Time to speak up: What women want from elections

Ahead of the upcoming elections, political parties have started announcing incentives to benefit women, but what do women truly seek for genuine gender parity, asks Nivedita Mookerji.......

'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......

Will Odisha Show Faith In Naveen Patnaik Again?

The 78-year-old Naveen is on the cusp of creating history. He must win the forthcoming assembly polls to become India's longest-serving chief minister, a record held by Sikkim's Pawan Kumar......

Covid: Parl panel stresses swift strategy evolution for next-gen vaccines

A parliamentary committee has stressed the urgent need to evolve strategies for development of next-generation vaccines and recommended that the Union health ministry encourage vaccine development......

Life is tough for India's gig workers

India's gig workers continue to be without any social security cover or a minimum wage guarantee. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com The recent protests by employees of Urban Company and the......

Will 2022 see some daunting labour reforms?

Ushering in a big wave of reforms by implementing the four labour codes, setting up the national social security fund to cover over 38 crore informal sector workers and improving the ease of doing......

Ministry bats for coronavirus vaccines for aviation staff

Railway employees including station masters, engine drivers, ticket checkers, etc too have been selected for vaccination and their list is being compiled for the exercise. IMAGE: A healthcare......

Budget making exercise starts, health outlay may get 50% boost

Outlay for infra is also expected to see a significant increase in view of the government’s Rs 111-trillion investment plan under the national infrastructure pipeline to develop social and......