Climate disasters cost India $12 billion in 2025: Why ecology is key to economic growthClimate disasters are impacting India's economy significantly. Floods and heatwaves cause substantial losses and reduce productivity. Curre...
12 Oct, 2025, 11.37 PM IST
India considers introducing nationwide climate-linked insurance schemeIndia's government is in early talks with local insurers to design a nationwide climate-linked insurance program. This parametric model wou...
06 Oct, 2025, 03.03 PM IST
Generating AI videos may be creating bigger problems than deepfakes, a new study warns of a looming global crisisA new Hugging Face study titled, 'Video Killed the Energy Budget', warns that AI-generated videos may pose a bigger threat than deepfakes: ...
26 Sep, 2025, 04.25 PM IST
How Operation Gold Rush was planned and executed, which busted the largest health care fraud in US historyOperation Gold Rush, a top-secret crackdown, dismantled a $10.6 billion health care fraud scheme, the largest in US history. Fraudsters pur...
01 Jul, 2025, 01.28 PM IST
Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu predicts tough times for software jobs. AI is not the only villain for hiring slumpSridhar Vembu, Zoho's founder, believes the software job market's current issues stem from systemic inefficiencies rather than AI. Overcapi...
18 Mar, 2025, 11.04 AM IST
$1-trillion treasury vacuum coming for Wall Street rallyThe sales, set to begin Monday, will rumble through every asset class as they claim an already shrinking supply of money: JPMorgan estimate...
05 Jun, 2023, 06.34 AM IST
Revive National Floodplain ZoningIn tandem, we need stepped-up resource allocation for flood management nationally, together with an apex National Flood Management Institut...
25 Nov, 2021, 11.17 PM IST
IBC amendment seeks to provide prepack resolutions for MSMEsAlternative framework expected to bring about quicker, more cost-effective resolution process.
06 Apr, 2021, 08.45 AM IST
E-retailers clearing up smartphone stocks via pre-GST salesTo clear inventories sourced from states with lower tax than the proposed 12% GST, online marketplaces like Amazon and Flipkart are set off...
19 Jun, 2017, 12.10 AM IST
India very sensitive about rivers in border areas: Uma BhartiBharti said India is moving very fast towards becoming an important world power and water will play an important role in country's developm...
22 Mar, 2017, 09.32 PM IST
Mobile app to offer 24x7 doctor's advice for people in ChennaiThe system is based on aggregator model and a person is connected to the next available doctor who could be outside from the caller's city.
07 Dec, 2015, 06.28 PM IST
Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Government plans law which will punish spitting and throwing garbageThe Modi government is drafting a law under which municipalities can punish those found spitting, urinating and throwing garbage in public ...
29 Jun, 2015, 10.03 AM IST
PMO seeks Law Ministry's opinion on cow slaughter 'model bill'The PMO has referred to a similar provision in the Constitution that provides prohibition of slaughter of cows and milch animals.
08 Mar, 2015, 02.53 PM IST
Panel seeks curbs on commercial activities near river banksThe seven-member panel, set up by the Water Resources Ministry, has also suggested creation of an appropriate mechanism on the lines of Coa...
26 Jan, 2014, 09.14 AM IST
BJP to raise Telangana, Food bill in parliamentRavi Shankar Prasad said there were several concerns, including what would happen to the existing PDS system.
04 Aug, 2013, 04.52 PM IST
Several states oppose bill aimed at minimising flood lossesEven as floods play havoc in Uttarakhand, several states have opposed the provisions of a 38-year-old Model Flood Bill.
21 Jun, 2013, 12.28 PM IST
- Innovation in agriculture, vaccine research can wipe out hunger and disease
Farming is a great example of something critical to the poor that gets very little attention in rich countries. Back in the 19th century, t...
26 Jan, 2012, 04.32 AM IST