UK migrant carers 'owed huge sums' in visa scheme 'scandal'A UK initiative to recruit overseas care workers to address staffing shortages has backfired, leaving many jobless, homeless, and in debt d...
13 Jun, 2025, 01.39 PM IST
Can an American pope apply US-style fundraising and standards to fix troubled Vatican finances?Pope Leo XIV, formerly Bishop Robert Prevost, confronts the Vatican's significant financial challenges, including a structural deficit and ...
07 Jun, 2025, 12.24 PM IST
From Ratan Tata to Warren Buffett: Who gave what among the world's biggest philanthropists?Ratan Tata's will directs a substantial portion of his wealth to charitable foundations, emphasizing education, healthcare, rural developme...
01 Apr, 2025, 05.52 PM IST
Hail-a-tax to catch a ride: Budget focuses on MSP assurance, tax adjustments & sectoral reforms despite implementation challengesThe 2024 budget focuses on key stakeholders including the poor, women, youth, and farmers, aiming to address their needs through various in...
25 Jul, 2024, 10.49 PM IST
EU agrees to offer protection to Ukraine refugeesEU interior ministers agreed in a Brussels meeting to activate a temporary protection mechanism drawn up two decades ago -- in response to ...
03 Mar, 2022, 09.52 PM IST
Community service must be made compulsory for students: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu"Today, there is a dire need to inculcate the spirit of service from a young age in the youth of this country. Once this pandemic is behind...
03 Jan, 2022, 12.49 PM IST
Kazakhstan introduces new set of political reforms days after Parliamentary pollsThe implementation of this initiative will strengthen the system of protecting human rights, expanding civic participation, developing parl...
27 Jan, 2021, 09.52 AM IST
View: Seva for people, or for afterlife?One was told that one can become an Indra in Swarga by performing yagnas on earth. The more yagna you perform, the more able you become to ...
30 May, 2020, 12.42 AM IST
Tweak in classification norms to ease FPIs’ compliance loadThe move comes as the government faces a backlash from several foreign funds.
01 Aug, 2019, 07.49 AM IST
Economy, sentiment should return to pre-DeMo levels next fiscal: Sanjiv Puri, ITC ChiefPuri told that the economy and consumer sentiment should be back next fiscal to where they were before the November 2016 demonetisation.
16 Jan, 2018, 06.26 AM IST
US lawmakers concerned over curb on Christian charity in IndiaInvestigations revealed that it had been distributing foreign funds from Compassion International to both FCRA and non-FCRA NGOs.
07 Dec, 2016, 10.52 AM IST
FDI inflows jump 53% in last two years, says Arun JaitleyEmphasising that investments are not made for "charity", Finance Minister Arun Jaitley told the Lok Sabha that improving the ease of doing ...
29 Jul, 2016, 01.27 PM IST
Maharashtra government plans GPRS in taxis for women's safetyMany offences have been registered under the Maharashtra Protection of Interests of Depositors Act in the state.
09 Mar, 2015, 03.59 PM IST
Pope Francis declares Fr Kuriakose Elias Chavara and Sister Euphrasia Eluventhinkal as SaintsThe two from Kerala were declared as Saints during a special mass at St Peter's Square at Vatican, Syro Malabar Catholic Church sources sai...
23 Nov, 2014, 05.02 PM IST
Nobel Peace Prize winner Kailash Satyarthi appeals to 'save childhood' on Children's Day eve"Child trafficking is worst form of human rights violation. It makes me cry when children are taken away & sold cheaper than cattle," said ...
13 Nov, 2014, 10.29 PM IST
- NRI Mayor leads campaign to instal Basaweshwara's statue in UK
Dr Patil, a heart surgeon by profession, made it clear that he was not acting as mayor or as a councillor in Lambeth.
21 Jan, 2011, 06.49 PM IST
- Finally, good news from Africa
Africa will probably show economic growth of 6.2 percent this year, a slower spread of the HIV/AIDS virus, fewer wars and kleptocrats.
17 Jun, 2007, 10.07 AM IST