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One in five students drop out from school.
Construction companies will make money building detention centres. Information technology companies will make money on the enumeration of the CAA, NRC and NPR, notes Devangshu Datta.
A comprehensive solution involves a complete overhaul of our education and training model.
The promoters of large companies such as Wipro and Tata Communications will have to shell out more stake to comply with the public shareholding norms after the Sebi said capital issued outside India would not be accounted for in the calculation of "public shareholding".
A top supercomputer expert said productivity per employee at India's celebrity companies like TCS, Infosys, Wipro and Satyam was almost a factor of ten lower than some top IT companies elsewhere in the world.
Over 23 million people were brought above the poverty line in China last year as about 100 million people from rural areas moved to cities for work.
21st century may have witnessed expansion of higher educational institutions, but who can afford it? Sushree Panigrahi & Jeet Singh look at the numbers.
India is affected by a 'resource inefficiency curse'.
Addressing the conference, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said as a developing country, China may boast a fairly large economy, but its per capita income ranks around 90th in the world.
Over the past three decades, a global labour market started taking shape.
Global deforestation, destruction of wetlands, dumping of pesticides and fertilizer into waterways, and global warming are all taking a terrible toll on the Earth's fragile water system, writes Dr Nitish Priyadarshi
'What Jaishankar says is simplistic.' 'The past does not matter that much.' 'If we think that it does it is because we are not good enough at running the nation competently today and are searching for excuses why,' argues Aakar Patel.
Dismissing the CSO (Central Statistical Organisation) projection of 4.4 per cent GDP growth this fiscal, Planning Commission member N K Singh said the economy will grow by six per cent this year.\n\n\n\n
Technology can play an important role in almost every sector of the economy in enhancing productivity and production.
India's water future remains very bleak. The monsoon season, which once extended to 4 months, is now down to less than 30 days of heavy rain.
Much of the rural recovery story is based on the premise of agriculture doing well. Even if it clocks a growth of 2.5-3 per cent this year, it is still just around 15 per cent of the overall GDP. The non-farm sector, which constitutes a bigger portion of the overall rural economy, is now hampered by disruptions and lockdowns.
The mid-year analysis lowered the growth projection for the current financial year to 5.7-5.9 per cent from 7.6 per cent estimated earlier.
Outlay for cultural activities increased, for social welfare schemes slashed
Beside manufacturing, deceleration was also witnessed in sectors like agriculture, construction and electricity, gas and water supply.
'Expenditure on gold jewellery in Kerala is the highest in the country.' 'But the robust demand has been affected by the floods.'
Aayog to present its performance review - since its existence - before the governing council
The 5G road map pursued by India should not only move the country forward but also result in progress of weaker sections of society.
With the rapid growth of the emerging markets, the global economy is experiencing a seismic shift, points out the latest study by HSBC. Titled, 'The World in 2050', the report highlights that the economic shift is likely to continue.
The Parli assembly seat in Beed district will again see his daughter Pankaja Munde and nephew Dhananjay Munde lock horns for supremacy.
Life in Hong Kong was very different 40 years ago.
'Personally, I have reached that stage where I think material things can't give you any satisfaction.'
Rediff Labs analysed the data on happiness, peace and human development for countries all over the world.
For those of us who are interested in the US presidential election, it might be useful to take stock of how well or badly the Obama administration has done on the economic front over the last four years
The Lok Sabha was adjourned on Wednesday following uproar over fresh poverty estimates released by the Planning Commission, which pegged the poverty line at Rs 28.65 per capita daily consumption in cities. As soon as the House met, National Democratic Alliance convener Sharad Yadav and Communist Party of India leader Prabodh Panda were on their feet, demanding suspension of the Question Hour for a discussion on the latest poverty estimates of the Planning Commission.
The World Bank said improved infrastructure, specifically rural electrification, has had far-ranging effects
There are some countries in the world that are really rich.
Malik said that some ministers have been talking about taking back PoK from Pakistan by force.
A consortium involving the designers of London's 2012 Olympic Stadium and Silverstone's new layout has won a contract to plan a Formula One circuit in Mumbai, it announced on Monday.
China currently ranks as the world's second-largest economy after the United States.
China is the world's second-largest economy, after the United States.
Among the major states, Orissa recorded the steepest fall in poverty from 2004-05 to 2009-10.
Even though emerging markets generally do not have the level of market efficiency and strict standards, they are most sought after by investors.
'Look at the number of billionaires, the number of new billionaires in India.' 'Adani and Ambani are not the only ones.' 'What's wrong with people making money as long as it benefits us?'
According to the 66th round of National Sample Survey carried out between July 2009 and June 2010, all India average monthly per capita consumer expenditure in rural areas was Rs 1,054 and urban areas Rs 1,984.
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