'Bachchao', a free android application developed by Chinmayi and her team, enables women to send alerts to friends and family in case of potential threat.
The government has opted for the RuPay debit card over the Aadhaar-based platform for "last-mile" authentication in its Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana.
History beckons the Indian women's cricket team when it takes on England in the ICC World Cup final in London on Sunday, aiming to cap a fairytale run with a maiden title triumph and put some past demons to rest.
'What does the nation get out of the CBI's fabulous infrastructure? Very little that is useful.'
The wheels turn for bicycles, as manufacturers go back to the basics. After motorised two-wheelers overtook cycle sales in the country, manufacturers are focusing on commuter segment again and reviving entry-level cycles.
The stories of exclusions illustrate so tragically, the need of the hour is to bolster biometrics and 'smart' technologies with something more old-fashioned - the good old fashioned, compassionate human touch, says Geetanjali Krishna.
India is among the top 10 countries in the world in terms of expat quality of life.
Consolidation is the prime mood of the Indian equity market at the moment.
Among key stocks, Tata Motors, Hero MotoCorp, L&T, Wipro, ICICI Bank, Dr Reddy's Labs and ICICI Bank, all up between 1%-3%
At least 22 people, most of them pilgrims, were crushed to death under the wheels of Saharsa-Patna Rajyarani Express at Bhamara Railway Station in Bihar on Monday morning.
As the mid-day meal school tragedy in Bihar fuelled food safety concerns, more cases of children falling ill after consuming free food or contaminated water have come to light from Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Delhi and Maharasthra.
This historic Vishaka judgement brought the issue of sexual harassment in the workplace into the mainstream discourse says Kanika Dutta.
...But ends up being oddly moving, says Sreehari Nair.
Details were not immediately available ahead of a planned government briefing.
The key gain from using Aadhaar will be a drastic cut in impersonation and fictitious identities, thereby plugging a major loophole through which a lot of leakage in subsidy payment takes place.
Dr Talat Ahmad, vice chancellor of Jamia Milia Islamia suggests important reforms in the Indian education system.
Hanging on to fourth spot on the points table, a loss tomorrow will shatter India's semi-final hopes.
'There were absolutely no guidelines (on surrogacy) and poor women were being exploited.' 'These poor surrogate mothers do not understand the value of life. They only understand the value of money.' 'Germany and Britain banned it because they know surrogacy is exploitation of women's body. Therefore these foreigners were coming to India.'
In 2015, India's domestic aviation market clocked 81 million flights.
'Officers have been made the scapegoat for political failure.' 'No effort has been made to find out who scuttled the prime minister's decision to introduce competitive bidding and why and at whose instance.'
The broader markets outperformed the benchmark indices- BSE Midcap and Smallcap indices gained 0.4% each
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In a major security breach at Tihar Jail, two undertrials scaled the wall of the ward they were lodged in and then dug a tunnel through the boundary wall to escape from one of the most high-security prisons in the country.
Venkaiah Naidu said Aadhaar will not be made mandatory till the entire population gets such cards or UID numbers.
Businesses that either take local communities for granted or see them as an obstacle to be 'managed' are skating on thin ice.
It is high time old boys' clubs inside many large corporations come under serious scrutiny for protecting one of their own.
'By taking fingerprints, iris scans and other details of citizens, the State is becoming the custodian of its people.' 'The State can use this data according to its whims and fancies, which is not good in a democracy.' 'When the State looks at all the activities of its citizens, it becomes a police State.'
Perhaps India needs to implement these for Achhe Din to happen.
Exemptions, and the fact that farm income is outside the tax net, ensure that India's tax-GDP ratio stays low.
India's still male-dominated corporate environment wittingly and unwittingly contrives to put women employees on the back foot.
'A fresh look is being given to ways of processing, transmission, and delivery.'
The top court rejected the Centre's vehement contention that there was no general or fundamental right to privacy under the Constitution.
The rape of a young woman in New Delhi by Uber cab driver has raised the disturbing question of women's safety all over again.
Singer, song writer, and a single mother Manasi Scott wears her heart on her sleeves and tells Rediff.com's Anita Aikara why eve-teasing is a universal problem.
That it has been threatening to review this rule for a while is old hat anyway.
Drunk driving can attract a fine up to Rs 50,000.
India will require new technical solutions and approaches to solve environmental problems.
The DoT is wrongly asking subscribers to link their mobile numbers to Aadhaar in order to keep them active, says Gopal Krishna.
India had the highest number of unregistered children under age five between 2000 and 2012 and the second-highest number of child marriages, according to a UN report which said the country still needs to improve immunisation coverage and stop gender-based sex selection.
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