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100 best MBA schools in the world

100 best MBA schools in the world

Rediff.com8 Mar 2017

Youth Incorporated's annual MBA rankings reveals the best.

By eating less, he wants to power an orphanage in AP

By eating less, he wants to power an orphanage in AP

Rediff.com19 Sep 2011

Do you know what this UK-based MBA student's novel b-school project is? He plans to live on less than a dollar a day and bring power to an Indian orphanage. Intrigued? Read on

Want to lose weight? Have an early dinner

Want to lose weight? Have an early dinner

Rediff.com1 Sep 2018

Pushing your meal timings earlier by 90 minutes helps you from gaining weight.

Bollywood 2021: A to Z RECAP

Bollywood 2021: A to Z RECAP

Rediff.com29 Dec 2021

Even with an ongoing pandemic, theatres in many states functioning at 50 per cent occupancy, a quieter social life and fewer movies, Bollywood still managed to pack in plenty of drama and trauma, fun and festivity, love and war into the year.

Is your brain connected to Wi-Fi?

Is your brain connected to Wi-Fi?

Rediff.com17 Oct 2020

Imagine a world in which a human only thinks, and a robot cooks the whole meal.

End of American dream for Indian youth?

End of American dream for Indian youth?

Rediff.com1 Mar 2017

Experts say Indian students will have to accept that international space for them is shrinking.

COVID-19 vaccination drive to start in India on Jan 16

COVID-19 vaccination drive to start in India on Jan 16

Rediff.com9 Jan 2021

After healthcare and frontline workers, priority will be given to those above 50 years of age and the under-50 population groups with co-morbidities numbering around 27 crore, it added.

Serum Institute's race to produce COVID-19 vaccine

Serum Institute's race to produce COVID-19 vaccine

Rediff.com23 May 2020

'People are already sending congratulatory messages. But I have said, "Please don't until the trials are over".'

Vote: Is Despacito all about sex?

Vote: Is Despacito all about sex?

Rediff.com4 Aug 2017

The songs has broken the Internet, but what do you think of it? Love it, hate it or just don't care? Take the poll and let us know.

At LSE, Rahul says Rafale deal was changed to favour an industrialist

At LSE, Rahul says Rafale deal was changed to favour an industrialist

Rediff.com25 Aug 2018

Gandhi has been attacking the BJP government for allegedly inking the deal at a much higher price than the one the previous United Progressive Alliance regime had negotiated to benefit 'one businessman'.

Reforms in higher education: Have we achieved anything?

Reforms in higher education: Have we achieved anything?

Rediff.com30 Jul 2018

There is clearly something deeply rotten in the systems of institutional governance in the bastions of higher education in India, says TCA Anant.

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Doctors, lawyers and academics on strike

Rediff.com12 Mar 2020

Ajit Balakrishnan offers a thinking man's guide to the angst of the professions.

Do you know who owns listed companies?

Do you know who owns listed companies?

Rediff.com27 Dec 2019

'Institutional ownership, by December 2018, had increased 37.5% from approximately 22% in early 2009,' points out Amit Tandon.

'China wants unipolar world with every country as its tributary'

'China wants unipolar world with every country as its tributary'

Rediff.com14 Oct 2020

'I think we're standing up to the Chinese. Our allies following us, whether it's Huawei and the UN Germany now coming up'

Coronavirus may have mutated, potentially evolving: Study

Coronavirus may have mutated, potentially evolving: Study

Rediff.com24 Sep 2020

'Wearing masks, washing our hands, all those things are barriers to transmissibility, or contagion, but as the virus becomes more contagious it statistically is better at getting around those barriers'

What I learnt from the COVID-19 Crisis

What I learnt from the COVID-19 Crisis

Rediff.com25 Jul 2020

'We are a country of amazing ability and the way we have responded to the pandemic is evidence.'

'We will price Covid vaccine below Rs 1,000'

'We will price Covid vaccine below Rs 1,000'

Rediff.com29 Jul 2020

Pune's Serum Institute of India, the world's largest vaccine maker by volume, is placing its bets on the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine candidate AZD1222 with CEO Adar Poonawalla stating he would start manufacturing at personal risk.

You'll stop eating sugar after reading this!

You'll stop eating sugar after reading this!

Rediff.com5 Oct 2017

A high sugar diet could increase your risk of heart disease.

2 states: 'We marry a person, not a caste'

2 states: 'We marry a person, not a caste'

Rediff.com7 May 2014

We invited you, our dear readers to share your 2 States stories. Samhita Chaudhuri shares her and her husband Sagar Malsane's tale.

Earn a British degree in India

Earn a British degree in India

Rediff.com6 Jul 2007

Majan College, the largest private University College in Muscat, Oman, and an associate college of the University of Bedfordshire UK, has announced admissions to its programmes. The Degrees are issued by the University of Bedfordshire and are open

PoK-linked London Bridge attacker was 'ISIS fighter'

PoK-linked London Bridge attacker was 'ISIS fighter'

Rediff.com1 Dec 2019

'The person who carried out the London attack... was a fighter from the Islamic State, and did so in response to calls to target citizens of coalition countries,' the ISIS statement read.

