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Women bosses can wreck other females chances

Women bosses can wreck other females chances

Rediff.com11 Apr 2011

Women managers are more likely to mentor and support their male colleagues.

Why BJP In Karnataka Is Not In Good Health

Why BJP In Karnataka Is Not In Good Health

Rediff.com29 Mar 2023

'There is a conscious move by the BJP to distance itself from the current state leadership.'

Why the anger against AAP's dharna may be misplaced

Why the anger against AAP's dharna may be misplaced

Rediff.com24 Jan 2014

The AAP phenomenon is the voice of a people desperately wanting to believe that democracy and politics can create a decent society. For the media to ignore this and treat it as temporary one is both pompous and nave, says Shiv Visvanathan

Want to study management?

Want to study management?

Rediff.com20 Oct 2006

The Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, invites application for its two-year, full-time Master of Business Administration (Management of Services) Programme.

Get an MBA from FMS, Delhi

Get an MBA from FMS, Delhi

Rediff.com17 Oct 2006

The Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, invites applications for its two-year, full-time Master of Business Administration Programme.

Get an MBA from FMS, Delhi

Get an MBA from FMS, Delhi

Rediff.com10 Oct 2005

The Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, invites application for admission to its management programmes.

Doctoral programmes at IIT-Kharagpur

Doctoral programmes at IIT-Kharagpur

Rediff.com22 Sep 2006

The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur, invites applications for its PhD programme.

Educated people live longer: Study

Educated people live longer: Study

Rediff.com12 Mar 2008

The study, conducted by David Cutler, dean for social sciences at the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at Harvard University, and Ellen Meara, assistant professor of health care policy at Harvard Medical School, has cited that people having more than 12 years of education have significantly longer life expectancy than those who never went beyond high school.

Class X board exams: Taming mathematics

Class X board exams: Taming mathematics

Rediff.com27 Dec 2007

Preparation and practice tips for maths.

PM's alma mater to launch scholarship

PM's alma mater to launch scholarship

Rediff.com22 Nov 2007

A spokesman of the university said the privately-funded Manmohan Singh Scholarship will send three serving scholars from India every year to St John's College, Cambridge, where the prime minister had studied economics and won the Wright's prize for distinguished performance in the mid-1950s.

Ex-MP Ram Shakal, RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha among 4 nominated to RS

Ex-MP Ram Shakal, RSS ideologue Rakesh Sinha among 4 nominated to RS

Rediff.com14 Jul 2018

The nominations were made by President Ram Nath Kovind on the advice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the PMO said.

India needs technological and social innovations: Ramadorai

India needs technological and social innovations: Ramadorai

Rediff.com16 Aug 2014

India needs to unleash technological and social innovations that can usher in a new developmental model the world has not seen before, TCS Vice-Chairman S Ramadorai said.

'BJP will be routed in the Karnataka elections'

'BJP will be routed in the Karnataka elections'

Rediff.com10 Apr 2013

In an exclusive interview with Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa, IIM professor Rajeev Gowda says that the Congress will come to power while the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party will be routed this time.

Vishnu Deo Sai takes oath as Chhattisgarh CM

Vishnu Deo Sai takes oath as Chhattisgarh CM

Rediff.com13 Dec 2023

Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and the tribal face of the party, Vishnu Deo Sai, on Wednesday took oath as the chief minister of Chhattisgarh, 10 days after the saffron party returned to power after a gap of five years by unseating Congress in the assembly elections.

Bhagwan Bharose Review: Innocence Collides With Hate

Bhagwan Bharose Review: Innocence Collides With Hate

Rediff.com13 Oct 2023

Jawan is disproportionately extolled for making political comments, but it is a small film like Bhagwan Bharose that usually sticks its neck out, notes Deepa Gahlot.

PhD programmes at BHU

PhD programmes at BHU

Rediff.com15 Jul 2005

The Banaras Hindu University invites application for its PhD programmes.

'Entrepreneurship is a marathon'

'Entrepreneurship is a marathon'

Rediff.com25 Jan 2024

'There are multiple ups and downs.' 'You should be able to withstand all that.' 'You need to have the temperament to run a marathon.'

'Employees use social media before making career move'

'Employees use social media before making career move'

Rediff.com30 Jul 2014

The advent of online talent communities and online job boards not only helps companies to find the right talent, it also helps employees to have more information about their preferred places to work.

Muzaffarpur scandal: Manju Verma, husband booked under Arms Act

Muzaffarpur scandal: Manju Verma, husband booked under Arms Act

Rediff.com20 Aug 2018

The CBI had on Friday raided nearly 12 places in four districts of Bihar, including residences of Verma in Patna and her in-law's place in Begusarai.

Kerala's Catholic Church objects to 'Marxist' book

Kerala's Catholic Church objects to 'Marxist' book

Rediff.com30 May 2011

The Catholic Church in Kerala has taken serious objections to the new Social Science textbook for the 10th standard, prepared during the previous Left Democratic Front's rule, alleging that it contained "grossly baseless anti-church contents" and "propagated Marxist political ideology". The newly installed United Democratic Front government recently set up a three-member committee headed by former chief secretary Dr D Babu Paul to examine the controversial textbook.

M Phil & PhD programmes

M Phil & PhD programmes

Rediff.com25 Jan 2007

National University of Educational Planning and Administration, Government of India, announces admission to M Phil and PhD Programmes for 2007-08.

