A nation of a billion people, it not only has a billion mouths to be fed but also a billion minds to be unleashed, says an expert.
The Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, announced on Tuesday it was entering into a partnership with Hughes Escorts Communication Ltd to offer a host of long term programmes to working executives.
The invention of an innovative slope-measuring instrument has won 16-year-old T Sriramkumar the Infosys-Education World Young Achievers Award 2005-06 in the junior category.
With economic growth slowing to a six-year low, IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath says the government should undertake structural reforms such as bank clean-up and labour reforms to address the slowdown in domestic demand. She rooted for government policies focusing on managing a slowdown in domestic demand, and on boosting productivity growth and supporting employment creation in the medium term.
Young professionals who lost their jobs tell Rediff.com's Divya Nair how they reclaimed their lives.
All the speakers agreed that the issue of early marriage and adolescent health on account of unintended pregnancies required urgent attention in South Asian countries, particularly India, where the problem was on the rise despite tough laws against it.
Who are the NGOs in India with maximum funding in India? Which are the countries funding them? How many NGOs are registered under the law? Vicky Nanjappa finds out.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday apologises to Banaras Hindu University authorities for declininig an honorary doctorate degree from the institution.
The UK University League Tables and Rankings 2016 ranks the best institutes for graduate prospects.
'As a child, I believed that my world record would be a national pride. But I feel cheated now.'
Software and services industry continued to play a dominant role in the overall growth of Indian economy in 2003-04, Union Minister of State for External Affairs E Ahamed said in Kochi on Wednesday.
13 eminent economists, including former RBI governor Raghuram Rajan and current International Monetary Fund Chief Economist Gita Gopinath, in a report have asked the political establishment not to resort to populist tricks.
A lowdown on all the goings-on in the Telugu film industry.
A lowdown on all the goings-on in the Telugu film industry.
It said an estimated 42-66 million children could fall into extreme poverty as a result of the crisis this year, adding to the estimated 386 million children already in extreme poverty in 2019.
All educational institutes across the state are closed for the second consecutive day, the officials said.
Fresh guidelines issued by the Union home ministry on Wednesday permit industries operating in rural areas to run from April 30 with strict social distancing norms.
'The brazen politics, in this series of bullying of AMU by functionaries of the Union and provincial governments, utterly disregarding the fact that the matter is sub judice, is quite obvious.' 'One needs to see through the desperate politics of the BJP which governs both Uttar Pradesh and the Centre, especially its woes over its Dalit support base,' says AMU Professor Mohammad Sajjad.
'India will come increasingly in the US crosshairs if it insists on maintaining its strategic autonomy, warns Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
Combining affordable IT with native Indian ingenuity and entrepreneurship F C Kohli believed would enable Indian small businesses match anyone and thrive.
In an online chat with readers overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions.
The Planning Commission, which was established in 1950, will be called 'Neeti Ayog' in its new avatar, months after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that it will replaced by a new body.
If you have shortlisted the colleges of your choice, it is a good idea to explore the campus before joining.
The decision to pursue further education in a particular university requires careful considerations.
The pacts signed after Modi-Hasina talks provided for deeper cooperation between the two countries in areas of water resources, youth affairs, culture, education and coastal surveillance.
Over one lakh people have migrated from their hamlets and border towns in the wake of firing by Pakistan.
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa spoke to a cross section of people in the region and also with some local leaders to understand what exactly the people want. The feedback was unanimous -- they want development.
The top three industries in India susceptible to economic crimes are financial services, manufacturing and professional services
Neerja Palisetty's Sutrakaar Creations combines paper with post-consumer waste to promote fair trade, craft empowerment, zero-waste, and ethical fashion.
More than 750 constituencies spread across four states and one union territory will go to the polls on Tuesday
He said India can have a possible role in creating a multilateral forum of negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis.
On the index, India has a score of 4.52 while that of Switzerland is 5.81
During the college festival, 'Reverie', around 6:30 pm on February 6, groups of unruly, drunk men mobbed the entrances of the college and forced their way in.
Aseem Chhabra lists 10 of his favourite films that played in various sections at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
Shah said the revocation of the special status has paved the way for development in Jammu and Kashmir and it will be a "final nail in the coffin of terrorism".
Medha is an organisation created with the idea of bringing in better employment opportunities and life for educated youth.
Make The World Wonderful, an NGO founded by Meghana Dabbara in 2015, is on a mission to set up 2,500 child adoption programme centres by 2023.
'A veiled secret of India's defence and strategic culture is the lack of a serious interest in them by the political class. The Indian National Defence University would fill this void,' feels Lieutenant General Anil Chait (retd).
Here's the full text of President Ram Nath Kovind's customary address to the joining sitting of Parliament on the first day of the budget session.
It would be good if all political parties understood the advantages, he said.
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