The suicides have involved more NEET aspirants than JEE.'It's a make-or-mar situation.''Either you get into a government medical college, where the fee is much lower than in private institutes, or......
In a move that is bound to spell relief for social media users, the government on Tuesday launched the much-awaited grievance appellate committee (GAC) mechanism that will allow users to appeal......
Cricket has taken many steps forward towards excellence and fairness.Electoral politics has a lot of catching up to do, points out Rajeev Bhargava.An excerpt from his fascinating new book, Between......
288 first-time offenders have been coaxed to leave the path of crime and lead a normal life.A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports on a unique initiative by the Chennai police. Illustration: Dominic......
The Prime Minister's Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund is not a government fund as donations to it do not go to the Consolidated Fund of India and no third party......
The message is clear: The 60-year-old wise uncles need to handhold the 40-year-old entrepreneurs when, obsessed with ambition and greed for growth, they become a victim of hubris, points out Tamal......
The finance ministry has directed all state-owned banks to review their gold loan portfolio as instances of non-compliance with regulatory norms have been noticed by the government.......
Stocks of public sector undertakings (PSUs) have been on fire in the past year as investors cheered an improvement in key operating metrics and embraced counters of these state-owned enterprises,......
India recorded GDP growth of 7.8 per cent during the April-June period of 2023-24, the highest in the past four quarters, on the back of double-digit expansion in the services sector, retaining its......
Strong macroeconomic headwinds causing turbulence in the $245-billion Indian IT industry are yet to calm down. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Top Indian IT services companies are likely......
'There are enough LGBTQ people in the industry, so I don't feel like a misfit.' Photograph: Kind courtesy Gazal Dhaliwal/Facebook Many years ago, a 12-year-old boy from Patiala wanted to end his......
Making her film debut with The Householder, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala wrote more screenplays than novels, winning two Oscars -- for A Room with a View and Howards End.She kept her distance from the film......