The IAF is about to initiate the process for selection of a single-engine fighter aircraft to replace the Russian MiGs under the Strategic Partnership model … Lockheed, Tata to make F-16 in IndiaRead more
Tax incentives allowed 15,080 profit-making Indian companies to have effective tax rates of zero, and in some cases less than zero, in 2015-16, according to … 15,080 Profitable Indian Companies Paid No Tax in 2015-16Read more
WITH THE end of the 12th Five Year Plan on March 31, India’s 65-year tryst with five-year economic development planning has come to an end. … NITI Aayog begins business without action planRead more
When the World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Roberto Azevedo came calling in early February, he was flooded with representations from a host of farmers’ … Poor farmers cannot move WTORead more
Jharkhand assembly, on November 23, passed an amendment to century-old laws which restrict use of tribals’ land for industrial and real estate use amid protest … Amendments to century-old laws on tribal rights spark protests in JharkhandRead more
If You Crawl, They Will Come For You, So Stand Up: Prannoy Roy on NDTV Raids
In a crackdown on Narmada Bachao Andolan’s ‘Rally for the Valley’, the Gujarat police has taken social activist Medha Patkar, Prafulla Samantara, Sunilam, Aradhna Bhargava, … Gujarat police crack down on Narmada Bachao Andolan rally; Medha Patkar detainedRead more
Newborns in India have a lesser chance of survival than babies born in Afghanistan and Somalia, according to the latest Global Burden of Disease (GBD) … Survival of newborns, India ranks lower than SomaliaRead more
India’s notorious traffic pollution is no longer an urban malaise, its impact is now being felt 4,000 metres above sea level, in the Himalayas. Geologists … Traffic pollution reaches the HimalayasRead more