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HC junks Twitter's plea against govt's account blocking orders

The Karnataka high court on Friday dismissed a petition filed by Twitter Inc., challenging several blocking and take-down orders of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, holding......

Preparation For Biparjoy Paid Dividends

No lives were lost after cyclone Biparjoy made landfall.Preparations for Biparjoy were not only extensive, they were also telecast far and wide.Ahead of the cyclone's landfall, Shyam G Menon......

Karnataka's Limited Scope To Dole Out Freebies

IMAGE: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj S Bommai flashes the victory sign at a roadshow in the Bengaluru urban district ahead of the state assembly polls, April 23, 2023. Photograph: ANI Photo......

Like Uber, You Can Book A Drone Soon

Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com E-commerce players may soon rent out drones, so you can use them the way you book a cab on an app, and test viable use-cases for last-mile delivery.......

Real Heroes Of Web Revolution

The tech creators, or the ones who made billions, asks Ajit Balakrishnan. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Just the other day, gazing from my home balcony at the distant hills of Raigad, I......

Cash out: Mobile wallet payments may hit Rs 532 trn in 2028

Mobile wallet adoption is surging in India and swiftly becoming a primary payment option, surpassing traditional methods like cash and cards. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh/Rediff.com Over the next few......

Future of digital payments in India

'The focus needs to shift towards the ability to collect payments, particularly in tier-3 to tier-4 areas where acceptance is still lacking.' IMAGE: Cutlery vendor switches on Paytm at a roadside......

How did investors miss Byju's numerous red flags?

If and when a new management takes over, it will discover that there is no worthwhile business to run, says Debashis Basu. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com Byju's is set to go down......

Can Uday Shankar Recreate At Reliance-Disney What He Did In Star TV?

As vice chairman of the Reliance-Walt Disney JV, Uday Shankar is expected to create a content engine that feeds both digital and TV and push up the value. IMAGE: Uday Shankar, president, FICCI,......

Can Voda Idea play on the front foot in a market fast resembling a duopoly?

In August 2021, Nick Read, chief executive of Vodafone Plc at the time, did not mince his words while speaking about the India business in an earnings call. Photograph: Anushree Fadnavis/Reuters......

'YouTube Shorts pulls in people from all over India'

'Two in three creators in India who earn money from YouTube agree that YouTube is their primary source of revenue.' IMAGE: Kindly note the image has been posted only for representational purposes.......

If Ambani Buys Disney Star...

Assume Voot, JioCinema and Disney+ Hotstar are merged into one entertainment app, and you have a streaming service with more than 233 million unique visitors.That is a reach just under half of......

Flashback 2022: Pushpa Blooms

As the curtain comes down on 2022, Roshmila Bhattacharya flashbacks to some of the year's news-makers and events. Part 1: A for Alia Bhatt Part 2: Jacqueline's Con Call Part 3: Malaika-Arjun's 'M'......

How SonyLIV BEAT Netflix and Amazon

'There is so much talk about Netflix and what they should be doing.''In two years, SonyLIV has done what Netflix should be doing.' IMAGE: A scene from the popular SonyLIV show, Gullak. How did a......

Why T-Series Rocks YouTube

'This kind of love from our audience shows that our music is working.' IMAGE: IMAGE: Nora Fatehi in T-Series's Dance meri rani. Photograph: Kind courtesy T-Series/YouTube T-Series has been the......

Musk's tweets about buying Manchester United no joke for fed-up fans

IMAGE: Manchester United fans display banners in protest of the Glazer family’s ownership of the club inside the stadium.Photograph: David Klein/Reuters Having seen eight coaches come and go......

Is the world's richest man buying Manchester United?

IMAGE: Elon Musk has a history of being unconventional and posting irreverent tweets. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Elon Musk, the world's richest person, on Tuesday tweeted that he was......

How Bhavit Sheth and Harsh Jain Changed Cricket

Dream11's catchy television ads dominate the T20I World Cup telecast in India.Neha Alawadhi finds out what the company, which takes cricket very seriously, is up to. IMAGE: Rohit Sharma and......

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