While the banking sector may be in the doldrums, impacting various other industries, there are still some sectors that are on an upward trend.
Yogi Chugh, the President-Elect of the Indian American Forum for Political Education (IAFPE), talks about Obama and the US poll.
'How many people have been skilled up and thus able to escape from needing to be in NREGA? The true success of NREGA would lie in its irrelevance -- that is, people no longer need it as a crutch.' 'NREGA should enable them to climb out of poverty and stand on their feet.' 'But this is expressly forbidden by NREGA rules. Skill development, which is what India needs more than anything else, appears to be outside the purview of NREGA,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.
One world standard for safe toys should be our goal.
More than 48,000 American jobs were shifted overseas, including to countries like India and China, in the January-March quarter this fiscal, according to a new report.
Several Indian American organizations, including the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin--arguably the largest and most influential international medical group in the US--and leading Hindu leaders have blasted Fox News' conservative talk show host Glenn Beck for insulting medical care in India and joking that the holy river Ganges sounded like a disease.
'Let's talk a bit about minimum and overtime wages, since that is a topic so dear to everyone's heart. After all, critics say that heartless Devyani paid poor Sangeeta neither the minimum wages nor overtime wages and since "in this country we don't do it this way," she deserves to go to jail. But the FLSA itself makes several occupations exempt from either payment of minimum wages or from overtime wages or both. Disabled people need not be paid minimum wages under FLSA. Seamen on American vessels have to be paid minimum wages but seamen on other than American vessels need not be. So how fair is the Fair Labor Standards Act,' asks Sharmista Khobragade, diplomat Devyani Khobragade's sister.
Some jobs just sound too cool to be true. Often they are. Behind the glamour is hard work and high stress. But would we still swap?
Full transcript of President Obama's speech at the Siri Fort Auditorium in New Delhi.
The inspiring story of Birubala Rabha who will go to any lengths to protect the 'witches'!
Where do people spend the most time at their jobs?
'It is for the first time the voices of the most deferred, the most neglected, the most ignored, the most abused, the most vulnerable - the children-- has been heard. It is a great moment.' 'I always wanted Pakistan and India to have good relationships because I believe that this is very important for the development of both the countries.' 'If children are taught hatred, if they are taught about sectarianism and prejudice, then we can see that there will be terrorism in society." Nobel Peace Prize winners Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan's Malala Yousafzai were given an ovation after they delivered their rousing speeches in front of a packed audience at a glittering ceremony in Oslo on Wednesday. A day later, they sit down for an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour and share their dreams, their hopes for the future. Read excerpts from the interview.
Lessons from entrepreneurs who have launched businesses in the last 18 months.
It's going to be a very different world out there. Here are some hints for preparing for it.
The most publicized measure of U.S. unemployment tells only part of the story.
Forget shuffleboard and croquet. With Americans living longer, a growing number of people are embarking on entrepreneurial second careers -- well into their 80s. So what are the real secrets to longevity, in business and in life?
Sometimes opportunity knocks with a pink slip in hand.
After Multi Fiber Arrangement is phased out, the textile industry of developing economies like India will have a reason to be optimistic about the long-term growth opportunity.
Some very successful entrepreneurs got their starts only after losing their day jobs. Who knew getting fired could be a great career move?
Read the full transcript of President Obama's State of the Union address on Wednesday at the US Capitol in Washington.
A scarcity of young, college-educated engineers has turned recruitment in India's fast-growing tech sector into a free-for-all.
A qualitative change is beginning to show in a broad swathe of services, products, and mindsets
The pattern of economic growth in India is lop-sided, leaving a vast section of the society vulnerable, says an economist from Jawaharlal Nehru University.
Titled The Blue Notebook, it is the story of a child prostitute named Batuk, from Mumbai, who records the miseries of her life in a little blue notebook
The recession is only one of several trends combining to change the way Americans live out their golden years
'Prime Minister, there will be no agreement with the Americans unless you get the BJP on your side in the name of the greater national interest.'
United States President Barack Obama on Wednesday delivered his State of the Union address in which he spelt out the agenda for the second term of his Presidency
Devesh Kapur, Director, Center for the Advanced Study of India, discusses the impact of interniational migration with Arthur J Pais
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