COVID-19's current strain is more infectious than original: Study

COVID-19's current strain is more infectious than original: Study

Rediff.com3 Jul 2020

The researchers said D614G has a small but effective change in the 'spike' protein that protrudes from the surface of the virus, which it uses to enter and infect human cells.

New FDI rules sour India dream for Walmart

New FDI rules sour India dream for Walmart

Rediff.com15 Feb 2019

For now Walmart has said it remains optimistic about India. But that could change without prior notice, says Nivedita Mookerji.

BBC World plans MBA courses for Indian students

BBC World plans MBA courses for Indian students

Rediff.com15 Jan 2004

BBC Worldwide would offer two online MBA scholarships from a world-ranked business school in London to mark the launch of BBC Learning in India.

Interested in hotel management?

Interested in hotel management?

Rediff.com3 May 2006

The Institute of Advanced Management invites applications for admission to its three-year integrated degree course in Hotel Management at Goa and Kolkata.

Mamata dumps Cambridge after agreeing to deliver lecture

Mamata dumps Cambridge after agreeing to deliver lecture

Rediff.com12 Oct 2010

Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee has again displayed a mercurial mind. Months after keeping the University of Cambridge, UK, waiting for an answer to its invitation to deliver a lecture and then saying she'd come, she's decided not to go.

Love story: At first I was scandalised

Love story: At first I was scandalised

Rediff.com4 Jan 2011

We invited readers to share stories of how they met their spouses and interesting anecdotes about their wedding day. Gauri Patil shares her love story.

Ambition vs family: What Indian women really want

Ambition vs family: What Indian women really want

Rediff.com5 Mar 2020

According to a recent study, 89 per cent working women from India believed that it is important to have ambitions compared to the global average of 59 per cent

2,000 evacuated in UK after major fire near India House, LSE

2,000 evacuated in UK after major fire near India House, LSE

Rediff.com1 Apr 2015

More than 2,000 people were on Wednesday evacuated from buildings in central London as toxic smoke filled the streets after an electrical fault triggered a massive underground fire near the Indian High Commission in London as well as the London School of Economics.

Why Indians Study Medicine In Ukraine

Why Indians Study Medicine In Ukraine

Rediff.com2 Mar 2022

'With over 50 per cent of medical seats reserved for those who have the ability to pay a fee ranging from Rs 50 lakh to Rs 1.5 crore for a five-year MBBS course and quotas in accordance with affirmative policies in government colleges, the band of seats available for the not-so-rich and non-OBCs is very narrow.'

North India could see 100,000 cases per state per day

North India could see 100,000 cases per state per day

Rediff.com19 Apr 2021

'The trajectory of the disease will keep increasing because of the population density being very high.'

Want to make your brain healthier? Work on your muscles

Want to make your brain healthier? Work on your muscles

Rediff.com24 Apr 2018

Be prepared to be amazed!

15% COVID-19 deaths related to air pollution: Study

15% COVID-19 deaths related to air pollution: Study

Rediff.com27 Oct 2020

The results are based on epidemiological data collected up to third week in June 2020 and the researchers say a comprehensive evaluation will need to follow after the pandemic has subsided.

COVID-19 vaccine race: Where they stand currently

COVID-19 vaccine race: Where they stand currently

Rediff.com9 Jan 2021

As India prepares to launch its vaccine drive on January 16, here is a look at the options:

How can globalisation succeed?

How can globalisation succeed?

Rediff.com19 Sep 2016

Globalisation with small government has not been a successful pairing.

Announcing the Rhodes Scholarships India 2010

Announcing the Rhodes Scholarships India 2010

Rediff.com30 Jun 2009

Applications are invited from outstanding graduates holding at least a first class honours degree in Pure or Applied Sciences, Humanities, Law or Medicine of Indian Universities for five Rhodes Scholarships.

With over 85k cases, US has most Covid cases in world

With over 85k cases, US has most Covid cases in world

Rediff.com27 Mar 2020

Trump attributed the spike in the confirmed cases of coronavirus to the large-scale testing of the deadly disease.

'When virus is still circulating, older people are more at risk'

'When virus is still circulating, older people are more at risk'

Rediff.com6 Oct 2021

'We lost our place in being first in the epidemic, when it hit India so hard, but we were actually the epicentre of the epidemic from essentially April 2020, for almost an entire year. We had such high cases. We were the country that had the most mixed response.'

'My son wants to pursue aerospace engineering in the US'

'My son wants to pursue aerospace engineering in the US'

Rediff.com29 Apr 2017

Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on entrance examinations, admission procedures at international universities.

International engineering programme

International engineering programme

Rediff.com5 May 2009

Manipal Education announces admissions to its International Engineering Twinning Programme. Students opting for it study in India for the first two years, and spend the next two in a partner university in the US, UK or Australia, while saving as much as 45 percent of the tuition fee.