Doctors, lawyers, engineers -- Modi's new ministers

Among the 36 new faces in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's council of ministers, eight are lawyers, four are doctors, two former IAS officers and four MBA degree holders, besides several engineers,......

1st woman Director of IIM-C quits after tiff with faculty

First woman Director of Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta Anju Seth has stepped down from her post in the backdrop of confrontation with the teaching faculty. She resigned from the post one......

Experts welcome WHO's decision to resume HCQ clinical trial

Terming World Health Organisation's decision to resume testing of hydroxychloroquine as a potential treatment for COVID-19 in its global clinical trial "a step in the right direction", experts said......

Are Bihar floods a man-made disaster?

Year after year, floods cause mayhem in Bihar but the government is not paying adequate attention to water management, reports Satyavrat Mishra. IMAGE: A village inundated by flood water near......

Shiv Nadar steps down, daughter Roshni is new chairperson of HCL Tech

Roshni, also a trained classical musician, came on the board of HCL Technologies in 2013 and was vice chairperson. Shiv Nadar would continue to be MD of the company with designation as chief......

India-born Arvind Krishna elected CEO of IBM

Indian-origin technology executive Arvind Krishna has been elected chief executive officer of American IT giant IBM after a "world-class succession process", succeeding Virginia Rometty, who......

Anju Seth, IIM-C's first woman director

'She was the unanimous choice of the search-cum-selection committee.'Avishek Rakshit reports. Professor Anju Seth. Photograph: Kind courtesy Anju Seth/facebook.com Anju Seth, an alumnus of the......

How PolicyBazaar's Yashish Dahiya changed India's insurance scene

Dahiya's first internet-based venture to sell insurance failed, but he was convinced digital was the future Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com There aren’t many jobs you can do that will......