Smart city programme to transform urban landscape: Govt

[India] May 17 (ANI): The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday gave its approval for Industry-Academia Collaborative Mission for accelerating discovery research to early development for biopharmaceuticals, ...

'If the Indian economy formalises, industrialises, urbanises and develops human capital, 10 lakh youngsters will join the labour force every month in the next 10 years.''It's not a bulb that will go off; it is a sunrise.' IMAGE: Rather than view it as lopsided development, Manish Sabharwal views internal migration for jobs as strengthening Mahatma Gandhi's idea of the hyphenated Indian identity.Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/Reuters   Every month around 90,000 people come to Teamlease ...

A day after data showed Indias key infrastructure sectors growing at their fastest pace along with sustained acceleration in manufacturing, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Tuesday said demonetisation did not see a 2% dip in the economy nor did it induce any ...

Economic reforms will continue to gain momentum in coming years as the country looks to push growth and attract investment in the infrastructure sector, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said today. "India stands out with one difference today. Our reform process ...

Posted by Equitymaster India's agriculture sector is the backbone of the country's rural economy. Even though agriculture contributes about 15% to India's gross domestic product , a majority of the population directly or indirectly depends on the sector for ...

When you come to a fork in the road, you have to decide which way to go? Between objectivity and subjectivity, I would personally much rather choose objectivity for it allows one to stay on the path of moral equivalence; if I allow my biases to creep in, then ...

The Indian IT industry is at the crossroads. It first suffered the long-expected shock of the Trump administration's policy shift against the H1B work visa programme. The US President's executive order makes it impossible for IT firms to bring overseas ...

[Kenya], May 10 (ANI): Placing emphasis on a five-point agenda of affordable housing, provision of other basic urban infrastructure, solid waste management, environment friendly public transport and skill development needs, newly elected president of the ...

Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal today said that Goods and Services Tax (GST) will bring revolutionary changes to the taxation system. "It will bolster the state's revenue collection and simultaneously reduce the burden on consumers," Sonowal said ...