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Speeding SUV mounts Tedhi Pulia flyover divider, kills sleeping beggar

LUCKNOW, March 27 -- A man was killed after a speeding SUV allegedly belonging to additional chief medical officer (ACMO) lost control and mounted a divider on a flyover in Lucknow's Gudamba area late... Read More


Buyers of unregistered projects can now approach UP RERA for relief

LUCKNOW, March 27 -- The UP RERA has paved the way for homebuyers in unregistered projects to seek relief from the regulatory authority by amending in its general regulations, 2019. These amendments h... Read More


Narmada high-rise project:LDA calls Rapti RWA for talks as residents oppose project

LUCKNOW, March 27 -- Facing strong resistance from residents over the proposed 30-storey Narmada Apartment project, the Lucknow Development Authority (LDA) has scheduled a meeting with the Rapti Resid... Read More


Framing social media addiction

India, March 27 -- An American civil court jury this week found Meta and YouTube designed their social media services to be addictive and awarded $6 million in damages to a young woman who said featur... Read More


Private lives versus government morality

India, March 27 -- The year is 1852. It is high noon of British rule in India. The East India Company has a chokehold over Bengal and is creeping up the Gangetic heartland - its mercantile impulses ho... Read More


Setting the bar high on climate targets

India, March 27 -- Though long delayed, India has approved enhanced climate targets for the 2031-2035 period under the Paris Agreement, raising its commitments on emissions, clean energy, and carbon s... Read More


Courting mistrust with the NCERT book ban

India, March 27 -- Opposing counsels who are constantly at loggerheads in the Supreme Court were aligned late last month. The suo motu case taken up by the Supreme Court, regarding a school textbook c... Read More


Beijing's tech strategy is a national security project

India, March 27 -- China's technological drive is no longer an economic project; it is a national security mandate. Reading Beijing's latest ambitions as mere "digitalisation" or industrial "upgradati... Read More


AIFs push for leverage relief amid SIF pressure

mumbai, March 27 -- Alternative investment funds (AIFs) that deploy long-short strategies have approached the market regulator seeking an increase in their leverage ability to gain an advantage over n... Read More


Cement firms stare at bag shortage as Iran war hits inputs

Mumbai, March 27 -- India's cement industry is staring at an unusual supply disruption-not of limestone or coal, but of the humble cement bag. As the war in West Asia ripples through petrochemical sup... Read More