'Educated youth prefer to be unemployed rather than under-employed'

'When manufacturing or even services cannot generate the kind of employment they are looking for, they prefer to be unemployed rather than under-employed.' Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com......

Brain Drain 2.0 Is Taking Place In India

The migration of domestically developed intellectual property to foreign corporations within India reflects an anomaly in the demand pattern of the country's job market, points out Kanika Datta.......

'We couldn't imagine this 15 years ago'

'At the heart of the strategic relationship between our countries are economic ties.' US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken charts out the route for the 'defining relationship' of the 21st century......

'Effect of Budget on elections is marginal'

'The BJP's real weapons are Hindutva, organisation and finance.' IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman arrives at Parliament on Budget Day, February 1, 2023. Photograph: Kamal Singh/PTI Photo......

Rooftop solar charges up electric vehicle boom in India's smaller cities

The push given to rooftop solar installation in the Interim Budget ties in with its high rate of adoption in Tier-II and -III cities of India. If original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in the......

Buyout impact, margin worries likely to cap gains for Maruti Suzuki

The stock of the country’s largest passenger vehicle maker, Maruti Suzuki India (MSIL) was down 1.06 per cent in trade on margin pressures in Q1FY24, mixed market share outlook, and earnings......

90% of workers in India expect pay rise this year

Workers' expectations around the pay rises this year have skyrocketed in India, with 90 per cent of people interviewed are looking for a hike in salary, a report said on Monday. Illustration:......

Sitharaman walks the tech talk with AI, data governance, digilocker in Budget

The Union Budget on Wednesday outlined several initiatives to drive India's technology agenda and boost digital infrastructure, including new centres of excellence for artificial intelligence,......