Environment: A pittance for disaster
ByĀ DR SEEMA MUNDOLI AND PROF HARINI NAGENDRA Smart City budgetary allocations will not help address the urban environmental disasters that are looming in the future […]
Month: December 2017
India cannot survive on imported food security: Naidu
Panaji: Vice-President M Venkaiah NaiduĀ called for a collective focus on agriculture as he said India with a population of 130 crore cannot survive on […]
GST Council clears e-way bill mechanism for movement of goods
Federal indirect tax body, the Goods and Service Tax (GST) Council, on Saturday decided to make electronic permits compulsory for inter-state movement of goods from […]
All 438 Central Railway stations to have LED lights by March
The Central Railway is on way to install energy-saving LED lights at all its 438 stations by March 2018, and exploit solar and wind power […]
B-school admission only on basis of entrance tests: AICTE
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has made it mandatory for B-schools to admit only those students who qualify in any of the […]
Govt to bear MDR on small digital transactions for two years
ByĀ Komal GuptaĀ andĀ Elizabeth Roche The merchant discount rate (MDR) applicable on transactions made through debit cards, UPI and Aadhaar up to Rs2,000 will be borne by […]
Campaigns to end open defecation cannot succeed if they try to shame people into using toilets
ByĀ Dani J BarringtonĀ andĀ Ā Jamie Bartram Indiaās efforts to end open defecation can learn from the challenges faced by other countries. AboutĀ 4.5 billion peopleĀ ā more than half […]
Cabinet clears Bill to replace Medical Council of India
National Medical Commission Bill now needs Parliament approval The Union Cabinet has cleared the National Medical Commission Bill, which does away with the Medical Council […]
Indian Air Force gets two more women fighter pilots
Hyderabad:Ā Two women fighter pilots were commissioned in theĀ Indian Air ForceĀ (IAF) on Saturday during the Combined Graduation Parade of Pilots and Ground Duty Officers at the […]
Andhra Pradesh to be positioned as education hub: Chandrababu Naidu
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday said his government wants to develop the state as an education and knowledge hub and is […]