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Scanning cancer, up close & personal: A revolution is underway in cancer diagnosisA gene-based test called next-generation sequencing can identify precise mutations, which can then be treated with targeted therapies. Sinc...
INSIGHT-How Honda's old guard tried, and failed, to oust its CEOHonda is encountering significant disputes as a faction of retired executives pushes for the removal of CEO Toshihiro Mibe. Citing his fail...
Uzbekistan can provide more incentives to Indian pharma firms, aims to become regional hub for supplyUzbekistan is inviting Indian drug companies to invest more. They are offering better subsidies and technology help. This aims to make Uzbe...
PM Modi’s high stakes push for sovereign AI faces reality checkIndia is striving to build its own artificial intelligence capabilities, aiming for self-reliance and global export. However, the nation fa...
Dietary balance remains missing as India continues to gorge on cerealsMany Indians consume too many grains and not enough proteins, vegetables and fruits. This imbalance affects health, contributing to malnutr...
Deloitte India could lead professional services space soon: Romal ShettyDeloitte India’s leadership believes that the future of professional services will extend beyond traditional offerings to solutions, platfo...
China's marriages drop to decade low, deepening demographic concernsMarriage registrations in China have seen a significant drop. Official data reveals a 6.2% decrease in the first quarter compared to last y...
Omar Abdullah says J&K’s dual power structure a ‘recipe for disaster’Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah calls for full statehood, deeming the current administration the worst. He notes progress in...
RBI flags states' rising subsidies, says will hinder spending on developmentThe central bank has said that the rising expenditure on non-merit subsidies may raise the share of committed expenditure in states' spendi...
The freebies debate: Genesis, definition and impact on welfare & economyThe power of Election Commission to fight freebies has remained vague and limited. There have only been a few instances where the EC exerci...
Freebies to continue until political parties and voters mature: Mythili Bhusnurmath“We will never be able to define what a freebie is and what a freebie is not. That has to be decided between the electorate and the politic...
How GoI, BJP and non-BJP states are recklessly competing on freebiesState governments cannot spend beyond a limit. They have not controlled deficits by cutting down non-merit subsidies. Rather, they keep ann...
Assam government gives subsidy for reviving cinema hallsUnder the scheme which is implemented by Assam State Film (Finance and Development) Corporation Limited for the first time, government subs...
Uttar Pradesh government accords industry status to tourismThe Uttar Pradesh government has accorded industry status to tourism, 18 years after it formulated the sector's first policy.
Reformist Narendra Modi’s shock treatment good for long termConventional wisdom has it that the markets’ biggest worry this year will be earnings growth of India Inc, the Modi government’s reform pro...
What Varun Gandhi misreads as a failed socialist experiment is actually a triumph of aam admi empowermentThe arguments put forth by Varun are demonstrative of a remarkable aloofness or ignorance of ground realities and a weak understanding of a...
UPA's failed socialist experimentIf an election is coming, a quick word will raise the LPG cylinder cap or lower CNG prices, ignoring gaping fiscal deficits.
- Mukesh Ambani sees end of subsidy culture, encourages innovation
Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of India’s largest private sector company Reliance Industries was unusually candid as he spoke at the Asia Petr...
- G8 should scrap farm subsidies: Lord Paul
NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul said G8 countries should abolish subsidies to their farmers in order to stop undermining the interests of...
- India cannot reduce farm subsidy: Jaswant
Finance Minister Jaswant Singh on Saturday said India cannot bring down subsidies to farm sector as food security and welfare were more imp...