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NPPA powers: Sharad alleges move aimed at mollifying US companies

12 Oct 2014 4:46 AM IST
‘After the government’s move to curb the powers of NPPA, the prices of drugs of AIDS, cancer, tuberculosis, cardiac diseases have gone up manifold...

Over 1.98 lakh cases pending in 23 Information Commissions

11 Oct 2014 4:45 AM IST
A backlog of over 1.98 lakh cases, including disposal of appeals and complaints, is pending in 23 Information Commissions (IC) across the country, a...

SC asks if CBI has intent to examine Chidambaram

12 Oct 2014 4:42 AM IST
The apex court’s observation came after BJP leader Subramanian Swamy briefed the court that despite charges being filed, there is no effort from CBI...

Save the planet from choking on Carbon

12 Oct 2014 4:39 AM IST
It is not just a metaphor that the planet is choked on carbon; it literally is. The latest research by the WMO (World Meteorological Organization)...

What Zuckerberg won’t talk about

11 Oct 2014 4:40 AM IST
So Mark Zuckerberg’s here, selling India its digital dream. The Facebook CEO, one of the world’s youngest and richest, in his two-day India trip, has...

Don’t turn welfare into an industry

11 Oct 2014 4:39 AM IST
What and why was MGNREGA, or Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act? Even in its very name, it’s self-evident: it is to ‘guarantee’...

Can India be swept clean?

11 Oct 2014 4:30 AM IST
The trumpet blast, with which the prime minister launched the Clean India Campaign, on October 2, is history in news pages. But the government aspires...

Food security plan: States get six more months for roll-out

11 Oct 2014 3:50 AM IST
The food law, which came into force in July last year, was to be implemented by state governments within a year by July 4, 2014. But the deadline was...

Govt likely to seek Facebook’s help to push social issues

11 Oct 2014 3:50 AM IST
The government, in its interaction with Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, is also likely to ask him to promote Hindi on its social...

Djokovic moves into third round at Shanghai Masters

10 Oct 2014 5:11 AM IST
Murray has been on a roll the last three weeks in China, winning nine of his last 10 matches as he tries to qualify for the ATP Finals in London next...

Raid-de-Himalaya’s 4th leg abandoned due to snowfall

10 Oct 2014 5:09 AM IST
The 4th leg of 16th Maruti Suzuki Raid De Himalaya with competitive stretch of 128.24 km was abandoned due to snowfall at Kunzam Pass (4500 mt above...

Indian shooting has gone beyond iconic names, says NRAI chief

10 Oct 2014 5:09 AM IST
Awarded the rare ‘Diploma of Honour’ by the International Shooting Sport Federation, NRAI president Raninder Singh says shooting in India has gone...
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