Why must India's bureaucracy fight common sense?An Indian writer eagerly awaiting advance copies of his book from a British publisher faces a frustrating ordeal with DHL's KYC process. De...
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Musk appears at White House defending DOGE's work but acknowledging mistakesElon Musk appeared at the White House with President Trump to defend extensive federal cuts. Musk emphasized his commitment to transparency...
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Martin Lindstrom explains why people reached for the toilet paper at the start of the pandemicThe best-selling author said that people’s survival instinct made them to grab the toilet paper.
19 Dec, 2020, 10.22 AM IST
View: Central banks shouldn’t be in the business of cryptocurrenciesCentral banks shun bad publicity, and they don’t like to be “out there” ahead of the curve.
26 Nov, 2017, 03.35 PM IST
US christens PM's vision of Indo-US ties as 'Modi Doctrine'Modi Doctrine notes the absence of an agreed security architecture creates uncertainty in Asia and reiterates India's adherence to.
10 Jun, 2016, 01.28 PM IST
Be like James Bond: Fight bureaucracyFilmmakers have detected and play to what is perhaps the single greatest source of frustration and anger in contemporary life: bureaucracy.
14 Nov, 2015, 03.03 AM IST
Indian business leaders laud Prime Minister Narendra Modi's maiden Australia visit"If the 'Make in India' initiative succeeds, we will need raw materials on a scale that has not been visioned before," Anand Mahindra told ...
19 Nov, 2014, 01.31 PM IST
FIBA delays decision to lift ban on turbansThe International Basketball Federation has decided to delay review of its discriminatory policy against Sikh basketball players who wear t...
29 Aug, 2014, 08.05 PM IST
Modi prepares 10-point agenda for India's turnaroundPrime Minister Modi said that governance is the most important subject, with a sharp focus on delivery and implementation in day-to-day fun...
30 May, 2014, 11.04 AM IST
- Idea of Lokpal unworkable, would create blackmailers: Justice Markandey Katju
Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju today trashed the idea of setting up Lokpal saying it was "completely unworkable".
27 Mar, 2012, 09.04 PM IST
- Anna Hazare attacks Rahul Gandhi for Lokpal panel's 'flip-flop'
Team Anna ratcheted up its confrontation with Congress, bringing Rahul Gandhi under its firing line on the Lokpal issue.
03 Dec, 2011, 03.58 AM IST
- Team Anna accuses government of reducing Lokpal to empty tin box
Team Anna were surprised at the move to exclude Citizen's Charter and lower bureaucracy from the ambit of the ombudsman.
21 Nov, 2011, 02.52 PM IST
- I sense winds of change and that’s why I’m here: Kaushik Basu
Mr Kaushik Basu, the Cornell economist, enlists his plans to attain double-digit growth rates in an interview with ET NOW.
20 Jan, 2010, 11.32 AM IST
I sense winds of change and that's why I'm here: Kaushik BasuKaushik Basu, the Cornell economist who has taken over as the chief economic advisor to the finance ministry. Mr Basu enlists his plans to ...
20 Jan, 2010, 06.47 AM IST
- HC order on AN Roy gives ammunition to Shiv Sena, BJP
A day after the Bombay High Court quashed the appointment of AN Roy as the state’s director general of police, the Opposition has stepped u...
07 Feb, 2009, 02.21 AM IST