'General Zia was real startled'

'But he was very quick and did a very stylish adab.''Of course, I didn't expect him to hug.' IMAGE: Lakshmi Murdeshwar Puri and her husband Hardeep Singh Puri, currently India's minister of......

'Educated youth prefer to be unemployed rather than under-employed'

'When manufacturing or even services cannot generate the kind of employment they are looking for, they prefer to be unemployed rather than under-employed.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Narayana Murthy Is Absolutely Right!

Get more people working, get more people working in modern manufacturing and services in our cities, and get people working better and longer, suggests Naushad Forbes, past president, CII. IMAGE:......

Sanatan Dharma Controversy: Why Stalin Is Unflustered

Any narrative against the Dravidian model may impact the BJP's prospects in Tamil Nadu.This may explain why the BJP in Tamil Nadu is placing more emphasis on corruption allegations against the DMK,......

Share of urban women with salaried jobs at 6-year low in Q2: PLFS

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......

Nobel Prize in Economics awarded to Claudia Goldin

American economic historian and labour economist Claudia Goldin won the 2023 Nobel Economics Prize for her work examining wage inequality between men and women, the Royal Swedish Academy of......

How the wealth of India's richest can make a difference

A one-off tax on unrealized gains from 2017–2021 on just one billionaire, Gautam Adani, could have raised Rs 1.79 lakh crore, enough to employ more than five million Indian primary school......

India Has Lost The Way Economically

India has the lowest labour force participation rate in South Asia and one of the lowest in the world, points out Aakar Patel. IMAGE: Workers stitch garments at a factory in Jaipur. Photograph:......

'Investing in girls is about the smartest thing you can do'

Over Dosas in Mumbai, Oscar winner Megan Mylan tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel why she chose India and girl empowerment as the subject of her new documentary. Image: Megan Mylan (centre) with her......

Sports Shorts: Murray gets Shanghai Masters wildcard

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......

'I am an auto driver, now I am also a tennis player'

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......