'The Bhashini Mission has delivered a working technology at large scale, which is as good as or better than the one with MNC tech giants.' Photograph: Kind courtesy bhashini.gov.in One of the......
'I know most of the politicians in this country and I know how fair-weather friends they can be.''If they get defeated in elections, they will blame it upon something that cannot respond to their......
No lives were lost after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall.Preparations for Biparjoy were not only extensive, they were also telecast far and wide.Ahead of the cyclone's landfall, Shyam G Menon......
'Education will definitely benefit by making the child's first language the medium of instruction, by making examinations less prone to rote-learning, by setting up national research universities,......
'Having dedicated my life towards improving breast healthcare in my motherland.' 'I shall continue to work with rock-solid determination following this "chosen" path.' IMAGE: Dr Raghu Ram......
Now rail users can get information on expected arrival and departure timings of a particular train on their mobile phones besides tracking its its position on a real time basis. Centre for Railway......
As a well-wisher of the Indian Statistical System and part of the system for more than 37 years, Sunil K Sinha, former DG and CEO, NSSO, offers suggestions to improve data quality. Illustration:......
'The Modi government has been taking credit for improvement in respect of the ease of doing business in India.''But when I look at the scams I cannot help feeling that it is too easy to do business......
The story of India’s fledgling indirect tax regime goes back a long way before 2000. In its essence, GST is a national level system of value added taxation of goods and services, says Shankar......
Nearly a hundred years later, though the Indian Railways have long discontinued the third class compartments, the problems rail travellers face are much the same as what Gandhi experienced. ......
‘It will only help increase the accountability and transparency of the associations’ IMAGE: Wrestler Sushil Kumar, right, shares a light moment with boxer Mary Kom and footballer......
'I am being portrayed as the villain. If the Board wants to remove me they first have to inform me in writing' 'Leakage of confidential reports is a crime and first I want the people or person who......