Use tech to scale up COVID-19 vaccination: Nilekani

'We are the only country in the world where everybody gets a digital vaccination certificate immediately... Then as we open up, as they did yesterday, which I think is a welcome move, you will have......

'India's skills development space worth $20bn a year'

Even as India may be celebrating its status of being one of the youngest nations in the world, the challenges it faces are manifold. Rediff.com's Abhishek Mande sits in on a session on skills......

Koodankulam under siege; scientists' entry prevented

Stepping up their protest against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant, agitators on Thursday staged a roadblock in front of the plant site, preventing entry of scientists and workers into the......

How Maken plans to make northeast youth drop guns

It is the government's way of discouraging young men and women from the troubled states of the northeast region from picking up arms against them. They have finalised a scheme in which skill......

'Next financial year will be much better'

'Revival is happening slowly.''But that is, if the pandemic is controlled.' IMAGE: A M Naik, group chairman, larsen and Toubro. Photograph: PTI Photo Anil Manibhai Naik, group chairman, Larsen and......

Reskill or refund: Retrenched workers face Hobson's choice

If retrenched workers are unable to reskill within a fixed period of time, they will have to return the money given to them by the government. Moreover, they may be asked to pay back an interest on......

Giving wings to startups

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a< recipe for creating 100,000 plus angel investors in India.Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Civil servants and politicians in India fervently murmur the word......

Why Rudy lost his job

Modi wanted to reap the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas's success in the 2019 election, but officials say blaming Rudy alone for its slow progress was unjust.Sahil Makkar reports. Rajiv Pratap Rudy's......

379 Indian sports persons failed dope tests in last 4 years

Three hundred and seventy-nine Indian sportspersons were caught for doping in the last four years, the Parliament was told on Tuesday.In a written reply, Sports Minister Vijay Goel listed the......