India has ranked 131 out of 148 countries in the World Economic Forum's Global Gender Gap Report 2025, slipping two places from its position last year. IMAGE: Women labourers lift goods on their......
It will be interesting to see what shifts have been recorded in the last decade-and- a-half -- from the effects of demonetisation and Covid's second wave to the drop in fertility and increase in......
'The BJP lacks a credible mass leader who matches Mamata Banerjee's popularity.''Given the division of votes among Opposition parties, the West Bengal government's dole-giving strategy, and the......
'The Dravidian movement was started for the Hindus who were rejected by the upper castes.' IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin addresses the all-party meet against delimitation of......
EPS has had its way on most things, alliance-wise.A week earlier, he reiterated that he would not re-admit OPS and Sasikala Natarajan back in the party.It was a message not just to detractors in......
'The finance minister missed yet another opportunity to simplify the income tax structure in the Budget.''This was an opportune moment to get rid of the old tax system entirely and move fully to......
The share of women employed in regular salaried jobs in urban India hit a fresh low in the January-March quarter (Q4) of 2023-24 (FY24). Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com In the same......
As more companies ask their employees to return to office after the pandemic, the share of women employed in regular salaried jobs in urban India decreased from 54 per cent in the first quarter to......
The under-representation of women in workforce, according to the survey, is largely because of the stereotypical choice of higher education. India Inc remains reluctant to integrate women......
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led central government will use the unorganised workers database — e-Shram portal — to provide the benefits of various government programmes to the......
Nothing is going to change in a hurry unless attitudes change and punishments are speedy and fair, notes Ramesh Menon. All Illustrations: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Worms are daily crawling......
Aseem Chhabra introduces us to the best of Berlinale. I usually spend 10 days of February in Berlin attending the Berlinale, the most exciting international film festival in Europe, in the early......
Participants at the Indian Wheelchair Tennis Tour held in Chennai did not let adversity affect their outlook on life. A Ganesh Nadar presents some of their sunshine stories. Photographs: Sreeram......
IMAGE: Andy Murray became the youngest champion in Shanghai in 2010 at the age of 23, beating Swiss Roger Federer in the shortest final of the tournament. Photograph: Aaron Doster-USA TODAY......