The government needs to play greater role in taming inflation by reining in spending, as the Reserve Bank of India’s tightening of its policy rates will have little impact on checking price rise, global research firm Moody’s said on Friday.
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Singh said his evangelising zeal had taught businesses to create new markets and made India a hub for innovation.
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For the second year in running, there appears to be a low key response to the US HS-1B visas with only 24,200 applications being received until July 2.
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Without adequate growth of employment opportunities, the labour supply bulge could spawn major problems of unemployment, underemployment and low incomes.
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Leading diamond jewellery manufacturer and retailer Gitanjali Gems Ltd is entering into real estate business through its maiden residential project at Borivli, in Mumbai’s western suburb.
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Okay, not every professional eats the healthiest things imaginable (or is free of legal troubles, for that matter) — a la competitive hot dog eater Takeru Kobayashi. However, according to the results of a new CareerBuilder survey of more than 4,400 workers, many folks are reaching less for the potato chips and more for the straight-up potatoes; less for the cigarettes and more for the treadmill. What gives?
The economy has trickled down into many areas of our lives, and our eating habits may be one of the biggest — if …

Sorting through all the fabulous feedback we received after asking readers to share what their companies are doing to promote employee wellness, we noticed a few shared characteristics among the various initiatives readers discussed.
Below are seven standout traits that a vast number of these wellness programs share, with examples of how – in our readers’ own words – companies’ employee wellness programs embody these traits.

1.       They Don’t Focus Solely on Weight Loss

“Our approach to exercise is very ‘functional,’ meaning it’s not intended to help you ‘look’ a certain way but …

Some students, whether in grade school, high school or college, can only work under pressure. They put off writing papers until the last few days — or minutes– before the deadline. While some pupils brainstorm, research, draft, edit, rewrite, ponder, rewrite, edit and finalize, others are waiting until the final moments to get to work. Pressure is their motivator. You can find workers who thrive under pressure in just about every industry. A graphic designer might work best the night before a meeting with her client. The manager of a …