No country has grown without educating its people. India's shameful lag in primary and secondary education has persisted for several decades, and the crisis in higher education is now threatening a social and political calamity, says Ashoka Mody.
'The BJP, or the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, are celebrating their biggest ideological and philosophical victory in some time,' says Shekhar Gupta.
One always ponders over why the witnesses should not have poor memory when answering cross examination questions or recounting events that occurred six years ago. Too many witnesses seemed to have drunk some Harry Potter-esque Philosopher's Stone magic elixir that has Botoxed their fading memory to make it as good as new again.
Both Dr Singh and the Congress party are culpable for India's aimless drift. This crippling, self-destructive impasse of vacuous leadership cannot be allowed to persist for even a day longer. India demands and deserves better leadership, says Vivek Gumaste
There is ample fuel in the computer revolution to do many useful things.
Try as hard as the BJP might to whitewash or sugar-coat its Muslim-centric gestures, one cannot deny that they smack of appeasement. There is a real danger in this misguided approach. The BJP may end up looking like a poor B team of the Congress with disastrous results. In the real world people prefer originals not imitations, says Vivek Gumaste.
India might be completely down and out after their dismal show in the recently-concluded tour of Australia but former Pakistan skipper Wasim Akram feels that MS Dhoni and Co. would still start favourites in the Asia Cup, that commenced in Mirpur on Sunday.
A wonder pill that can slow the ageing process is likely to become available within five years, raising the prospect of people eventually living to 150 and beyond, researchers say.
Prime Minister Modi ruled out any review of the Constitution and reached out to the Opposition by saying that the ruling side does not believe in forcing decisions.
It is becoming more and more apparent that Shyamvar Rai is like an onion. And a pretty pungent one at that. As layer after layer of his life gets peeled off, in full view of the court, new layers of his character are exposed.
Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation might not be as iconic, but it is genuinely compelling, says Raja Sen.
Hindustan Unilever, the FMCG major, has posted disappointing numbers for the December quarter on weak consumer sentiment, specially in discretionary categories.
Raja Sen feels 10 Ml Love has enough to offer for a good time.
'We are completely engaged in fighting poverty; alas, our neighbour Pakistan seems only engaged in fighting us.'
Shameem Akthar, yoga acharya trained with the international Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center, shows you five forward bends that will keep you dynamic and youthful.
The seemingly paradoxical reason is rising attrition and growth in demand from the US, the industry's biggest market.
You have heard it time and again -- drink eight glasses of water a day to stay hydrated. But, this cliched advice lacks scientific evidence, claim scientists. According to a new study, a recent look at what is known about the health effects of drinking water reveals that most supposed benefits are not backed by solid evidence.
J Vishnu Vardhan and Rushmi Chakravarthy won the men's and women's titles respectively at the National Grasscourt Championship.
The Rs 13,000-crore consultancy industry will face skilled manpower crunch, as it will create a capacity of over 220,000 top management consultants by 2010, found a study by Elixir web solutions on recruitment process outsourcing. The shortage is estimated to be around 10-12 per cent of the demand. The industry is growing at a rate of 20 per cent per annum and within it the Information Technology consulting sector is growing faster at 30 per cent per annum.
Companies that would be able to re-invent themselves in terms of offering to their employees the opportunity to attain an all round sense of growth and contentment would be able to thrive and succeed.
India, ranked the fifth largest retail destination globally, at present employs more than 21 million people in organised and unorganised retail and contributes to 13 per cent of the country's GDP.
The salaries of hardware engineers in the Indian information technology industry have nearly doubled over the last two years and yet the exodus to software continues, according to an Elixir Web Solutions survey.
During the quarter ended March 31, it added seven clients, the highest since the third quarter of 2007-08.
Three-time champions Mohun Bagan were handed a 3-1 defeat at home.
Faculty of Management Studies, University of Delhi, invites industry delegates, students and academicians to attend the FMS Human Resource Conclave 2006. \n
Why are so many regions in the state facing water scarcity despite normal to excess rainfall? Mahesh Vijapurkar blames the government.
Mahesh Vijapurkar is not surprised that 41 villages in Sangli district want to be merged with Karnataka because of the perennial drinking water shortage in their villages.
Coca Cola will set up a trust fund of $10 mn for CSR activities. It was recently awarded the Golden Peacock Global Award for Corporate Social Responsibility - 2008.
Brazilian striker Douglas Da Silva's goal earned defending champions East Bengal a draw in the Kolkata Super Division football league.
National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority has for the first time fixed the prices of 27 formulation packs including 'Livadex' injection and 'Lederplex T liquid'.
The medicinal properties of various varieties of red mushroom, especially those found in India, have special reference in the ancient Ayurvedic texts.
Success has come at a huge cost to the wife of new Chelsea owner.
Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir started off in blazing fashion in the second innings to put India firmly in the driver's seat at close on day three of the second Test in Mohali on Sunday. At stumps, the hosts were 100 for no loss, an overall lead of 301 runs with all their 10 second innings wickets intact.
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