OPERATIONAL CHALLENGES

How Indian Railways is taking on the Atmanirbhar Bharat challenge, in 5 points

DMRC took a major step towards the development of an indigenously-built signalling technology for metro trains in line with the govt's flag...

NBFCs may have lower bad loan ratios than banks yet challenges remain

Bad loans for banks may rise to 14.8% under severe condition, Reserve Bank of India said. NBFCs’ bad loan ratio was 6.8% at the end of Sept...

ITC tanks on new cigarette policy; analysts say long-term story intact

Major policy changes proposed in the draft bill include increasing the minimum smoking age from 18 to 21 years, a complete ban on public sm...

Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India floats voluntary retirement scheme to sustain operations

According to people in the know, HMSI Tuesday initiated the voluntary retirement scheme which is applicable to all permanent associates on ...

Resilient IT sector gears up for growth opportunities, challenges amid 'new normal'

There were concerns that the pandemic might have an impact similar to the one seen during the 2008 financial crisis.

Regional forces together can challenge BJP: Hemant Soren

The central government broke the federal system and under the new GST rule, took all financial powers from the state and has left the state...

Migrants to key goods, how railways met lockdown challenge

Barely days after the government declared complete lockdown in March suspending operation of air, road and rail travel due to the pandemic,...

Telcos call on disaster relief bodies to upgrade to advanced tools

The Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI), which represents Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel, besides equipment vendo...

Unwinding liquidity will be a major challenge for RBI: Subbarao

The central bank announced a series of liquidity easing measures as its response to the COVID-induced contraction in the economic activity ...

Government issues guidelines for coronavirus vaccination drive, set to use Co-WIN platform

According to the guidelines issued to states recently, the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) system - a digitalised platform - wi...

Need to integrate foreign and military policies to deal with national security challenges: S Jaishankar

Delivering the second Manohar Parrikar memorial lecture on the former defence minister’s birth anniversary, Jaishankar, in a veiled fashion...

COVID-19: Businesses face cash crunch as the greatest challenge to maintain staff and operations

With businesses already undergoing significant competitive pressure prior to the crisis, government restrictions, health challenges and the...

View: India’s urbanisation challenges and the way forward

The political economy of development in India has always leaned rural. It was not until 2005 when the JNNURM was launched to reform cities ...

Hero MotoCorp's CoLabs to roll out various initiatives over the year to source ideas

Commenting on the development, Hero MotoCorp Head of Strategy Malo Le Masson said, "Hero CoLabs is an exciting crowd-sourcing platform, whi...

India Mobile Congress to be held from December 8-10

Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) Director General Lt Gen SP Kochhar, while announcing the dates at a curtain raiser for IMC, ...

CRPF inks MoU with IIT-Delhi, DRDO to prepare tech experts from among force

The CRPF is designated as the lead internal security force of the country and is the mainstay for anti-Naxal operations in Left Wing Extrem...

One month out, battered Trump campaign faces big challenges

Trump's reelection team, battered on all sides, now enters the final month of the campaign grappling with deficits in the polls, a shortage...