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Ankur Warikoo says India has an 'envelope problem'. Here's what he meansEntrepreneur Ankur Warikoo highlights India's "envelope problem," arguing that talent is overlooked due to a focus on credentials over abil...
Observe and shock absorb: To ride out this oil crisis, focus should be on well-targeted support, not broad price suppressionIndia is navigating a critical oil import challenge. The government's approach of keeping fuel prices steady faces fiscal and equity questi...
Use foundational learning as the keyIndia's literacy rate is improving, reaching 80.9% in 2023-24. However, disparities exist between urban and rural areas, and male and femal...
Delhi Airport issues advisory for passengers amid city's rising air pollutionDelhi Airport is operating normally despite 'severe' air pollution and the implementation of 'Low Visibility Procedures'. Passengers are ad...
Fog disrupts operations at Delhi airport; 11 international, 5 national flights delayedFlight operations at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport were severely impacted on Saturday due to heavy fog in the national capita...
Vertex Ventures makes final close of Fund V at $541 millionThe firm, backed by Temasek, said the latest fund is 80% larger than Fund IV, which it closed at $305 million in 2019.
Despite Chinese aggression, India's trade with Beijing rose by 50%, says KejriwalStressing that all these items can be manufactured in the country, Kejriwal said it will create jobs for youths and give a strong message t...
CJI makes pitch for bicycles, blames ‘beautiful’ cars for air pollutionSays only stubble burning not to blame for pollution, points finger at vehicular emissions in a shift of court stance.
More than meets the eye: A simple, low-cost paper device can tell if you need a pair of glassesIn 2013, during a hack-a-thon (called Engineering the Eye) organised in collaboration between LVPEI and MIT Media labs , Pesala got this id...
EEPC urges Suresh Prabhu to push for early GST refundsEEPC India said while the government has extended the dates for filing of July returns for GST, it would mean blocking of GST refunds for e...
India tops list of countries in ozone pollution deathsIndia’s deepening pollution problem, which hit home with a vengeance after Diwali last year as Delhi and NCR woke up enveloped in smog that...
Ozone pollution killed 2.54L worldwide in 2015, most deaths in IndiaAccording to the State of Global Air 2017 report, as many as 2.54 lakh deaths occurred in 2015 on account of exposure to ozone and its impa...
Team AIB apologises to Christian communityIn a Facebook post, the show’s organisers said that they could have ended up hurting the feelings of a community though that was not their ...
- India - the riskiest BRIC
Credit Default Swaps (CDS), the financial instruments keenly tracked by sophisticated investors around the world for the first stirrings of...
- Telecom gear cos to meet home secy on tough new rules
All global telecom gear makers will meet India’s home secretary GK Pillai on Wednesday to suggest amendments to the strict security standar...
Dubai crisis to hit workers, inflowsIndian overseas labour market is dependent on short-term Middle East job contracts.
- Falling freight rates,lack of cargo lead to idle bulk vessels
Declining freight rates and lack of cargo availability are forcing dry bulk operators to idle their vessels for the time being. Some owners...
- TERI, DuPont ink MoU on green building designs
The Energy and Resources Institute and DuPont signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to promote the cause of green building design and ...
- 'IMF should warn in advance on financial turbulence'
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown wants International Monetary Fund to give early warning on financial turbulence.
- The forgotten anniversary of decimalisation
As this year ends and everyone starts noting all the major events and anniversaries that took place, spare a thought for the 50th anniversa...