Govt sets age limit for coaching centers: No enrollment below 16 years

Coaching centres cannot enrol students below 16 years of age, make misleading promises and guarantee rank or good marks, according to new guidelines announced by the Ministry of Education. Image......

Lessons For The World From 2023

One looks upon the coming new year with foreboding as current wars in Ukraine and Gaza spill over and escalate and new ones erupt in incipient fault lines across the world, notes former foreign......

Giant In The Earth: M S Swaminathan

Dr Shreekant Sambrani pays tribute to Dr M S Swaminathan, the renowned agricultural scientist and a lifelong crusader against hunger who passed away in Chennai last week. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

Jaishankar begins UNGA speech with 'Namaste from Bharat'

India on Tuesday told the UN General Assembly that the days when a few nations set the agenda and expected others to fall in line are over, underlining that its presidency of the G20 sought to......

PSU stock froth persists: Q4 test for financial endurance

Shares of public sector enterprises have corrected by up to 22 per cent month-to-date until March 19, 2024. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Analysts attribute this steep fall to the......

IRFC, NBCC, SJVN, BHEL: PSU stocks are on fire; analysts see more headroom

Stocks of public sector undertakings (PSUs) have been on fire in the past year as investors cheered an improvement in key operating metrics and embraced counters of these state-owned enterprises,......

What experts say about interim Budget 2024

Following are comments from economists at leading financial institutions, banks and rating agencies on the interim Budget: Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Abheek Barua, Chief Economist, HDFC......

Sensex ends 107 points lower in choppy trade

Benchmark equity indices ended lower on the Budget day on Thursday as investors opted for profit-taking amid mixed cues. Photograph: Danish Siddiqui/Reuters After shedding early gains, the......