India’s rural landscape is resulting in creation of integrated economy: Niti Aayog
New Delhi: India’s rural landscape has transformed with the clear divide that existed between rural and urban areas now blurring and resulting in the creation […]
April 2017
Sustainable business models can unlock significant economic opportunities in India
New Delhi : Companies can unlock significant economic opportunities worth US$1 trillion in India and US$12 trillion globally by 2030 if they pursue sustainable business models. […]
Arsenic-polluted water linked to cancer in India
By Medhavi Arora Patna : Millions of people in Bihar, India, are showing symptoms of arsenic poisoning, which can be linked to cancer, due to […]
India: ‘Cow Protection’ Spurs Vigilante Violence
New Delhi : Indian authorities should promptly investigate and prosecute self-appointed “cow protectors” who have committed brutal attacks against Muslims and Dalits over rumors that […]
Transgenders seek welfare board for third gender
AHMEDABAD: Even though the Supreme Court officially recognized the third gender in a landmark ruling in 2014, little seems to have changed in the plight […]
India’s economic growth unevenly distributed: Ansari
Vice President Hamid Ansari said today that despite the benefits of India’s economic growth being unevenly distributed the “losers” from the market-led reforms have not […]
India needs ecosystem to make new IPR Policy successful, says Suresh Prabhu
New Delhi : Though the government has come out with a National Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy to promote a robust intellectual property (IP) environment across […]
Religious tolerance deteriorated in India in 2016: USCIRF
New Delhi : Religious tolerance and religious freedom conditions “continued to deteriorate” in India in 2016, an independent bipartisan American body has claimed as it placed […]
India’s first ever UNESCO chair on gender equality and women’s empowerment
Coimbatore : India – In the fall of 2016, Amrita University was awarded India’s first ever UNESCO Chair on gender equality and women’s empowerment. Amrita […]
Indian companies in UK reach annual growth rate of 31%
By Prasun Sonwalkar New Delhi : Nearly 800 Indian companies based in the UK have a combined revenue of £47.5 billion, are the second-largest employers, and 55 […]