The mission aims at about 1,00,000 high skilled job creation, direct and indirect, in the startup ecosystem and will give priority to women-led startups

On the industry front, apart from reduction in GST, we look forward to the introduction of the new Pesticide Management Bill, which was due last year.

The extension of the reservation system is likely to put additional pressure on private institutions as they have to make infrastructural arrangements to induct poor students from upper caste.

The move, which will benefit lakhs of academic staff members, would cost the Centre Rs 1,241.78 crore; the pay scales will be applicable from January 1, 2016.

Five pilots of Pakistan's flag carrier PIA have not even completed their matriculation, the country's aviation body told the Supreme Court after finding the academic credentials of seven pilots bogus.

\"An open source drug discovery programme allows capabilities to be linked and used, at negligible cost. India has already taken a step in this direction,\" says Samir K Brahmachari, Founder Director, CSIR-IGIB, and Former Director General, CSIR.