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Patna is attracting the young from the hinterland to its skilling centres, teaching them English and computer skills

Training partners don’t get government funds as it’s hard to establish that jobs have been created. They would rather tap donations or go the CSR way, writes Tanya Thomas

As the experience in rural Andhra Pradesh shows, the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana has made a positive impact beyond the inexplicable surge in accounts and deposits after demonetisation. G Naga Sridhar reports

Cattle travel hundreds of kilometres before they are sneaked across the border

Cattle smuggling has seen a drastic drop along the India-Bangladesh border. Abhishek Law reports

K Vinod, an RSS member for 35 years, talks about CPI(M), beef and Aadhaar

Monu Rajan In 1999, P Jayarajan nearly lost an arm in an attempt on his life, allegedly by RSS workers. The severed limb was sutured back, but is ...

The BJP, led by its President Amit Shah, think that the road to power in Kerala is through Kannur. Given the coastal district’s Communist legacy, it might well be. Monu Rajan reports

The store owners strive to make money from an otherwise well-intended business

Despite deep discounts, Jan Aushadhi shops struggle to build clientèle

Come November, the Jan Aushadhi initiative completes nine years. But despite its recent achievements, there's more work to be done. PT Jyothi Datta writes

His daughter Asha Seth recalls the zeal of India's first oil minister

Atanu Chakraborty, Director General, Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, says a mix of policy change and entrepreneurship will take the country towards oil security. Excerpts from an interview:

Even as we enter the 50th year since the first oil discovery in Independent India, lack of new big discoveries is a bother. The NDA Government hopes that its policy push will make a difference, and reduce import dependency. Richa Mishra writes

Indian youngsters now can’t do without Japanese animation (anime) and comics (manga)

Indians now want a wider spread of Japanese cuisine

More and more Indians are saying hello in Japanese as our fascination with everything from the Land of the Rising Sun — including bullet trains — keeps growing. Swathi Moorthy reports

The move to increase their wages might bring little respite to Kerala’s nurses. V Sajeev Kumar reports

Hospitals fear the increased pay for nurses might put them out of business

Two years on, many wonder if the Patidar discontent will have a say in the upcoming assembly elections

The once powerful community is showing signs of perennial distress, reflected in intermittent, violent agitations

Facing agrarian distress, many of the supposedly elite communities across the country are asking for more. Poornima Joshi and Rahul Wadke report

The Government adopted unconventional methods to educate stakeholders and ensure a smooth rollout of GST. These included the week-long ...

Most of them are still selling old stock, and are uncertain about the GST impact