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Maha to monitor zoonotic disease among forest staff

PUNE, Jan. 28 -- The Maharashtra forest department has launched an initiative to build a real-time surveillance model for detecting zoonotic diseases among bird sanctuary workers and residents in the ... Read More


Does India need another tryst with the plan panel?

India, Jan. 28 -- In a budget speech made 75 years ago, the then finance minister John Mathai announced the setting up of a new expert body to coordinate and guide economic activities in India - the P... Read More


How the contours of Quad may change in Trump 2.0

India, Jan. 28 -- The Quad foreign ministers met shortly after Donald Trump took office at the White House. This ministerial meeting was also the first engagement of the United States (US)' new secret... Read More


MAGA won't gain from weaponising tariffs

India, Jan. 28 -- Restoring American supremacy is the declared agenda of the second Trump presidency. How exactly this will be done and what exactly it will take is not very clear. What is clear, thou... Read More


Tread carefully on the Himalayas

India, Jan. 28 -- The Glacial Lake Outburst Flood (GLOF) in October 2023 that killed nearly 100 people in Sikkim highlighted how the climate crisis is wreaking havoc in the Himalayas. A mega-dam on th... Read More


Redeeming the federal pledge in Constitution

India, Jan. 28 -- India's federalism as enshrined in the Constitution has proven to be remarkably resilient. In what is a masterly feat in political engineering, the Constitution skillfully blends fed... Read More


BPCL's AP facility to serve dual ambitions

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- Bharat Petroleum Corp. Ltd (BPCL) will have a refining capacity of around 50 million tonnes (mt) after commissioning the proposed greenfield refinery-cum-petrochemical complex in... Read More


How skipping notice period can lead to a tax trap

India, Jan. 28 -- Switching jobs often brings excitement-a new role, better pay, etc. But it also comes with challenges. One of the trickiest is serving out the notice period. For many, the solution s... Read More


Draft rules for IST adoption notified

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- The government on Monday notified rules to harmonize all Indian clocks with indigenous atomic clocks to lend the Indian Standard Time (IST) a "millisecond to nanosecond accuracy"... Read More


Infy avers it hasn't stolen trade secrets of Cognizant

Bengaluru, Jan. 28 -- Infosys Ltd has denied Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.'s allegations of stealing its trade secrets, stating that a cursory internet search reveals information about the latt... Read More