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With a 14 percent rise in funding for the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) in Budget 2016-17, the world’s largest...

A bunch of young children chanted their morning rhymes under the supervision of a middle-aged lady. Khichri, the main item on their lunch menu, was...

We know that the poor are worst affected by environmental degradation. They live in poverty; have the highest exposure to pollution; drink...

Union Human Resource Development Minister Smriti Irani was all fire and brimstone while condemning the praise for Mahishasura, the demon who was slain...

How must the land of Samsung, Hyundai, LG and “Gangnam Style” be in reality? Such thoughts had often occupied my mind. We landed at Incheon...

The third Budget of the Narendra Modi Government at its mid-point takes care to shift emphasis to farmers and agriculture, ahead of a round of state...

Delivering the 2016-17 Budget speech, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said the government will partner with Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce and...

Politics of shoot and scoot makes Rahul a poor replica of Arvind KejriwalA large section of the media might be pretty happy to have cornered the...

In a cleverly crafted budget, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has attempted to work out a fine balance between politics, economic growth, social...

For the first time, the Union government has presented a Budget that is focused more on state elections than on business concerns for the industrial...

The Agriculture Marketing Department’s Gobind Bhog Utsab will be remembered for a long time, not by all those who attended it but even by those who...

Maharashtra is planning to use treated sewage water for cooling steam in its coal-based thermal power stations. The idea will be implemented for the...