YouTube launches eyewitness video 'newswire'

Last Updated: Friday, June 19, 2015, 00:16

YouTube announced plans today for a "newswire" of eyewitness videos and a separate project on videos related to social justice and human rights.

'India failed to occupy space vacated by China on jobs front'

Last Updated: Sunday, June 7, 2015, 16:28

"Jobs in manufacturing such as textile, gems and jewellery and leather that were vacated by China, we could not take advantage of that.

India at 100 on human capital index, Finland leads pack

Last Updated: Thursday, May 14, 2015, 13:41

India has been ranked at a lowly 100 position on the global Human Capital Index, which measures countries on development and deployment of human capital.

India 100th on global human capital index: WEF

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 13, 2015, 22:22

On the list, compiled by World Economic Forum (WEF), other emerging economies such as Russia, China, Brazil and South Africa are ranked ahead of India.

Eros, Mandhana sink after court's verdict on Salman Khan

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 6, 2015, 13:53

Reacting to the news, Eros International scrip plunged 5.66% to Rs 381 on the BSE, while Mandhana Industries slumped 4.74% to Rs 263.10.

PM Modi for mapping of regional talent to promote skills, exports

Last Updated: Thursday, April 23, 2015, 21:46

Seeking to position India as global provider of talent, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday pressed for mapping of human resources to develop region specific talents and making the nation a services exports hub.

Online assessment tools yet to find favour for hiring: Report

Last Updated: Thursday, March 5, 2015, 18:29

Most Indian companies prefer using online assessment tools for employee engagement, while only few use them for hiring purposes, according to a report by Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM).

Ranbaxy's global HR head Udbhav Ganjoo quits

Last Updated: Monday, March 2, 2015, 19:56

Ranbaxy Laboratories Global Head of Human Resources Udbhav Ganjoo has resigned from the company and may join multinational pharmaceutical firm Mylan.

Google making artificial human skin

Last Updated: Sunday, February 1, 2015, 18:58

Search giant Google is developing artificial human skin to test cancer-detecting nanoparticles that will work with a smart wristband.

Treaty regulating global arms trade takes effect today

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 24, 2014, 02:11

A landmark treaty regulating the multibillion-dollar global arms trade comes into force tomorrow, a milestone hailed by the United Nations and campaigners seeking to stop weapons sales to dictators, terrorists and human rights abusers.

No agenda against Sri Lanka: US

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 23:03

A senior US government official has insisted the US has no agenda against Sri Lanka but is compelled to take up certain issues.

Human mind is `pure` maths, says cosmologist

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 15:47

If you throw a cricket ball in the air, it follows a roughly parabolic trajectory. Planets and other astrophysical bodies too follow elliptical orbits.