NCR workers unrest adds to cost strain on firms already hit by Iran warWorker protests over minimum wages are escalating in Noida and Manesar. This unrest, following a significant wage hike in Haryana, is incre...
15 Apr, 2026, 01.23 PM IST
Time to unlock silver abundance: Ageing is not a problem to be solved, but a societal invitation to reimagine our systemsIndia is still seen as a young country, but its demographic advantage is nearing an end, with the share of working-age population set to de...
05 Apr, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
Want to make 1 mn rural women banking correspondents in 5 years: PayNearby’s Jayatri DasguptaWith the aim to bring financial inclusion and drive workforce participation among women in the hinterlands, PayNearby’s Digital Naari initi...
13 Aug, 2024, 02.43 PM IST
BITS Pilani’s PIEDS and Aditya Birla Capital Foundation to launch startup programme for women entrepreneurs‘Womenpreneurs for Bharat 1.0’ is aimed at providing funding and incubation support to women entrepreneurs who are creating solutions for o...
24 Nov, 2023, 04.13 PM IST
He walked...and the earth turned green: The life and legacy of MS SwaminathanGeneticist MS Swaminathan who led India’s push in the 1960s to become grain surplus, promoting the use of hybrid varieties and chemical fer...
29 Sep, 2023, 06.15 PM IST
Goldman Sachs' 10,000 women initiative created 12,000 jobs, added Rs 28 billion in revenue within 18 months: ReportIn India, the 10,000 Women initiative was first launched in 2008, providing women entrepreneurs with business and management education, men...
05 Apr, 2023, 06.50 PM IST
Challenges faced by women entrepreneurs and how they can seek guidanceApart from boosting the economy by generating jobs, it also leads to transformational social and personal outcomes for women. In the last d...
18 Nov, 2022, 07.15 PM IST
WeWork India partners with StrongHer Ventures to help women entrepreneursArise brings together the benefits of StrongHer Ventures’ extensive investment expertise and investor network, coupled with WeWork Labs’ gl...
22 Mar, 2022, 11.58 AM IST
UNDP launches 'Sahi Disha' campaign to celebrate women's livelihoods in rural IndiaThe campaign highlights issues and hurdles that impact the opportunities for women in rural India to access jobs and livelihoods and establ...
18 Mar, 2021, 01.40 PM IST
MEITY to award women entrepreneurs in the software products spaceThe government has recently come up with a draft policy for software products in an effort to create boost the software products space in t...
18 Oct, 2019, 05.49 PM IST
Urban Ladder, Bengaluru-based online furniture seller wants staff careers to climbThe Bengaluru-based online furniture seller has scaled up five times since it was founded in 2012 and its leaders want to ensure that teams...
02 Aug, 2016, 11.57 AM IST
Facebook users are rapidly shifting to video: Kirthiga Reddy, India MDGlobally, we see 8 million videos being streamed daily on Facebook, and over 500 million users watching videos. That's over 100 million hou...
22 Apr, 2016, 10.55 AM IST
TCS and MWM reach 6,50,000 pledges for STEM MentorsMWM has more than 650,000 pledges, with participation from 55 corporate partners and 67 nonprofit, education and media partners.
18 Mar, 2016, 05.29 PM IST
Microsoft India, NIIT tie up to offer technology courses to womenThrough its 500 centres across the country, NIIT will train and certify women in the latest Microsoft technologies.
01 Oct, 2014, 04.43 PM IST
Microsoft to train 1 million women under tech initiativeMicrosoft will engage with 750,000 women in STEM courses in the next 12 months and will also train 250,000 women IT professionals.
24 Sep, 2014, 04.15 PM IST
How GE, Cisco, Dell, HCL Tech are helping women employees professionally & personallyFour cos are helping women employees professionally and personally, and is giving companies a better idea of what women want.
16 May, 2013, 11.23 AM IST
- How Hindustan Unilever gets its women to rise to its top rungs
Last year, HUL instituted Alchemy, a mentoring programme for high-potential employees, and Career by Choice, which aims to bring women, who...
03 Nov, 2011, 05.02 AM IST