Rickshaws to jump start India’s all-electric drive
By Megha Bahree NEW DELHI: India will roll out nearly 100,000 battery-powered buses and autorickshaws onto its sulfurous city streets in the coming weeks, setting it […]
Month: October 2017
India likely to be third largest economy by 2028: HSBC report
MUMBAI: India is likely to overtake Japan and Germany to become the third largest economy in the next 10 years but needs to be consistent in […]
India Offers to Buy N367bn Pulse Beans from Nigeria
By Olawale Ajimotokan India has approached Nigeria to supply it with $1billion (about N367 billion) worth of Pulse Beans. The Director, Agricultural Business, Processing and […]
Need to restore the lost glory of cotton in India: Textile commissioner Gupta
By Snehlata Shrivastav Nagpur: “Time has come to restore the lost glory of Indian cotton. Country just doesn’t need to increase its productivity and improve the […]
Agriculture as part of climate mitigation and adaptation
By Raghu Murtugudde The agriculture sector contributes up to 25 per cent of the total anthropogenic emissions Discussions on agriculture in the context of climate always focus on […]
Indian agriculture lacks a vision. Why this is a bigger problem than floods and droughts
By R Jagannathan The distress caused to India’s farmers by drought and floods often gets blotted out by the macro statistics on agricultural growth It has […]
Death convict should die in peace, not in pain, says Supreme Court
By Amit Anand Choudhary NEW DELHI: Observing that a convict facing death must die in peace and not in pain, the Supreme Court on Friday agreed to […]
Remove GST on examination forms, says DU faculty
New Delhi: Faculty members at Delhi University have written to Union Human Resource Development (HRD) minister Prakash Javadekar urging him to withdraw the 18 per […]
With the Right Reforms, India Is Ready for Global Leadership Role
New Delhi: While India faces domestic challenges, it is well-placed to assume a leadership role on climate change, trade and setting global standards Job creation and […]
One nation, many polls
The idea of simultaneous elections will curb and flatten democracy in a diverse and federal polity. It must be resisted The idea of simultaneous elections […]