Karan Choudhury &Amp; Alnoor Peermohamed

Stories by Karan Choudhury &Amp; Alnoor Peermohamed

Investors divided over Snapdeals move to end merger talks

Investors divided over Snapdeals move to end merger talks

Rediff.com   3 Aug 2017

Snapdeal has a number of shareholders including Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, PremjiInvest, Ratan Tata, Foxconn, Temasek and BlackRock, among others.

The speed bumps for India's electric cars

The speed bumps for India's electric cars

Rediff.com   1 Aug 2017

Even as India goes green, lack of uniform standards for setting up charging stations is holding back companies. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.

'We won't be investing in the Flipkarts of the world'

'We won't be investing in the Flipkarts of the world'

Rediff.com   31 Jul 2017

After another profitable quarter, Anil Chanana, chief financial officer, HCL Technologies, tells Karan Choudhury that customer confidence is at an all-time high.

Can India be Uber's silver lining?

Can India be Uber's silver lining?

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2017

Karan Choudhury asks Uber India president Amit Jain what the company's global problems mean for its India operations.

Uber, Ola face higher lease payouts under GST

Uber, Ola face higher lease payouts under GST

Rediff.com   17 Jul 2017

GST impact: Higher lease payouts may hit airlines, cab aggregators.

Will India choose Rupay over Visa, Mastercard?

Will India choose Rupay over Visa, Mastercard?

Rediff.com   14 Jul 2017

RuPay has 42% of total debit cards, but contributes only 16% of PoS, e-commerce transactions. With banks scheduled to renew deals with Visa, Mastercard, here's how RuPay plans to increase its reach to premium customers.

With Halli Labs, Google makes its first Indian acquisition

With Halli Labs, Google makes its first Indian acquisition

Rediff.com   13 Jul 2017

Joins Facebook, Apple and Twitter in buying Indian start-ups

GST: India Inc gets ready, in fits and starts

GST: India Inc gets ready, in fits and starts

Rediff.com   1 Jul 2017

Though the intent has been hailed as good for the economy, teething problems remain with a five-rate structure for various goods and services

Flipkart claws back, snatches market share from Amazon

Flipkart claws back, snatches market share from Amazon

Rediff.com   27 Jun 2017

Its share among top three e-commerce players grew to 57% in March 2017 from 45% in June 2016

Modi clinches deal with Bezos, Amazon will keep investing in India

Modi clinches deal with Bezos, Amazon will keep investing in India

Rediff.com   27 Jun 2017

Terrific meeting with Narendra Modi. Always impressed, energised by optimism and invention in India. Excited to keep investing and growing," Bezos wrote on social networking platform Twitter.

Commerce minister plans to push the idea of co-working spaces

Commerce minister plans to push the idea of co-working spaces

Rediff.com   20 Jun 2017

To tap into the growing demand for offices, several global and Indian co-working entities are creating stock in the top cities.

Tesla eyes India plant, seeks relief

Tesla eyes India plant, seeks relief

Rediff.com   16 Jun 2017

Elon Musk's likely referring to waiver of 30% local sourcing norm for setting up single-brand retail

Paytm to flex offline muscle

Paytm to flex offline muscle

Rediff.com   14 Jun 2017

Paytm is banking on its offline network of merchants to fight bigger rivals Amazon and Flipkart

Bloodbath over, food apps are hungry for success

Bloodbath over, food apps are hungry for success

Rediff.com   14 Jun 2017

After a recent spate of big-bang funding of food discovery and delivery apps, experts believe the sector's consolidation might be over and the remaining players are here to stay and thrive.

The Rs 35,000-cr business of making India GST-ready

The Rs 35,000-cr business of making India GST-ready

Rediff.com   12 Jun 2017

Some of the players in the GST race are Payworld, Dell, Tally Solutions

Why Uber's APAC head was fired

Why Uber's APAC head was fired

Rediff.com   9 Jun 2017

He was illegally probing a 2014 Delhi rape case using the victim's medical records to find out if it was a ploy by Ola to sabotage Uber's operations

US launches incubator programme to mentor Indian start-ups

US launches incubator programme to mentor Indian start-ups

Rediff.com   8 Jun 2017

India emerges as a top destination to set up incubators for global firms

Tata Elxsi wins deal for self-driving car software

Tata Elxsi wins deal for self-driving car software

Rediff.com   6 Jun 2017

While Tata Elxsi will steer clear of building hardware sensors used in autonomous driving, the company is also working with large Tier-1 suppliers to co-develop sensors that will be work with its underlying software.

India overtakes US in Android app downloads

India overtakes US in Android app downloads

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2017

India has around 355 million Internet users, second only to China, says a report

How Bharat Electronics plans to boost revenue

How Bharat Electronics plans to boost revenue

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2017

Eyes Rs 10,000 cr revenue mark despite focusing less on manufacturing, more on system integration