B'desh votes on Sunday; PM Hasina poised to win another term

B'desh votes on Sunday; PM Hasina poised to win another term

Rediff.com6 Jan 2024

The main Opposition BNP of former premier Khaleda Zia, 78, who is under house arrest, is boycotting the elections amidst violence.

Good politics makes for good economics

Good politics makes for good economics

Rediff.com24 Apr 2012

The right to enjoy the fruits of what one creates is at the heart of an individual's motivation to excel. When we defeat nature's way of motivating people, we defeat ourselves as a society, says Sonali Ranade

Two US-based Indian women win exalted fellowship

Two US-based Indian women win exalted fellowship

Rediff.com2 Feb 2011

Lakshmi Balachandra of Boston College and Ishani Tewari of Brown University were among 15 exceptional doctoral students honored by the Kauffman Foundation with its annual Dissertation Fellowship. Each of them will get $20,000 to support their dissertation research in the area of entrepreneurship.

'Terrorism is older than Islam'

'Terrorism is older than Islam'

Rediff.com31 Jul 2006

'Terrorism itself is as old as the human species; it goes back at least as far as the biblical story of Cain and Abel. Terrorism is much older than Islam, or Christianity.'

Number of women in blue-collar jobs increasing across manufacturing sector

Number of women in blue-collar jobs increasing across manufacturing sector

Rediff.com20 Oct 2023

"Lady candidates need not apply." So read the postscript in a job notice from Telco (now Tata Motors) on a notice board in the corridors of the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (now Bengaluru), in 1974. Irked, Sudha Murty, who was then pursuing her masters in computer science at the institute, wrote a postcard to JRD Tata, expressing her surprise at this gender discrimination, especially since the Tata Group were pioneers on many fronts. Shortly, Murty became the first woman on the firm's shop floor.

PG programmes at TISS

PG programmes at TISS

Rediff.com11 Dec 2006

Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, invites applications for admission to its various Post-graduate degree programmes.

Nehru missing from MU course book since last 3 yrs

Nehru missing from MU course book since last 3 yrs

Rediff.com19 May 2016

The book 'Modern Indian Political Thought', for MA course under the Distance Learning Programme, meant for the upcoming academic year, is not yet available in the market.

'This feeling of hatred is not going to stop'

'This feeling of hatred is not going to stop'

Rediff.com18 Jan 2022

'Unfortunately, our political class is not interested in making this society equal. They just want to exploit the situation for their own benefit.'

Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships announced

Dr Manmohan Singh Scholarships announced

Rediff.com30 Nov 2007

Three 35,000-scholarships set up in honour of the Prime Minister of India exclusively for Indian students to read for PhD & MPhil degrees in science, technology and social sciences at the St John's College, University of Cambridge.

India's new e-fab four

India's new e-fab four

Rediff.com10 Mar 2006

'What's a document seized by NIA doing in the Bhima Koregaon Commission?'

'What's a document seized by NIA doing in the Bhima Koregaon Commission?'

Rediff.com20 Nov 2021

There exists a curious link between Advocate Niteen Pradhan's client Milind Ekbote and Harshali Potdar: Both have blamed each other for the Bhima Koregaon violence, notes Jyoti Punwani.

Neal Mohan, a shy student who is now YouTube boss

Neal Mohan, a shy student who is now YouTube boss

Rediff.com20 Feb 2023

What does Neal Mohan, anointed the next CEO of YouTube, have in common with Sir Cliff Richard? They are alumni of St Francis' College. Mohan, who will take over the reins of the social media platform, is arguably the second most high-profile personality after the British music icon to be associated with the all-boys institution ensconced in the heart of Lucknow.

Can't kill a child: SC on termination of 26-week pregnancy

Can't kill a child: SC on termination of 26-week pregnancy

Rediff.com12 Oct 2023

"Do you want us to tell the doctors at AIIMS to stop the fetal heart?" the bench, also comprising Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, asked the counsel appearing for the 27-year-old woman.

Amid row over Sanatan Dharma, Madras HC says it is...

Amid row over Sanatan Dharma, Madras HC says it is...

Rediff.com16 Sep 2023

Justice N Seshasayee said in his order on September 15 that the court is conscious of 'the very vociferous, and at time noisy debates on pro and anti Sanatan Dharma' and the court could not help pondering over with genuine concern for what is going around.

Bill on uniform civil code not listed for monsoon session of Parliament

Bill on uniform civil code not listed for monsoon session of Parliament

Rediff.com13 Jul 2023

The government on Thursday listed bills on personal data protection, to amend forest conservation laws and on the contentious ordinance on Delhi services for the monsoon session of Parliament beginning next week.

'No leader can match up to Modi'

'No leader can match up to Modi'

Rediff.com8 Dec 2023

'Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Bengal can be the game changers of 2024.'

Top 20 B-schools of India 2012

Top 20 B-schools of India 2012

Rediff.com3 Apr 2012

India's leading MBA preparatory resources website pagalguy.com has announced its annual B-school rankings for the year 2012.

Raveena, Keeravaani Honoured With The Padma Shri

Raveena, Keeravaani Honoured With The Padma Shri

Rediff.com6 Apr 2023

Raveena Tandon and MM Keeravani recieved the Padma Shri from President Draupadi Murmu.

'Hindutva is the language you speak today'

'Hindutva is the language you speak today'

Rediff.com1 Jun 2023

'Education played the most significant role in entrenchment of Hindutva ideology in coastal Karnataka.' 'Teachers of most of the schools, junior colleges, degree colleges and universities are active agents of Hindutva propaganda.'