Stalled rescue op for trapped workers resumes, work on another tunnel begins

As the first visuals of the 41 workers trapped inside the Silkyara tunnel in Uttarakhand emerged Tuesday, officials said they have resumed the stalled operation to evacuate them through an escape......

'No choice': Elon Musk justifies mass layoffs at Twitter

Amid massive layoffs at Twitter across the world, including in India, and the subsequent backlash, the microblogging site's new owner Elon Musk on Saturday justified the move, saying there was "no......

Can India Deal with Halahal In Amrit Kaal?

We have our own problems for sure and they are not trivial, but for now, our economy is in not too bad a shape, our politics is as personality-driven and authoritarian as that of most countries in......

Monkeypox in India: Here's all you need to know about the virus

India has reported four cases of monkeypox so far -- three from Kerala and one from Delhi -- the latest being that of a 34-year-old man in the national capital with no history of foreign travel......

'Investors are not coming to do charity'

'Investment is continuously coming.' IMAGE: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan speaks at the inaugural session of the 17th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Convention 2023 in Indore on......

The Work From Home Revolution

Will it trigger a social and management revolution as well, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com     'Ajit, why are you so hands-on? Why don't you learn to......

India slips 10 spots to 68th on competitiveness index

India has moved down 10 places to rank 68th on an annual global competitiveness index, largely due to improvements witnessed by several other economies, while Singapore has replaced the United......

No H-1B visa caps for data localisation: US State Department

International companies usually store data on global servers and the requirement to store data locally would require them to make an additional investment. But policymakers in India believe storing......

Nalini By Day, Nancy By Night

Sonali Gulati, an Indian American filmmaker and teacher, became curious when a telemarketer pronounced her name perfectly for the first time and realised that the voice she heard, despite its......

How Pele elevated football's popularity in US

Pele was eventually convinced to sign a multimillion-dollar deal with US club New York Santos in June 1975, aided by then-Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who wrote a letter to the Brazilian......

FIFA mess: Official charged with fraud, money-laundering

A man walks in front of the FIFA logo displayed outside the FIFA headquarters. Photograph: Harold Cunningham/Getty Images A member of the financial watchdog committee at soccer's ruling body FIFA......

Microsoft backs cricket to woo Indian employees

On a cloudless summer day, Manish Prabhu stares out at a converted soccer field thousands of miles from his native India and watches a cricket ball skip past some fielders dressed in white. It is......