Anti-government sect ‘Netaji’ eviction provokes a huge controversy

A huge political controversy has erupted in Uttar Pradesh after 26 people were killed and hundreds were arrested in Mathura, where violence broke when the police tried to dismiss the sectarian illegal occupants in a land owned by the government.

Tech provider Sabre gains grounds in India

India passes the proposal for Indian Post Payment Bank

Immediately after the Indian Union cabinet passed the proposal for Indian Post Payment Bank (IPPB), it created ripples in the Indian market. Various private firms are approaching union government with offers of joint venture, equity partnership and many other mutual benefits.

POP airline flights from London to Amritsar and Ahmedabad

POP airline is set to launch flights from London to two secondary cities in India and promises to devote 51 pc of its profits to social projects. Does that sound mysteriously philanthropic? POP is a new low-cost carrier that plans to fly from Stansted very soon. Encouraged by cro...

Bountiful monsoon showers in the country

India Meteorological Department (IMD) predicts well-distributed rains crosswise India, which will help to lift up the Indian agrarian economy. Upholding to the rain forecasts made by private weather forecasters, India’s official weather forecasting agency, the India Meteorologi...

Internet users base grew at 40% in India in 2015

Internet users in India reached to 277 million, making it the only country in 2015 with a growth rate of 40%. India became the world’s second largest country in terms of Internet users, ahead of US and behind China, even if retail online sales have been much less dynamic recent...

India-Israel Defence Ties

Ties between India and Israel are looking up. India is Israel’s biggest arms exporter and Israel India’s fourth largest arms supplier. Given Israel’s technological expertise and India’s immense market, the partnership is more of a necessity and not merely an option. If it...

Europe India Foundation for Excellence

As Modi government completed two years in office, one of his pet schemes, Skill India, was in focus here in Paris as UNESCO hosted a Global Skill Development Meet, attended by delegations from various countries around the world. The meet was organised by the Europe India Foundati...

Housing and Land Rights Network NGO’s challenges

New Delhi based NGO Housing and Land Rights Network (HLNR) addresses the crucial issue of housing shortage in the Indian capital, providing shelter and legal help to homeless people and slum inhabitants. But these are provisory solutions and the roots of the problem – from proh...

India’s equalisation levy on Google and Facebook

Facebook, Google and other transitional online firms are now liable to pay an equalisation levy for all the digital services they provide in India. Will it solve the tax inconsistency related to the e-commerce or aggravate the complexity for mid-scale enterprises in India? Althou...

India becomes a $2 trillion dollars economy

The acceleration of growth in the 4th quarter – January-March, at 7.9% has powered the Indian economy that has crossed the symbolic mark of a 2 trillion dollars economy, at INR exchange rate of around 67 dollars. On the whole, in 2015-2016, India grew at 7.6%, boosted by th...

India-EU FTA: Moving or Standing still?

It seems both the sides have started talking to each other and communicating to each other on the process. Indications are coming that India is ready to work with the European Union (EU) to sort out “issues of concern’’ related to the proposed bilateral free trade agreement...