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Renewable energy transition for a climate-resilient India

India, July 11 -- For India, which imports nearly 85 per cent of its crude oil and more than half of its natural gas requirements, energy independence is no longer merely an environmental aspiration b... Read More


What the world's finest universities do not teach

India, July 11 -- On 30 May, I was at the Cambridge Union in conversation with Professor Jaideep Prabhu. In that hall, where Churchill and Hawking have both been heard, the audience before me was made... Read More


FM to meets heads of PSU banks

India, July 11 -- Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman is scheduled to meet heads of public sector banks (PSBs) on Monday to review progress of foreign currency deposit mobilisation exercise being unde... Read More


HCL nears takeover of 4 copper blocks in Chile

India, July 11 -- State-run Hindustan Copper Ltd (HCL) on Friday said it was moving in a "positive direction" over the proposed takeover of four Chilean copper blocks from State-owned Codelco, with tr... Read More


Orban allies protest in Hungary against plans to oust President Tamas Sulyok

India, July 11 -- Opponents of the Hungarian government's efforts to oust the country's president gathered for a protest in the capital, Budapest, on Thursday after being called to action by the forme... Read More


Assam budget revenue neutral, focus on jobs, women empowerment: CM

India, July 11 -- Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday termed the State Budget 'revenue neutral', with revenue expenditure, CapEx and revenue receipts balanced. Addressing a press confe... Read More


Omar Abdullah says no permission yet for July 20 protest on J&K Statehood

India, July 11 -- Even after extending an invitation to a cross-section of political leaders to join a sit-in-protest in the national Capital on July 20, the opening day of Parliament's Monsoon Sessio... Read More


Kill me to silence me, finish my party: Mamata to BJP

India, July 11 -- Former Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday slammed the BJP for planning to silence her and finish her party, saying the BJP will have to kill her to shut her up. In a vi... Read More


BJP criticises Rahul Gandhi for skipping student programmes

India, July 11 -- The BJP on Friday criticised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi for allegedly "vacationing abroad", describing him as a "non-serious politician" who exploits students only for political pu... Read More


NHRC chairperson calls for vigilance on bonded labour, seeks helpline

India, July 11 -- National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) chairperson Justice V Ramasubramanian (retd) has urged officers to remain vigilant while dealing with cases of bonded labour and emphasised th... Read More