Greenpeace India, which has been under scrutiny by the Union Home ministry for “preventing economic growth in India” and on social media for the way it handled sexual harassment allegations, said it was changing its India leadership. “Greenpeace India’s Executive Director Samit Aich and Programmes Director Divya Raghunandan have bid adieu, and we graciously welcome […]
Following a similar report from Monster India, the biggest hiring portal of the country — Naukri.com, has also pointed to a sharp increase in hiring in June this year. Naukri’s Job Speak Index for the month of June 2015 stood at 1749, up 11% over June 2014. Essentially, the index compares the number of new […]
Some people age far faster than others even if they look young, a study of over a thousand people conducted by University of Otago in New Zealand confirmed. The study found that at a real age of 38, some of the participants were showing signs of being much older than they should be even if […]
Parag Sawant, the last survivor of the Mumbai 7/11 serial blasts passed away today morning at the P.D. Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai. Parag Sawant had been admitted to the hospital on July 12, 2006 post the 7/11 serial blasts in Mumbai with severe head injuries. He was in deep coma for about two years and […]
Commonfloor.com has introduced a new ‘Free-lenser’ program aimed at amateur and freelance photographers that will help them work and earn. CommonFloor is calling-in entries from photographers who are interested to "capture pictures of a locality which can depict the essence and nuisance of that area." "This first-of-its-kind program will work as a vehicle for photographers […]
Tata Trusts and Google India today announced the launch of a special program called “Internet Saathi” to help rural women use the Internet and benefit from it in their daily lives. “The joint initiative is aimed at bridging the technology gender divide, which currently puts women in rural India at further risk of getting […]
The Indian economy is kicking into the high gear, going by hiring data from Monster India, part of the global recruitment firm Monster Inc. With a 32 percent YoY growth, the month of June has registered the highest increase in the online recruiting this year, the company said. The index reading was 202. Launched in […]
Rating agency ICRA said the normalization of monsoon has increased the probability of GDP growth in India rising to 7.4-7.6% this year as well as that of an interest rate cut during the October-December quarter of this year. “Following bouts of unseasonal rainfall in the pre-monsoon period, the surplus monsoon rainfall in June 2015 has […]
The BJP has in-effect defeated the Left front in the Aruvikkara by-election and helped the Congress win by cutting into the Hindu votes in the constituency. While the Congress candidate KS Shabarinathan got 56,448 votes, the runner-up, M Vijayakumar of the Left, got just 46,320 votes. BJP’s O Rajagopal got 34,145 votes. The Congress was […]
India has extended additional Line of Credit (LOC) to the Government of the United Republic of Tanzania, of USD 268.35 million for financing the extension of Lake Victoria pipeline to Tabora, Igunga and Nzega in Tanzania. The loan has been routed through Export-Import Bank of India (Exim Bank). The line of credit agreement was signed […]
Tata AIG General Insurance Co, one of India’s top insurers, has been pulled up by the country’s top consumer court after the company claimed that it did not insure a buffalo as claimed by a farmer, and that someone had cheated the farmer by forging documents. “It is a sad story that the gullible persons […]
The National Consumer Rights Redressal Commission, India’s top consumer court, has reversed orders by lower foras that had awarded damages in lieu of a registered post that was lost in transit by India Post. Presiding member Justice JM Malik set aside the orders of district and Chhatisgarh state consumer commission after holding that India Post […]
Finance minister Arun Jaitley said India’s economic growth prospects for the current year is improving with the improvement in monsoon rains. Speaking an interaction with representatives of Silicon Valley companies such as Microsoft, Amazon, Oracle, Google, Cisco, First Solar, Aemetis, Ebay and so on, Jaitley said monsoon predictions are improving and with it the prospects […]
Swaraj Abhiyan, the new outfit floated by Aam Aadmi Party leaders Prashant Bhushan and Yogendra Yadav, said it is planning to establish ‘Aman’ or peace committees across India to counter religious polarization. The move is a response to attempts by fundamentalist religious and political forces to increase divisions within the Indian society, Prashant Bhushan said. […]
An advertisement by the government of Delhi, seeking support for Arvind Kejriwal, “who is being attacked by the corrupt every day” is going viral on social media. However, as so often happens, many, if not most of the people sharing the “public interest” advertisement are sharing it for its entertainment value, rather than its intended […]
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is at your fingertip now. You can email him, send him a text and expect a reply from him also if possible. You have to be just the owner of a smartphone which can download “Narendra Modi App”. This new App is one more attempt by Modi to reach out […]
The Department of Telecom is unlikely to allow all telecom operators to conduct spectrum swapping, and permit only those players who hold only auctioned spectrum to do so. This move is likely to severely restrict the benefits and applicability of spectrum swapping as ‘subsidized spectrum’ allocated in earlier years is lying co-mingled with newer auctioned […]
Average salaries across India Inc. increased by 10.8% in 2015 as per the latest Towers Watson 2015-16 Asia Pacific Salary Budget Planning report. “India is clearly among the front-runners with a 10.8% average salary increase, ahead of countries like Indonesia at 9.5%, China at 8.6% and Philippines at 6.7%,” the professional services company said. Mature markets […]
Terra Motors, a Japanese maker of e-rickshaws and two-wheelers, will open dealerships across the country, the company said. The company is aiming at opening 80 outlets pan India by the end of next year. e-rickshaws are a growing category in India, spurred by the need to cut pollution in India’s big cities and the rising […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi suddenly seems to be Manmohnized. His hyper active twitter handle has gone silent on the hottest controversy of the day and he has practically disappeared from the reach of camera, which he loves so much. His cabinet ministers are holding brief for him when the people want to know his “mann […]
