How Pullampara Became India's 1st Digital Literate Village

Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com travels to Pullampara to discover how it became India's first digital literate village. IMAGE: Panchayat Digi-Pullampara team Vice President Aswathy, President P V......

India's Worst Mountaineering Tragedy

27 mountaineers perished in an avalanche in the mountains of Uttarakhand last week.The mountaineers were returning from a trek to the Draupadi's Danda mountain peak when disaster struck at 8.45 am......

U'khand avalanche: Toll rises to 16 as 12 more bodies retrieved, 15 missing

The death toll in the Uttarkashi avalanche rose to 16 after 12 more mountaineers' bodies were recovered on Thursday, Nehru Institute of Mountaineering said. IMAGE: First group of evacuated......

Uttarkashi avalanche: 10 bodies recovered, 27 mountaineers missing

Twenty-seven mountaineers remained missing on Wednesday after rescue workers brought 14 injured members of their team to safety, a day after an avalanche claimed 10 lives in Uttarkashi. IMAGE:......

How footprints of Indian-origin corporate honchos are expanding

The footprints of Indian-origin corporate executives at multinationals is expanding, with Sandeep Kataria taking over the reins of footwear major Bata as its global chief executive officer.......

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......

Learning is the name of the game

  Gamification is helping companies transform and enrich the learning experience of employees, reports Sangeeta Tanwar It’s a truism that when learning is fun and engaging, you get......

Infosys to have 25% women in leadership roles by 2020: Sikka

Gender diversity is deeply important to the success of companies, he said In an email to employees on the International Women’s Day on Sunday, Infosys chief executive Vishal Sikka......

'Have to plan to make sports more interesting without fans'

"A roadmap is being prepared. If something happens to top athletes it will be a setback and so we are careful and that's why there are no positive coronavirus cases for our athletes till now.......

Sports shorts: India finish with 16 golds in Asian Airgun

IMAGE: India’s Shreya Agrawal is all smiles. Photograph: SAI Media/Twitter Indian shooters continued their dominance claiming five gold medals on the final day of the Asian Airgun......

Sports Shorts: Wilder draws with Fury to retain WBC heavyweight title

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Sunday IMAGE: Deontay Wilder reacts after knocking down Tyson Fury during the WBC World Heavyweight Title bout at Staples Centre, Los Angeles......

Sports Shorts: Briton Prescod claims shock 100m win

IMAGE: Great Britain's Reece Prescod celebrates winning the men's 100m. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters British sprinter Reece Prescod foiled the local challengers and overcame world champion Justin......

Sports Shorts: Shi beats Lin Dan to win All England Badminton final

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Sunday IMAGE: China's Shi Yuqi celebrates after beating China's Lin Dan in the men's singles final the Yonex All England Open......