Prospects For India's Youth: Cloudy, With High Chance Of Thunder And Lightning

The country's demographic dividend is dissipating, with seriously adverse consequences for young India, asserts Shankar Acharya, former Chief Economic Adviser to the Government of India.......

Pratham Pooja at Amarnath

Please click on the images for glimpses of the Pratham Pooja at the Amarnath shrine in Kashmir's Anantnag district.   IMAGE: A devotee prays at the shrine. All photographs: Atul Yadav/PTI......

'Indian embassy has forgotten us'

Over 1,200 Indian students stranded at Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine make A desperate call for help as they are not getting any response from the Indian embassy.Syed Firdaus Ashraf/Rediff.com reports.All......

Last rites of Gujarati family who died near US border to be held in Canada

The bodies of four members of a family from Gujarat's Gandhinagar district who died of the extreme cold near the Canada-US border would not be brought back to India, their relatives said on Friday.......

How US companies are helping India fight coronavirus

A large number of American companies like Google, Uber and IBM are offering their resources to help India successfully fight the battle against the deadly coronavirus pandemic.  Photograph:......

Time is a luxury India does not have

'Is India going to miss some more of its potential demographic dividend?''If so, it would be for two reasons: The demographic dividend can be fully exploited only if the people in the working age......

Will Viral Acharya sing a new tune at the RBI?

Hopefully, the grey world of central banking in a nation hit by demonetisation, will lighten up with some of his notes soon.Anup Roy profiles Viral Acharya, the new RBI deputy governor, a man of......

Nandan Nilekani commits 5% assets to start-ups

Invests $50 mn in 11 entities in just over a year, commits $25 mn more; prefers putting money in firms trying to solve India-specific problems He started late as an angel investor but Nandan......

'I look for stories that don't allow me to sleep'

'It just so happens that some amazing, true-life stories come my way.' IMAGE: Karishma Tanna in Scoop. Photograph: Kind courtesy Hansal Mehta/Instagram From his cookery show Khana Khazana to Scam:......

Scoop Review: TERRIFIC Show!

Even those with no knowledge of the inner workings of the media and police would find Scoop absorbing as a human drama and the story of the resilience of a woman, her family and true friends,......

'Living on the edge keeps me going'

'I channelise my despair and anger into telling relevant stories and through them, taking on those who have made it a business to be intolerant.' IMAGE: Aditya Rawal in Hansal Mehta's Faraaz.......

'The next Cannes is in India'

'We are the land of stories.' IMAGE: While Deepika Padukone's pleated shirt and sleek black pants were lovely, her serpent necklace grabbed everyone's attention. Photograph: ANI Photo/ANI Picture......

Ranji Trophy: TN, Karnataka, Vidarbha enter quarters

A round-up of the Ranji Trophy matches played on Monday. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu's players celebrate winning their Ranji Trophy match against Punjab in Salem on Monday. Photograph: BCCI Sarwate powers......

Ranji: Saurashtra secure quarters berth; Vysakh, Srinivas power K'taka

IMAGE: Dharmendrasinh Jadeja bagged a five-wicket haul to power Saurashtra to a big win over Manipur. Photograph: Kind courtesy Dharmendrasinh Jadeja/Instagram Saurashtra's veteran left-arm......

Ranji Trophy: Pujara fails but Saurashtra poised for win; UP in command

IMAGE: Saurashtra's Cheteshwar Pujara fell for a duck in the 2nd innings of the Ranji Trophy Group A match against Maharashtra on Saturday. Photograph: BCCI Saurashtra are in sight of a victory......

Ranji: Dube's blitz, Shaw's comeback and Mumbai's dominance

Dube fires as Mumbai seize control against sloppy Bengal Photograph: Kind Courtesy Mumbai Cricket Association/X India's T20 specialist Shivam Dube continued his recent streak of form with a......

Ranji: Pujara reaches memorable milestone as Saurashtra, Rajasthan register wins

Photograph: BCCI Domestic/X Spurred by Chirag Jani's a five-wicket haul, defending champions Saurashtra scripted their first knockout win of the season with a 238-run thrashing of Vidarbha on the......