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Safai karamcharis to farmers & homebuyers, why wave of protests is hitting Greater Noida authority

The Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority (GNIDA) office resembles a dharna site, with different groups demanding their due. They are vesting hopes in new CEO Ravi Kumar NG.

Parliamentary panel flags poor quality of rural roads, slow pace of work under PM Gram Sadak Yojana

New Delhi: Compromise on the quality of construction of roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is unacceptable, the Standing Committee on...

What is the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023 & why critics fear it may ‘dilute rules’

The Bill allows Centre to exempt certain kinds of forest lands from purview of Forest Conservation Act, 1980 & define and allow activities for ‘non-forest purposes’ on forest land.

What is National Dental Commission Bill 2023, and how it plans to give Indian dentistry a makeover

The bill, tabled this week, seeks to establish a National Dental Commission modelled after the NMC. Objectives include enhancing quality and affordability of dental education.

8,330 Indian prisoners in foreign jails, more than 4,000 in Gulf, MEA tells Parliament

Responding to a question in the Rajya Sabha, the Minister of State in the MEA, V Muraleedharan revealed a total of 8330 Indians are currently in foreign jails.

India should consider restoring economic ties with Pakistan if they come forward, says House panel

Standing Committee on External Affairs tables report on India’s ‘Neighbourhood First Policy’ in Parliament. Chaired by BJP MP P.P. Chaudhary, panel has also urged keeping SAARC active.

Tech-based transport’s teething troubles in Bengaluru: Autos vs bike taxis, gaps in govt policy

The city's auto rickshaw drivers are crying foul against the government for 'allowing' bike taxis in Bengaluru, which they say are snatching away their livelihood.

With NDA facing its 2nd ‘no-confidence’ motion in Lok Sabha, a look at what it is & how it works

Opposition hopes no-confidence motion will lead to Modi making a statement on Manipur, but with NDA having advantage of numbers in the House, the move will end up being a 'symbolic one'.

Oppn MPs walk out of IT panel meet over bid to push data protection bill before it reaches Parliament

Oppn MPs opposed BJP members' attempt to have panel adopt a report on draft data protection bill. The 31-member panel, which has 10 BJP MPs, however adopted report after the walkout.

Amid opposition from Punjab & Haryana, Himachal forms commission to levy water cess on hydel projects

Those drawing water for power generation must now register with 'State Commission for Water Cess on Hydropower Generation'. Some companies have challenged state's water cess bill in HC.

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Indian industry in Bangladesh is staring at a void. New Delhi must give line of credit to Dhaka

For New Delhi, SAFTA and CEPA will be critical. Such frameworks could institutionalise economic ties with Bangladesh, making them resilient to political disruptions.


You can’t ‘wish away’ China, India must balance economic & security considerations, says Sanjeev Sanyal

Sanyal, an economist & member of the Economic Advisory Council to PM, also suggests that if India is to import parts from China, why not allow Chinese companies to manufacture in India.

‘No drone bombs or infiltration’, Army Chief says ‘battle of narratives’ must be controlled in Manipur

Chief of Army Staff General Upendra Dwivedi says the Manipur conflict was triggered by a rumour and that the situation may be ‘stable today, but it is tense’.

Islam doesn’t kill democracy. The army-Islam combo does

How come Indonesia, Malaysia, Turkey and Sri Lanka remain constitutional, democratic and stable despite Islam and Buddhism respectively, but Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar don’t?