Myth Debunking 101: Cover letters don’t matter for entry-level positionsFreshers often mistakenly believe cover letters are unnecessary. However, a well-crafted cover letter can highlight relevant skills and ent...
09 Dec, 2024, 03.41 PM IST
Fighting sexual temptation? Play badminton, Hong Kong tells teenagers.Hong Kong's new sex education guidelines discourage premarital sex by suggesting diversions like badminton. Critics argue the materials are...
27 Aug, 2024, 10.57 AM IST
Going to US for studies? Discussing job opportunities can get you in troubleEducation consultants are warning students planning to study in the United States to be cautious of what they post on social media and thei...
30 Aug, 2023, 05.52 PM IST
'Onion water flu cure' trends on TikTok, doctors scoff at 'health hack'Water-drenched onions are being peddled as 'miracle cure' on TikTok.
22 Dec, 2022, 09.05 AM IST
How to identify if the money advice by your friend or relative is badWe are surrounded by bad money advice — from social media, from influencers and even from friends and family. The problem is only some of t...
25 May, 2022, 10.11 AM IST
The great switch: Top executives are leaving cushy corporate jobs to work in social sectorProfessionals have been increasingly moving to nonprofits in the past three-four years but the experience of the pandemic in 2020 has exped...
14 Feb, 2021, 01.45 PM IST
Facebook working on 'virality circuit breaker' to identify fake news before it goes viralIt has been employing content moderators to review posts for misinformation and hate speech.
25 Aug, 2020, 08.45 AM IST
Digitalisation is now forcing Nasscom to reinvent itselfAs digitalisation & outsourcing outcry hit the Indian IT biz, the strong body representing it, is changing its stripes.
01 Sep, 2019, 07.13 PM IST
Women replace men as HR heads in 60% companiesInterestingly, only 15% among these women have risen vertically to become CHROs. The study reveals the remaining 85% of these movements wer...
25 Dec, 2018, 11.19 AM IST
Indians accounted for more than 74 per cent of H-1B visas in 2016 and 2017: USCIS reportThere has been a drop in the number of new H-1B beneficiaries from India, the official report has said.
08 May, 2018, 08.35 AM IST
Peter Thiel, the VC who backed Trump, and refuses to conformThiel takes a stand, often an opposing one, and then sticks by it. Here are the other times when he controversially stood alone.
29 Nov, 2016, 10.53 AM IST
Menstrual hygiene makers like Aakar Innovations, Saral Designs signal emergence of local brandsIn India, 80% women come under house arrest for this common occurrence, because brands in the market are at price points affordable only to...
10 Feb, 2016, 09.33 AM IST
Punjab sinking in drugs worth Rs 7,500 crore from Pakistan per year: AIIMSThis is a startling revelation given that almost all the heroin that comes to Punjab is through the Pakistan border, pumped in by smugglers...
15 Jan, 2016, 11.04 AM IST
Sikhs in US feel they are victims of mistaken identitySikhs are frequently conflated with Muslims and often wind up absorbing the backlash against Islam.
29 Dec, 2015, 03.28 PM IST
The courts of this country are on trial, not Teesta SetalvadThe hounding of Teesta Setalvad is timed to coincide with the publicly articulated urge of the Prime Minister to get a "clean chit" from th...
26 Jul, 2015, 10.48 AM IST
The tobacco industry peddles lies: Jeffrey S WigandThis anti-tobacco crusader who hates to be called whistle-blower says he got death threats as late as last year from Big Tobacco.
10 Sep, 2013, 05.56 AM IST
We do have mandatory CSR: Taxation will not create better corporate citizensMandatory CSR makes a wrong assumption that most companies are big and established with large revenues and established profits to allocate.
11 Feb, 2013, 08.02 AM IST