The first edition of the Global Exhibition on Services 2015 (GES) has brought in new energy to the Indian services sector and promises to be a guiding a light. As India is all set to go global, the services sector has emerged as one of the key engines of growth and is to play an important role in this endeavor.The first installment of GES has been organized by the Ministry of Commerce & Industry in association with the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) and Services Export Promotion Council (SEPC) on 23rd to 25th April 2015 at PragatiMaidan, New Delhi. The…

I still vividly remember my friend breaking a blue pill and emptying its white powdery contents in a bowl. I watched him pour a minimal amount of water in it. He stirred it until it began to look like a solution. Then he flipped out a disposable van syringe from his pocket and wrapped the tip with a small piece of cotton. “Why do you do that?” I asked with curiosity. He replied “to prevent the solid particles from entering the syringe”. He then dipped the cotton wrapped tip in the whitish solution and started dragging it inside the syringe.…

By: mehnaznYes, being a Muslim Woman who is not a Doctor or a Teacher is still unacceptable in the society we live in. Moreover, being a Muslim Woman who is outspoken and outgoing, of course in or for work-related matters and experiences, is all the more a sin!! Wait..wait…before you start hurling stones at me!!! Well, I am not the one who says the above…it’s those some I-Know-it-All “smart” people who say these “righteous” commandments. Well, what they say is that if a Doctor goes for a night duty in a hospital, it meansshe is “saving a life”. Or if…

In his first full budget presentation, Union Finance Minister ArunJaitleyon February 28th announced schemes and policies for the welfare of youth of the nation. To give growth a rise and create more jobs, the Finance Minister talked of increasing spending on infrastructure developments and policies to encourage young entrepreneurs among others. ArunJaitley said, “To ensure that our young get proper jobs, we have to aim to make India the manufacturing hub of the world.” The job creation initiative in the Union Budget can help in creating millions of employment...

Being one of the first professional male models hailing from Manipur, Halley Laithangbam is a dashing, smart and young model cum mentor in the modelling industry. Leaving his lucrative corporate job and modelling offers, he said “Mamma, I am coming home” to start a modelling studio in his motherland supporting young aspiring models thereby encouraging them to raise career prospects for a change in a disturbed state like Manipur. Halley Laithangbam in a tete-a-tete with YSN:1. Give us a brief of how you define yourselfHalley: I am just an ordinary lad but with an...

By: Shibaji RoychoudhuryNew Delhi: A total of 50,000 paramilitary personnel, snipers, special commandos, bomb detection squads and thousands of Delhi cops have been unleashed in the Capital to keep it safe from terror attacks on Republic Day, but this mammoth force has not deterred local criminals from going about their work. Despite the tight security, a young Russian woman tourist and an aspiring model was attacked by an auto driver who tried to rape her on January 25th night.In the third such incident in the posh Vasant Kunj area – the Nirbhaya case of 2012 and the...

The Letter from PM to the CMs on the 14th Finance Commission 2015 Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has written to Chief Ministers, informing them of the Government’s decision to wholeheartedly accept the recommendations of the 14th Finance Commission. Following is the text of the Prime Minister’s letter:- "You are aware that ever since our Government came into office, I have been working to strengthen our federal polity and promote cooperative federalism. The people of the country have high expectations from their governments and do not want to wait. Therefore, since...

 1. How can IBSD help youth of Manipur to establish a stable career? IBSD as such doesn’t provide any bachelors or postgraduate programmes, of course, we provide PhD programmes. However, recently Union Minister of Science and Technology Dr Harsh Vardhan came to IBSD and laid a foundation stone for IBSD’s skill and technology development centre so if we do not develop skill how we are going to develop products, how we are going to develop employment of youth, so we need to train our youth, they may not be highly educated, but they may be trained in vocational training,...