Although India is set to become water scarce country by 2025 due to demand-supply mis-match, the water sector is expected to see investment of USD 13 billion from overseas players in the next few years, a new study has said. - Source
Government is likely to make psychometric test mandatory for assessing the mental health of pilots of domestic carriers, a move which comes against the backdrop of a Germanwings co-pilot deliberately crashing a plane in the Alps in March. - Source
The ED of Gujarat had raided several places in Mumbai, Kalyan and Ulhasnagar on Friday in relation to the betting during the current IPL matches. - Source
In Shimla, residents will now have to produce a certificate proving they own enough parking space before they can go to a showroom and buy one. - Source
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Mass graves believed to contain bodies of hundreds of migrants from Myanmar and Bangladesh have been found in Malaysia, media reported said on Sunday.
A crucial meeting of trade ministers of key WTO member countries including India and the US will take place in Paris next month to discuss the pending issues of the Doha Round and finalise the agenda for the Nairobi ministerial meeting in December.
Officials in Afghanistan say at least 10 police officers have been killed in an ongoing Taliban assault in the country’s volatile south.
Ahead of the upcoming launch of the new version of premium hatchback Jazz in India, Japanese car maker Honda has started shipping the vehicle to South Africa from its plant in Rajasthan.
ALAETHAKAW VILLAGE, Myanmar (Reuters) – At least eight Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar were among some 200 migrants rescued from a trafficking boat by the Myanmar navy on Thursday, according to interviews conducted by Reuters, contradicting official accounts that all onboard were from Bangladesh.
Blog: Mr PM, wake up and smell the masala chai - Source
While many have questioned the relevance of individual metrics, or the wisdom of insisting on particular process metrics, Gardner is actually making a different, and I think even more important point here: you can’t look at individual metrics in a vacuum. There’s an opportunity cost each time we’re compelled to comply with specific metrics, and so even if each of these metrics individually makes sense, there’s an interaction effect, and collectively, something is lost. - Source
