In Bihar 2003, EC took longer, allowed EPIC, checked citizenship selectively

In SC, poll panel defends 2003 cut-off but overlooks key contrasts with ongoing revision of rolls.

Stormy session ends: 12 Bills passed, no SIR discussion, low productivity

Sloganeering, displaying placards and planned deadlock are not in accordance with the dignity of Parliament, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said Thursday as the turbulent Monsoon session concluded. Both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha were adjourned sine die Thursday.

70% of $69 mn USAID funding went to Tibetan community, HIV issue

Over the last three years, nearly 70% of the $69 million USAID funding in India went for the cause of Tibetan community and HIV/AIDS, making them the largest recipients of support, ac-cording to government data tabled in Parliament.

NTCA limits tiger corridors to minimal requirement, multiple projects to benefit

In a volte-face less than a month after it affirmed before the Bombay High Court that the identification of tiger corridors must take cognizance of multiple scientific studies and parameters, the National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) issued a clarification yesterday, limiting the number of such corridors, primarily, to only 32 "least cost path-ways" identified in 2014.

UP to restore Piprahwa relics at original site - near Nepal border

With Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath declaring during a re-cent session in the state Assembly the Piprahwa relics repatriated to India recently, nearly 127 years after they were taken out of the country - would be brought back to Uttar Pradesh, ambitious plans are afoot here to restore the Buddhist artifacts to their original extraction site in Piprahwa village.

The skills check

India's vocational training system needs to reinvent itself to boost employability.

ARTIST & THE MACHINE

Controversy over an Al-created film frames unsettled questions about creative labour, ownership. A conversation must begin.

AGAINST OPPOSITION, NOT CORRUPTION

Bill to remove arrested ministers will be weaponised to target political opponents.

Insurance companies caution: Zero GST could raise costs, erode input tax credits

While customers may be cheering the possibility of a zero GST regime for individuals in the health and life insurance segment, insurance companies are raising red flags. Insurers are citing structural challenges such as the inverted duty structure that could potentially leave them with unutilised input tax credits (ITCs). These ITCs cannot be utilised since there is zero GST on health and life policies to offset the higher GST paid on various input services, industry executives said.

Cotton import duty cut: Boon for industry, message to US

The government had on Monday agreed to a long-standing demand of the textile industry to eliminate the 11 per cent duty on cotton imports, in a bid to soften the impact of high US tariffs on the labour-intensive sector, which is expected to take the hardest hit from the 50 per cent US levy.

First time in decades, population of US immigrants drops, says Pew analysis

For the first time in decades, more immigrants are leaving the United States than arriving, a new study finds, an early indication that President Trump's hard-line immigration agenda is leading people to depart - whether through deportation or by choice.

Tariffs and the US economy

Four and a half months after Trump announced his 'reciprocal' tariffs, what is the impact on the US economy?

As more of the increased costs due to tariffs are passed on to end consumers, the data could get worse.

PLANTING TREES IN TROPICS HAS MOST POSITIVE CLIMATE IMPACTS: STUDY

IT is well known that planting trees helps cool the climate by pulling carbon out of the atmosphere. But where they are planted matters, a new study in the journal npj Climate Action has found

Why environmentalists have criticised Haryana govt's definition of 'forest'

The Haryana government on Monday officially defined what the word "forest" means.

Officials say that the state's definition is aligned with "judicial expectations". But environmentalists have criticised it for being too narrow and leaving the ecologically sensitive Aravalli ridge vulnerable to illegal mining and real estate encroachment.