The only way to create more jobs is to make sure that we anticipate the skills that will be required in the future and prepare ourselves for those skills.’ Infosys Co-founder Senapathy Gopalakrishnan, the company’s CEO and MD from 2007 to 2011 and Infy’s vice-chairman from 2011 to 2014, is now co-founder at Axilor Ventures, an accelerator that helps early-stage start-ups succeed. ‘Kris’ Gopalakrishnan spoke with Rediff.com’s Prasanna D Zore […]

The Horticulture Department of Gurgaon will make some agricultural land available to city residents who want to do farming and grow their own kitchen gardens for household needs. In this first-of-its-kind initiative, the city of Gurgaon will be emulating the community gardens of the US and UK where busy city people, who have very little space in their flats and apartments to grow vegetables, get away on weekends to do […]

Reliance Jio’s much-anticipated launch on Thursday offering free voice calls and data services at very low tariffs resembles a similar “disruptive” strategy that the company had adopted 13 years ago. In 2003, Mukesh Ambani-controlled Reliance India Mobile stormed the market with a “Monsoon Hungama” scheme, which offered mobile connection and a handset at R501. As incumbent operators jostled to keep their customer base intact, tariffs plunged, making mobile phones affordable […]

From having a successful business to giving it up at the age of 50, from selling furniture to becoming a farmer – this is the amazing story of Suneet Salvi. “People have family lawyers and family doctors – I want to work towards people having family farmers. People should know who is growing their food and how it is being grown,” says 53-year-old Suneet Salvi who recently gave up his […]

He recommended ways to eradicate female foeticide. He even took potshots at Pakistan. He equated dharma to the husband and politics to the wife, suggesting that the latter should “accept the discipline” imposed by the former. He recommended ways to eradicate female foeticide. He even took potshots at Pakistan. And all through the discourse that lasted 40 minutes, Jain religious leader Tarun Sagar had MLAs cutting across party lines at […]

Rescue teams were working through the night to try to find survivors under the rubble that remained of central Italian towns flattened by an earthquake that hit in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least 159 people. One hotel that collapsed in the small town of Amatrice probably had about 70 guests, and only seven bodies had so far been recovered, said the mayor of the town that was […]

The performance of our female athletes at the 2016 Olympics at Rio has made the country sit up and watch like it normally does only for an India Vs Pakistan encounter. In cricket. The photographs of crowds across the country cheering the matches are unprecedented. Amidst all the euphoria, social media has erupted with memes and status messages on “Beti bachao”, with people pointing out that without the lion-hearted performances […]

Biryani is an evergreen classic that really needs no introduction. India offers so much on its culinary platter but the one dish Indians unanimously love indulging in is the mouth-watering biryani. With local and hyperlocal variations having evolved into distinctive styles of biryanis, one is spoilt for options when it comes to experiencing this melting pot of flavours. The deliciously complex blend of flavours, spices, and aromas in biryani have […]

India’s Sakshi Malik won a bronze medal in the wrestling 58kg category after the Indian beat Aisuluu Tynybekova 8-5 in the bronze medal bout. In a thrilling contest, Sakshi fought back from 0-5 down to seal the bout 8-5 in her favour. With seconds left on the clock, she produced a three-point move to seal the bout and India’s first medal at Rio 2016 Olympics. It wasn’t an ideal start […]

Sister Madonna Buder in Nike’s new ad will make even the most fierce of fitness freaks feel inadequate. At 86, she runs, swims, cycles and even participates in the Ironman triathlon. For their ‘Unlimited’ series, the sports apparel brand has recruited ‘Iron Nun’ – a moniker the nun received after completing 45 or so Ironman contests. The grueling race comprises a 3.86 km swim, a 180.25 km cycle race, and […]