The Prime Minister, citing no credible evidence, says small shopkeepers will not be hurt by the entry of large foreign retailiers into the country. His party president, on the other hand, is asking him to go slow on this front. Will this lead to a different course in the government's thinking, or is this simply a smoke-screen, asks Devinder Sharma.

If our media can provide regular updates on the stock markets, foreign exchange and bullion rates, weather, pollution, etc., surely they can add a poverty watch? The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty passed on 17 October, and Ammu Joseph scanned the national press from Bangalore.

In what appears to be a damning indictment of the Five Year Plans, launched in 1951, as well as the economic reforms process that began in 1991, the first ever socio-economic survey has painted a dismal picture of rural India, says Devinder Sharma.

Karnataka's state government proposes to divert the waters of the Goa bound Mahadayi river back into the Malaprabha river to counter acute water scarcity. Kanchi Kohli digs deeper.

Subramaniam Vincent profiles eGovernments Foundation's partnership with Karnataka to create better property-tracking systems, and notes the early gains for the state.

There seems to be a steady increase in the acceptance of Bt cotton by Karnataka farmers. And, after experiencing the disastrous consequences of spurious seeds, farmers are particular about buying only from authorised sources. But disturbing and worrisome trends remain, reports Keya Acharya.

The devotees of historical Veera Narayana Temple at Gadag now have an important lesson to take home along with their theerth and prasad. That if they harvest rainwater falling on their land into the mother earth's womb, they won't have to suffer in the summer. Shree Padre reports.

In Karnataka, job-training programmes are on offer at a number of institutes, and yet, students unable to make it into college are not lining up in large numbers. Ironically, a manpower crunch exists across industries at the entry level, placing employers in a bind. Padmalatha Ravi digs deeper.

A study of women's lives in the L R Nagar slum of Bangalore shows how women's economic and social independence in the slum may be linked to age, as well the socio-economic constraints of individual families. Sarayu Pani summarises her study.

Are the numerous benefit schemes really helping anyone get out of poverty, or are they merely petty politics that victimises the poor, asks R Balasubramaniam.

नए अपडेट में सिक्योरिटी फिक्स और रिवॉर्ड के साथ एक नोट शेयर किया है. इसमें बग के चलते डेटा के हैक होने का खतरा बढ़ गया है.

CERT-In कहा है कि वैसे तो ऐसे ई-मेल से डरने की कोई जरूरत नहीं है लेकिन यूज़र्स को अपने सोशल मीडिया या किसी अन्य ऑनलाइन प्लेटफार्म में कोई छेड़छाड़ नजर आता है तो वे अपना पासवर्ड बदल लेना चाहिए.

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The Northeast Frontier Railway (NFR) has converted 315 coaches into 'Covid Care Centres' and are ready for placement at 20 nominated stations under its jurisdiction for use by the states concerned if they exhaust their facilities and need to augment capacities for isolation of both suspects and confirmed Covid cases.

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कंप्यूटर इमरजेंसी रिस्पोंस टीम (CERT-In) ने अपने एक नवीनतम परामर्श में कहा है कि वैसे तो ऐसे ई-मेल से डरने की कोई जरूरत नहीं है लेकिन यूजर्स को अपने सोशल मीडिया या किसी अन्य ऑनलाइन प्लेटफार्म में कोई छेड़छाड़ नजर आता है तो वे अपना पासवर्ड बदल लेना चाहिए.

Aarogya Setu, the government's mobile application developed to track Covid-19 patients, has emerged as a powerful tool to curb the spread of the virus as it helped alert authorities about more than 650 hotspots across the country and over 300 "emerging hotspots" which could have been missed otherwise, Niti Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant said.

Tamil Nadu on Thursday reported 580 Covid-19 cases, taking the state’s tally past 5,000 to 5,409. As the number of cases soared in the state capital and its neighbouring districts, all linked to the Koyambedu cluster, epidemiologists and public health experts warned that the crowds at liquor shops that opened on Thursday could result in another cluster and another surge in infections.

Migrant workers will no more be required to submit medical certificate while applying for police pass to travel to their home states, said city police commissioner Vishwas Nangare Patil on Friday.

The decline in the number of admissions at government schools has often been a source of considerable chagrin among officials in the education department.

The coronavirus pandemic has put all the plans and gatherings on hold, including the biggest fashion gathering of the year.

Daniel Radcliffe, who portrayed the bespectacled wizard in all eight movies, is one of several celebrities who are reading "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" to keep us entertained.

The need for more space due to potential social distancing norms in the near and distant future, expert say, is likely to offset the space gained by people working from home.

India has provided a stimulus which doesn’t even equal a percent of the country’s GDP when other countries have already pumped funds far in excess into their respective economies.

US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futures fell as much as 2.1 per cent to $24.05 a barrel and were down 14 cents at $24.41 a barrel at 0201 GMT. WTI has snapped a five-day winning streak.

Yes Bank's board had to be superseded by the RBI and the government earlier this year after alleged mismanagement under its founder CEO Rana Kapoor.

Karishma Tanna took to Instagram and shared a photograph of herself doing the complicated inverted yoga pose despite injured foot.

The show promises to take us into a terrifying world divided along class lines, literally and figuratively.

Arjun is also raising funds for animals that have been affected by the Covid-19 lockdown.

'Harry Potter' actor Rupert Grint and his longtime partner Georgia Groome have welcomed their first child together, a baby girl.

Google also blocked and removed coronavirus-related marketing pitches in recent months for policy violations including price-gouging and misleading claims.

The patent design suggests the keys on the keyboard be rather capacitive than tactile and the layout seems to be congested than wider.

Slim laptops pretty much define themselves, whereas convertibles are those that have hinge mechanism that allows you to push the display all the way back into a tent, presentation mode or a tablet mode.

Tendulkar's blitz narrowly edged out his match-winning 98 against arch-rivals Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup group match.

Former New Zealand wicketkeeper-batsman and commentator Ian Smith has been presented with the Bert Sutcliffe medal by New Zealand Cricket for "outstanding services to cricket".

On the other hand, Australia had lost to South Africa as well as to India in the same period.

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