Punjab was the first state in the country that imposed curfew to stop the spread of coronavirus. But according to commentators, economic ramifications of the extension of the lockdown can be severe. At the national level, it is reckoned that a third of the country’s labour force including daily wa...
History is full of epics where small armies had knocked down bigger forces due to their meticulous strategies. Whether we talk about the tale of Goliath and David (in Bible), the battle of Panipat (fought in 1526), the battle of Saragarhi (1897) or the battle of Longewala (1971), all these remind us...
Kerala Tourism Partnership Meet 2020 is being organised in tenIndian cities. Recently, Kadakampally Surendran, Minister ˗ in ˗ Charge Department of Tourism, Kerala, said that the meet is coinciding with the upcoming festival season and would provide opportunities for...
In a cabinet decision on January 22, the Maharashtra state government allowed shops, malls, and eateries to remain open 24x7. Maharashtra tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray, who had floated this idea a few years back, said the decision will “boost the nightlife in the city” and strengthen Mumbai...
Section 4 of the Goods and Services (GST) Act states that if the collections from GST are down for any state, till the year 2022, the central government will have to pay compensation keeping the FY16 revenues of the state as base and guaranteeing 14% addition on top of it every year, out of the cess...
The 19th Madras Management Association (MMA) – Amalgamations Business Leadership Award was conferred on Azim Premji, Chairman, Wipro Limited, in recognition of his ability to build a business with impeccable integrity and uncompromising ethics. Premji has been successful in transforming Wipro into...
The distribution of wealth has seen the highest disparity all over the world during the last few decades.According to the Azim Premji University Centre for Sustainable Development’s ‘State of Working India-2019’ report, more than 57% of India’s regular wage earners have been earning less tha...
Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) was among the pioneer states of India in the field of implementation of land reforms. Terrorism and militancy had disturbed its march towards land reforms. Despite its challenges, the state continues to take care of landless persons by giving them government ceiling surpl...
There have been strong waves of development taking place in Sikkim since Prem Singh Tamang’s Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) formed the government in the recently held 2019 assembly elections.The government has placed many bills in the recently concluded state assembly budget sessions, many o...
Home Minister Amit Shah’s speech in both the houses was not striking in itself, but his pitch on the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) served to prevent the opposition from taking a steadfast stand against it, leading to passage of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Bill, ...
