Tripura polls: BJP manifesto offers greater autonomy but silent on jobs, pension

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Thursday unveiled an election manifesto for Tripura promising greater autonomy for the tribal council, as well as an increase in sops for farmers, women and......

Beggar accepts alms on PhonePe, Paytm

Shailajanand Mishra lists The Top Videos of the Week! Take a look. IMAGE: He hangs a QR code around his neck. A quick scan and you can give him the amount you want. Photograph: ANI Photo Every......

HC cancels Maharashtra exam for Class XI admission

The Bombay high court on Tuesday cancelled the Common Entrance Test for Class 11 in Maharashtra, scheduled for August 21, saying it would result in "gross injustice" and affect students' "right to......

New academic session in varsities by Oct 1: UGC

The new academic session in universities and colleges across the country will begin from October 1, while the admission process has to be completed by September 30, according to new guidelines of......

Emotix, a Mumbai-based startup launches personal robot for kids

The robot can hold long conversations, track the child's mood and is controlled from an app on the parents' smartphone For generations, filmmakers have dreamt up stories of sentient robots as best......

The house of textbooks

Vanita Kohli-Khandekar reports on the ongoing battle for the top spot between publishers S Chand and Navneet. IMAGE: Both S Chand and Navneet don’t rule out more acquisitions. And both......

Meet the Harvard grads who offer a novel way to teach students

With Xseed, a for-profit start-up, teachers are reskilling themselves and offering a route out of rote to children in schools. Image: Ashish Nagpal, founder of Xseed says his teaching modules are......

Inspiring! This Marathoner wants you to break free

Partially paralysed, but with unbreakable will power and determination, Nihad Panju beat the odds to run his 4th Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.The 26 year old tells Rediff.com's Norma Godinho he wants......