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The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2019 and The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2019 are listed for consideration and passing in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. (Photo: File)

Locking up information: Crippling the RTI Act

The other reasons mentioned by the government in getting the amendment passed in the two Houses in less than 10 days all...

29 July 2019 6:40 AM IST

Union home minister Amit Shah speaks in the Rajya Sabha during Budget Session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on Wednesday. (Photo: PTI)

The letter kills, but the spirit revives

One pertaining to the content and intent of the Bills and the other about the passage of Bills without what they have...

29 July 2019 6:35 AM IST

The huge variation in the quality and facilities at the LKG and UKG institutions in the country is something which no modern nation can feel proud about.

Good bad ugly

In school education, the major and path-breaking recommendation is that early childhood education should become part of...

21 July 2019 6:29 AM IST

More Indian children are in school today than ever before, but the quality of public schools has sunk to abysmally low levels, as government schools have become the reserve of children at the very bottom of Indias social ladder.

Room for suspicion on caste-based quota

The Centre's aim is to revive an obsolete Sanskrit and make the language not only a subject to learn but also make it...

21 July 2019 6:22 AM IST

Completion of soft landing by Vikram the first attempt by any country to reach the Moons south pole and exploration of Pragyan would begin.

A launch pad for future explorations

At this point in time, it is difficult to envisage the kind of scientific discoveries likely by Chandrayaan-2.

14 July 2019 4:43 AM IST

Completion of soft landing by Vikram the first attempt by any country to reach the Moons south pole and exploration of Pragyan would begin.

India's big leap to moon

The rover is a six-wheeled AI-powered vehicle named Pragyan, which translates to wisdom' in Sanskrit.

14 July 2019 4:41 AM IST

Major urban agglomerates across the world have experienced water crisis in the recent past. Last year, Cape Town barely escaped Day Zero.

India must join global efforts to end water crisis

Water scarcity poses major challenges to the national as well as international security of an emerging economic power...

7 July 2019 7:01 AM IST

Even cities like Pune and Mumbai that depend upon reasonably reliable and established surface water supplies are no exception.

Groundwater: The lifeline of urban India

Securing urban groundwater in a rapidly urbanising India is key for water supplies.

7 July 2019 6:59 AM IST

Unless there is a complete change of mindset, that we accept we are predominantly an agriculture based nation, and always have been, the malaise will continue.

Advanced technology will help mitigate water woes

Dynamic flow modelling and tracking of rivers will also help in reservoir management and flood management.

7 July 2019 12:45 AM IST

Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and MoS Anurag Thakur distribute halwa to officials during the halwa ceremonyâ€ to mark the beginning of the printing of budgetary documents in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Marching to a new drumbeat: What to expect from Budget

Budget FY2020 should break this dismal trend and increase capital expenditure to 2 per cent of projected GDP.

30 Jun 2019 7:02 AM IST

Government support is required to make exports competitive, create export markets and attract global players towards India. (Representional Image)

Manufacturing needs to pick up

The industry is hopeful that the upcoming Union Budget will provide the necessary fillip in this direction.

30 Jun 2019 6:57 AM IST

Also to sustain the growth trajectory, it is expected that there would be further significant enhancements in the budgetary allocations to facilitate the growth and development of the food processing industry, since the last budget.

Food processing can help farmers

India produces large amounts of fruits, which is much more than what we consume.

30 Jun 2019 6:51 AM IST