Inaugurating a key conference on disaster-resilient infrastructure in France, Prime Minister Narendra Modi highlighted that coastal regions and islands are at great risk because of climate change.
Rajasthan's Chief Wildlife Warden said this week that 25 tigers in Ranthambore National Park have gone missing over the last year.
The fear generated by the wolf pack of Bahraich is being felt in other parts of the country. After 8 people, including 7 children and a woman, were killed by wolves over around 45 days, neighbouring Bihar is seeing a panic reaction.
A banned practice of using spiked rods and fireballs to drive away wild animals has led to the death of an elephant in West Bengal's Jhargram district on Thursday. Conservationist Prerna Singh Bindra shared the incident in an online post on Saturday.
Union Minister Hardeep Puri on Tuesday dismissed the opposition's charge that the Budget 2024 was "discriminatory" and handed out special treatment to states run by supporting parties.
"He used to tell me, 'don't worry, Canada is very safe'," Jitesh Vasudev said today, recounting his conversations with his 21-year-old son Kartik, who was shot dead in Toronto.
Preliminary evidence on Omicron suggests "higher transmissibility", WHO Regional Director for South East Asia Dr Poonam Khetrapal told NDTV today, adding that "regardless of the change in severity, increase in cases alone may pose overwhelming demand
Omicron, a new Covid variant said to be "highly transmissible", has spread to at least 59 countries.
AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria said untainted data was important to calibrate the country's response to the pandemic.
Covaxin-maker Bharat Biotech's Raches Ella's post objecting to a study that compares the immune response of the two vaccines used in India led to an interesting exchange on Twitter on Monday.
The chances of adult recipients of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine - made in India as Covishield - developing blood clots, even mild ones, is "very rare", AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria told NDTV on Sunday
What caused the devastating flash flood in Uttarakhand on Sunday, that has killed 18 people and left over 200 missing in the hill state? While experts say it is too early to point out what caused the disaster, different theories have emerged, from the incident being a "glacial lake outburst flood" to an avalanche, leading to debris falling in the river. Environmentali...
Indian doctors' response to the Covid pandemic has been "exceptional", Soyeb Aftab - the young man who topped the NEET - held last month despite protests over the virus spreading even further - with a perfect score of 720, told NDTV on Monday
Cyclone Amphan is expected to cause "phenomenal flooding" when it strikes India's coast later today, an official private weather forecaster Skymet said, tracking the path of the storm as it barreled towards India.
Thousands of women holding protests in Shaheen Bagh against the citizenship law, had some unexpected company today: A group of Sikh men, part of a farmers' union, who came all the way from Punjab.
It might take US President Donald Trump a few more years to complete the formalities to pull out of the Paris climate accord. But many experts at the Clean Energy Ministerial in Beijing this month suggest President Trump's walking out of the deal might not be such a big setback as was feared initially.
Claiming that "vested interests" had misconstrued its cattle trade rule, Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has told NDTV that the government was willing to revisit the rule that bans slaughter of cattle sold in animal markets, saying "it is not a prestige issue for us".
Union Minister Harsh Vardhan has denied the allegation of US President Donald Trump that India will double coal production till 2020, saying the country is hoping to achieve climate targets "well before time".
California's Democrat Governor Jerry Brown has said President Donald Trump's pulling US out of the Paris Climate Accord has had an unexpected result. Instead of the support for the move that he expected, people in the US and abroad have woken up to the pressing need to stop climate change.
After President Donald Trump pulled the US out of the Paris Accord, there are questions on who will take its place and push for action to stop climate change. The question has become more pronounced as the 8th Clean Energy Ministerial - a global forum to share best practices for transition to clean energy - begins in Beijing. China, European Union and India are increa...
The Delhi tourism industry fears losing the Golden Triangle of Delhi-Agra-Jaipur from the list of 'must-see' places if the air quality in the capital does not improve soon.
One of the most eagerly-awaited sporting events in the national capital, the Delhi Half Marathon to be held later this month, has a cloud of uncertainty looming over it this year.
India's most famous tiger and perhaps the most photographed big cat in the world, Machhli died on Thursday, days after the 19 year old tigress stopped eating.
Is tourism disturbing our big cats and should tourism be banned in the core areas of our tiger reserves? Well, that's what some activists say.
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दूसरी आज़ादी लाई GST - पहले परांठा, अब आटा, हीरे पर कम, स्याही पर ज़्यादा...Ravish Kumar
Tuesday July 19, 2022मोहम्मद ज़ुबैर का केस कानून की प्रक्रिया को लेकर एक गंभीर बहस का मुद्दा बन गया है. महंगाई से लेकर मुकदमे का एक ही हाल है.अब तो चीफ जस्टिस भी कह रहे हैं कि जल्दबाज़ी में गिरफ्तारी होने लगी है.
Opinion: GST, Historical Tax Reform, At 5 Years, Has Lost Its WayAndy Mukherjee | Bloomberg
Thursday July 07, 2022Five years ago, India's federal and state governments struck a historic deal. From July 1, 2017, a uniform tax on goods and services - marketed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as "One Nation, One Tax, One Market" - replaced a bewildering array of loc
Opinion: In GST Row, Centre Throws Nationalism Argument At StatesPraveen Chakravarty
Monday August 31, 2020Rules by bureaucrats, legalese by lawyers and analysis by economists are cold, futile methods to resolve this crisis when the need of the distressed hour is a warm, empathetic hand of the political leadership.
