'If I win, my victory will shatter the belief that caste is all that matters in Bihar.'
Cash-rich China is looking to outwit rival Japan by pledging to invest billions of dollars in India's railway, manufacturing and infrastructure projects during President Xi Jinping's maiden visit to the country this week.
'Didi' became the real 'Dada' as she got past the post, on a wheelchair and a foot in cast, a souvenir from the Nandigram battle against former protege-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari.
T Thomas, former chairman of Hindustan Unilever, passed away March 2.
Early data from its vaccine candidate 'mRNA-1273' showed it produced protective antibodies in a group of eight healthy volunteers, Moderna said. The other closely watched COVID-19 vaccine is the one being developed by scientists at Oxford University.
The world's biggest lockdown that shut a majority of the factories and businesses, suspended flights, stopped trains and restricted movement of vehicles and people, may have cost the Indian economy Rs 7-8 lakh crore during the 21-day period, analysts and industry bodies said.
'India has 1 lawyer per 1,000 population.' 'Opportunities in the field of law are plenty.'
KVIC is keen to build an international footprint and is hopeful about signing up B2B agreements with at least 40 countries, to which end it has even registered a GI (geographical indicator) tag in the UK, Germany and Russia.
Indian Banks' Association Chairman H N Sinor said AML regime was in the first stage of implementation in India and it would take time for processes to settle down.
President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the nation on the eve of India's 75th Independence Day. Here's the text of what he said:
Students will have more H1Bs to count on after they graduate.
For Make in India's success, Modi govt msut remove policy paralysis.
Patent filings in India would be more and more driven by new technologies, which are either kept secret or patented.
In a bid to gain a bigger share of the customer's wallet, banks are ramping up their cross-selling initiatives.
Generation, a youth employment non-profit, is empowering young people to build thriving, sustainable careers. It also provides employers the highly skilled, motivated talent they need.
'What prevents infection are masks, physical distancing and good ventilation.'
Teledata Informatics Ltd and Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (India) Pvt Ltd have signed an agreement to jointly work for the development and implementation of TDIL's Enterprise Resource Planning solution for the education industry.
'I can snap my fingers and get 1,000 people overnight, but I can't guarantee that they will develop because there has been zero change in education in the country in the last nine years.'
A Japanese delegation will soon visit India to study the opportunities
'India is a country where many of the problems need local solutions and some be solved using basic science.'
AI, cloud computing, data analytics are a few areas companies are looking for proficiency in
On Wednesday, Bengal's own daughter she firmly pitched herself as, was sworn in as the chief minister of the turbulent state for the third successive term amid raging fires of political violence and a rampaging pandemic.
'50% of students lose out because of lack of English language skills.' 'Only 15% to 20% have the functional skills companies are looking for.'
Her appointment as World Health Organisation's deputy director offers an opportunity to push for improving the medical research environment in India.
The time the companies have to get ready for GST is 6 to 12 months.
The ease of doing business has not picked up in a vast number of states and Union Territories.
'They have started an institute, the Academy of Training and Sensitisation, for prison officials near Vellore.' 'This institute has been started by the Union home ministry and it is meant for all the four southern states.'
Most Indian engineers can code but are not confident in their ability to do so, notes Narayan Mahadevan.
Stating that India has not made much progress since the Beijing Olympics, Ajit Sharan, Secretary - Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), said that India needs to become a sporting nation if it has do well in big event.
Young professionals who lost their jobs tell Rediff.com's Divya Nair how they reclaimed their lives.
'The writer remains the most creative force in the process.' 'Producers need to be inventive in how they reward good writing.'
'I want to something drastically different, where people will get the shock of their lives. But that has not happened yet.'
It also pledged to give interest free crop loan of up to Rs 3 lakh to farmers.
'You have sufficient protection if you take the second dose of the Covishield vaccine at 12 weeks, because this vaccine works in a way where it provides protection in the first dose.'
His resignation as chairman of the government's skill development agencies triggered talk that he may be headed back to the Tata Group where a search committee is looking for a full-time chairman.
'The attacks made clear to all the Gulf States that Pakistan was the nursery and sanctuary of extremist violence and that this violence threatened all the countries in the region.'
At a time of massive job losses that is what the much-vaunted Indian IT sector needs. Ritwik Sharma reports.
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