Shine Jacob &Amp;Amp; Karan Choudhury

Stories by Shine Jacob &Amp;Amp; Karan Choudhury

What Uber's '180 Days of Change' is all about

What Uber's '180 Days of Change' is all about

Rediff.com   30 Aug 2017

Uber launches initiatives to address drivers' woes on its 4th birthday

Right to Privacy: Data harvesting by web firms under threat

Right to Privacy: Data harvesting by web firms under threat

Rediff.com   25 Aug 2017

People use Internet on smartphones, using apps which use their data to provide tailor-made services

Railways to change catering recipe

Railways to change catering recipe

Rediff.com   22 Aug 2017

Food to be cooked in base kitchens instead of trains; private players to be involved

Can Flipkart 2.0 beat Amazon?

Can Flipkart 2.0 beat Amazon?

Rediff.com   11 Aug 2017

After raising $2.5 billion from SoftBank's Masayoshi Son and his Vision Fund, Sachin Bansal and Binny Bansal are back in the driving seat at Flipkart, the company they founded over a decade ago.

Prices of subsidised LPG zoom 16% since Modi took charge

Prices of subsidised LPG zoom 16% since Modi took charge

Rediff.com   4 Aug 2017

Global crude oil prices have slumped by 49 per cent during the same period

Heard of Moglix, little Indian company that has Alibaba in its sights?

Heard of Moglix, little Indian company that has Alibaba in its sights?

Rediff.com   4 Aug 2017

The founder of the e-commerce firm, which specialises in procurement of industrial products, believes if he plays his cards right, his company could become a unicorn with a valuation of $1 billion in 5 years.

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.

'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.

There's something common between Akshay Kumar and the Indian Railways

There's something common between Akshay Kumar and the Indian Railways

Rediff.com   28 Jul 2017

The upcoming Akshay Kumar starrer Toilet: Ek Prem Katha is set to use toilets of the Indian Railways

Wanna earn some extra moolah? Tell Railways how it can grow

Wanna earn some extra moolah? Tell Railways how it can grow

Rediff.com   25 Jul 2017

Contracts will be given for five years, in a transparent manner

In a first, forest departments will be given LPG dealerships

In a first, forest departments will be given LPG dealerships

Rediff.com   20 Jul 2017

Govt looks to take cooking gas to tiger reserves, Naxal-hit areas

60 oil & gas blocks to go under the hammer

60 oil & gas blocks to go under the hammer

Rediff.com   18 Jul 2017

India is the third largest consumer of petroleum products, after the US and China.

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.

The saga of late trains and dirty stations continues

The saga of late trains and dirty stations continues

Rediff.com   14 Jul 2017

The Manduadih-Rameswaram Weekly Express tops the list of latecomer trains, with the highest average delay time of 11.5 hours!

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

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.

Besieged by the BJP, Left struggles to stay alive

Besieged by the BJP, Left struggles to stay alive

Rediff.com   15 Jun 2017

As the BJP snaps at its heels, can the Communists stay relevant in the electoral game?

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.