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No Country for Young Working Women

No Country for Young Working Women

Rediff.com29 Dec 2020

'By November 2020, men recovered most of their lost jobs, but women were less fortunate: 49 per cent of the job losses by November were of women.' 'The recovery has benefited all, but it benefited women less than it did men,' notes Mahesh Vyas.

NHAI may change funding model for road contracts

NHAI may change funding model for road contracts

Rediff.com4 Aug 2010

The NHAI board is considering a proposal to give 40 per cent of the annuity payment to the contractors upfront and the remaining amount later in instalments.

COVID-19: Mumbai, Delhi see decline in traffic congestion

COVID-19: Mumbai, Delhi see decline in traffic congestion

Rediff.com18 Mar 2020

Mumbai saw an average 46 per cent decline in congestion during the morning rush hour on Tuesday. New Delhi's data also showed an average 34 per cent decline in congestion during morning.

Railways announce 80 new special trains from Sep 12

Railways announce 80 new special trains from Sep 12

Rediff.com5 Sep 2020

The key factor in deciding the 80 new trains was the fact that there were many stations from where the migrant workers are going back to their workplace.

'India is like a garden'

'India is like a garden'

Rediff.com3 Aug 2021

'...that has plants and flowers of all colours and hues in it.' 'Do you think a garden with just one plant or one type of flower will be appealing?' 'No. It will look drab, uninteresting and lustreless because a garden would be captivating only if it had many flowers of different colours.'

Buying a house? It's much cheaper now

Buying a house? It's much cheaper now

Rediff.com10 Dec 2015

About 25-30% of total units launched are unsold across country.

Reliance questions CAG's audit on KG-D6 block

Reliance questions CAG's audit on KG-D6 block

Rediff.com14 Sep 2014

Reliance Industries has accused CAG of exceeding its brief in the audit of spending on eastern offshore KG-D6 block saying hindsight is being used to question operational decisions taken 8 years back.

Oz mine project: Adani to restart talks with stakeholders

Oz mine project: Adani to restart talks with stakeholders

Rediff.com7 Apr 2016

Adani's plan to build one of the world's biggest coal mines has been hampered time and again.

Most Glamorous! Sonam, Deepika, Janhvi...

Most Glamorous! Sonam, Deepika, Janhvi...

Rediff.com13 Feb 2019

The winners of the Filmfare Glamour and Style awards!

China enters India's engineering sector

China enters India's engineering sector

Rediff.com27 Apr 2006

China has emerged as the sixth largest engineering contractor in the world, including India, with the industry's turnover hitting a record $21.76 billion in 2005, an industry association said on Thursday.

'I won't go back, I will stay in my village to survive'

'I won't go back, I will stay in my village to survive'

Rediff.com22 May 2020

'Unlike Andhra Pradesh or Tamil Nadu, there is no opportunity for workers to earn a livelihood in Bihar.'

Govt's piece-meal approach not enough to help migrants

Govt's piece-meal approach not enough to help migrants

Rediff.com15 May 2020

There was no announcement from the government on guaranteeing a minimum basic income, which is the need of the hour. The announcements on portability of ration cards and affordable rental housing to workers are for the long and medium terms. Migrant workers need immediate relief.

US to axe major military command

US to axe major military command

Rediff.com10 Aug 2010

Defence Secretary Robert Gates said the US Joint Forces Command would close, the use of outside contractors would be cut and the number of generals and admirals reduced. The command, which is based in Norfolk, Virginia, has an annual budget of US $ 240 million and 2,800 military and civilian employees.

Pakistan denying hundreds of visa: US

Pakistan denying hundreds of visa: US

Rediff.com18 Dec 2009

The United States on Thursday alleged that hundreds of visa applications for its officials and contractors are pending before the Pakistani authorities, which it said would have "serious implications" on its civilian aid projects and counter-terrorism measures there.

Vote: Like Bebo's bindaas bridal look?

Vote: Like Bebo's bindaas bridal look?

Rediff.com11 Dec 2017

Kareena Kapoor Khan's latest covershoot will steal your thunder.

So who has the most influential hashtag in NDA?

So who has the most influential hashtag in NDA?

Rediff.com31 Dec 2020

PM has been regularly seeking people's inputs through mygov.in and his app, to assess the mood of the nation.

Doordarshan cameraman, 2 cops killed in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

Doordarshan cameraman, 2 cops killed in Naxal attack in Chhattisgarh

Rediff.com30 Oct 2018

This is suspected to be a Naxal ambush for security forces. Maoists fired multiple rounds while attacking the vehicle-mounted team, the official said.

PIX: Trump leaves White House without welcoming Biden

PIX: Trump leaves White House without welcoming Biden

Rediff.com20 Jan 2021

Donald Trump, known for his unpredictable leadership style, divisive rhetoric targeting both allies and opponents, and the only US president to be impeached twice, left the White House on Wednesday with a tainted legacy never seen before in American political history.

Oxford Covid vaccine under lens after error: Report

Oxford Covid vaccine under lens after error: Report

Rediff.com26 Nov 2020

AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford are facing questions about their Covid-19 vaccine and whether regulators would quickly authorise its emergency use after the pharma company acknowledged an error in the vaccine dosage received by some participants and other irregularities and omissions, according to the New York Times.

PM suffering from 'crisis of credibility': Rahul in Kerala

PM suffering from 'crisis of credibility': Rahul in Kerala

Rediff.com14 Dec 2017

He also said that the prime minister had failed to live up to his promise to create two crore jobs every year.

