Itika Sharma Punit And Nivedita Mookerji

Stories by Itika Sharma Punit And Nivedita Mookerji

Most ministries in Modi govt lying low on RTI disclosures

Most ministries in Modi govt lying low on RTI disclosures

Rediff.com   16 Nov 2014

The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance government, like its United Progressive Alliance predecessor, seems to be failing on suo motu disclosures under the Right to Information Act.

E-commerce boom spells doom for big retailers

E-commerce boom spells doom for big retailers

Rediff.com   14 Nov 2014

The threat may be a decade away, but it has brick-and-mortar sellers rethinking their strategies and banking on the govt to regulate online companies.

World's largest tech fair at Bengaluru, Sikka to skip meet

World's largest tech fair at Bengaluru, Sikka to skip meet

Rediff.com   12 Nov 2014

The event, organised by Deutsche Messe AG, is held each year at the Hanover fairground, the world's largest, in Hanover, Germany.

Indians still flock to e-tailers despite several glitches

Indians still flock to e-tailers despite several glitches

Rediff.com   12 Nov 2014

On Tuesday, while several consumers took to social media to share their grievances about the Snapdeal site crash, many others said they visited the website to either compare prices or for window shopping.

CEO explains why Cognizant is going slow on large buys

CEO explains why Cognizant is going slow on large buys

Rediff.com   6 Nov 2014

Rajeev Mehta, chief executive officer for IT services, explains to Business Standard that the company was faced with some client-specific issues, which led to this.

Traditional retail staffers rush to join online bandwagon

Traditional retail staffers rush to join online bandwagon

Rediff.com   5 Nov 2014

12,000: Number of people Flipkart plans to hire in FY15.

Indian flavours soon in LinkedIn products

Indian flavours soon in LinkedIn products

Rediff.com   4 Nov 2014

India has the second-largest user base for LinkedIn after the US. The US-based company, which has over eight per cent of its global user base of 332 million from India, is looking at expanding its product development team in the country, Michael Korcuska, vice-president of product management at LinkedIn told Business Standard.

Lounge, play games and binge at the dhaba in InMobi's office!

Lounge, play games and binge at the dhaba in InMobi's office!

Rediff.com   3 Nov 2014

Walking around InMobi's office, it is hard not to compare what you see here with the images one has seen of Google's global offices.

How 2 IIT-ians built a $1 billion company in 3 years

How 2 IIT-ians built a $1 billion company in 3 years

Rediff.com   3 Nov 2014

OlaCabs' hyper-growth and an ambitious plan to expand to 100 cities by the end of 2015 are perhaps what attracted Japan's richest man, Masayoshi Son, chairman of telecom and media group SoftBank Corp, to announce an investment of $210 million (around Rs 1,260 crore) in the company.

Modi's sandalwood gift to Nepal temple tops list of RTI queries

Modi's sandalwood gift to Nepal temple tops list of RTI queries

Rediff.com   3 Nov 2014

2,500 kg of sandalwood to Pashupatinath temple cost India Rs 1.9 crore, reports Nivedita Mookerji

After Amazon caution, Biyani calls for clarity on retail laws

After Amazon caution, Biyani calls for clarity on retail laws

Rediff.com   31 Oct 2014

Future, which recently tied up with Amazon in India to sell its fashion and food products exclusively on the American giant's marketplace platform, is looking at a gross merchandise value of about Rs 6,000 crore (Rs 60 billion) in the next three years from the venture.

India hub gives Tesco stores robotic technology leg-up

India hub gives Tesco stores robotic technology leg-up

Rediff.com   27 Oct 2014

Helping UK outlets get wearable devices, robotics; apps to identify empty kitchen jars and auto-order likely soon

Modi mantra: Lean cabinet, not so lean PMO

Modi mantra: Lean cabinet, not so lean PMO

Rediff.com   15 Oct 2014

The Prime Minister's Office has clarified that the total sanctioned strength of the PMO has been around 525 in the period 2011-14. As against this, the actual strength of the PMO in the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 was in the range of 407 to 411. The number has now declined to 385.

Sun, Ranbaxy may be asked to sell some businesses for CCI approval to merger

Sun, Ranbaxy may be asked to sell some businesses for CCI approval to merger

Rediff.com   15 Oct 2014

A source said the competition watchdog would by next month suggest 'structural remedies' that included selling key drug segments as conditions for clearing the country's largest pharmaceutical industry merger.

After Infosys & Wipro, more IT cos invest in start-ups

After Infosys & Wipro, more IT cos invest in start-ups

Rediff.com   14 Oct 2014

A company with a size exceeding $1 billion finds it really hard to innovate.

Murthy will forever be known as Mr Infosys: Sikka

Murthy will forever be known as Mr Infosys: Sikka

Rediff.com   11 Oct 2014

Vishal Sikka talks about his chemistry with N R Narayana Murthy and about his plans to strengthen the leadership team.

Connectivity a human right: Zuckerberg

Connectivity a human right: Zuckerberg

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2014

In fact, a $1-million initial fund has been announced to help developers build apps and new services, including for more local-language content, and a contest has been launched, too.

US-based FIS pips Infy, TCS to get Bandhan bank contract

US-based FIS pips Infy, TCS to get Bandhan bank contract

Rediff.com   10 Oct 2014

Bandhan expects to commence banking operations in 2015, by opening nearly 600 branches targeting 10 million customers.

All eyes on Infosys Q2 results, Sikka's new growth strategy

All eyes on Infosys Q2 results, Sikka's new growth strategy

Rediff.com   9 Oct 2014

Infosys has been struggling to revive high growth for two years.

Lost your Yahoo! job? So what?

Lost your Yahoo! job? So what?

Rediff.com   9 Oct 2014

Indian start-ups are waiting to spread red carpet for engineers to be laid off.