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...
03 Jun, 2026, 07.53 PM IST
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...
26 May, 2026, 12.15 PM IST
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...
18 May, 2026, 01.05 AM IST
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...
11 May, 2026, 03.24 PM IST
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...
10 May, 2026, 01.25 PM IST
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...
29 Dec, 2022, 05.48 PM IST
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...
28 Aug, 2022, 12.36 AM IST
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...
18 Aug, 2022, 10.14 AM IST
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...
28 Jul, 2022, 11.04 PM IST
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...
17 Sep, 2020, 12.41 AM IST
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.
20 Jan, 2016, 05.02 PM IST
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...
14 May, 2015, 01.58 AM IST
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...
27 Feb, 2014, 10.39 AM IST
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.
05 Feb, 2014, 11.10 AM IST
- 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...
14 May, 2010, 06.50 PM IST
- 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...
10 Apr, 2008, 01.32 PM IST
- 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...
13 Sep, 2003, 03.39 PM IST