Cash-free Sweden backpedals on banknotesSweden is reversing its move towards a cashless society. Citizens are now advised to keep cash for emergencies. Grocery stores and pharmaci...
18 Mar, 2026, 07.24 PM IST
"Kazakhstan transforming its geographic advantage into a powerful economic asset"Kazakhstan seeks to ensure that digitalization and artificial intelligence become engines of inclusive development - technologies that stre...
04 Dec, 2025, 03.11 PM IST
'We're done with Teams': German state hits uninstall on MicrosoftGerman state Schleswig-Holstein is replacing Microsoft software with open-source alternatives to ensure digital sovereignty and cut costs. ...
13 Jun, 2025, 09.23 AM IST
ADB approves $800 million package for PakistanThe Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved an $800 million financing package for Pakistan to bolster fiscal sustainability and enhance p...
03 Jun, 2025, 07.05 PM IST
Maharashtra govt to expand centres for faster citizen services, also provide doorstep deliveryThe Maharashtra government is set to increase the number of Aaple Sarkar Seva Kendras to ensure quicker and convenient delivery of governme...
26 Mar, 2025, 10.45 PM IST
Trade no longer driving growth as in past, IMF’s Georgieva saysThe global economic growth is no longer primarily driven by trade, with nations facing high debt and weaker growth prospects. The US is rap...
05 Mar, 2025, 09.54 AM IST
Three-fourths of top taxpayers back Standard Audit File for Tax, Tax E-Wallet: Deloitte surveyA new Deloitte India survey reveals that most high-income taxpayers in India support the government's digital tax initiatives, such as the ...
19 Nov, 2024, 06.35 PM IST
IIT Madras to pilot courses in nearly a dozen languages as part of Bhashini pushBhashini aims to build a national public digital platform for languages to develop services and products for citizens, using artificial int...
09 Dec, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
India’s high public borrowing is not unsustainable. But it leaves little room for policy misstepsContinuing to reorient spending toward capacity- and infrastructure-enhancing investment has the potential to boost GDP and revenues. Limit...
27 Jul, 2023, 10.37 PM IST
Want to work in Germany, France or the Netherlands? These are the hottest jobs in 5 EU nations right nowPost-Covid hybridisation of work culture has significantly impacted job trends the world over. New templates for work are being set in most...
11 Mar, 2022, 11.52 AM IST
View: Companies using CSR funds to vaccinate staff may set a dangerous precedentIn the current financial year, most companies are spending their CSR funds towards Covid containment or relief measures. For some companies...
25 Dec, 2020, 10.59 PM IST
Government issues guidelines for coronavirus vaccination drive, set to use Co-WIN platformAccording to the guidelines issued to states recently, the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) system - a digitalised platform - wi...
14 Dec, 2020, 04.43 PM IST
India has generational projects required to build country better post COVID-19: Top UN official"I welcome the Prime Minister's announcement on fibre optic cable connectivity. It is precisely, in this crisis, that we need generational ...
27 Aug, 2020, 01.22 PM IST
Lower court revamp, single course for services placed for PM’s nodOn the agenda are ambitious plans for modernisation of the entire lower court apparatus, a single foundation course for All India Services ...
15 Jul, 2019, 09.31 AM IST
Cut in income-tax rates, stamp duties, widening of tax net suggested in Eco Survey 2017Reducing tax rates and stamp duties, bringing land and real estate into the GST would help derive full benefits of demonetisation.
31 Jan, 2017, 04.12 PM IST
Chinese courts go digital to bring transparency, improve imageMoreover, 3,261 courts now have accounts on Sina Weibo, the Chinese equivalent of Twitter. The SPC's account has 13 million followers.
06 Aug, 2015, 06.31 PM IST
- Nagpur med college next in line for Rs 100 cr grant: Ramadoss
The Nagpur medical college may receive a grant of Rs 100 crore under the second phase of Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana, to upgrad...
20 Oct, 2007, 09.00 PM IST