-Press Release by Shiv Nadar University New Delhi, 27th August, 2018: Shiv Nadar University (a comprehensive, multidisciplinary and research-focused institution) today hosted a National Water Conference at India International Centre to discuss issues related to the water crisis in India and identify the potential solutions to address the problem.  The implementation of a new policy paradigm with regards to the principles, approaches and strategies for managing water in India was one...

-The Hindu Business Line After Allahabad HC rebuff, power firms look for govt lifeline Mumbai: About 70 companies with a combined debt of approximately ?3.6-lakh crore face insolvency proceedings, with the deadline imposed by the Reserve Bank of India ending on Monday. These companies did not get any legal relief as the Allahabad High Court declined to stay the RBI’s February circular instructing banks to take all large accounts above ?2,000 crore...

-NetworkIdeas.org On Wednesday August 8, the Delhi High Court decriminalized begging in the capital. In the course of its hearing it had raised the question how begging could be an offence in a country where the government was unable to provide food and jobs; its final verdict is in line with this thinking. Of course there was no central legislation, or legislation relating specifically to Delhi, that had criminalized begging earlier;...

-Livemint.com While 10.7 million additional employees joined EPFO between September 2017 and June 2018, at least 6.04 million stopped subscribing to it: Government New Delhi: At least six million people, about 4.6 million of them under 35 years of age, left their formal jobs in the 10 months ending June and may or may not have rejoined work, according to payroll data released by the government on Friday. This is the first time...

-Scroll.in Dealers claimed that government-run oil firms are threatening to block supplies if the information is not provided. The Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas has asked 10 lakh employees at petrol pumps across the country for personal details like their caste, religion and which constituency they are from, NDTV reported on Tuesday. The information is ostensibly meant for a skill development programme, but dealers have threatened legal action, claiming that...