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NTA announces new dates for 3 crucial exams, including UGC-NET

Amid a raging row over alleged irregularities in the conduct of competitive exams, the National Testing Agency (NTA) Friday night released fresh dates for cancelled and postponed examinations,......

Mid-Day Meal is now PM POSHAN, to cover pre-primary students

The national mid-day meal scheme in government and aided schools will now be known as PM POSHAN Scheme and will also cover students of balvatikas or pre primary classes, the government announced......

Life's a ball! Celebrating Moulin Rouge at 130

Remember the Nicole Kidman starrer Moulin Rouge? Well, the Moulin Rouge, the French cabaret famous for its high-kicking cancan dancers and flesh-exposing ostrich feather costumes, has completed 130......

Paris attacks investigation: Latest developments

Five days after deadly attacks in Paris, which claimed 129 lives, details are emerging about the identities of the men who carried out the attacks. Here's a round up of the latest developments.......

Indian-Canadian docs donate $1 mn for blind

Drs Daya and Chander Gupta donated $1 million to the Canadian National Institute for the Blind in Manitoba earlier this month. The CNIB renamed the CNIB Winnipeg Building as The Drs Daya and......

Advertising: Another turn of the wheel due?

The world awaits a creative breakthrough for mobile phone ads, says Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com. Advertising in its many forms has long had an uneasy relationship......

Are pension products good for retirement?

Mindshare is an important aspect of marketing. The right positioning of the company, its brands, products and other intangible assets is extremely critical to the success of the enterprise.......

Murthy: From college dropout to big entrepreneur

"Dream big. The earth's the limit!" says Mahesh Murthy. Murthy represents the new breed of entrepreneurs who have taken the offbeat and unconventional track to build their little empires. Murthy......

Pouring out a new growth plan

It was one company that held out against a giant. Back in the '90s Hindustan Lever was bulldozing its way into the foods business and snapping up a string of small and regional ice cream brands.......

'Indian steel industry will grow at about 10%'

2001 was probably the worst year for the steel business in India. Prices were at an historic low, in fact the lowest in 30 years. It was also the time when B Muthuraman took over asmanaging......

Alia Posts First Pic Post-Motherhood

Beach time for Sara-Varun... Ananya posts a selfie... Kareena wraps up a film... Photograph: Kind courtesy Alia Bhatt/Instagram Alia Bhatt posts up her first picture post-motherhood, and updates......

What are Taapsee, Salman, Jacqueline up to?

Taapsee takes off her make up, Salman gets a date, Akshay gets flowers for his girls... Just what's a day like in a celebrity's life? Well, they offer us clues once in a while, thanks to their......

'We will keep it simple against Wales'

IMAGE: India players at a training session on Wednesday, the eve of their match against Wales. Photograph: Hockey India/Twitter India will need to beat Wales by a big margin to directly qualify......

PHOTOS: The gold medallists on Day 6 at Rio Olympics

Check out the gold medal winners on Day 6 of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, on Thursday: Oleksiak and Manuel tie for women's 100m freestyle gold IMAGE: Simone Manuel, left, and......

Ledecky takes third gold; Efimova makes second final

IMAGE: Gold medalists Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, Maya Dirado and Katie Ledecky of the United States pose during the medal ceremony for the Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay......

Austria questions 20 players over match-fixing

Twenty current and former footballers in the Austrian league are being treated as suspects over match-fixing and up to 17 first and second division matches could have been manipulated in the last......

Somdev bows out of Wimbledon qualifiers

Somdev Devvarman missed chances galore, including a match point, as he crashed out of the Wimbledon qualifiers after losing a gruelling and energy-sapping first round match against Australia's Matt......

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