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Union Road and Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari’s recent sharp rebuke of National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) officials for the delay in the construction of the NHAI headquarters was delivered with his typical smiling demeanor but carried a lethal punch that shocked the babus. It...

Paddy procurement is arguably the most important agri-business activity in the state that runs for five months in two phases with a nearly two months’ gap. It constitutes a key part in the state’s overall economy. This year, the state government has maintained more or...

Maneka Gandhi Nothing is sweeter than a baby of any species: Nothing angers us more than when a human baby is killed. The waste of a life, the cruelty on an innocent being, shocks us. But we do not apply the same sensitivities to other...

Union Home Minister Amit Shah branding the political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir ‘Gupkar gang’ has raised quite a few eyebrows. In a string of tweets, Shah said the Gupkar alliance, a coalition of political parties in J&K, is a ‘global gathbandhan against national interest.’...

Sometimes timing plays a decisive role in shaping one’s life and future. A move a little earlier or a little delayed may make or mar one’s life. This, by hindsight, seems to be true about the US President-elect Joe Biden. As raving reviews with excerpts...

The formation of the world’s biggest free trade bloc – the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) - by 15 Asia-Pacific economies, minus India, on 15 November comes close on the heels of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation Summit (SCO) last week. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had,...

Nitish Kumar is all set to return as chief minister of Bihar for a consecutive fourth term, albeit with diminished clout, after a bitterly fought election in which the NDA-led coalition emerged victorious by securing 125 seats in the 243-member state Assembly. The BJP emerged...

More than a year after the change in the status of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, there is an acute shortage of IAS, IPS and other all-India service officers in the Union Territories.  The situation is dire enough for the Ministry of Home Affairs to...

Markets had closed at a fresh lifetime high Wednesday continuing the gains for three days on the trot. The current rally, barring a small correction Thursday, looks a bit out of place, for, there are no structural or policy level shifts by the India Inc...

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has categorised all industries based on a Pollution Index -- which calculates the effect they have on water, air and land and the health of people -- Red, Orange, Green and White. Red category industries include slaughterhouses, hazardous chemical...