Bengaluru boy Samay Godika (in picture) has emerged as the winner of the Breakthrough Junior Challenge with $400,000 (over Rs 2.9 crore) as the prize money. While Samay, 16, a student of National Public School-Koramangala, will receive a $250,000 (over Rs 1.8 crore) college scholarship, his ninth and tenth grade science teacher, Pramila Menon, who …
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IKEA India’s Mumbai store is all set to create employment opportunities for the localites with over 10,000 jobs in merchandising, store operations, supply chain and allied assembly services. The e-commerce retailer plans on having 50% of its workforce to be women as well as recruiting from the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities. More …
She is India’s first ever female singer to win a Grammy for the Best Song Written for Visual Media award (with A.R. Rahman and Gulzar) for the song Jai Ho from the Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire. Tanvi Shah who began her career in Bollywood with the song Fanaa from the movie Yuva, went on to show her versatility by singing in …
A low poverty line results in diminished economic growth and flawed policies like demonetisation. The development agenda today is largely about drawing an arbitrary line for poverty and focusing on a narrow goal of pulling individuals just above this line. Multilateral development organisations like the UN and the World Bank play an important role in setting the …
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Known in circles as the ‘Indian Sherlock’, Rajani Pandit has to her credit the distinction of being the first female private detective in India. In her 22 years of experience, she has solved over 80,000 cases. Mumbai: In a country like ours where investigating violent crimes is a profession that scares even the most daring of …
