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Census reveals Bharat-India divide
04 Jul 2015
Nearly 40 per cent of rural households are financially excluded, reveals the first socio-economic and caste census
Govt announces integrated skills development, entrepreneurship policy
02 Jul 2015
The government has approved common norms for skill development schemes being implemented by the centre under the mission
E-filing of income tax returns begins
02 Jul 2015
UGC releases list of 21 fake universities
02 Jul 2015
India tops in adopting automation in operations, practices: survey
25 Jun 2015
Indian companies are switching to automation to lower costs and have greater accuracy and increased flexibility to increase or decrease productio
A reflection on rural India
25 Jun 2015
Vishwas Patil is the author of the acclaimed Marathi novels Panipat, Sambhaji and Mahanayak His book Jhadajhadati
Mumbai braces for more rains while limping to normalcy
20 Jun 2015
Mumbai, which was paralysed on Friday following torrential rains since Thursday night, limped back to normalcy on Saturday, with train services restored on all three suburban lines
India faces world's worst groundwater depletion: NASA
19 Jun 2015
The stress on groundwater resources is more apparent in India than in any other part of the world, data received from NASA's Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) satellites show
Just 928 households own 20% of India’s private wealth
17 Jun 2015
A study by Boston Consulting Group has found that millionaires held 41 per cent of the world's wealth in 2014 and this could rise to 46 per cent by 2019
Industrial output growth climbs to 4.1 per cent in April
12 Jun 2015
The output data, which comes days after GDP data showed India outpaced China by growing 7.5 per cent in the March quarter, supports the government's view that the world's fastest-growing major economy is gathering steam
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Hariman Sharma lets apple travel to India’s warmer climes
10 Feb 2025
Apple, which was the preserve of the cooler Himalayan region in India, is now everywhere – in the East, the West and the South - thanks to one enterprising Himachal farmer, Hariman Sharma.
The cost of neglecting water transport
03 Feb 2025
Inland water transport is widely recognised as a cheaper and environment friendly mode of transport and, as per a report prepared by RITES
Crypto Currencies Trying To Undermine Global Financial System
27 Jan 2025
US President Donald Trump, it seems, is the latest to join the frenzy for personal or corporate currency, with $TRUMP, or what they call a meme coin, giving a further boost to his crypto image.
As costs of saying final goodbyes rise UK families resort to crowdfunding to pay for funerals
By Axel Miller | 16 Jan 2025
The cost of saying a final goodbye to loved ones in the UK has reached a grim new high, leaving families grappling with unexpected financial burdens.
The life and times of Manmohan Singh, former Prime Minister of India
By Cygnus | 28 Dec 2024
On 27th December 2024 India and the world lost one of their finest statespersons in a hundred years. Manmohan Singh, born on 26th September 1932, in Gah, Punjab (now in Pakistan)
The remarkable Ratan Tata
By Kiron Kasbekar | 23 Oct 2024
One newspaper report of Ratan Tata’s passing away showed an old photo of him climbing into the cockpit of a Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter.
Lighter than air, yet very, very powerful
By Kiron Kasbekar | 03 Jan 2024
In March 2013 Chinese scientists pulled off a remarkable feat. They created the world’s lightest aerogel. Tipping the scales at a mere 0.16 milligrams per cubic centimeter – that’s a sixth of the weight of air!
COP28 explained: A closer look at COP28's climate change solutions
By Aniket Gupta | 27 Dec 2023
The 28th United Nations Climate Change Conference, also known as COP28, took place from 30th November 2023, to 13th December 2023, at Expo City in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
What is a Ponzi scheme?
By Aniket Gupta | 06 Dec 2023
Ponzi schemes have long captivated the public imagination, drawing unsuspecting investors into a web of illusion and deception.
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