Pravasi Bharatiya Divas: Engaging The Indian Diaspora Is A Must

The Indian Diaspora has been able to carve a niche in their adopted countries as a result of their talent, perseverance and hardworking nature, asserts Rup Narayan Das. IMAGE: Prime Minister......

It's raining job promises in Odisha

Despite declining by three percentage points in 2022-23 (FY23) compared to FY19, Odisha’s unemployment rate remains higher than the average in India. IMAGE: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen......

When Zakir Hussain beat BigB to be voted 'sexiest man'

His fingers flew, fluttered and floated in quicksilver changes of raga and rhythm, drumming up music and magic. IMAGE: Tabla Maestro Ustad Zakir Hussain. Photograph: ANI Photo Zakir Hussain was......

UK's richest 10% took half of wealth from India during colonialism

The United Kingdom extracted USD 64.82 trillion from India over a century of colonialism between 1765 and 1900 and USD 33.8 trillion of this went to the richest 10 per cent -- enough money to......

Labour min rebuts Citigroup's research report on employment in India

The labour ministry on Monday rebutted a recent report by Citigroup which forecast that India will struggle to create sufficient employment opportunities even with a 7 per cent growth rate.......

Poverty recorded steepest fall in UPA regime: PM

The poverty ratio in the country has fallen steeply during the UPA regime to 21.9 per cent in 2012 from 37.2 per cent in 2004, said the UPA government's Report Card released by Prime Minister......

Mindtree co-founder Subroto Bagchi quits govt role to 'save company'

Mindtree faces the risk of management change as its largest shareholder is reportedly in talks with a rival technology firm to offload his stake. Subroto Bagchi - one of the co-founders of Mindtree......

Job creation single most important pressure point: Rajan

Indian economy, dubbed the fastest growing major economy in the world, is faced with the single most important pressure point of job creation, says former RBI Governor Raghuram G Ranjan as he makes......

I was molested as a child: Sakshi Malik opens up about harrowing abuse

Former wrestler Sakshi Malik has made some startling revelations in her recently-released book titled Witness, claiming that their protest developed cracks when 'people close to' Bajrang Punia......

Why India flopped in hockey World Cup

IMAGE: India lost the crossover match to New Zealand and failed to make the World Cup quarter-finals after going down 4-5 in sudden death. Photograph: Hockey India Former India men's hockey head......

Why Indian hockey players are desperate to resume training

'We have lost close to 2 months but if we can start training at the earliest we will be in an advantageous position.' IMAGE: Both the Indian men and women's hockey teams have been at the Sports......

How NRAI plans to revive Indian shooting after Rio debacle

- 'It is now widely accepted that the Government of India's Target Olympic Podium Scheme, TOPS, had shortcomings. However the sport of shooting was always a priority for Sports Ministry and the......

Sports Shorts: Joshna enters Egyptian Open quarters

IMAGE: India's Joshna Chinappa in action during her match against Egypt's Farida Mohamed at the Egyptian Open on Tuesday. Photograph: Kind courtesy, CIB Egyptian Squash Open/Twitter India's......