NEET-PG likely to be held mid-August: Sources

The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-Post Graduate (NEET-PG) 2024 is likely to be held mid-August, sources said on Tuesday. IMAGE: Students hold placards as they stage a protest against the......

Rediff's Wave Rider Retires!

After steering the Rediff mothership for close to 29 years, Ajit Balakrishnan, founder, chairman and CEO, did what few businessmen in this country do -- R-E-T-I-R-E. On August 2, 2024, we were......

Sitaram Yechury: A face of pragmatic Left politics

The CPI-M leader was fluent in Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Bangla, and also Malayalam. He was also well-versed in Hindu mythology, and often used those references in his speeches especially to attack the......

Explained: How National Testing Agency functions

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is at the centre of controversy over alleged irregularities in competitive exams conducted by it. Amid the raging row over the recently conducted NEET-UG and......

Analjit Singh plans to set up medical college

Max India founder and chairman Analjit Singh is in talks with four foreign universities to set up a medical college in the country. Singh, an alumnus of Boston University, confirmed the development......

A tribute to B M Munjal, father of India's two-wheeler industry

B M Munjal positioned motorcycles as more fuel efficient than scooters, which struck a chord with the cost-conscious Indian buyers.  IMAGE: Munjal was well known for his inter-personal......

India must stop being the West's digital colony

'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,'......

Perception on layoffs wasn't tackled early, agrees TCS

Several TCS employees have gone to social networking websites to vent their grievances. N Chandrasekaran, managing director and chief executive officer of India’s largest information......

Why Is Jaiswal Looking Tense?

IMAGE: Team India smiles for the shutterbugs, barring young Yashasvi Jaiswal who looks rather tense. Photographs: Kind courtesy BCCI The Indian team, currently in the Caribbean for their Windies......