The time the companies have to get ready for GST is 6 to 12 months.
'Didi' became the real 'Dada' as she got past the post, on a wheelchair and a foot in cast, a souvenir from the Nandigram battle against former protege-turned-rival Suvendu Adhikari.
'I can snap my fingers and get 1,000 people overnight, but I can't guarantee that they will develop because there has been zero change in education in the country in the last nine years.'
Her appointment as World Health Organisation's deputy director offers an opportunity to push for improving the medical research environment in India.
'50% of students lose out because of lack of English language skills.' 'Only 15% to 20% have the functional skills companies are looking for.'
The ease of doing business has not picked up in a vast number of states and Union Territories.
Stating that India has not made much progress since the Beijing Olympics, Ajit Sharan, Secretary - Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS), said that India needs to become a sporting nation if it has do well in big event.
'They have started an institute, the Academy of Training and Sensitisation, for prison officials near Vellore.' 'This institute has been started by the Union home ministry and it is meant for all the four southern states.'
In a bid to gain a bigger share of the customer's wallet, banks are ramping up their cross-selling initiatives.
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The policy will be announced shortly, Minister of State for Communications and IT Milind Deora said on Monday.
His resignation as chairman of the government's skill development agencies triggered talk that he may be headed back to the Tata Group where a search committee is looking for a full-time chairman.
President Ram Nath Kovind addressed the nation on the eve of India's 75th Independence Day. Here's the text of what he said:
Most Indian engineers can code but are not confident in their ability to do so, notes Narayan Mahadevan.
At a time of massive job losses that is what the much-vaunted Indian IT sector needs. Ritwik Sharma reports.
On Wednesday, Bengal's own daughter she firmly pitched herself as, was sworn in as the chief minister of the turbulent state for the third successive term amid raging fires of political violence and a rampaging pandemic.
'I want to something drastically different, where people will get the shock of their lives. But that has not happened yet.'
Infosys needs to be more innovative and disruptive with its product and services, keeping its focus on growth.
'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.
Young professionals who lost their jobs tell Rediff.com's Divya Nair how they reclaimed their lives.
Entrepreneurs, however, say they are unsure when the many obstacles in India will be cleared.
'What we need is right skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling.'
'The writer remains the most creative force in the process.' 'Producers need to be inventive in how they reward good writing.'
It may not be an exaggeration to say that in the next three years, in India itself a million jobs or more might be at risk due to automation. How we leverage its benefits will determine our fate in the digital era.
It also pledged to give interest free crop loan of up to Rs 3 lakh to farmers.
India is also exploring that way but the strength of the Indian economy was such that not even one bank was threatened, not even one insurance company was threatened, and we were able to withstand the shocks.
While everybody is talking about the vast potential of 5G, the uptake of such services in India depends on operators getting around 100 Mhz 5G spectrum. At the reserve price proposed by Trai, getting this spectrum will cost a telco around Rs 490 billion. Which amount could be difficult for operators to mop up, given the financial stress they are undergoing, says Kiran Rathee.
'What prevents infection are masks, physical distancing and good ventilation.'
The top three industries in India susceptible to economic crimes are financial services, manufacturing and professional services
On the list of 137 economies, Switzerland is followed by the US and Singapore in second and third places, respectively.
There is huge potential for data analytics insurance sector in India which has over 40 crore life insurance policies.
EduBridge is emerging as a strong player in training unemployed youth.
'The trust vote would have been closer had the DMK not been expelled,' O Panneerselvam tells A Ganesh Nadar at the launch of an e-learning portal in Jayalalithaa's name.
There is a sharp difference between the total remuneration paid at the public sector and private sector entities
'The attacks made clear to all the Gulf States that Pakistan was the nursery and sanctuary of extremist violence and that this violence threatened all the countries in the region.'
The CEOs of Cricket Australia, the National Rugby League and Football Federation Australia, have signed up to the "Pathway to Pay Equality" report by the Male Champions of Change Institute (MCC), which details a milestone-based approach to achieving pay equity between male and female athletes.
'We have to stop thinking about GDP and look at the impact on output and unemployment.' 'And that is not going to be insignificant.'
