The following reply from the Bombay Government is received by Sir M.B. Chaubal, Chairman, Provisional Governing Body, Nutan Maharashtra Vidya Prasarak Mandal: The Secretary to Government says: I am directed to your representation, dated the 9th September, 1918, on the subject of the establishment at Talegaon Dabhade in the Poona …

The BJP is giving up seats it won in Bihar to JD(U), a strategy that is not without its risks It is easier to reach agreements in principle than to sign up on the specifics, but both the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Janata Dal (United) overcame a major hurdle …

President Sirisena’s actions have putSri Lankan democracy in peril Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena’s decision to withdraw his faction from the ruling coalition and replace Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe with former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has plunged the country into a political crisis. This was further complicated, a day later, by …

Instant online opinions impoverish our public sphere Social media activists seem to have different notions about corrective action, justice and fairness. They want retribution, revenge and punishment rather than non-punitive course correction, which is the essential function of a news ombudsman. A news ombudsman adopts a light-touch approach to visibly …

Businesses are facing up to the possibility of the U.K. leaving the EU without a final deal in hand The moment when Britain would officially exit the European Union (EU) is still some months away — 11 p.m. local time on March 29, 2019 — but the tremors are being …

When protesters let their ego overcome their faith, they are no longer true disciples of their god Every day we see people brazenly driving through red lights, breaking queues with impunity or getting their way through bribes. Each time I see this, I despair, but then these people invoke a …

The Supreme Court’s actions in the CBI case underline the gravity of the institutional crisis The Supreme Court, on Friday, stepped into the institutional crisis engineered by the “forcible transfer” of the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) earlier in the week. Given the patent illegality of the …

China’s first private rocket fails after launch The first attempt by a private Chinese company to send a rocket into space has failed. Beijing-based Landscape said that the first and second stage of its ZQ-1 rocket worked normally. Landscape said that “cowling separation was normal but something abnormal happened after …

Study of a dozen species revealed the presence of pollen grains Moths are widely considered as pests, but a recent study by scientists of Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) has revealed that these group of insects are pollinators to a number of flowering plants in the Himalayan ecosystem. Under the …

A two-day module is mandatory for surgical trainees in the U.S. and the U.K. With nearly 50,00,000 Indians dying due to medical negligence every year, experts claim that a specialised course for doctors and hospital staff focusing on how a critically ill or injured patient should be handled could bring …

WTO panel to examine India-U.S. export case The World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) dispute settlement body has set up a panel to examine the U.S.’ complaint against certain export-subsidy measures by India as both the sides failed to resolve the issue at consultation level, an official said. In March, the U.S. …

Long crop duration makes ryots go in for hybrid varieties ‘ Malai poondu ’ or hill garlic grown on the hills of Kanthalloor and Vattavada areas of Idukki district of Kerala are known for its unique flavour, pungency, taste, medicinal properties and longer shelf life . But the long crop …

Levy has helped add to our bottomline, says executive chairman of TTK Prestige Kitchen appliances maker TTK Prestige Ltd. the Rs. 1,800-crore flagship of the TTK Group has just reported bumper numbers for the second quarter with net profit jumping by 28% on the back of strong rural demand for …

4G and 5G technologies have to coexist. It doesn’t mean that since you are doing 5G, you kill 4G, says the country head of Intel India Nivruti Rai , country head, Intel India, talks about emerging technologies such as 5G and artificial intelligence (AI) and the evolving role of Intel …

A combination of higher input costs, tariff uncertainty, IGST refund woes leads to export contraction in September, the first time in six months Exporters in India are not happy with the current policy and exchange rate situation even though they should be cheering the depreciating rupee. A combination of higher …