Peerzada Abrar And Sai Ishwar

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India set to have 150 unicorns by 2025

India set to have 150 unicorns by 2025

Rediff.com   2 Mar 2021

$47.6 bn capital invested across 921 deals in India in 2020, despite pandemic.

How Covid changed the lives of Amazon India's employees

How Covid changed the lives of Amazon India's employees

Rediff.com   21 Feb 2021

From virtual yoga to empathy, the pandemic has prompted the e-commerce giant to double down on building innovations focused on improving remote work culture especially employee well-being, both mental and physical.

'We are the eyes and brain of the missile'

'We are the eyes and brain of the missile'

Rediff.com   15 Feb 2021

'Our sensors allow the missile to locate and identify the target even if it's on the move.'

Ola to deploy robots at its electric scooter factory

Ola to deploy robots at its electric scooter factory

Rediff.com   12 Feb 2021

Ola's factory will create 10,000 jobs and serve as the company's global manufacturing hub for India and international markets.

How Amazon Academy will help students crack JEE

How Amazon Academy will help students crack JEE

Rediff.com   14 Jan 2021

Live lessons help students strengthen their JEE preparation. They can also track their progress over time, identify strong and weak areas, get insights on overall test-taking strategy.

Show-cause notice to Amazon India over Rs 175 cr tax demand

Show-cause notice to Amazon India over Rs 175 cr tax demand

Rediff.com   13 Jan 2021

Probe has allegedly found calculation errors by Amazon. The company paid higher GST but instead of claiming refund took wrong input tax credit.

How WhatsApp's new privacy policy affects you

How WhatsApp's new privacy policy affects you

Rediff.com   7 Jan 2021

The most prominent changes deal with how WhatsApp shares information with Facebook and its subsidiaries.

Future-RIL deal: Next phase of Bezos-Biyani battle to begin in Singapore

Future-RIL deal: Next phase of Bezos-Biyani battle to begin in Singapore

Rediff.com   6 Jan 2021

The development of the constitution of the tribunal comes at a time when the Delhi high court in December 2020 refused to restrain Amazon from interfering in Future Retail's deal with Reliance Retail by writing to statutory authorities.

In a way, pandemic was a boon for Indian e-commerce firms

In a way, pandemic was a boon for Indian e-commerce firms

Rediff.com   1 Jan 2021

E-commerce firms like Amazon, Flipkart, Myntra and others witnessed successful festive season sales this year, Experts say e-commerce adoption in the country is accelerating by multiple years or what it would have looked like in 2025.

Pine Labs' valuation tops $2 bn post funding

Pine Labs' valuation tops $2 bn post funding

Rediff.com   22 Dec 2020

This makes it the most valued fintech company in the country after Paytm and Walmart-owned PhonePe.

Chinese hackers targeted Indians with e-shopping scams

Chinese hackers targeted Indians with e-shopping scams

Rediff.com   19 Dec 2020

'E-commerce scams are not new, but what s more alarming is the covert cyber warfare the Chinese entities are launching in India on a repeated basis.'

Meet Asha, the robotic nurse

Meet Asha, the robotic nurse

Rediff.com   17 Dec 2020

'Imagine taking care of a patient who is infected with Covid. A human nurse is unable to do that due to fear of infection. The robot can do that task, while it is controlled or supervised by the human nurse. So the robot becomes an extension of the nurse.'

Ola Electric to create 10,000 jobs

Ola Electric to create 10,000 jobs

Rediff.com   17 Dec 2020

Upon completion, the factory will create almost 10,000 jobs and will initially have an annual capacity of 2 million units.

Flipkart extends WFH till May end

Flipkart extends WFH till May end

Rediff.com   12 Dec 2020

Employees can take 'unlimited bereavement leave' in case of loss of a family member. All employees are encouraged to take breaks on a daily basis. This includes a mandatory 1-hour lunch break where no other meetings can be scheduled.

India is the world's 9th most spammed country

India is the world's 9th most spammed country

Rediff.com   9 Dec 2020

About 98.5 per cent of all spam calls in India originate from domestic numbers. However, spam calls received by users in India have decreased by 34%.

Why your Uber/Ola surge prices won't soar anymore

Why your Uber/Ola surge prices won't soar anymore

Rediff.com   28 Nov 2020

New norms issued as per the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines 2020 have mandated a cap on surge price, preventing aggregators from charging more than 1.5 times of the base fare.

Biggest change the pandemic has brought for Indian IT

Biggest change the pandemic has brought for Indian IT

Rediff.com   10 Nov 2020

While for clients it has led to increased outsourcing, they are no more worried about which shore the service providers are executing the project in - offshore, onshore or near-shore - because remote working has become the standard norm in the industry, giving rise to a "no shore" kind of model.

IT firms are still hiring freshers

IT firms are still hiring freshers

Rediff.com   4 Nov 2020

'Our focus on fresher induction is high, given that they come in with certain advantages.' 'They do not have an unlearning process as seen in senior employees.'

How IT services firms plan to protect clients from cyber threat

How IT services firms plan to protect clients from cyber threat

Rediff.com   28 Oct 2020

In the last couple of months, top Indian IT services providers, including TCS, Infosys, Wipro and HCL Tech have announced setting up cyber threat management centres in the US and Europe.