The first of a six-part series examines how the leather workers at Dharavi are coping after five weeks of demonetisation.
In his fifth address as President, Pranab Mukherjee asked authorities and institutions of the State to adhere to the 'dignity' in discharging their duties.
The failure to reform has meant that there is no buzz about job opportunities, or about urban opportunities enticing young people off the farms. And it is this failure that has contributed to the widespread disappointment that threatens to make the next general elections closer than expected, says Mihir S Sharma.
'Agreements signed between the Maldives and China have seriously worried India.'
People who are inactive are more likely to develop colon cancer, says Roy De Souza.
One of the first things to strike one about Cinnamon, a 19-year-old designer boutique hub, is its architecture and feel.
'They suck talent and dump elsewhere,' says ZohO founder Sridhar Vembu.
It's seen as a signal that he wants to engage with India Inc at a time when the economy has started looking up.
There are quite a few lesson that upcoming entrepreneurs must learn from housing.com controversy.
'The Modi government must create conditions to integrate millions into the rural economy as many migrants are certainly not going to return to live an undignified life,' notes Ramesh Menon.
'Irrespective of their politics, people feel happy.' 'One of the best compliments I have received is that I have made it from Kashmir to Karnataka.'
Again would offer two variants of double-toned milk with almonds, cashews, dates; and strawberry, chocolate, jaggery - and two variants of double-toned yoghurt - alphonso mango; and carrot, orange, banana.
BharatShakti.in Founder Nitin A Gokhale pays homage to Mr E N Rammohan and Colonel M B Ravindranath, two genuine Indian heroes who sadly passed into the ages on Sunday
Enabling the online booking and payment for Indian Railway tickets is one such case. Amitabh Pandey's book is about how he went about enthusing teams inside the Indian Railways and facilitating online reservations, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
'What fascinated me always was Alyque's ability to think in the vernacular despite his South Bombay and genteel upbringing,' notes Sandeep Goyal. 'Lalitaji or Hamara Bajaj were obviously not birthed in the hallowed environs of the Bombay Gymkhana.'
While Mahindra isn't the first person to think that building a social network out of India was a good idea, past attempts have all failed to compete with the multi-billion dollar giants Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, WhatsApp and the like.
Happiest Minds expects revenue to touch $100 mn in 3 years, the fastest in India's tech services sector.
Mudiyor Kitchen serves food free of cost to the single, widowed and elderly who have no one to cook or care for them.
Nearly 100 Indian-Americans are on the ballot for the midterm elections and have emerged as strong contenders.
Can you guess even one of them?
The campaign's main theme song 'Main hi toh Hindustan hoon' has been penned by Javed Akhtar.
The entrepreneur reveals interesting nuggets about her life and career.
The number of people, the average age and the smartness of the people, willingness to work hard and the fundamental culture of working, will work in our favour, said Kal Raman, CEO of Solutionstar, in an interview to Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com.
What matters is the culture and the atmosphere of the workplace, and whether employees get treated fairly. 'It is also important for the employee to feel s/he is part of a winning team,' Credit Suisse's Mickey Doshi tells Niraj Bhatt.
'A hundred days later, it is a moot point whether the lockdown has been partially or totally effective, or, as sceptics indicate, plain ineffective.' 'Did it actually deflect infections and the loss of lives, or was it merely a hasty decision rammed down the populace's throats that choked the economy and caused the searing tragedy of dispossessed migrant workers?' ask Radha Roy Biswas and Manoj Mohanka.
The Sikkim government is planning to convert an artificial lake, formed by a massive landslide in the state's northern part in August last year, into a tourist spot.
'People can start making a safety net, and that safety net should be at least three months of your monthly salary.' 'If somebody is earning Rs 25,000 then s/he should have at least Rs 75,000 in her/his bank account, so that if anything like this (lockdowns) happens in the future, they are not struggling.'
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Thakur, who also represented Shiv Sena in the Rajya Sabha, was 72.
Foreign retail chains, reluctantly allowed limited entry, have begun to make their initial moves and, like Ikea, intend to spend big money -- sometimes in the billions of dollars.
Foxconn, which is Apple's largest manufactures, has decided to set up a manufacturing base in India
Outbound deal count in the current calendar year fell to 100 from 154 in 2012.
'Learning to learn should be given more importance than what is actually being learnt,' recommends Zaki Ansari.
'If the RSS should be saluted for choosing such a scholarly statesman to address its highly trained cadre, one must also praise Pranab Da's sagacity for having gracefully accepting the invitation, thus disapproving any ideological apartheid,' says former BJP MP Tarun Vijay.
How robots may eradicate manual scavenging in India.
Responding to a question, Arora said that the whooping $19 billion raised through Facebook is being kept in the bank.
Ironically, amid these struggles, interest in these taxi services has grown, as concerns over women's safety have escalated.
It looks like Emmanuel Macron just got lucky again.
Kolkata's creme de la creme turned up at the launch of Bandhan, The Making of a Bank, but the evening nevertheless had an informal touch typical of the young bank with CMD Chandra Shekhar Ghosh personally welcoming the dignitaries, reports Indrani Roy/Rediff.com.
Padma Lakshmi, Anushka or Kriti -- who gets your vote.
Jaydeep Barman and Kallol Banerjee reveal how they built the company from scratch.
