides, he is soft-spoken, not arrogant and has tonnes of patience,' says Abdul Rahim Rather
True, Azam Khan is being targeted rather disproportionately and also because of his Muslim identity. That must be protested and resisted. But to say that he is a big messiah, and his profit-making educational enterprise is an issue concerning all Muslims of India, is absolutely unjustified, assert Mohammad Sajjad and Md Mohammad Zeeshan Ahmad.
Demanding a probe by central regulatory agency into the financial irregularities committed by software company Satyam Computer Services, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday alleged that a scam of such proportions was not possible without the support of SEBI, MCA, Planning Commission and the Andhra Pradesh government.
'There is a fiscal crisis building up, which might become apparent when the Finance Commission presents its report,' warns T N Ninan.
Candidates share the bitter experience of CAT 2009. Share yours!
Yes Bank users can now make over Rs 2 lakh payments towards loans, credit cards via other bank accounts.
In another stunning twist in the saga of Pakistan's cricket administration, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif sacked Zaka Ashraf as the Chairman of the PCB and suspended the Governing board with immediate effect.
A credit card is a useful tool, when managed judiciously but a lurking danger if you mismanage it.
While the situation Sitharaman finds herself in may not be that good, how does it stack up against her three immediate predecessors Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidambaram and the late Arun Jaitley?
India Inc has suffered a massive loss of over Rs 43,000 crore (Rs 430 billion), in the recently concluded financial year due to non-availability and mismanagement of power, a study says.
While 'the 'Clinton years' were great for Americans, the so-called 'Dot Com' bubble in the stock market burst long before Bush assumed office, and thus should not unfairly be weighed against him. Many of the bad decisions to strip away regulation from Wall Street and to encourage risky lending practices -- the best example being the millions of so-called sub-prime mortgages -- were made before Bush arrived, says Matthew Schneeberger
'Given the emerging trends, it may be time for India to embrace digital banking,' notes Pradipta Bagchi.
'While it is very easy to blame the chief minister, the bureaucracy should be held accountable. Chief ministers come every five years but bureaucracy is a permanent setup. The bureaucracy is trained for handling such situations with alacrity.'
There are red faces in the government and the leader of the Lok Sabha Pranab Mukherjee is reported to be furious at the mismanagement and lack of co-ordination within the government of its floor managers, casual attitude of ministers and pressure from allies which has put it in a bad light and given the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party a new lease of life to take on the government. It appears to be "withdrawal" time in the government.
'Why has this turned out to be one of the greatest humanitarian crisis that has caught the Centre and the states in a bind with no answers to this unexpected tsunami?' asks Brigadier Narender Kumar (retd).
One of the most important aspects of a shared space is maintaining a quiet and peaceful environment, says Prashant Garg.
There is abundant evidence that the Indian economy is not overheating. So stop the presses from broadcasting this now absurd conclusion.
The powerful Left members from states like Kerala and West Bengal have told the top brass that if the issue of price rise and terrorism is not handled in a politically savvy manner, then the countdown to withdraw support to the UPA government should start. Within both the Congress and the CPM, a debate is on over the future course of action. The Congress Working Committee is meeting on May 31 to discuss the Karnataka results, price rise and other hot issues.
The short duration discussion under Rule 193 on the situation arising out of the alleged mismanagement of the affairs of the Satyam Computer Services will now be taken up on February 25, the Lok Sabha bulletin said. Initially, the discussion was scheduled to be held on February 13, but was deferred following a request from leader of the Opposition L K Advani.
Let all the stakeholders, especially the government, remember that if the Make in India lion needs to roar and rise again, it won't happen unless India Inc rises too, points out Shekaar Subramanian.
'Now we will have real employees as the owner of the airline.'
Former ICC president Malcolm Gray says Malcolm Speed's premature exit as the CEO of cricket's world governing body smacks of racial bias and shows that the game's management is being increasingly influenced by money and power.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday accused the Congress leadership of "desperation" in the face of his "tough" demonetisation decision and said it was the first time that a concerted effort was made by the Opposition to "openly" protect the dishonest through disruptions in Parliament.
At least three members of the BJP Parliamentary Board, that approved candidates list, told me that release of my book by Nitish Kumar in 2017 was strongly resented and probably this cost me the party nomination, Roy said.
Gilgit Baltistan's large frontage with Kashmir and Ladakh across Kargil and the Siachen Glacier gives Pakistan and China the perceived scope for conduct of collusive operations against India and wrest control of the major course of the Indus and Shyok, observes Lieutenant General Syed Ata Hasnain (retd).
Trump was good for world peace. He didn't start a war anywhere, which is not something that can be said for most of his predecessors, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The Congress is seeking to give a strong political message to the nation from the land of Mahatma Gandhi and Sardar Patel, with the party leadership holding the prayer meeting at Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram in Ahmedabad, followed by the CWC meet at Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel national memorial in the state.
'Yogiji is saying he is doing good work, but when you go on the ground you will see the reality.'
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.
A no-holds-barred fight for the control of the most popular television news channel in the North-East has broken out between the husband-wife duo of Matang Sinh and Manoranjana Sinh. Each has charged the other with financial impropriety and mismanagement.
By 2026, India will add 220 million to its urban population. That is, about 30 Bangalores!
