Govt sacks SECI chairman Rameshwar Prasad Gupta with immediate effect, a month before term endsIndia abruptly removed Rameshwar Prasad Gupta, chairman of the Solar Energy Corp of India (SECI), ahead of his scheduled tenure end. This d...
10 May, 2025, 11.01 PM IST
AAP releases second list of candidates for Rajasthan Assembly electionsThe party has fielded Manish Sharma from Bikaner West, Jhabar Singh Khichhar from Sikar, Vishvender Singh from Ramgarh, Mukesh Bhupremi fro...
28 Oct, 2023, 11.50 AM IST
View: With obviously no corrupt politicians in the real world, villains are in the moviesWithin two decades of Independence, however, established movie-criminals figured out that the best place to camouflage their crime was unde...
27 Nov, 2021, 10.48 PM IST
Can world's climate target and India's development coexist?No country's energy needs are expected to grow faster in coming decades than India's. Even under the most optimistic projections, a part of...
12 Nov, 2021, 02.09 PM IST
India wants $1 trillion before it raises targets to cut emissionsThe demand comes after India’s surprise announcement at the opening of COP26 negotiations in Glasgow, Scotland, that it would set an ambiti...
11 Nov, 2021, 08.06 AM IST
India wants compensation for climate damages caused by rich nationsThe 2015 Paris climate agreement included language to address “loss and damage,” but it left questions about liability and redress unanswer...
23 Oct, 2021, 07.53 AM IST
India speeds up green approvals as environmentalists call foulHowever, environmentalists say the pendulum may have swung too far. They say that the ministry is rushing through assessments and going sof...
23 Jul, 2021, 11.40 AM IST
India wants rich countries to pay more for green energy shiftThe stance by India, the world’s third-biggest emitter, highlights a top challenge global leaders will face when they meet at the UN Climat...
12 Jul, 2021, 09.31 AM IST
Bihar assembly elections: How Chirag Paswan messed up Nitish Kumar's poll mathChirag Paswan continued to attack the JD(U) and thus, it seems to have damaged the prospects of JDU in different parts of the state. LJP co...
11 Nov, 2020, 05.51 PM IST
Voting begins for 71 seats in the phase 1 of Bihar assembly electionsPolls for remaining phases will be held on November 3 (94 seats) and Nov 7 (78 seats), and results will be declared on Nov 10.
28 Oct, 2020, 11.07 AM IST
Post-lockdown challenge: Two key officers moved from PMO to Finance Ministry and MSME MinistryThe same has been done with an eye on reviving the economy and focussing on the MSME sector, the two focus areas of the government while th...
26 Apr, 2020, 07.58 PM IST
Bureaucratic reshuffle: Health Secretary Preeti Sudan gets 3-month extensionThe move assumes significance as the Health Ministry is at the forefront of India's battle against the novel coronavirus.
26 Apr, 2020, 04.58 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh: BJP MLAs move SC seeking immediate floor test; court likely to hear case todayOn Monday, the House assembled for the budget session but immediately after the governor’s address it was adjured till March 26 citing the ...
16 Mar, 2020, 11.36 PM IST