Ashok Handoo writes: After 8.6 percent quarterly growth rate, it is now 8.8 percent. India’s economy has grown by 8.8 per cent in the first quarter of the current financial year ending June against 8.6 percent in the last quarter ending March. This is the strongest performance since 2007. The economy grew by just 6 percent in the [...]

New Delhi: Government of India have been having discussions with RIM, Canada over the last few weeks on the issue of lawful access by the law enforcement agencies to the communications passing through RIM systems. RIM have made certain proposals for lawful access by law enforcement agencies and these would be operationalized immediately. The feasibility [...]

After the telecom revolution it is now the turn of e-initiatives to change the life of common Indian. The day is not far when the common man will be able to access and process all his needs and deeds from his desktop, laptop or palmtop. The Government is making all efforts to translate the dream [...]

Nahan (Himachal Pradesh): The anxiety over the age of largest natural lake of the state Shri Renuka ji in Himachal Pradesh would be over in couple of months. Even more mysteries like change in climate in the zone as well as data of monsoon in the past hundred of years would also be find out. [...]

Nahan (Himachal Pradesh): Himachal Pardesh police seems to be worried over the use of satellite phone “THURAYA” by the foreign tourists in the state. Sources says in a feed back to state police headquarter the possibilities of the use of the satellite phone by the foreign tourists with thin the territory of  state could not be ruled [...]

Mahatma Gandhi NREGA, the visionary tool to mould the fortune of rural India is now on way to get Tech Savvy. Courtesy the use of ICT (Information and Communication Technology) tools to ensure that the benefit reaches out to the needy and the poor in rural areas in yet another step towards transparency. The process [...]

In view of the increased pressure on the airport infrastructure and also to create a world-class airport infrastructure upgradation/modernization of a number of Metro and Non-metro airports have been undertaken by Airports Authority of India (AAI), as well as through Joint Venture Companies. The restructuring of IGI Airport, New Delhi and CSI Airport, Mumbai are [...]

Kalpana Palkhiwala writes: Certain species are very hard to find like the snow leopard and the red panda that live in the high reaches of the Himalayan Mountains and  in the rain forests. But, this is not so with the Caracal because it resides in the easily approachable main lands of India, some are also the main tourism hubs of Indiasuch as Ranthambhore and Sariska. Yet, [...]

Ashok Handoo writes: “We are building a new India in which every citizen would have a stake,” announced the Prime Minister from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort. An India which would be prosperous, in which all citizens would live a life of honour and dignity, in peace and goodwill where problems would be solved through democratic means and [...]

Atul K. Tiwari writes: The vision enshrined in the concept of providing a roof to every rural poor, especially those living below the poverty line  dates back to 1985 i.e. during the Ninth Five Year Plan, under the ‘Special Action Plan for Social Infrastructure’ when Housing was identified as one of the priority areas which aimed at [...]

New Delhi/Srinagar (ANI): Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh unfurled the national flag and addressed the nation from the ramparts of the historic Red Fort on the occasion of the 64th Independence Day today. Elaborate security arrangements have been made in New Delhi especially around Red Fort. Sixty CCTV cameras were installed and NSG sharp shooters [...]

New Delhi: A confident Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh sent out a positive Independence Day message that he wants to resolve differences with Pakistan through dialogue, but much progress cannot be made unless terrorism emanating from its territory ends. Following are the highlights of his speech delivered on the occasion of India”s 64th Independence Day [...]

Anil Swarup writes: One of the most urgent and vexing problems in the developing world, more so in India, is how to finance and provide health care for more than a billion persons, most of whom are impoverished or belong to low income group.  In most Asian countries, health care is financed by out-of-pocket (OOP) payments by individuals.  These expenditures [...]

To safeguard India’s priceless monuments and archaeological sites, the Government has recently amended the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, which declares that no construction, including public projects, would be allowed within the 100metre ‘prohibited area’ which begins from the end of the protected area of monuments of national importance.  It also stipulates that Heritage [...]