Kota: From Coaching Hub To Suicide Cluster

25 student suicides in 2023 at India's coaching hub Kota have revealed the mindboggling stress children confront every day, reports Prakash Bhandari. IMAGE: Students at Bansal Classes in Kota. All......

NEET, Vishwakarma Scheme, And Tamil Angst

Medical seats for under-graduates and post-graduates remaining vacant in the NEET era, together with the Centre 'freezing' the number of medical colleges and seats in (Dravidian) Tamil Nadu and the......

'Make caste discrimination in schools and colleges a crime'

'The government should immediately enact an Act to make caste discrimination a criminal offence and lay down a procedure similar to that of the Anti-Ragging Act.' 'Ragging has nearly been......

TN allows liquor only at IPL, investors' summit, bans in marriage halls

The Tamil Nadu government late on Monday amended the gazette notification to remove marriage halls from the purview of granting special licence to possess and serve liquor. Image used for......

Zomato stock rally may show signs of exhaustion from here on: Analysts

India's first-ever listed new-age company, Zomato, has seen a meteoric rise in its stock price in calendar year 2023 (CY23), rising 70.75 per cent during this period as compared to 9.5 per cent......

Why Auditors Quitting Big Clients Is Complicated

Auditors seem to have developed a heightened sense of risk and are not content to tick the boxes and sign the papers. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com On January 7, 2009, when B Ramalinga......

After Q1FY24 results, Street positive on IDFC First Bank's growth strategy

IDFC First Bank delivered good results in the first quarter of this financial year (Q1FY24), but some analysts are concerned the bank is fully-valued. Photograph: Courtesy: IDFC First Bank......

With Zepto Becoming First Unicorn of 2023, is Funding Winter About to Thaw?

Quick commerce startups hope to race towards better days. Can they crack the execution code? Photograph: Kind courtesy Zepto/Linkedin This is what one big funding round can do. Quick commerce rode......

Did you know *this* about Meena Kumari?

Did you know that Meena Kumari, on whom Pakeezah's greatest songs were picturised, couldn't dance at all in the film? Subhash K Jha gives us some lesser known about the late actress on her birth......

PCB starts clearing players' dues after central contracts issue resolved

IMAGE: After their return from the World Cup in India, PCB have cleared the dues of the players of the Pakistan national team. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters The Pakistan Cricket Board......

Having won a billion hearts, Rohit the skipper deserves this World Cup

IMAGE: November 19th will be the Red Letter Day for Rohit Sharma’s career as his teammates will look to win it for the selfless leader. Photograph: Andrew Boyers/Reuters How many......

EPL PHOTOS: Chelsea Hammered as wait for win continues

Images from the English Premier League matches played over the weekend. IMAGE: West Ham's Nayef Aguerd celebrates with teammates after scoring the opening goal against Chelsea at London Stadium,......

EPL Transfers: Forest sign 21 players; Chelsea splurge big

IMAGE: Chelsea ended the transfer window with a mad scramble to sign another striker, with 33-year-old former Arsenal forward Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang close to arriving from Barcelona as they......

PIX: Real Madrid, Barcelona win; PSG held

Benzema's late brace snatches win for Real IMAGE: Karim Benzema, right, celebrates with team-mates after scoring Real Madrid's third goal during the LaLiga Santander against RCD Espanyol at Power8......