'Never lose your optimism. Never lose your aspiration and never -- even if India becomes a prosperous consumer society -- never ever lose that shining light in your eyes,' advises Dr Peter McLaughlin, headmaster of the Doon School.
From teaching to YouTube, these ideas will help students chase their dreams early on.
'After toiling in the field and selling vegetables in the local market, we don't make more than Rs 1,500 a week.' 'That is just enough for the five of us to survive.' 'My family cannot afford to pay for private coaching for IIT-JEE.'
There is much work to be done to design a good GST.
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The chip maker is putting money in his low-cost Braille printer project.
The remarkable story of Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian in space, will be seen in a film featuring Aamir Khan.
The year is coming to an end and overall, it's been one hell of a year! We have had our share of ups and downs and we look forward to a better 2020. While we count down the days to the new year, let's also reflect on those who gave us strength to stand up in what we believe, the courageous who didn't bow down and the ones with gumption who inspired us to be better. We, Rediff.com, have selected 26 personalities, who we think are worthy of the title -- HERO OF THE YEAR -- and we want you, dear readers, to choose your hero!
The GST has been a great achievement, but it does suffer from weaknesses, says Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian.
'One goal of the Congress would surely have been to rebuild its organisation so that it begins to match that of the BJP.' 'However, this has not happened, though Rahul Gandhi has been in the party for 15 years now,' says Aakar Patel.
From coming up with the correct list of beneficiaries to finding enough people to work as Ayushman Mitras to generating awareness about the scheme - many things need to fall in place before it can be successfully launched in a few days.
'While high-level interventions may help smoothen inter-State relationships, they cannot fundamentally change the alchemy of such relationships, which are firmly rooted in mutual benefits and mutual interests,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Faced with stricter recall & testing norms, industry puts up a brave face, saying recalls improve consumer confidence
While household toilets are only one part of the large challenge for the government, having liquid and solid waste management facilities, along with water delivery across the entire country, is a trickier one.
The best investment schemes fail if they don't offer incentives to intermediaries to push investors.
The PIL, which could be listed for hearing during the week, termed Tuesday's notification of department of economic affairs and the finance ministry as "dictatorial" claiming it did not grant reasonable time to citizens for exchanging the specified bank notes to legitimate notes to avoid "large scale mayhem, life-threating difficulties".
'There is a great scope for enhancing the use of organic fertilisers'.
Appropriate policies will increase connectivity much more than spectrum auctions, says Shyam Ponappa.
If doing business in India is a problem for even the richest, most educated scion of a business house, it is unlikely to be a breeze for the average rural Indian woman.
Smartly blending its development agenda with Hindutva politics, the BJP has not lost assembly elections in the state since 1995.
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India cannot aspire for great power status unless our leaders truly understand the meaning of national security. Cricket can wait and so can people to people contacts, book launches and Bollywood camaraderie. Let us get down to brass tacks on our counter-terror mission, says Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
36-year-old Sunil Yadav, who works as a garbage collector for the civic body in Mumbai is an inspiration. He chronicles the arduous journey he took to secure his MPhil degree and why he refuses to give up his job despite his education.
'There are some castes that grab power, then pass on the benefits to those who belong to their own caste.'
'So what if the enemies take us as prisoners of war? So what of they kill us? I would feel proud that I could sacrifice my life for the country,' say these proud lady officers of the Indian Navy.
As his government completed one month in power, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday said controversies surrounding the Aam Aadmi Party dispensation never affected its functioning and asserted that his team did a good job in addressing various challenges facing the city.
Now candidates can appear for NEET any number of times.
The "callous" evaluation process has left the parents of Mohammad Adnan Hilal numbed, who feel that it is not a case of suicide but "murder" as their son actually secured 48 marks in physics and not 28 as declared earlier.
Microsoft has spent close to $4.5 bn in setting up 19 data centres.
In the heat and dust of a Baramati rally with Supriya Sule.
A programme that endeavours to graduate the poorest people could have seminal implications for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government.
The World Cup could be targeted again next year for demonstrations in Brazil against graft and poor public services but FIFA should not be held responsible or made a scapegoat, general secretary Jerome Valcke warned on Tuesday.
'PadMan has its premise in place. Now if only it had some wings,' says Sukanya Verma.
By roping the Bollywood star, the professional networking platform looks for wider appeal and a mass audience.
Whether India can create labour-intensive factory jobs instead that it needs to put millions to work in the next few years looks very unlikely.
The apex court's five-judge Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra said Aadhaar is meant to help benefits reach the marginalised sections of the society and takes into account the dignity of people not only from personal but also from community point of view.
'I always say I am a teacher by choice and an entrepreneur by chance.'
Timely preparation and picking the right questions will help you crack these examinations and secure a job.
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