UPA tried to BAN development Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the roll-on roll-off (ro-ro) ferry service connecting Saurashtra with south Gujarat. The landmark project has become embroiled in a political row over the delay in announcement of poll dates for the state. While launching the project, Modi blamed the previous UPA government for delaying the venture by creating hurdles in the name of environment. […]

Over the past few weeks, a ferocious disagreement has raged between several Indian economists. The heart of the matter concerns the impacts of demonetisation and the goods and services tax (GST) on India’s broader economy. Let me be clear that I use the word disagreement rather than debate advisedly. Surjit Bhalla, now a member of the prime minister’s economic advisory council, set the ball rolling by claiming that growth rates […]

How India’s GST is different from that in other countries Goods and Services Tax (GST) is an indirect tax which was introduced in India on 1 July 2017 and is applicable throughout India. It replaced multiple cascading taxes levied by the central and state governments. France was the first country to implement GST. Concept of GST is not new to the world as nearly 160 countries up till now, have […]

Osteoporosis is a condition in which bones of a person become extremely weak and fragile. The condition can take a toll on an individual’s health if it is left untreated. World Osteoporosis Day (WOD) is marked on October 20 each year. It seeks to raise global awareness of the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of osteoporosis and related bone diseases. There are a number of factors that increase the risk of […]

  An Ahmedabad court last week passed an order barring The Wire from publishing any further report on BJP president Amit Shah’s son Jay Shah’s business turnover “so that the right to live with dignity of the plaintiff (Jay) may be protected”. Additional Senior Civil Judge B K Dasondi of Ahmedabad rural court observed that the “injunction should be granted to applicant/plaintiff (Jay)” even though notice was not served upon […]

Tera Intezaar teaser: The teaser of Arbaaz Khan and Sunny Leone starrer Tera Intezaar has released. A Raajeev Walia directorial, the film is touted to be a musical romantic thriller and shows Khan and Leone as star-crossed lovers. The film also stars Arya Babbar, Salil Ankola and Sudha Chandran. The lead actors began shooting for the thriller in Kutch and had shared pictures on their Twitter, too. Reports suggest that the film […]

You’re exhausted. You’ve put countless of hours into an idea that you believed in so much. Literally almost blood, sweat and tears were sacrificed for this vision to be accomplished. You had hoped and expected for a lot of things, and was excited to have plans for the future. A few months ago, I wrote an article here titled, “What I Learned After Opening My First Business at 21.” My […]

The five-member team of students from the SR Engineering College in Warangal will now take part in the 5th annual NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge to be held in April 2018 in the US. The students qualified for the final challenge after overcoming the selection criteria – to prepare a moon buggy, design, report and submit their idea that make their buggy work on the surface of moon, ensuring the […]

The Allahabad High Court will decide today whether dentist couple Nupur and Rajesh Talwar murdered their teen daughter, Aarushi, in 2008 at their home in Noida near Delhi. Aarushi was found dead in her bedroom; then Hemraj, the family’s Nepalese domestic help was discovered killed on the terrace. The Talwars were sentenced to life in prison in 2013. They have appealed against their conviction. Here is a 10 point guide […]

For some it was Zanjeer. For a few it, was Deewar, maybe Don. For many, it would be Sholay. For me it was Mohabbatein. No, these are not answers to ‘name your favourite Amitabh Bachchan role’ but a list of his films, which people saw for the first time in a movie hall in South India. Yes, it took me the turn of the millennium to watch Mr Bachchan on the big screen. Forgive me Big […]