No one can fill Ahmed Patel's void in Congress

No one can fill Ahmed Patel's void in Congress

Rediff.com26 Nov 2020

Patel's closeness to the Gandhi family was undeniable. But unlike others, he resisted the temptation to use it to leverage personal business, says Aditi Phadnis.

Unable to get body home, migrant's family conducts dummy funeral

Unable to get body home, migrant's family conducts dummy funeral

Rediff.com21 Apr 2020

Crippled by poverty and the coronavirus lockdown, Sunil's family in Dumrikhurd village in Chauri Chaura police station area was forced to conduct a dummy funeral for him, setting an effigy on fire.

NHAI projects: Settlement may free Rs 10,000 cr

NHAI projects: Settlement may free Rs 10,000 cr

Rediff.com17 Mar 2010

The move, if accepted, will help resolve nearly one-third of the 1,200 cases on payments pending in various courts in the country.

Angered by Modi's 'detox diet' some firms are creating slowdown

Angered by Modi's 'detox diet' some firms are creating slowdown

Rediff.com21 May 2015

Sources close to the PM say he will not be panicked into generating short-term results at the cost of longer-term goals

MCA to raise invalid IPL ticket issue at BCCI meet

MCA to raise invalid IPL ticket issue at BCCI meet

Rediff.com30 Apr 2010

The Mumbai Cricket Association will raise the issue of humiliation inflicted on former India captain Nari Contractor at this season's IPL final at the upcoming BCCI working committee. Contractor returned to his South Mumbai home without witnessing the IPL final on April 25 at the D Y Patil stadium, as the ticket he carried was declared invalid.

RIL to give up KG basin gas discovery block

RIL to give up KG basin gas discovery block

Rediff.com24 Dec 2014

RIL, which had made four consecutive gas discoveries with close to 500 billion cubic feet of in-place reserves in block, proposed immediate relinquishment, its minority partner Hardy Oil and Gas plc of UK said on Wednesday.

Sushil Modi seeks new law to protect migrants

Sushil Modi seeks new law to protect migrants

Rediff.com9 Jun 2020

The senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader also said that the troubles of the hapless workers grew manifold, in the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, as their employers did not implement the provisions of the existing Inter State Migrant Labour Act, 1979.

Plan to make Maharashtra drought-free by 2019 fails miserably

Plan to make Maharashtra drought-free by 2019 fails miserably

Rediff.com30 May 2019

Despite Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis' ambitious plan, 40 per cent of the state is reeling from drought and its water tanker economy is booming. As of February 2019, the state government declared drought in 151 of the 358 talukas.

'God knows what he'd have achieved if he had both his eyes'

'God knows what he'd have achieved if he had both his eyes'

Rediff.com7 Jan 2021

Sharmila Tagore, the yesteryear diva and mother of Saif and Soha Ali Khan fondly remembers her husband Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi who would have been 80 on January 6.

The COVID crisis in rural Bihar

The COVID crisis in rural Bihar

Rediff.com21 May 2021

The government's focus is on urban areas, so rural areas are neglected and the COVID situation in Bihar's villages -- neither the positive cases nor the deaths -- are reported, notes M I Khan.

Railways to change catering recipe

Railways to change catering recipe

Rediff.com22 Aug 2017

Food to be cooked in base kitchens instead of trains; private players to be involved

RIL to defer investments in developing newer fields

RIL to defer investments in developing newer fields

Rediff.com30 Jun 2014

RIL's Dhirubhai-34, or R-Cluster field, in the flagging KG-D6 block was to produce about 13 million standard cubic metres per day of gas, equivalent to present day output from D1&D3 as well as MA fields, by 2017-18.

Apple hires 2,300 full-time employees in a year

Apple hires 2,300 full-time employees in a year

Rediff.com2 Nov 2009

Interestingly, the year ended September was also the time when companies worldwide slashed thousands of jobs as part of their efforts to bring down costs.

On the Goddess trail in Mumbai

On the Goddess trail in Mumbai

Rediff.com13 Feb 2021

Arundhuti Dasgupta maps a trail from the southernmost tip to its suburbs.

Now, China's relations with Israel nosedive

Now, China's relations with Israel nosedive

Rediff.com26 May 2020

The US is learnt to have asked Israel to sever ties with China, especially in areas with security risks.

'ISI is rarely questioned in Pakistan'

'ISI is rarely questioned in Pakistan'

Rediff.com18 Aug 2021

'But India, increasingly, is not that far behind, which is a story I never expected to tell.'

Lodha reforms: Changes in Andhra, Gujarat cricket associations

Lodha reforms: Changes in Andhra, Gujarat cricket associations

Rediff.com16 Jan 2017

In the wake of the Supreme Court order on reforms in the Indian Cricket Board, former BCCI vice-president Gokaraju Gangaraju quit as secretary of Andhra Cricket Association while GVK Ranga Raju has taken over as the head of the state unit.

Hoping to return home, migrants walk to rlwy station daily

Hoping to return home, migrants walk to rlwy station daily

Rediff.com19 May 2020

'They say government is doing so much but ham to ab bhi yahi hain'

Daily wage workers battle for survival in COVID-19 days

Daily wage workers battle for survival in COVID-19 days

Rediff.com25 Mar 2020

India has been put in lockdown to halt the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. People have been told to stay indoors, but for many daily-wage earners this is not an option.