By Sreejith Balasubramanian
IANS | February 3
Most of us awaited Indias Union Budget 2021-22 for its fiscal policy strategy to support growth, as the economy slowly emerges from the pandemic. Given previous
By Raju Bista
IANS | February 2
I congratulate Honble Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharamanji for this forward thinking, growth inducing budget, based on the six core pillars of development -- Health, Infrast
New Delhi, January 31 (IANS): "It has been a blessed ride. Through the contrasting landscapes of experiences, I have learnt to see others better, to respect their otherness as we co-travel through this tra
New Delhi, January 31 (IANS): Amid the coronavirus pandemic when the pace of manufacturing and services sector came to a grinding halt, agriculture and allied sectors in India have picked up pace as the country
New Delhi, January 30 (IANSlife): According to a recent UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report, green pandemic recovery could cut up to 25 per cent off predicted 2030 greenhouse gas emissions and bring the worl
New Delhi, January 30 (IANS): Forewarned is forearmed. This was exactly what China suppressed when it came to the breakout of the Covid-19 pandemic in Wuhan and other parts of its country. Bringing this crucial
New Delhi, January 29 (IANS): Can the 'one nation, one MSP' system help improve the economic condition of farmers across the country? The issue has gained importance as different farmers' unions pro
New Delhi, January 29 (IANS): As the new decade begins, India stands at the crossroads of several simultaneous disruptions, writes Gautam Chikermane, an author who tracks the world of money, power and faith, in
United Nations, January 28 (IANS): Almost two-thirds of over 1.2 million people surveyed worldwide have said that climate change is a "global emergency", urging greater action to address the crisis, r
New Delhi, January 27 (PTI): The spread of COVID-19 variants is not an immediate problem but it's time already for next-gen preventives to tackle them, say scientists as countries fine-tune their vaccine di
New Delhi, January 26 (IANSlife): The dictionary defines the word Republic "as a government in which supreme power resides in a body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by elected officers and re
New Delhi, January 25 (IANS): India is among the top 10 most affected countries in the Global Climate Risk Index 2021 published on Monday by the Bonn-based environmental think tank Germanwatch.
It said vulne
By Asad Mirza
IANS | January 25
In the first year of the new decade, we'll mark the 75 years of our Independence and 72 years of India as a Republic, but there are many questions, which assail the commo
Thiruvananthapuram, January 24 (IANS): Shaji Thomas, a Keralite who landed in Brazil in 1989 on a scholarship, is now a citizen of the football crazy nation.
In Brazil, he took a doctorate degree and complet
Dharamsala, January 24 (IANS): Tibetans are hopeful of being united with the States once again with their globetrotting spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, who has a special relationship with US presidents that b
Washington, January 23 (AP): When Joe Biden took the oath of office as the 46th president, he became not only the oldest newly inaugurated US chief executive in history but also the oldest sitting president eve
New Delhi, January 23 (IANS): This tripping over each other to pay homage to Subhas Bose is mere hypocrisy, says Ashish Ray, the London based author who wrote the book, Laid to Rest, which comprehensively and w
Kolkata, January 21 (IANS): In 1941, 44-year-old Subhas Chandra Bose was under house arrest with the police guarding the entire area outside his Elgin Road residence in south Kolkata.
According to noted Neta
Kolkata, January 21 (IANS): In poll-bound West Bengal, nationalist icon and freedom fighter Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose happens to be the new-found commodity for political parties contesting a high-voltage elect
New Delhi, January 21 (IANSlife): Over the past few months people have been asking the question why does fashion matter? Fashion matters for many reasons but at the heart of it, it is because fashion stands for