The 401(k) workplace-savings plan, designed to augment traditional pensions, has become the primary retirement-savings vehicle for many workers, but critics say it isn’t up to the task. WSJ's Anna Prior highlights five key suggestions to strengthen the 401(k). Photo: Getty

With more and more people taking flight each year, there’s a lot that can go wrong. WSJ’s Scott McCartney tallies the data for a definitive look at which airlines performed best and worst in 2019 in key categories like on-time departures, baggage handling and flight cancellations. Illustration: Ivan Canu

The Narmada Control Authority permits an increase in the dam's height while the SC is in recess, giving the court no opportunity to verify its directives.

Kobe Bryant, the former Los Angeles Lakers superstar and one of the greatest players in National Basketball Association history, died in a helicopter crash on Sunday. He was 41 years old. Photo: Associated Press

Oprah Winfrey, Rex Tillerson, and Abby Wambach were just a few of the notable people chosen to give commencement addresses that stressed integrity, truthfulness, and courage. Here are some highlights from this year's speeches.

The Massachusetts governor struck a deal for N95 masks from China, but he needed a way to transport them. The New England Patriots plane ended up making the delivery. Photo: New England Patriots

Tim Draper is putting his celebrity to work as a venture investor. The billionaire investor, who starred in the reality TV show Startup U and tried to make Silicon Valley its own state, has raised $190 million for a seed fund.

Max Levchin’s financial technology startup Affirm Inc. has raised a $100 million in Series D, according to a person familiar with the matter.

HTC just released the HTC 10, arguably the best phone it’s ever built, but its price all but guarantees it’ll go unnoticed by the masses.

The key is to start now. Three steps you should take.

'If they get less than 150, they will be communal as far as the other parties are concerned. 150 will be a communal number and 150 and above will be a secular number!' Cho Ramaswamy on the 2009 Lok Sabha election.

Combining provisional voter turnout data and the perceptions of MP performance based on the Daksh-ADR survey, Srinivasan Ramani attempts to make reasonable assessments about what could be behind the high turnouts in this Lok Sabha elections.

This does not sound like a ministry that is all set to revive the ailing Indian economy in a hundred days flat, as Dr Manmohan Singh vowed, does it?

Now that the numbers are out and it is nowhere near as spectacular as expected/feared by some or hyped by many -- it is Narendra Modi's lowest in three elections -- it is a sobering thought. Is this the best he can do, wonders Saisuresh Sivaswamy.

Narendra Modi of 2002 couldn't change Hindustan into Modistan; it is Hindustan which has changed Modi of 2002 into Modi of 2012, notes Sajid Bhombal.

There are 57 members with criminal background, one with even charges of rape, and 134 crorepatis (74 per cent) in the newly-elected Gujarat assembly, according to a report by the Association for Democratic Reforms, a non-political group aiming at governmental and electoral reforms. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

The continuous repetition of 1984 style violence also says something very unflattering about the man on the street, writes Rajesh Kasturirangan.

Successive audits of irrigation projects in Karnataka over the years, starting with a report from the CAG for the year ending 31 March 2001, have repeatedly pointed to missed targets, wasted expenditure and negligible benefits. Himanshu Upadhyaya presents findings from the latest audits.

The premature demise of acclaimed Bengali filmmaker Rituparno Ghosh, who passed away on May 30, has robbed Indian cinema of a rare combination of courage and sensitivity and perhaps, of many more masterpieces to come. Shoma A. Chatterji reminisces his works in this tribute to his genius.

Expansion of social security benefits, a focus on infrastructure, easing of fiscal deficit targets and rationalisation of the tax structure - these were some of the most prominent features of Arun Jaitley's budget. A look at some of the provisions.

What could the taxes, allocations and schemes in Arun Jaitley’s budget ultimately mean for the country and its people? Shankar Jaganathan takes a bird’s eye view of the government’s most anticipated annual document for the year.

There were three 9/11s in history. The New York one of 2001. The neo-liberal one of Chile 1973, and the non-violent one of 1906 - Gandhiji's satyagraha in South Africa. The authors of all three tried to change the world, but only the Mahatma's Weapon of Mass Disobedience helped change the world for the better, writes P Sainath.

While the number of farm suicides kept increasing, the number of farmers has fallen since 2001, with countless thousands abandoning agriculture in distress, writes P Sainath.

Close to 150,000 Indian farmers committed suicide in nine years from 1997 to 2005, official data show. While farm suicides have occurred in many States, nearly two thirds of these deaths are concentrated in five States, writes P Sainath.

In Jadcherla, 13 candidates fought the same Assembly seat but contested for, not against one another. P Sainath reports.

The broad trends of the past decade seem unshaken. Farmer suicides in the country since 1997 now total 182,936, but the real causes behind this devastation remain unaddressed, reports P Sainath.

The share of the 'suicide belt' - Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, and Chhattisgarh - remains very high; these states account for two-thirds of the total farm suicides in the country. P Sainath reports.

In 2006-08, Maharashtra saw 12, 493 farm suicides. That is 85 per cent higher than the 6,745 suicides it recorded during 1997-1999. And the worst three-year period for any State, any time. P Sainath reports.

