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Trade unions stunted industrial growth, left workers jobless: Supreme Court

India, Jan. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday declined to direct the government to formally include domestic workers in the scheduled employments under labour laws, observing that "regressive method... Read More


Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights India's power gap

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- India has shown strong resilience and absorptive capacity in the face of repeated global shocks, noted the Economic Survey 2025-26, presented in Parliament on Thursday. However,... Read More


In chart: Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights India's power gap

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- India has shown strong resilience and absorptive capacity in the face of repeated global shocks, noted the Economic Survey 2025-26, presented in Parliament on Thursday. However,... Read More


Ajit Pawar Plane Crash: Aviation Minister Naidu responds to Maha CM Fadnavis' letter. Here's what he said

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- Union Civil Aviation Minister Rammohan Naidu Kinjarapu has replied to a letter from Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis with regard to the death of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister... Read More


Congress' Vijay Wadettiwar remembers Ajit Pawar, calls him a "visionary leader"

Baramati, Jan. 29 -- Congress leader Vijay Wadettiwar described late Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Ajit Pawar, who was killed in a plane crash on Wednesd... Read More


Economic survey pegs GDP growth of 6.8 Pc to 7.2 Pc in FY27

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Economic Survey presented by the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Lok Sabha on Thursday pegged India's economic growth between 6.8 per cent and 7.2 per cent in the fina... Read More


Battery storage and material scarcity roadblocks to India's transition to cleaner fuels: Economic Survey

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Economic Survey of India 2025-26, tabled in Parliament on Thursday by Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Nirmala Sitharaman, highlighted the dearth of materials and ... Read More


SC clears urgent listing of plea against UGC's equity rules

New Delhi, Jan. 29 -- The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to consider urgent listing of a petition challenging the constitutional validity of the University Grants Commission (Promotion of Equity in... Read More


UGC regulations against caste bigotry need tweaks

India, Jan. 29 -- Recognising the sad evidence on caste discrimination that had led to suicide by SC/ST students - at AIIMS in 2008 and, later, at other higher education institutions - the ministry of... Read More


Leader with stronggrassroots connect

India, Jan. 29 -- The death of Ajit Anantrao Pawar, 66, Maharashtra's deputy chief minister, in an aircrash on Wednesday is likely to have an impact on his Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) and the NCP... Read More