India will have nine nuclear reactors by 2024 and a new nuclear project, the first in northern India, will come up 150 kms away from Delhi in Haryana’s Gorakhpur, the government informed the Rajya Sabha. Minister of State for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions Jitendra Singh said, “By 2024 you will have nine nuclear reactors…Continue Reading
As alarm over the new Covid strain, Omicron, spreads, World Health Organisation’s chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Thursday said the only way to tackle against any new variants is to get fully vaccinated. “Regardless of the variant, complete vaccination is likely to protect against severe disease and deaths, especially in older age groups,” Swaminathan wrote…Continue Reading
India’s health ministry urged responsibility, not fear, as it confirmed on Thursday that two cases of Omicron variant of coronavirus have been found in the country. Both the cases were reported from the southern Karnataka state. Two males, aged 66 and 46, have tested positive. According to Bengaluru civic authorities, the 66-year-old foreigner had come to…Continue Reading
The House reached a deal Thursday on a short-term government funding bill that would prevent a shutdown before a Friday deadline.The measure would fund the government at current levels through Feb. 18, House Appropriations Committee Chair Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., said in a statement. The House plans to pass the legislation Thursday afternoon.Both chambers of Congress…Continue Reading
CEOs across the economy were optimistic in their 2022 outlook before the omicron variant of Covid emerged. Are they still now?A recent survey from the Business Roundtable revealed confidence about the outlook into next year, but that was conducted before the first cases of omicron were reported. On Wednesday, as the first omicron case in…Continue Reading
Mr Levy defines these maxims as “one-sentence nuggets of wisdom meant to immortalise an important idea” Topics BOOK REVIEW | Literature Maxims for thinking analytically: The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser Author & Publisher: Dan Levy Price: Rs 2,173 If people who have reached middle age reflected on some of their big decisions, they would…Continue Reading
The aura around the heroes of the start-up world has added to the lure of entrepreneurship Topics BS Opinion | Entrepreneurship | Startups Recent headlines across international media and in India suggest that the pandemic has pushed thousands of “employees” to realise their entrepreneurial dreams. From trudging along as “workers”, they have now taken a leap of faith and…Continue Reading
Make in India for defence equipment is languishing in the absence of large orders that can make local production viable Topics Defence | BS Opinion | Indian military A fortnight ago in Jhansi, as part of the “Rashtriya Raksha Smarpan Parv” to mark the 75th year of Indian Independence, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi handed over to the Indian…Continue Reading
UIDAI is also looking forward to having more partners from India who can help it in taking the Aadhaar technology overseas. its CEO Saurabh Garg said Topics World Bank | Aadhar card | United Nations The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is working with the World Bank and United Nations to replicate the Aadhaar architecture in other…Continue Reading
All MPs must observe parliamentary etiquette Topics Parliament | Business Standard Editorial Comment | Rajya Sabha The dramatic dharna by the 12 suspended members of the Rajya Sabha under a statue of Gandhi and further disruption in both Houses of Parliament on their behalf have only served to highlight a chronic problem in the conduct of legislative business in…Continue Reading