State finance ministers to discuss model GST law this week
State finance ministers will deliberate on the model GST law at a two-day meeting in Kolkata beginning Tuesday, amid hopes of long ...
Indian workers earn 81% less than Chinese
A new survey has revealed that Indian workers are paid significantly lower salaries compared to their peers in China. This makes ...
Article 370 is J&K’s strength: Mehbooba
Srinagar: Article 370 of the Indian Constitution is the “strength” and “honour” for Jammu and Kashmir and the ...
India denies Google’s Street View
New Delhi: India has rejected Google’s plans to put Indian cities, tourists spots, hills and rivers in an application in ...
Citizens clean 1.45 lakh kg trash from beach
Mumbai: Versova Resident Volunteers (VRV), an organisation that has been running a citizen-led campaign — Clean Up ...
Tech helps anyone be a good singer: Sonu Nigam
Mumbai: At a time when several Bollywood actors are going behind the microphone to record songs, Sonu Nigam is unfazed as he feels ...
60pc of Qatar population live in ‘labour camps’
Doha: Almost 60 per cent of Qatar’s 2.4 million population live in what the government calls “labour camps”, ...
Water stressed India: Old and new solutions
The World Resources Institute’s March 2016 report said 54% of India was water stressed, with scarcity affecting every part of the ...
Coal power plants biggest guzzlers of water: Greenpeace India
Greenpeace India on Friday released data on the water consumption patterns of coal power plants in seven drought affected states, ...
Niti Aayog to start work on 15-year vision document
New Delhi: Government think-tank Niti Aayog will start consultations with states and experts from next month on preparing a ...