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Sunday, April 28, 2024
TopicPiyush Goyal

Topic: Piyush Goyal

Off The Cuff with Piyush Goyal

The fifth edition of 'Off The Cuff' saw Hon. Minister of Railway and Coal for India, Piyush Goyal in conversation with ThePrint Chairman and...

Capital buzz: BJP’s swanky new office in Delhi to food wars in parliament canteen

Food committee chairman objected to railway minister Piyush Goyal’s move to bring food from state bhavans to Parliament canteen; the proposal finally got Speaker’s nod

Rahul Gandhi stalled key project in Gujarat, says minister Piyush Goyal

Goyal claims former environment minister Jayanti Natarajan blocked clearances to Nirma’s cement plant in Gujarat at Rahul’s behest.

Opposition guns for Amit Shah after news report puts son Jay Shah under scanner

Jay Shah's businesses saw huge growth after Modi became PM, says The Wire report; Union minister Piyush Goyal says Jay will file Rs 100 cr defamation suit

‘India needs to modernise manufacturing, should not be averse to automation’

Ministers Suresh Prabhu and Piyush Goyal quell fears about job cuts, say technology could create new opportunities.

Railways set to embrace technology & automation, reduce hiring

Decision comes in the wake of series of recent accidents; Bibek Debroy committee had suggested staff rationalisation for long-term viability of railways.

Cabinet reshuffle is not about governance, but elections and party consolidation

It is not really the performance but caste and electoral consolidation that drives this round of musical chairs.

With women, gen-next leaders and new entrants, the cabinet reshuffle eyes 2019 and beyond

With less than two years to general elections, the BJP is rewarding performance, fine tuning social equations, and making course corrections.

Piyush Goyal will need to improve image of railways, push reforms

The challenge for Goyal would be to manage the unions who put obstacles in bringing in big-bang reforms.

Cabinet reshuffle marks the rise of new generation within BJP

Nirmala Sitharaman is defence minister, Piyush Goyal has been moved from power to railways and Nitin Gadkari gets to handle water resources and Ganga ministry.

On Camera

America’s out-of-control militarised police forces are a threat to democracy

The world watched aghast as police armed with tasers, tear-gas masks—and in one case backed up by snipers—arrested hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters at universities across the United States.

Government allows export of onions to six countries, sets buffer stock target

The government had imposed an export prohibition in order to ensure adequate domestic availability of onions in the country.

Germany removes restrictions, India can now buy small arms from its firms

Germany’s erstwhile Christian Democratic Union govt, led by Angela Merkel, prevented sale of small arms to police forces in states they perceived had ‘bad human rights record’.

Frontrunner is letting the challenger define this poll campaign. Modi still hasn’t found a big theme

A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.