What Ails India's Civil Service

'A large portion of youngsters who aspire to join the civil services are not motivated by the spirit of public service and idealism of which the civil services offer in abundance.' 'When they join......

'We have to be prepared for the invisible enemy'

'Unlike on the western and eastern borders where there is an enemy at the gate, here there is an invisible enemy which is building its own capability and can come into play at a time and place of......

The Course Mate Who Will Be Chief

'As a course mate who has followed closely this star on the Bombay Sappers firmament, my heart swells with pride to see his extraordinary brilliance and focus; his commitment and his dedication;......

Cyber-attacks: What Modi must know!

'What we are actually missing in India is a platform wherein the government engages with cybersecurity experts, gets them employed and then utilises their capability to deter such attacks.'......

How to beat the gloomy jobs scenario

'What we need is right skilling, re-skilling and up-skilling.' One thing experts working in the field of employment talk about the most is the need for fresh graduates to have new skills. They......

Uber to invest $50mn in Hyderabad; set up biggest global office

  Taxi-hailing app Uber will invest $50 million in Hyderabad over the next five years to establish a facility that will house hundreds of its employees and would be its biggest international......

'TiECon has once again become relevant to entrepreneurs'

The TiECon Disruptive Entrepreneurship Conference on May 15-16 saw a record turnout of 4800 people. Ritu Jha/Rediff.com reports from California on the largest TieCon ever. ALSO READ: Tesla's......

They ain't just cricketers, they are entrepreneurs too

Off the field, sportspersons hone biz skills With cricketer Yuvraj Singh launching investment fund YouWeCan and Team India Test captain Virat Kohli announcing his involvement in gym chain Chisel,......

3 yr old Anish is youngest rated chess player!

IMAGE: Kolkata born Anish Sarkar's chess jouney commenced a year ago. Photograph: Kind courtesy Shahid Ahmed via ChessBase India While most children his age are absorbed in cartoons like Peppa Pig......

'You'll see a lot of fast bowlers coming'

'Yes, there have not been any express fast bowlers that are coming from the MRF Pace Foundation that we used to have back in the years.' 'But that's not going to happen anymore. Now, in the next......

Bollettieri, renowned coach to tennis legends, dies

IMAGE: A pioneering mentor who coached 10 world number ones, Nick Bollettieri was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014. Photograph: Graham Denholm/Getty Images Nick......

I was blank for few seconds: Sindhu on winning bronze

IMAGE: P V Sindhu celebrates after defeating China's He Bing Jiao in the women's bronze medal play-off match at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. Photograph: Lintao Zhang/Getty Images Reigning World......

SS Das named India women's team batting coach

IMAGE: Former opener Shiv Sunder Das played 23 Tests between 2000-02, with more than 1300 runs, including two hundreds and nine half-centuries. Former India opener Shiv Sunder Das has been......