Full text: President Murmu's address to Parliament's Budget Session

‘Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the......

'Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu' declared Tamil Nadu's state anthem

The Tamil Nadu government on Friday announced Tamil Thaai Vaazhthu, an invocation sung in praise of mother Tamil, as the state anthem and directed that all present during its rendition should......

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People living in the national capital and in states such as Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu are more likely to contract COVID-19 due to prolonged exposure to high......

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A 1985-batch IAS officer with a reputation for industriousness, Murmu is currently special secretary in the revenue department. There was one crucial way in which Gujarat cadre bureaucrat Girish......

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President Pranab Mukherjee expressed hope that the country’s growth rate would return to the eight per cent level in next couple of years.“I am confident that with the measures being......

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'In those days, the spirit to appear for competitive exams was very high. Hence, I appeared for almost all the national-level competitive exams'. As a young management trainee with SAIL, Pallav......

ICICI ties up with colleges to tap talent

The ICICI Group has signed agreements with colleges and universities across the country to create a talent pool of around 1,00,000 people in banking and insurance over the next five years. The......