Schools in West Bengal would be able to implement the "25 per cent poor children per class" quota under the Right To Education Act only from academic year 2011. A few schools, however, are......
Based on visits by its correspondents to schools in six states of the country, Business Standard brings you a six-part series on how ready or otherwise the system is to implement the new legal......
Dreams of a better life turned into a nightmare for several sex workers in Kolkata's largest red light district Sonagachi, who lost their lifelong savings in Ponzi schemes which promised to double......
The Indian Institutes of Managementhave historically had a minuscule representation of girls. This year, however, things are set to change. With the intention of creating more global and Indian......
If cricket is a religion in India, the FIFA World Cup must be God Himself. So it seems, going by the way Indian companies are using the platform to create some branding magic. Sports majors like......
Cigarettes-to-hotel major ITC entered the consumer products business in 2007. In three years, it has managed to corner a two per cent market share. But ITC feels that's no mean achievement for a......
Cashing in on the interest generated in the three-dimensional world by films like Avatar, consumer electronics companies like Samsung, LG, Sony and Panasonic are gearing up to cajole Indian......
A fresh battle is all set to erupt among the owners of the ten franchises of the Indian Premier League (IPL). At least one of the two new teams, which have paid a bomb for the franchise, is opposed......