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AI can help India achieve Viksit Bharat goal, but poses high risk to jobs: IMF chief

AI can help India achieve Viksit Bharat goal, but poses high risk to jobs: IMF chief

Rediff.com4 days ago

IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva discusses the potential of artificial intelligence to boost global growth, particularly in India, while also addressing the significant risks of job displacement and financial instability.

Strikes Shake India's Gig Economy

Strikes Shake India's Gig Economy

Rediff.com4 days ago

Two of the three strikes are related to the gig economy, a centrepiece of the new labour Codes.

Women Power India's Retail Push

Women Power India's Retail Push

Rediff.com5 Jan 2026

'It's harder to attract women initially, but once they come in, retention is significantly higher.'

Best Career Options After Class 12 Beyond Engg, Medicine

Best Career Options After Class 12 Beyond Engg, Medicine

Rediff.com11 Dec 2025

rediffGURU Chocko Valliappa counsels students how to choose the right course and career after Class 12.

Low-Wage Trap Looms Over India's Services Sector, Warns Niti Report

Low-Wage Trap Looms Over India's Services Sector, Warns Niti Report

Rediff.com30 Oct 2025

The services sector employs 188 million people but remains highly informal, trapping most workers in low-wage jobs without social protection.

Power network sharing plan will face 3 key challenges

Power network sharing plan will face 3 key challenges

Rediff.com16 Oct 2025

The ambitious proposal by the power ministry to allow network sharing between distribution licensees operating in the same geographical area will face three key challenges, said a former bureaucrat.

'It's Becoming Very Difficult To Deal With America'

'It's Becoming Very Difficult To Deal With America'

Rediff.com26 Sep 2025

'New announcements are made every day which brings tremendous amount of instability and uncertainty.' 'Relying on America has become a big problem.'

Panchayat 4 Is Back And We Can't Keep Calm!

Panchayat 4 Is Back And We Can't Keep Calm!

Rediff.com12 Jun 2025

Since the actors fit their parts perfectly, and everybody gets enough of an opportunity to shine, they have become familiar to viewers. So along with its relatable, laugh-out-loud content, they are a big reason for the show's popularity, notes Deepa Gahlot.

'Many Women Don't Have Guts To Escape Their Situation'

'Many Women Don't Have Guts To Escape Their Situation'

Rediff.com18 Jun 2025

'They can't take even the smallest step.' 'The mental abuse is so insidious that sometimes they don't even realise it's happening.'

Goyal's Comment Sparks Startup Uproar

Goyal's Comment Sparks Startup Uproar

Rediff.com5 Apr 2025

'The startup ecosystem, the government, and the owners of large pools of Indian capital need to actively support the creation of these local champions, not pull down the teams that are trying hard to get there.'

'India Has Missed Every Bus'

'India Has Missed Every Bus'

Rediff.com18 Mar 2025

'We don't know which bus is coming next. I know for sure whatever bus comes next, it will miss that too.'

'How Do Students Get 100% In Exams?'

'How Do Students Get 100% In Exams?'

Rediff.com18 Mar 2025

'Because the same stupid questions are repeated year after year when an exam should provoke the students to think and not ask repetitive questions.' 'So, what do coaching institutes do? They teach students to memorise these questions and answers without understanding the subject.'

'Trump Won't Target Indians'

'Trump Won't Target Indians'

Rediff.com30 Dec 2024

'Someone posts a job on LinkedIn and there are a thousand resumes in an hour? This is not the America IT professionals are used to.' 'Once they lose their job, it's impossible to get a job.'

Have Indian regulators made the system more transparent?

Have Indian regulators made the system more transparent?

Rediff.com8 Oct 2024

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday commended Indian financial sector regulators for doing a "world-class job" and bringing greater transparency into the system. Underlining that she is not against questioning or critiquing regulators, Sitharaman said there is a need to be "extremely conscious" about contributions made by them as well. Speaking at the Financial Express Best Banks Awards, the finance minister said, "I strongly recommend that facts are taken on board before we discuss anything to do with the regulators, strictly speaking."

Panchayat 3 Review: Can Phulera Retains Its Innocence?

Panchayat 3 Review: Can Phulera Retains Its Innocence?

Rediff.com28 May 2024

There are enough threads left to weave a Season 4, hopefully without the dark clouds hovering over Phulera.

Attractive people less likely to be hired for low-paying jobs!

Attractive people less likely to be hired for low-paying jobs!

Rediff.com30 Oct 2017

The popular perception is that attractive people receive favourable treatment in the hiring process.

How to avoid low-paying fixed income options

How to avoid low-paying fixed income options

Rediff.com14 Jan 2010

Here are some tips to help you avoid getting locked in a low-paying fixed income option in a year of rising rates.

Amid TN transport strike on low pay, MLAs get a bumper pay hike

Amid TN transport strike on low pay, MLAs get a bumper pay hike

Rediff.com10 Jan 2018

As per the bill, the salary and allowances of legislators have been raised from Rs 55,000 to Rs 1,05,000 per month, an increase of 90.91 per cent.

'We want Muslim Personal Law to be completely reformed'

'We want Muslim Personal Law to be completely reformed'

Rediff.com21 Dec 2022

'The BJP may no longer be in power after 2024, that doesn't mean we'll stop this campaign against polygamy.'

