Is there a message in DRDO chief's exit?

By removing Avinash Chander last week, the government has chosen to sacrifice the organisation's most potent symbol of success Defence and Research Development Organisation Director General......

Profiles of new ministers

Following are the profiles of the new ministers inducted in the United Progressive Alliance government:Sushil Kumar Shinde: From a humble beginning as a court employee to the office of governor and......

IT professionals: The new face of labour unions

The past few weeks have seen several hundred people let go of by IT services firms joining unions claiming to represent tech workers fighting for their rights. Romita Majumdar, Gireesh Babu and......

Tamil Nadu allows unions in IT sector

The issue arose after TCS dismissed hundreds of employees in January 2015, leading to the formation of the IT Employees Wing supported by the NDLF.  A spectre now haunts the information......

Delayed salaries: AI staff on flash strike

A section of employees of Air India, including engineers, on Tuesday went on a flash strike to protest delay in payment of salaries and problems relating to the working conditions of cabin crew,......

Left support takes its toll on reforms

The freedom granted to Indian Oil to charter ships for importing oil directly, instead of going through an agency, tops the achievements of the United Progressive Alliance in its first year of......