Lata-Sachin roast video: Tanmay Bhat isn't the only celeb who loves face swap appWhile the merits of Bhat's comedy are debatable, the app is one of Snapchat's most popular lenses.
31 May, 2016, 08.57 AM IST
A grain of truth in what Gujarat says? Or a poverty of facts?The Planning Commission periodically revises the poverty line at the all-India and state levels based on large household expenditure survey...
04 Feb, 2014, 10.58 AM IST
Sachin Tendulkar, the movie: An ode to his battles versus the Akrams, Laras and WarnesSince Sachin’s most stirring battles were fought against great antagonists and alongside great comrades. So, the movie has to be a multi-st...
18 Nov, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
Sachin Tendulkar may be god but he worshipped cricket: Andrew StraussSachin Tendulkar might be considered God but the legendary batsman has always worshipped the game of cricket, said former England captain.
17 Nov, 2013, 06.00 PM IST
Poverty numbers preliminary, BJP has no right to condemn: Rajeev Shukla"These were just preliminary assessment by an expert group and BJP has no right to condemn as population of poor has dwindled faster during...
25 Jul, 2013, 09.24 PM IST
Now, only 22 per cent Indians below poverty line: Planning CommissionThe number of India's poor fell to less than a quarter of its population in 2011-12, according to a Planning Commission estimate.
24 Jul, 2013, 04.00 AM IST
UP, Bihar and Maharashtra home to highest number of poor: GovernmentUttar Pradesh had the highest number of poor population at 7.37 crore, followed by Bihar and Maharashtra in 2009-10, Parliament was informe...
29 Nov, 2012, 04.16 PM IST
NSS data shows need to get over our obsession with misleading definitions of inequalityEven if growth is 'inclusive' in the sense of being more towards the lower end, 'inequality' (depending on how we measure it) can increase.
05 Aug, 2012, 12.20 PM IST
C Rangarajan to head panel for reviewing poverty linePlanning Commission constituted an expert group headed by noted economist C Rangarajan to review the Tendulkar Committee methodology for es...
24 May, 2012, 04.50 PM IST
- Fresh group to devise new method for poverty estimates: PM
Singh also favoured a multi-layered apporach to assess poverty estimates and pointed out that the socio-economic and caste-economic census ...
22 Mar, 2012, 10.46 PM IST
- Poverty line at Rs 32: Percentage of poor declining in the country, says Planning Commission
As per Plan panel's estimates, 40.74 crore people were poor as on March 1, 2005. India's population is 121 crore as per the 2011 Census.
26 Sep, 2011, 07.40 PM IST
Rs 25 a day is good enough, says Planning Commission in an affidavit to the Supreme CourtThe Plan panel's affidavit is certain to come under attack from within the government as well as outside.
21 Sep, 2011, 08.36 AM IST
- ET in a classroom: How are poverty numbers calculated
Some estimates place the number of poor at 40% of the population. ET looks at how poverty numbers are generated:
07 Apr, 2011, 01.06 AM IST
- Fresh poverty count survey before food allocation
The poor will have to wait some more before getting their right to food as promised by the UPA government in its election manifesto of 2009.
14 Jan, 2010, 06.00 AM IST
- CelebTrack to judge effectiveness of endorsers
CelebTrack is said to be the first indepth research on celebrities and has been jointly done by Percept Talent Management and Hansa Researc...
02 Apr, 2009, 12.17 PM IST
- Cricket: India beat England by 19 runs, seal the series
India beat England by 19 runs via Duckworth-Lewis method in the fourth cricket ODI at the Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore on Sunday night....
24 Nov, 2008, 12.00 AM IST
- Gandhi, Sachin among 'Asian Heroes'
Architects of modern India, Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, steel baron Lakshmi Mittal and IT czar Narayan...
10 Nov, 2006, 12.38 AM IST