Panchayat 2 Review

Panchayat 2 Review

Rediff.com20 May 2022

If at all the series can be criticised, it would be for its all-Brahmin characters and keeping out the caste problems, the misogyny and the backwardness and ugliness of rural India, points out Deepa Gahlot.

CRIME. HORROR. ADULTERY

CRIME. HORROR. ADULTERY

Rediff.com5 Oct 2021

Healing intergalactic encounters, haunted office spaces and spooky Star Wars, Sukanya Verma suggests everything you can catch on OTT this week.

'Do we really know our partner?'

'Do we really know our partner?'

Rediff.com13 Jan 2022

'One often assumes that after being in a marriage for a while, one knows their partner really well.' 'But do we really know what they want?' 'What they need? What they seek.'

Why any job IS NOT better than no job!

Why any job IS NOT better than no job!

Rediff.com17 Aug 2017

Researchers suggest a poor quality job may be worse for your health than no job.

India needs sustained 8% growth to become a $ 5-trillion economy: Survey

India needs sustained 8% growth to become a $ 5-trillion economy: Survey

Rediff.com4 Jul 2019

Survey calls for reorienting policies to promote young firms which have the potential to become big, rather than small MSME firms which remain small.

Modi's hardest task in 2021: Creating jobs

Modi's hardest task in 2021: Creating jobs

Rediff.com5 Jan 2021

The biggest worry is not the shrinking of the labour market, but the collapse of good jobs.

Only 7% of India's B-school graduates employable

Only 7% of India's B-school graduates employable

Rediff.com27 Apr 2016

The report blames the lack of quality control and infrastructure, low-paying jobs through campus placement and poor faculty as the major reasons behind India's unfolding B-school disaster.

Mobile user base suffers biggest fall since April 2018

Mobile user base suffers biggest fall since April 2018

Rediff.com22 May 2019

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio, however, continued to add wireless subscribers

Only 25% of India's workforce is female, says McKinsey report

Only 25% of India's workforce is female, says McKinsey report

Rediff.com20 Jun 2018

The report suggests India in the longer term needs to create far more jobs in the formal organised sector -- 97 per cent of all female worker activity is in the informal sector

Anil Sood finds stress-cancer link

Anil Sood finds stress-cancer link

Rediff.com7 May 2010

When Anil Sood first finished his oral board examinations in oncology, he had four job offers in cushy medical practices where he was offered two to three times what he was making as a researcher. But the scion of a business family went into low-paying research.

IIT faculty seeks Rs 15,000 pay hike

IIT faculty seeks Rs 15,000 pay hike

Rediff.com26 Aug 2009

The suggestion for this special pay was part of a memorandum that the All India IIT Faculty Federation submitted to the Ministry of Human Resources and Development (MHRD) on August 23, stating that the pay structure proposed is unacceptable and a threat to the IIT system.

UK employers want freeze on minimum wage

UK employers want freeze on minimum wage

Rediff.com29 Dec 2008

With companies facing severe credit crunch, a top body of British employers on Monday asked for freezing of the national minimum wage until the economy recovers from the financial downturn.

India's 'in-a-hurry' young generation

India's 'in-a-hurry' young generation

Rediff.com19 Feb 2008

Workers raised in an age of economic optimism want it all, and they want it now.

Hate your job? Here's what to do

Hate your job? Here's what to do

Rediff.com13 Sep 2006

Temp jobs, big salaries!

Temp jobs, big salaries!

Rediff.com3 Mar 2005

A 3-pronged battle to grab 244 mn telecom subscribers

A 3-pronged battle to grab 244 mn telecom subscribers

Rediff.com15 Nov 2017

Bulk of these customers use 2G phones and are still focused on voice services and might prove useful for both Bharti Airtel and the Idea-Vodafone combine.

More US jobs coming to India

More US jobs coming to India

Rediff.com7 Jan 2004

American accounting and medical billing firms are the latest to join the outsourcing bandwagon, transferring hundreds of thousands of jobs to India to take advantage of the low pay scales and educated workforce in the country.

After a decade of probe, CBI closes case against sacked captain in naval war-room leak

After a decade of probe, CBI closes case against sacked captain in naval war-room leak

Rediff.com4 Feb 2018

The agonising wait for justice notwithstanding, the former navy captain soldiered on, doing low-paying jobs for Rs 20,000 a month and even ploughing farms owned by others to sustain his family. He has lost many jobs because of his past.

Female suspect in French hostage situation 'on the run'

Female suspect in French hostage situation 'on the run'

Rediff.com10 Jan 2015

French police are on the hunt for the 26-year-old burqa-wearing, crossbow-shooting wife of kosher-grocery-store shooter and cop killer Amedy Coulibaly.

Acche Din for super-rich in Modi regime

Acche Din for super-rich in Modi regime

Rediff.com9 Nov 2018

Crorepatis' income rose by a staggering 40% between 2015-2016 and 2017-2018.

Desperate 2.3 million Indians apply for 368 low-level government jobs

Desperate 2.3 million Indians apply for 368 low-level government jobs

Rediff.com18 Sep 2015

The applicants included at least 255 people with doctorates and 150,000 graduates.