Opposition to reservations for women in Parliament have centred on at least four points. Step by step Vaijayanti Gupta rebuts the arguments and re-iterates the case for reservations.

PRS Legislative Research provides a quick summary of key amendments in effect in the final version of the Lokpal and Lokayukta Bill, that was passed by both houses of Parliament in December 2013.

The Monsoon Session of Parliament began today and will continue till August 10, 2018. It is scheduled to have 18 sittings during this period. PRS Legislative Research outlines what is in store in the upcoming session.

On June 29, about 50 press conferences were held across the globe to publicise the names of the 1,000 women from 153 countries jointly nominated for the Nobel Peace prize. The Nobel Committee in Oslo had received the nominations in January 2005. Kamla Bhasin narrates the story.

India claims that with the recent nuclear cooperation deal it has inked with the US, the global order has been changed. And it is right. It has upset the non-proliferation regime and re-configured forces, possibly leading to a renewed arms race, writes Sandeep Pandey.

Will the synergies between the politics of resistance and grassroots initiatives towards reconstruction of the damages wrought by ‘development’ be reaped effectively enough in the year ahead? That is what Ashish Kothari will track in his new blog.

The short answer appears to be no. Some 4,959 villages have bagged the Nirmal Gram Puraskar (clean village prize) so far, for having flush toilets in every household and school. But there is a flip side of this otherwise incredible script. Sudhirendar Sharma probes the reality.

Leo Saldanha and Subramanya Sastry on the threats to the Kali River from pollution and sand mining and more recently a proposal to build the seventh dam across the river's last stretch.

Residents of seven villages in Kolar district depend on water from the Mudiyanur tank which is not in good shape and in need of de-silting. Still, the villagers' worship of goddess Chowdeswari has helped them preserve an age-old tradition of water allocation, finds Surekha Sule.

कोरोना वायरस (Coronavirus disease,COVID-19) की वजह से होम क्वॉरेंटाइन हैं तो ऐसे खाद्य पदार्थों का इस्तेमाक करें जो पोषण से भरपूर हों और जिन्हें लंबे समय तक इस्तेमाल किया जा सकता है...

अस्थमा की बीमारी से 23.5 करोड़ लोग दुनियाभर में जूझ रहे हैं. दुर्भाग्यवश इस बीमारी से पीड़ित लोग कोविड-19 के कारण सबसे ज्यादा खतरे की श्रेणी में हैं.

प्रधानमंत्री नरेंद्र मोदी (PM Narendra Modi) ने कोरोना वायरस (Coronavirus) से लड़ने के लिए इम्यूनिटी पावर स्ट्रांग करने की सलाह दी है...

शोधकर्ताओं का मानना है कि कोरोना (Covid 19) को रोकने के लिए लॉकडाउन को सामाजिक रूप से पूरी तरह स्वीकार्य बनाना होगा.

मिलिंद ने हाल ही में अपने ट्विटर अकाउंट पर एक वीडियो शेयर किया है जिसमें उनकी पत्नी अंकिता मिलिंद की मां और अपनी सास उषा के साथ बिल्डिंग की छत पर फिजिकल एक्टिविटी कर रही हैं.

अपने आपको फिट रखने वाले लोग भी घर पर ही वर्कआउट कर रहे हैं. योग और फिजिकल एक्टिविटीज की मदद ले रहे हैं.

लॉकडाउन के दौरान शराब का सेवन न करने से सिर्फ दो हफ्तों में आपकी कैलोरी की खपत 2,000 कम हो सकती है. जबकि आपके लिवर पर जमी वसा में एक महीने में 15 प्रतिशत तक की कमी आ सकती है.

Covid 19, Coronavirus: व्यक्तिगत स्वच्छता के लिए डब्ल्यूएचओ (WHO) साबुन और पानी से हाथों को बार-बार धोने की भी सलाह देता है.

मजबूत इम्यूनिटी के जरिए कोरोना वायरस (Covid 19) के कहर से बचा जा सकता है.

कई दिनों तक लगातार घर में रहने के कारण लोग एक तरह की एक्टिविटी कर रहे हैं, जिसके कारण कई लोगों के दिमाग पर नेगेटिव इफेक्ट पड़ रहा है.

विशेषज्ञों का अनुमान है कि चमगादड़ों में हजारों तरह के कोरोना वायरस (coronavirus) होते हैं. इनमें से अनेक की खोज होनी अभी बाकी है.

कोरोना वायरस (Covid 19) उम्रदराज लोगों के लिए तो जानलेवा साबित हुआ है, वहीं महामारी के युवा मरीजों के लिए मोटापा सबसे बड़ा खतरा बनकर उभरा है.

गृह मंत्रालय ने COVID-19 से बचाव के लिए कई दिशा-निर्देश जारी किए हैं. ऑफिस प्रबंधन और कर्मचारियों को मंत्रालय के इन नियमों का सख्ती से पालन करना होगा ताकि कोरोना से बचा जा सके. लोगों की सुरक्षा और हाईजीन को ध्यान में रखते हुए मंत्रालय ने ये दिशा-निर्देश तय किए हैं.