India: News
09 Feb 2017
Uttar PradeshMohan Bhagwat: Indian Muslims are Hindus
Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat said yesterday that every one residing in India is a Hindu, including Muslims.
09 Feb 2017
Leonardo DiCaprioJudy Garland molested on sets of 'Wizard of Oz'
Judy Garland's ex-husband Sid Luft's posthumous memoir has stunned the world with its claims that Garland was sexually harassed in "The Wizard of Oz" by the actors who portrayed the Munchkins.
08 Feb 2017
AssamTake care of parents or suffer pay deduction: Assam government
Propelling the consciousness towards elderly parents, the Assam government has moved to associate geriatric care to the salary of its employees.
07 Feb 2017
ICICI BankGovt reduces stakes in ITC by 2%
The government divested 2 percent of its stake held in FMCG giant ITC through the Specified Undertaking of the Unit Trust of India (SUUTI).
07 Feb 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaAre Indian laws failing to protect accident victims
India currently doesn't have a 'Good Samaritan Law' to deal with scenarios where bystanders help accident victims.
05 Feb 2017
Supreme Court Of IndiaSC: You can't blame the government if you don't vote
The Supreme Court, while listening to a plea to pass a blanket order to remove all encroachments in India, was irked by an activist's candid admission that he had never voted in his life.
05 Feb 2017
TechnologyTechnology-driven education for fast-digitizing India
India is undergoing a digital evolution, and seeing a boom in adoption of smartphones.
04 Feb 2017
Delhi UniversitySanjeev Sanyal appointed new Principal Economic Adviser
Former Chief Economist and Director of Global Markets Research in Deutsche Bank, Sanjeev Sanyal has been appointed India's new Principal Economic Adviser.
03 Feb 2017
KarnatakaBengaluru kids, as young as 11, are taking to drugs
Kids as young as 11-12 years of age in Bengaluru are taking to consuming as well as peddling drugs.
03 Feb 2017
IndiaLeprosy makes a comeback in India
Leprosy had been eliminated from India in 2005, when the prevalence fell below 1 case per 10000 people.
02 Feb 2017
Indian GovernmentMaharashtra board textbook blames 'ugliness' for dowry
The Indian Government has been taking multiple initiatives to eradicate menace of the dowry system that makes millions of women vulnerable to abuse.
02 Feb 2017
Arun JaitleyBudget 2017: Tax sops to boost MSME ecosystem
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley announced a variety of tax sops directed at the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector in the budget yesterday.
02 Feb 2017
MuzaffarpurUS, Indian researchers identify deadly Bihar disease
Researchers from the US Center for Disease Control and India's National Centre for Disease Control identified the mysterious illness that has killed hundreds of children annually in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and adjoining districts.
01 Feb 2017
Arun JaitleyHighlights of Union Budget 2017
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said growth will recover in 2017.
01 Feb 2017
Central Bureau Of Investigation (CBI)Mumbai hospitals under the scanner for overcharging
Lilavati Hospital, Asian Heart Institute, Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital, Fortis Hospital, Global Hospitals, Hiranandani Hospital and HN Reliance Foundation were found selling packaged commodities at prices far above the MRP.
01 Feb 2017
Union BudgetUnderstanding the Union Budget
The Union Budget is the annual financial statement mandated under Article 112 of India's Constitution. From this year, the Budget will be presented on Feb 1.
31 Jan 2017
GSTTop sector expectations from the budget
Auto, banking, FMCG, infrastructure and power sectors are expecting a push from the government.
31 Jan 2017
Arun JaitleyArun Jaitley presents Economic Survey 2016-17 to Parliament
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley tabled the Economic Survey 2017-18 prepared by Chief Economic Advisor Arvind Subramanian.
31 Jan 2017
Narendra ModiBindra, Gopichand named in India's Olympic task force
Nation's only Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra and former Olympian and badminton Coach Pullela Gopichand have been named in the Sports Ministry's eight member task force to prepare a detailed action plan for the next three Olympic Games.
30 Jan 2017
BusinessMastercard eyes on tapping India's e-commerce growth
Identifying India among top priorities in the Asia-Pacific region, Global payments giant Mastercard said they will further invest in the country, where they grew by over 30% in the last two years.
28 Jan 2017
South KoreaRecently released CIA documents reveal UFO sightings over India
UFO conspiracy theorists in India and the world over will be delighted to know that a 1968 CIA report detailed six UFO sightings over India, Bhutan and Nepal.
27 Jan 2017
Manmohan SinghLooking back at budgets which changed the Indian economy
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is gearing up to present the Union budget for 2017-2018 on 1st February.
26 Jan 2017
DelhiIs sale of sex toys in India legal?
Adult products are openly sold in India however it's unclear whether it's legal to do so.
26 Jan 2017
Virat KohliEngland win the first T20 against India
England took a 1-0 lead in the T20 series as they chased the target of 148 runs with 11 balls to spare.
26 Jan 2017
West BengalIndia honours "unsung heroes," gives them Padma awards
The Padma awards are normally bestowed upon famous personalities.
26 Jan 2017
Indian Premier League (IPL)Rahul Dravid declines honorary doctorate; says wants to earn it
Former Indian cricket team captain Rahul Dravid has turned down a honorary doctorate degree conferred by Bangalore University.
26 Jan 2017
Mount EverestIndia to send expedition to measure Everest
The Surveyor-General of India, Swarna Subba Rao stated that a 30 member team would be dispatched to Mount Everest to assess any changes in height that may have happened after the 2015 earthquake.
26 Jan 2017
NITI AayogUpcoming budget could turn India's school education crisis into opportunity
Over 260 million children have enrolled in elementary and secondary schools in 2015-16.
24 Jan 2017
Technology2017 is likely to see noticeable technological influence
The business ecosystem, and even our lives, are fast changing, noticeably and un-noticeably, with the advent of what the International Data Corporation (IDC) calls the third platform of computing - social, mobile, analytics and cloud (SMAC) technologies.
