Navtan Kumar, Author at The Sunday Guardian Live

Severe demand-supply gap in organ transplants

Hospitals are not taking interest in Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s move to channelise and coordinate nationwide activities for procuring and distributing...

Tejashwi gets a boost from bypoll results

The recent byelection results in Bihar have come as a shot in the arm for Tejashwi Yadav, who has taken the Rashtriya Janata Dal...

BJP will tread cautiously in Kairana bypoll

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will tread cautiously in the coming bypolls for Kairana (Uttar Pradesh) Lok Sabha seat, following the shocking defeat in...

#MeTooPM: Third Front teeming with hopefuls

The Third Front may yet to be formed, but regional leaders who want to be part of this non-BJP, non-Congress front, already fancy themselves...

Centre attaches more than 1,000 benami properties

The Centre has made provisional attachments in more than 1,000 cases of properties under the Benami Act, involving more than Rs 3,800 crore. The attachments...

Centre may increase age limit for Atal pension scheme

The Centre is planning to raise the maximum age limit for entering the Atal Pension Yojana (APY) from 40 to 50 years. There is...

Bill to set up coal monitor will be reintroduced

The government is considering to re-introduce the Coal Regulatory Authority Bill 2013, in the Lok Sabha, following Cabinet decision to allow commercial mining of...

Congress headquarters will shift to Kotla

After the BJP shifted its office to a new premises, the Congress too is all set have a new address in Delhi, close to...

NDA MP warned UPA about NPAs, but was ignored

Rajya Sabha MP Rajeev Chandrasekhar has been raising the issue of widespread fraud and corruption in the banking system since the UPA period. He...

Opposition fails to unite against BJP in UP bypolls

Opposition parties have failed to unite against the BJP for the byelections in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, scheduled to...

Court’s ‘oral observation’ being cited to target BJP leader in a land dispute case

In what could turn out to be a major administrative lapse, the Raghubar Das government in Jharkhand overturned the “stay” granted by the state...

Aadhar does not maintain unique records: UIDAI

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) does not certify the identity, address, date of birth, residential status or existence of any individual or...

Railways will axe 13,000 absentee employees

The Indian Railways has decided to terminate about 13,000 employees who have been found absent for a long time. They constitute about 1% of...

UPA’s health insurance plan benefitted only 1.4 crore poor

The health insurance scheme launched by the UPA-I government failed miserably, as only 1.40 crore poor could be treated under it, in the last...

‘Violations against Hindus are often not tracked’

A report on human rights against the Hindus has brought to light the discrimination against the community in India and abroad. According to a report, there...

Book Review: ‘Heartfulness’ is about seeking the essence beyond form and reality behind ritual

The Heartfulness Way: Heart-Based Meditations for Spiritual Transformation By Kamlesh D. Patel & Joshua Pollock Publisher: Westland Pages:221 Price: Rs 299 As we manoeuvre through the many demands of...

54% seats empty, luxury trains witness a dip in number of tourists

There has been a drastic decrease in the number of tourists taking the five luxury trains that are run by Indian Railways in association...

Railway safety gets top priority in budget

The Centre has accorded the highest priority to safety in Railways as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, in his budget, allocated Rs 73,065 crore for...

Padma awards process democratised by PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has democratised the process of selection for Padma Awards, which has resulted in more and more unsung heroes getting recognition. This...

Speculation rife over Jay Panda joining BJP ahead of Odisha polls

Senior Biju Janata Dal (BJD) leader and Lok Sabha MP from Kendrapara (Odisha), Baijayant Jay Panda, who was suspended from the party this week,...

1 lakh drop in number of IIT-JEE applicants

There has been a considerable dip, more than one lakh, in the number of students appearing for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) to secure...

Former allies JDU and RJD will face litmus test in Araria bypoll

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is hopeful that it would win the Araria (Bihar) byelection, which is being seen as a litmus test for...

India’s steel production crossed another milestone in 2017

India’s crude steel production crossed another milestone after it crossed 100 million tonne (MT) in 2017, making it “very close” to Japan, the second...

Centre unlikely to tweak FDI in multi-brand retail

The Centre is unlikely to tweak the existing policy on Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in multi-brand retail, though it recently allowed the same in...

Centre’s efforts to streamline direct selling business bearing fruit

The Centre’s bid to streamline direct selling business in the country has started bearing fruit with as many as 124 companies informing the government...

BJP will launch drive to woo millennials

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) youth wing has decided to launch a special campaign to target new voters who were born in the 21st...

Indian doctors link cases of heart attack with genetics

A team of Indian doctors has traced the genetic link of heart attack in young people, which is said to be often missed even...

BJP top party in Rajya Sabha this year

The Bharatiya Janata Party is all set to make major gains in the Rajya Sabha this year, as, along with its allies, it is...

EC pushes for Aadhaar linked voter ID cards

The Election Commission of India wants to link Aadhaar to the Electors’ Photo Identity Card (EPIC) or “Voter I-card”, a move which will usher...

Indian company’s cigarette filter arrests 85% harmful smoke compounds

An Indian company has come out with a unique cigarette filter technology which will arrest harmful smoke compounds, thereby, reducing the chances of cancer...

Sunil Jakhar’s resignation sparks strife within Punjab BJP

BCCI paid heed to Pak allies’ warning against travel

India strikes back as drug trafficking reaches alarming proportions

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