49.9% New MPs In 2019

Nearly half of the MPs elected in the 2019 general elections in India were first-timers. IMAGE: The 17th Lok Sabha in session, February 10, 2024. Photograph: ANI Photo/Sansad TV   India has a......

Less Than 5% Of Candidates From Congress

The Congress is contesting 328 seats in the ongoing elections -- the lowest since Independence. Photograph: ANI Photo   When the Congress was at its peak in 1957, nearly a third of all......

Ashoka students back Gaza stir, urge VC to snap ties with Israeli varsity

Students at Ashoka University have joined the chorus of protests against the ongoing war in Gaza and have urged the vice-chancellor to end all academic and research collaborations with Israel-based......

How Do Turncoats Fare In Elections?

The share of candidates who were successful among the BJP was 56.5% in 2019. It was 5% for the Congress. IMAGE: Bahujan Samaj Party MP Ritesh Pandey joins the Bharatiya Janata Party. Photograph:......

India to clock GDP growth of 6.5% in FY24: Arvind Virmani

The Indian economy will grow at around 6.5 per cent in the current fiscal,  notwithstanding high crude oil prices and increased uncertainty due climate changes, NITI Aayog member Arvind......

Azim Premji donated Rs 27 cr per day in FY21!

Software giant Wipro's Azim Premji donated Rs 9,713 crore or Rs 27 crore a day to retain his top rank among Indian philanthropists in FY21. Premji, the founder chairman of the company, increased......

India's JOBS CRISIS

India's work participation rate is lower than Pakistan and Bangladesh.Are Indians lazy?No, there are no jobs, asserts Aakar Patel. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com   A few months after......

'This will encourage states to go for their own monetisation programmes'

'They are also sitting on huge public sector assets without many returns. IMAGE: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman launches the National Monetisation Pipeline in New Delhi, August 23,......