New Delhi: The announcement by the Union Government to usher in major changes by way of the National Monetization Pipeline (NMP) plan on the 23rd of August 2021 has triggered polarizing debates and discussions on the pos...

Recently a photo went viral on social media, the photo of 72 year Padma Shri awardee Tulsi Gowda clad in her tribal attire sans a footwear took over social media and made heads turn. That photo singularly underlined the Government’s com...

Remember the time when you had to travel in the unreserved compartment of a railway train. If you recall, the unreserved compartment gets choc-a-bloc at the origin itself. While millions of others also want to travel to their destination despite n...

New Delhi: India’s agriculture is in an epoch-making era under the PM Sri Narendra Modi Ji. It is the phase where farmers are reaping the utmost benefit of numerous welfare measures and schemes without any hindrances. T...

New Delhi: History provides eloquent testimony, if any was needed, that empires rise, flourish and flounder and that connectivity and logistics invariably provide part, if not the entire explanation for the same. Chandragupta...

New Delhi: In what will be a major boost to Atma Nirbhar Bharat, the Central government is mulling to re-open beach sand mining to the private sector. It is learnt that an Action Plan of the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) has r...

New Delhi: It is a remarkable achievement, well recognized not just within the country but globally as well. It gives us a level of confidence that we can take on any major public health healthcare challenge. We are inoculati...

New Delhi: One of the most prevalent themes of India’s developmental efforts has centred around improving the ease of living of citizens. While the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) as a metric is critical for assessing a co...

New Delhi: For nearly 70 years, Jammu & Kashmir was living under the shadow of a constitutional anomaly, which was, in fact a miscarriage of history and also a miscarriage of the principle of equal rights for all human be...

Exactly a year back, we had predicted an imminent V-shaped recovery in GDP growth after its sharp decline. At that time, a former Finance Minister wrote: “In a barren desert without any sign of water, the Finance Minister an...

As of today, India is at the cusp of administering 75 crore vaccine doses. There could be no bigger confidence booster for the Tourism industry than this. While international tourism could take longer to open up, as international air-travel is sti...

By Rajeev R  As a free nation, India completes 75 years today, a rare milestone in our saga of collective trials, tribulations, failures and successes. These are not simple years but of great significance,...

New Delhi, August 9, 2021: India’s COVID-19 vaccination coverage has crossed 50.68 Cr. Cumulatively, 50,68,10,492 vaccine doses have been administered through 58,51,292 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am on Au...

Kota saris are ethnic contributions to the fashion world. These are globally recognized with their exquisite designs and patterns. Originally, they have their roots in Mysore. In ancient times, these types of saris were brought to Rajasthan by the...

The urban space is being transformed at a rapid pace with the increasing use of technology. That is the way forward, writes Union Minister Hardeep S Puri. Three major flagship missions of the Ministry of Ho...

The practices and concepts of Yoga originated in India with the very dawn of our ancient civilization, writes Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank The United Nations General Assembly adopted an India-led resolution declaring June 21st as t...

Around the globe, civil aviation has been a sector that has propelled economic growth, promoted social development and created access. On the other hand, it has also had a limited detrimental impact on our environment, especially on the local envi...

By Rajeev Ranjan Roy There is an element of resilience in India’s fight against Covid-19. Notwithstanding our huge population, diverse socio-economic and cultural milieu, we have been able to set an exampl...

New Delhi: The Earth Day celebrated annually on 22 April, will again see more than one billion people participating in activities around the world to draw attention to the urgency of the climate crisis and environmental degra...

The historic Dandi March played a role of great significance in our freedom struggle. This is the reason why the special day marking the beginning of Dandi March was chosen to launch the grand celebrations  of 75 years of India'...

New Delhi: The Union Budget 2021-22 has endeavoured to lay the foundation of India’s mid-term growth trajectory. The Indian economy is currently at an inflection point – recovering steadily from the twin shocks of...

New Delhi: The Nobel Peace Prize for the World Food Programme (WFP), a United Nations body dedicated to eliminating hunger and starvation from the earth, has brought the focus back on the global challenge of feeding every human being across the wo...

As a country of 135 crore people, India has all reasons to be proactive, innovative and focussed to ensure quality, affordable and ethical universal healthcare for all. Health facilities -- private or public – require to be responsive to peo...