MUMBAI: The Singapore govt is in talks with the Tata Group for a partnership to develop semiconductors. Senior Singapore govt officials, led by minister for law and home affairs K Shanmugam, met group chairman N Chandrasekaran this week to discuss semiconductors.Despite its small size, Singapore has 25 foundries and a robust semiconductor value chain. India…
Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) chairman Debashish Panda (Pic credit: PTI) MUMBAI: Insurance regulator Irdai’s chief has made a case for increasing foreign direct investment in the insurance industry to 100% to achieve the goal of ‘insurance for all’ by 2047.“Perhaps it’s time to open up for 100% FDI so more players who want…
AHMEDABAD: In an important judgment that could benefit 1.06 lakh women in Gujarat and over 24 lakh women across the country, the Gujarat high court has ruled that anganwadi workers (AWWs) and anganwadi helpers (AWHs) are entitled to be absorbed as “permanent employees holding civil posts” in the central or the state govts.Justice Nikhil Kariel…
NEW DELHI: Taking note of official figures that five trees are felled every hour in Delhi, Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a plea seeking a complete ban on cutting of any tree in the city without the court’s permission, which at present is applicable to only forest trees.Underscoring that something needs to be…
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Pic credit: Reuters) Pro-Khalistan separatists do not represent the Sikh community in Canada, PM Justin Trudeau has said. News reports said Trudeau made the remarks, for the first time, while addressing the Indian diaspora at a Diwali event in Ottawa’s Parliament Hill last week. “There are many supporters of Khalistan…
NEW DELHI: Delhi HC on Friday ordered Tihar jail authorities to provide necessary medical treatment to separatist Yasin Malik, who is serving a life sentence in a terror case and is on a hunger strike. Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta also issued notices to Centre, Delhi govt and Tihar jail authorities on a plea seeking Malik’s…
Isro chairman and secretary, department of space S Somanath (Pic credit: PTI) NEW DELHI: Isro is working to make India’s own regional navigation system (NaVIC) easily accessible to civilians soon, as the accurate positioning system was till now confined to strategic use, said Pawan Goenka, chairman of space regulator and promoter INSPACe. He said “by…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Karnataka govt and deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar, seeking their response on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea challenging the state govt’s decision to withdraw its consent to the agency to investigate a disproportionate assets (DA) case against him.A bench of Justices Surya Kant…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday said there is nothing wrong in income tax department deducting tax (TDS) from salaries paid to nuns and priests working as teachers in govt-aided Christian missionary schools even if they have taken a vow of poverty.Dismissing the appeals filed by nearly 100 dioceses and congregations from Tamil Nadu and Kerala,…
BENGALURU: Police in Congress-governed Karnataka filed Friday an FIR against Bangalore South MP Tejasvi Surya over a post on his social media handle that claimed a farmer had died by suicide after Waqf Board allegedly confiscated his property. The post, based on a media report, sparked controversy and led to an investigation.The case came a…
