India aims to establish itself as a study destination

In order to boost the Indian education system the Centre has launched the “Study in India” campaign, to attract international students to pursue their higher education from Indian colleges and universities. Thousands of Indian students go abroad every year in order to get bet...

Airbus signs deals with three Indian startups

The partnership with Stelae technology, Eflight, and Airpix will certainly give a push to ‘Make in India’ and ‘Startup India’ initiative.

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Angkor Wat

The beautiful Angkor Wat temple is considered to be a symbolic representation of Hindu cosmology. The place is a major site exemplifying religious, cultural and symbolic values, and has rich architectural, archaeological and artistic significance. Angkor Wat, the largest religiou...

National Register Citizens process based on ‘linguistic discrimination’

The NRC update process is “biased” against Bangla- speaking Muslims and Hindus in Assam, claims a civil society fact finding team. Nearly 1, 25,000 people have been presumed as ‘D-Voters’.

Indian airlines eyeing international skies

The profits of the global airlines have been strong since 2015, with wide regional variations; Indian carriers are struggling to keep their profit constant.

Law commission recommends legalising betting on sports

The law commission said that legalising betting in sports will generate immense revenue, which can be used for “social welfare”and in curbing underworld influence that is associated with the sport. The law commission of India has submitted a recommendation, suggesting the gov...

India becomes the sixth largest economy in the world

According to the latest World Bank data India has an estimated per capita income of USD 7,060 while France has USD 43,720 that is around six times more than that of India.

ReUnite – An app launched to track missing children

Thousands of children go missing in India every year. According to the Ministry of Women and Child Development, Government of India, about 2, 50,000 children have been registered as missing from 2012 to 2017. Tracking those children and rescuing them has always been a challenging...

One year of GST

The government called GST a game changer as it abolished several indirect taxes and brought them under one category. After the implementation of GST, tax slabs were changed several times, which resulted in delay in refunds and technical glitches in filing returns.

Power theft continues to hit Indian economy

As per the Central Electricity Authority, over 27 pc of all power produced in India is either lost due to dissipation from wires or theft. That’s about 261,130 Gigawatt/hour of power annually- enough to light up New York for nearly two years.

The FIFA frenzy in India

The FIFA is making businesses run into profit as the sales of merchandise and other football gears are continuously rising. TV makers are also luring clients by launching new television models and coming up with new financial schemes.