Based on the productivity-linked bonus (PLB) formula by Railway Board, 12.26 lakh Indian Railways employees will get a bonus of 78 days wages. Around Rs 18,000 per worker just in time for the festive season. This will cost the treasury Rs 2000 crores.
Enthusiasts think BRICS is taking on the US-led West. Critics think it is just a weak wannabe. In reality, BRICS is undergirding the new global order that will bring together friends and foes alike. A Deep Analysis by Drishtikone.
Swami Dhirendra Shastri called for a meat-free Navratri in Bengal. Parties answered by invoking Shakta tradition. A restricted rite, stripped of its disciplines, has become “culture”, and Bengal uses its first taste of political freedom in decades to flaunt the very decay that helped undo it.
