Demands for corporate reporting growing in India: EY
NEW DELHI: Demands for corporate reporting are growing in India owing to significant changes in the regulatory and financial reporting standards, but companies also need […]
Month: December 2017
Smaller farms can cope better with climate change in India, say analysts
By Rina Chandran MUMBAI: India’s small farmers are better equipped than large landowners to deal with climate change, but need more support to find innovative […]
When corporates benefit from money meant for India’s farmers
By NIKITHA SATTIRAJU Credit to small and marginal farmers formed 82 percent of total agricultural credit in 1990. Today, the number stands at a mere 41 […]
UNESCO recognises Kumbh Mela as India’s cultural heritage
NEW DELHI: India’s Kumbh Mela has been recognised by UNESCO as an “intangible cultural heritage of humanity”, a tweet posted by the international organisation said. The Intergovernmental Committee for […]
Diversity and inclusion: how workplaces across India embraced change in 2017
By TAMANNA MISHRA It is 2017, and diversity and inclusion continue to be a major part of workplace conversations around the world. A February 2017 report by […]
Need to develop agriculture sector to meet future food demand, says Government
NEW DELHI: The country’s farm sector needs to be developed further in order to meet future demand of food grain, which some estimates show could reach 355 million […]
NIT mulls pioneering gender-parity quota
By Basant Kumar Mohanty New Delhi: The National Institute of Technology (NIT) Rourkela is examining a proposal to reserve 50 per cent of its seats for girls, […]
Government must accord top priority to agriculture in budget: Assocham
It is attributed to a decline in food grains production by 2.8 per cent in second quarter of the current fiscal from a handsome growth […]
India’s agriculture export to Bhutan down 40%
By Namrata Acharya While the European Union has been imposing bans on Indian food products, so have some in Asia. For instance, Vietnam had banned import […]
Skill development institute opened in Guwahati
By Naresh Mitra GUWAHATI: Assam has got a dedicated institute for imparting skill development training to the youth in the state. Chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Union petroleum and skill […]