Clashes between police, protesting teachers in Bengal; several injuredA major confrontation erupted at Saltlake's Bikash Bhawan, resulting in injuries to teachers and police after a lathi charge. The clash fol...
17 May, 2025, 12.05 AM IST
Bengal school job loss: Protesting teachers vow to intensify stir, stay put outside SSC officeThousands of teachers in Kolkata, whose appointments were annulled by the Supreme Court due to irregularities in the 2016 recruitment, inte...
22 Apr, 2025, 01.11 PM IST
Bengal: Jobless 'untainted' teachers dissatisfied with SC order, edu min tells them not to worryWest Bengal's 'untainted' teachers, temporarily reinstated by the Supreme Court until December 31, have expressed discontent over the short...
17 Apr, 2025, 07.33 PM IST
Ratan Tata prevents mass firing of 115 TISS staff, provides financial grantsRatan Tata has emerged as a savior for TISS employees. Recently, the prestigious Tata Institute of Social Sciences laid off 115 staff membe...
01 Jul, 2024, 05.29 PM IST
Astronomer locked out of her Twitter account for months over ‘intimate’ video of meteorTwitter's content moderation tools recently flagged a harmless video of a meteor as ‘intimate content’ and blocked the astronomer who poste...
18 Nov, 2022, 12.34 AM IST
Edtech carnage continues as WhiteHat Jr lays off 300 employeesWhiteHat Jr posted a total loss of Rs 1,690 crore for FY21, according to regulatory filings filed with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
29 Jun, 2022, 07.26 PM IST
The single biggest reason why China surged ahead in last 10 years while India fell by the waysideIndia has a lobby for every caste, but none for excellence. In such a milieu, excellence will naturally wither.
20 Jan, 2019, 02.16 PM IST
How N Chandrasekaran is transforming Tata Group into a business intensely focussed on profitabilityChandrasekaran has embraced the challenge of transforming Tata Sons like any marathon — a lot of planning, a lot of pain and a lot of satis...
24 Mar, 2018, 07.45 AM IST
Bacha Khan University reject probe report holding VC responsibleThe Bacha Khan University authorities decided to keep the varsity closed till foolproof security is provided, even as it rejected investiga...
01 Feb, 2016, 11.15 PM IST
One year of Modi government: How the PM scored 77.5 out of 100The centralized structure addresses concerns stemming from weak bench strength, and resulted in ministers improving performance.
26 May, 2015, 11.32 AM IST
100 school teachers face the sack in UK extremist probeAccording to the 'The Sunday Times', the schools were the focus of the Trojan Horse scandal, which saw efforts by hardline Islamists to tak...
05 Apr, 2015, 03.14 PM IST
2014: A politically eventful year for IndiaThe states of Jharkahand, Maharashtra and Haryana witnessed a regime change and Jammu and Kashmir saw a hung Parliament in the recent elect...
31 Dec, 2014, 12.23 PM IST
Why the World Bank is facing a crisis of confidence and what it means for IndiaReorganizing a behemoth of 10K staff is no easy task but President Jim Yong Kim has gone about his plan with the delicacy of a hammer, not ...
05 Nov, 2014, 06.41 AM IST
Reforming India: Kill old notions on babusDemocracy is the art of having a civilised conversation between diverse stakeholders, searching for the larger good while hearing all views.
04 Jun, 2013, 08.12 AM IST
- Five ways to persuade colleagues to do things your way
In office, you could be the one with load of ideas. But to make them work, you will need the support of your colleagues, sometimes juniors ...
19 Nov, 2010, 03.46 AM IST
- Sydney training college shuts shop, more closures in store
A Sydney training college has suddenly shut shop leaving over 500 international students, including many Indians, in the lurch. How to appl...
30 Jul, 2009, 10.55 PM IST