The country’s retirement system ranks last in the global pension index, says a study by global consulting major Mercer Still, the National Pension System (NPS), which was launched by the government in June as part of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana, will help the country improve its index, the study said. The country’s index value…
The front page of a leading daily has a clutter breaking advertisement from Nestle‘s stable today, bringing readers up to date on the Maggi Noodles ruling. The advertisement further goes on to reassure them that they will be able to eat their favourite noodles soon. To be able to break clutter in the festive month…
India would launch six satellites from Singapore, including a dedicated 500 kg earth observation spacecraft, in mid-December, a top space official said on Friday. “The 500 kg dedicated satellite (TeLOS-1)will be a commercial launch for Singapore Technologies Electronics Ltd while five other smaller satellites are from Singapore universities,” Indian space agency’s commercial arm Antrix Corporation…
Creative Ways to Improve Your Resume Career experts are unanimous on the importance of customizing our resumes for each new job we apply for. But for many of us, when it comes to revising our resumes, the first question is “How?” It’s easy to get stuck in a rut when you’re working with material you…
Smartphones increasingly hold our lives — our contacts, messages, credit card data, health care information and the controls to our smart homes — within their sleek metallic finishes. So when we lose the devices, it’s a problem. Smart software means we can track, recover and — if it’s clear the devices are gone for good…
BENGALURU: A tiny chip designed in Bengaluru, the size of a postage stamp, might hold the answer to connecting India’s rural population to the Internet, an ambitious goal being chased by the likes of Google, Facebook and Microsoft. The chip, called Pruthvi, powers a system which can use television White Space — or wasted spectrum…
Here is a concrete strategy to approach the exam. Attempting the civil services preliminary exam is a different ball game from tackling the main exam. In the preliminary exam there is negative marking, and the question paper is a booklet consisting of many pages. There are 100 questions in Paper I and 80 in Paper…
BEIJING: Communist China has overtaken capitalist United States in the richie rich list with 596 billionaires to America’s 537. The stunning jump has taken place in the last one year — spurred by the rise of China’s riches in technology and manufacturing — despite a slowing economy, according to a survey released on Thursday. If…
Vijayawada: Chandrababu Naidu, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh, has urged each citizen to buy “e-bricks” at Rs. 10 each for new capital Amaravati. The website “My Brick My Amaravati” was launched by Mr Naidu on Thursday in Vijayawada, which has been his makeshift base since Andhra Pradesh was bifurcated and a separate Telangana was…
India bounced back to draw level 1-1 in the ODI series after they beat South Africa by 22 runs in the second ODI at the Holkar stadium in Indore . MS Dhoni led the way with 92* off 86 balls to help India post a respectable 247 and then the bowlers, led by Axar Patel, responded to…