Blogs: सरकार ने दी कॉरपोरेट टैक्स में राहत, क्या आम आदमी को होगा फायदा?Ravish Kumar
Saturday September 21, 2019अगले शुक्रवार का इंतज़ार कीजिए क्या पता आम लोगों का भी टैक्स से राहत मिल जाए, या क्या पता पुरानी पेंशन व्यवस्था ही बहाल हो जाए. वित्त मंत्री जिस तरह शुक्रवार को अपना नया बजट पेश कर रही हैं, राहतों का एलान कर रही हैं, उसमें कुछ भी उम्मीद की जा सकती है. आखिर कारपोरेट ने कब सोचा होगा कि सरकार उसे एक दिन 1 लाख 45 हज़ार का घाटा उठाकर करों में छूट देगी. इस फैसले को ऐतिहासिक और साहसिक बताया गया है.
Blogs: अरुण जेटली को कैसे समझ आ गया एक GST रेट, क्या आप समझ पाए...?Ravish Kumar
Thursday January 24, 20194 अगस्त, 2016 को हमने एक लेख लिखा था. उस हफ्ते राज्यसभा में GST को लेकर बहस हुई थी. कांग्रेस और BJP के नेताओं की बहस को सुनते हुए मैंने लिखा था, "राज्यसभा में वित्तमंत्री अरुण जेटली और पूर्व वित्तमंत्री पी चिदंबरम की भाषा और देहभाषा ऐसी थी, जैसे दोनों एक चैप्टर पढ़कर आए हों और उसे अपना पर्चा बताने का प्रयास कर रहे हों...
Blogs: क्या आपको नौकरी मिल रही है?Ravish Kumar
Thursday December 20, 2018मुख्यमंत्री कमलनाथ के बयान के बहाने आपने देखा कि भारत के कई राज्यों में उद्योगों में 70 से 90 प्रतिशत स्थानीय लोगों को रोज़गार देने की नीति है. मगर हमारे पास यह देखने का आंकड़ा नहीं है कि इस नीति से स्थानीय लोगों को कितना रोजगार मिला और वह रोज़गार उस राज़्य के कुल बेरोज़गारों का कितना प्रतिशत था.
Blogs: 35 लाख लोगों की नौकरी गई और विज्ञापन पर ख़र्च हुआ 5000 करोड़Ravish Kumar
Thursday December 20, 2018उन 35 लाख लोगों को प्रधानमंत्री सपने में आते होंगे, जिनके एक सनक भरे फैसले के कारण नौकरियां चली गईं. नोटबंदी से दर-बदर हुए इन लोगों तक सपनों की सप्लाई कम न हो इसलिए विज्ञापनों में हज़ारों करोड़ फूंके जा रहे हैं.
Opinion: Yawning Deficits to World-Beating Growth In PM Modi's 4 YearsVrishti Beniwal, Bloomberg
Friday May 25, 2018Prime Minister Narendra Modi completes four years in office on May 26. He's used the time to give India its biggest tax reform, overhauled a century-old bankruptcy law, revived stalled projects and got the World Bank to say Asia's No. 3 economy is a much better place to do business.
Blogs: GST और भारतीय बैंकों के सामने बड़ा संकटRavish Kumar
Tuesday May 08, 2018सरकारी बैंकों के सामने एक नई चुनौती आ खड़ी हुई है. जीएसटी के महानिदेशालय ने बैंकों को नोटिस जारी कर पूछा है कि पिछले पांच साल के दौरान सर्विस टैक्स न देने के कारण क्यों न उन पर दंड और ब्याज़ लगाए जाएं? मिंट अख़बार के सलाहकार संपादक तमल बंधोपाध्याय ने लिखा है कि एक अनुमान के मुताबिक यह राशि 45,000 करोड़ के आस पास बैठती है. अगर इस पर दंड और जुर्माना लगा तो यह 13.5 खरब हो जाएगी. बैंक इतना पैसा कहां से लाएंगे.
Blogs: जमकर हो रही है कर चोरी, जीएसटी के बाद भी, राज्यों का राजस्व घटाRavish Kumar
Thursday January 18, 2018क्या जीएसटी के कारण राज्यों का औसत राजस्व घटा है? दावा था कि राज्यों का राजस्व बढ़ेगा. बिहार के उप मुख्यमंत्री सुशील कुमार मोदी का कहना है कि ज़्यादातर व्यापारी 20 लाख से कम टर्नओवर वाले हो गए. इसके लिए सुशील मोदी ने suppression of turnovers शब्द का इस्तेमाल किया है.
Opinion: Modi's Regime Of Superheroes Is A Myth. Take A LookDerek O'Brien
Sunday December 10, 2017Every day, the government - the BJP and its family are Olympic gold medallists in propaganda techniques and technology - pummels us with more numbers, more statistics, more surveys and more data to prove it's a Regime of Superheroes.
Opinion: Modi-Shah Will Not Lose Gujarat For Another Decade Is My BetRana Ayyub
Wednesday December 06, 2017If elections are about perception, then the BJP won Gujarat even before Rahul Gandhi launched his extensive campaign in the state. In the last few months, much has been made about his aggressive campaigning in the state. About the Patidars and Hardik Patel's electoral speeches. About GST and the impact it has on the traders in Surat and in the business community.
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