This week, the Supreme Court stayed UP and Uttarakhand’s Kanwariya Yatra directives, the government presented the 2024 Budget and the Economic Survey criticised the...
This is expected to help over 180 govt-recognised space technology startups in India. Govt aims to enhance space sector development 'by 5 times in the next 10 years'.
Sitharaman also announced an initiative for increased connectivity to rural habitations, and introduced an interest subsidy to facilitate affordable housing loans.
Urban development among nine priority areas in this year’s budget. Since 2014, Centre has been implementing land reforms in rural areas. Now, it aims to do so in urban areas.
Govt raised tax rate for equity investments held for less than one year to 20% from 15% and for shares held for more than 12 months to 12.5% from 10% in the budget.
The bill mandates employers to have 50% local candidates in management roles & 75% in non-management roles. Industry players say 'don't understand' how you can execute something like this.
Rajasthan Dy CM & Finance Minister Diya Kumari also announced ‘one state, one election’ and allocation of Rs 13 cr to be spent on celebrating festivals ‘with full joy and devotion’.
The incidence of GST is higher on the poor than rich. The public would be better off pushing for faster timelines for this rather than making plaintive appeals for income tax reductions.
The Viability Gap Funding scheme aims to support installation and commissioning of 1 GW of offshore wind energy projects — 500 MW each off the coasts of Gujarat and Tamil Nadu.
A report by Centre for Social and Economic Progress & analysis by ThePrint finds India’s healthcare spending as a share of total spending has been falling since 2017-18.
Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.
Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.
Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.
Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.
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