Bengaluru water crisis: India’s most innovative cities are running out of waterDuring the construction of Egypt's pyramids, the Indus Valley civilisation thrived with advanced cities, art, and undeciphered writing. Now...
01 Apr, 2024, 09.35 AM IST
India is no longer an abjectly poor nation. But it faces an equally compelling challenge: inequalityThere is an important subtext, though. This emerging cohort of the middle class is not homogenous. Measured in terms of household incomes, ...
31 Jul, 2023, 11.41 PM IST
Mamata Banerjee writes to PM Narendra Modi, seeks solution to Bengal flood situationWB CM Mamata Banerjee has urged the PM to take up short-term and long-term plans to address the issue in connection with DVC’s release of w...
06 Oct, 2021, 06.30 PM IST
Naresh Goyal, Ajay Singh, Prashant Ruia among potential Pegasus spyware targets: ReportLast week, an international media consortium reported that over 300 verified mobile phone numbers, including those of two ministers, over 4...
27 Jul, 2021, 07.53 PM IST
Why VCs and regulators need to hangout moreBy definition, VC is a high-risk proposition and needs to be regulated so that wannabes do not get burnt beyond salvation.
22 Feb, 2020, 04.25 PM IST
Nobody gives NITI Aayog member the right to utter nonsense against us: KCCI on 'dirty films' remarkThe KCCI recently submitted a detailed report about the business losses in the Kashmir valley to Lieutenant Governor G C Murmu and Union mi...
19 Jan, 2020, 04.30 PM IST
TiE Global Summit 4.0 to emphasise on global outreach for startupsTiE has been a leading organisation in fostering the entrepreneurial ecosystem around the world. In a span of nearly two decades, TiE has c...
12 Nov, 2019, 04.09 PM IST
Rajya Sabha members vent fury over BSNL servicesTelecom minister Ravi Shankar Prasad assured the House that things will be set right soon but met with limited success in convincing the MP...
18 Jul, 2019, 11.39 PM IST
Connectivity to India-China border villages disrupted, Government intends to link through IMSAT nowThis happened after the transponder of NSS-6 Satellite was turned off on May 13 this year due to security concerns.
18 Jul, 2019, 05.43 PM IST
Lessons from Doklam: Defence ministry okays big infra enhancement along Chinese borderGen Bipin Rawat asked the commanders to be prepared for all eventualities at "all times" while Sitharaman emphasised the need to guard agai...
12 Jul, 2018, 11.49 AM IST
Assembly elections, GST, high-profile cases mark 2017Two terrorists were killed by the army as it foiled an infiltration bid along the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashm...
30 Dec, 2017, 04.53 PM IST
Keep national security in mind while taking a call on Rohingyas: RSS chief"We have been facing the problem of illegal Bangladeshi migrants and now Rohingyas have infiltrated into our country," Bhagwat said while a...
30 Sep, 2017, 01.32 PM IST
No ban, but we don’t see liquor as a source of state revenue: Trivendra Singh RawatUttarakhand chief minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said he has no plans to ban liquor sale like Bihar did and talked about a range of issues.
01 May, 2017, 01.46 AM IST
14th edition of Pravasi Bharatiya Divas takes off in Bengaluru“India is a nation on the move, because of its young population in the country and overseas. This is an opportunity for youth to connect an...
07 Jan, 2017, 07.20 PM IST
From ecommerce to Fintech & Data Analytics, Indian startups are changing: Saurabh SrivastavaThe Government has set up a Fund-of-Funds which is infusing Rs 10,000 crore into VC Funds targeting early stage companies and this is a gam...
05 Dec, 2016, 02.44 PM IST
Reboot manufacturing policy to benefit from digitised industrial revolutionIndia is uniquely positioned to leverage the global phenomenon of 4.0 because India has middle-order skills in both manufacturing and softw...
05 Jun, 2016, 10.15 AM IST
Government introduces faster exits, flexible hiring rules for encouraging startupsDays after Modi’s visit to the Silicon Valley, the government has a blueprint to encourage more startups that would introduce flexibility.
09 Oct, 2015, 04.00 AM IST