Sulabh International founder and social activist Bindeshwar Pathak, a pioneer in building public toilets, died on Tuesday at AIIMS Delhi due to a cardiac arrest, according to a close aide. The......
Thousands of widows of Vrindavan and women abandoned by their families celebrated Diwali by lighting diyas at the Keshi Ghat on the Yamuna river in Mathura. Dressed in white saris, the......
Sulabh International founder and well-known sanitation expert Bindeshwar Pathak has been named as one of the 31 "Environment Heroes" of this year by Time magazine. In its latest issue, the magazine......
After a rousing tour to the United Nations, the members of the Sulabh International called on President Pratibha Patil at theRashtrapathiBhavan on Friday. Read rediff's special on their UN tour......
The Maharashtra cabinet on Thursday decided to request the Union government to increase the income limit to qualify for 'non-creamy layer' to Rs 15 lakh per year from the current Rs 8 lakh. IMAGE:......
Information technology (IT) stocks ended at their lowest in nearly nine months after a fresh bout of selling, triggered by concerns over a recession in the US, the key market for domestic software......
A rather pressing matter is doing the rounds with regard to pay-and-use toilets like Sulabh. While users have nothing to worry about for the moment, it appears that service tax of 12.24 per cent......
Public call offices and Sulabh Sauchalaya, which has redefined sanitation by developing low-cost pay-and-use toilets being used by about 10 million people a day, have emerged as the most successful......
Among individual stocks, Morgan Stanley has maintained their overweight rating on HCLT, LTIMindtree and Infosys within the large-caps. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Morgan Stanley has......
Multiple triggers such as asset sales, pickup in energy cash flows, increased traction in omni-channel retail, and rise in ARPUs could further drive the stock. Reliance Industries hit a record......