Jobseekers flood market after global tech layoff waveA significant surge of over 56,000 Indian tech professionals from major global companies are now actively seeking new jobs, a fourfold incr...
15 Jun, 2026, 09.17 AM IST
The world's oil piggy bank is being smashed open. What can go wrong?Global oil inventories are plummeting to multi-decade lows, exacerbated by Middle Eastern supply disruptions and the rapid depletion of str...
10 Jun, 2026, 10.03 PM IST
Macro, the Mightiest: Why India’s biggest macro variable still falls from the skyThe 2026 monsoon comes with a clear warning: Rainfall is forecast at 92% of the long-period average, with higher-than-usual probability of ...
24 May, 2026, 06.11 PM IST
Delhi HC directs DDA to ensure no parking or commercial activity on Yamuna flood plainsThe Delhi High Court has ordered the Delhi Development Authority to stop all activities, including parking and commercial use, on the Yamun...
12 May, 2026, 01.40 PM IST
Explained: What is the new VB-G RAM G Act and how will it replace MGNREGA?A new rural employment law, VB-G RAM G Act, will replace MGNREGA on July 1. It guarantees 125 days of work annually, focusing on infrastruc...
11 May, 2026, 05.50 PM IST
The counterintuitive job search trick that doubled one candidate's interview rate in three weeksA growing number of job seekers are starting to question one long-standing rule: only apply when you meet almost every requirement. Instead...
06 May, 2026, 01.00 AM IST
India needs to reduce the strategic importance of fertilisers through a bold agricultural policyGlobal events like the West Asia conflict and El Nino threaten governments. Rising fertilizer prices create a fiscal and political crisis f...
27 Apr, 2026, 11.46 PM IST
Arunachal: Siang Upper Multipurpose Project important for entire country, says CM KhanduArunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu called the Siang Upper Multipurpose Project a national strategic asset. He launched developmen...
15 Apr, 2026, 12.02 AM IST
Punjab floods: Rs 20,000 compensation for per acre crop damage; farmers can extract sand from fieldsPunjab government approved Rs 20,000 per acre compensation for flood damage. Farmers can now extract and sell sand from their fields. Bhagw...
08 Sep, 2025, 05.12 PM IST
Maha govt sanctions Rs 3,501 cr relief for rain-affected farmersFarmers suffered crop losses due to floods and heavy rains witnessed in parts of the state between June and August this year, it stated. Ch...
10 Sep, 2022, 04.38 PM IST
No drought of funds for flood relief in Karnataka as government hikes compensation for victimsWhile the Centre allows states to give 3,800 as compensation to flood-affected families to buy essential items and resume their lives, the ...
10 Aug, 2020, 10.24 AM IST
Local officials inflate Karnataka flood relief payoutsA top revenue official, not wanting to be identified, told ET that several tahsildars and village accountants in some districts of north Ka...
16 Mar, 2020, 07.46 AM IST
Tamil Nadu shows the way with fastest, most transparent distribution of compensationRelief disbursal after a disaster is usually a bigger disaster. But TN may have shown the way with what is probably India's fastest and mos...
10 Jan, 2016, 11.44 AM IST
Shocker! Flood-hit Jammu farmers get Rs 32 as compensationFarmers have hit out at the government, saying crops worth thousands of rupees were damaged in the September 2014 floods.
03 Jun, 2015, 03.44 PM IST
Government will compensate all victims of last year's floods: J&K CM Mufti Mohammad SayeedSayeed said the government is pursuing a comprehensive flood management plan with the Central government to initiate permanent protection m...
02 Jun, 2015, 06.46 PM IST
Declare floods in Jammu and Kashmir as national disaster: JKNPPJKNPP chief Balwant Singh Mankotia said his party will start a state-wide 'yatra' to find out if government was actually providing relief &...
11 Oct, 2014, 07.00 PM IST
- PM announces ex-gratia relief for Leh flash flood victims
PM announced an ex-gratia relief of Rs one lakh each to kin of deceased.
06 Aug, 2010, 01.10 PM IST