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Police reforms and the making of Viksit Bharat

India, Dec. 5 -- Addressing the conference of the DGPs and IGPs of the country in Raipur (Chhattisgarh) on November 30, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi exhorted the senior police officers to transfo... Read More


Reforming urban land registration

India, Dec. 5 -- Peruvian economist Hernando de Soto once argued that farmers in the Indian hinterland rarely have documentation for their landholdings, a constraint that prevents them from using thes... Read More


Khrushchev era lessons on ceasing nuclear tests

India, Dec. 5 -- This is essentially an anecdotal piece. And yet not wholly so. Seventy years ago is a long time ago, and what happened at this very time in November and December of 1955 would seem to... Read More


Common AI framework key to future development

India, Dec. 5 -- At the just-concluded G20 summit in South Africa, where the agenda was themed "solidarity, equality, sustainability", Prime Minister Narendra Modi called for a "global AI compact" to ... Read More


Weaker rupee to spell windfall for $283 bn IT sector

Bengaluru, Dec. 5 -- The rupee's fall to a historic low against the US dollar on Wednesday has left one segment of companies cheering -India's $283 billion information technology (IT) sector. The rupe... Read More


Udaan in discussions to sell minority stake in NBFC biz

Mumbai, Dec. 5 -- Udaan has started the process of selling a minority stake in its non-banking financial arm, as the B2B e-commerce platform seeks to monetize assets amid a broader restructuring exerc... Read More


States must ensure availability of staff for SIR, orders top court

New Delhi, Dec. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Thursday underscored that states governments cannot distance themselves from their statutory obligation to provide adequate manpower for electoral work, makin... Read More


Four MBBS grads killed as speeding car rams into parked truck

Meerut, Dec. 5 -- Four recent MBBS graduates of the Shri Venkateshwara University died in an accident on the National Highway in Amroha district, late on Wednesday night. The crash occurred near the s... Read More


Meerut man trafficked to Myanmar freed after Myanmar Army raid

Meerut, Dec. 5 -- A 29-year-old man from Defence Enclave in Meerut's Kankerkhera area was allegedly lured with a lucrative job offer in Thailand and subsequently trafficked to Myanmar, where he was he... Read More


Nation loses identity when culture erodes, says Yogi

GORAKHPUR, Dec. 5 -- Emphasising that a nation loses its unity and identity the moment its culture begins to erode, chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday said that culture remains the foundation ... Read More