The information technology (IT) and financial services sectors emerged as the top job providers, jointly accounting for over 50 percent of all hiring in India, says a new study by investment group CLSA, titled ‘Boardroom nectar — distilling the essence of India’s annual reports’. The study, which analysed 250 listed companies, showed that both sectors also topped at hiring women. …

Shimla “Science teaches us patience and therefore, we need to develop a scientific temperament among our schoolchildren.”This was one of the messages for students of Himachal Pradesh four-day state-level Science Congress which began on Sunday in Solan district with as many as 800 students and 200 teachers participating in the festival’s silver jubilee edition. The event is being held at the …

When money is no obstacle, and the world is your pearl-studded oyster, wealthy travellers are more apt to jet off to Italy than any other destination. That’s according to the luxury travel agency network Virtuoso, which looked at the most popular destinations sought by their wealthiest clients in the US at member agencies around the world. For the list, experts …

Defying odds including financial crisis, Gulshan Kumar of RKMGG College Samastipur, has done his family and villagers proud by finishing second in the Science stream in the Class 12 examinations, the results of which were declared on Tuesday. Gulshan scored 429 out of 500 in his science examinations. The elder son of Ram Naresh Singh, a marginal farmer, Gulshan’s phone …