Vinay Umarji And T E Narasimhan

Stories by Vinay Umarji And T E Narasimhan

Tuticorin harbour project to benefit exporters

Tuticorin harbour project to benefit exporters

Rediff.com   4 Mar 2013

At present, traders send their cargoes in a container through a feeder vessel to Colombo, where its gets unloaded and again loaded in the mother vessel.

Hope in Kerala's poison fields

Hope in Kerala's poison fields

Rediff.com   12 Feb 2013

After suffering from severe exposure to endosulfan for decades, the villagers of Kasargod are finally moving on. But the scars remain, T E Narasimhan finds out.

Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam to miss release date

Kamal Haasan's Vishwaroopam to miss release date

Rediff.com   9 Jan 2013

The movie was scheduled for January 10, 2013 at 9.30 pm on Airtel DTH.

Paramount Airways might be revived with lawsuit money

Paramount Airways might be revived with lawsuit money

Rediff.com   24 Dec 2012

Lawsuit issue was a dispute over payment, with GE Capital Aviation Services and Celestial Aviation Trading.

Fewer bells ring for apparel exports this Christmas

Fewer bells ring for apparel exports this Christmas

Rediff.com   20 Dec 2012

They are facing tough competition from Bangladesh and Vietnam.

Cognizant's hiring mix changes

Cognizant's hiring mix changes

Rediff.com   12 Nov 2012

The mix of direct college hires and experienced professionals in global information technology major Cognizant Technology has witnessed a change in the recent past.

UniverCell plans to launch tablet computer

UniverCell plans to launch tablet computer

Rediff.com   3 Nov 2012

"Plans are in a nascent stage and we will take further steps after the festival season is over"

Apollo talks to Walmart, Walgreen for pharmacy business

Apollo talks to Walmart, Walgreen for pharmacy business

Rediff.com   29 Oct 2012

The group wants to expand its drug store chain.

Indian leather industry looks at life beyond Europe

Indian leather industry looks at life beyond Europe

Rediff.com   27 Sep 2012

The leather industry is looking for export destinations other than the crisis-hit Europe, which accounts for 60 per cent of its revenue.

Amrita Patel on Kurien's ideologies, the road ahead

Amrita Patel on Kurien's ideologies, the road ahead

Rediff.com   12 Sep 2012

Kurien was always clear that the cooperative was a business model, says Amrita Patel.

Farmers mourn the loss of their 'father Kurien'

Farmers mourn the loss of their 'father Kurien'

Rediff.com   10 Sep 2012

As the news of Kurien's demise spread across the state, Anand -- otherwise a sleepy town of Gujarat, woke up to thousands of farmers from far and near who poured in to pay their last tribute to the man who transformed this small town into the milk capital of India.

Slowdown skips IIMs

Slowdown skips IIMs

Rediff.com   29 Aug 2012

Pre-placement offers point to a buoyant hiring season

'Small firms driving IT growth'

'Small firms driving IT growth'

Rediff.com   14 Aug 2012

Small and mid-sized IT companies offer the best way to take advantage of the next stage of the emerging market growth story. According to Nasscom, the apex body for the IT industry, the industry expects to grow by 11-14 per cent and this growth will be driven by small and medium companies, which are performing better than tier-I companies.

Bharti Walmart to step up sourcing from women

Bharti Walmart to step up sourcing from women

Rediff.com   24 Jul 2012

The two JV partners have undertaken an empowerment initiative for Indian women entrepreneurs, having set a target of impacting the lives of 25,000 women by 2016. They have also said they will substantially increase sourcing from women-owned businesses in India.

How realtors are attracting customers

How realtors are attracting customers

Rediff.com   19 Jul 2012

Acute cash crunch and dwindling sales has forced developers in Ahmedabad to try innovative ways to lure buyers.

Increases in fee pull IIM-A out of the red

Increases in fee pull IIM-A out of the red

Rediff.com   28 Jun 2012

In its latest annual report, IIM-A has said it generated a net surplus of Rs 6.83 crore (Rs 68.3 million) for fiscal 2010-11 against an operating loss of Rs 50.49 lakh (Rs 5.04 million) in 2009-10, and Rs 6.33 crore (Rs 63.3 million) in 2008-09.

Senior family members step down from <I>The Hindu</I>

Senior family members step down from The Hindu

Rediff.com   1 Jun 2012

According to an internal communication signed by KSL's company secretary, a copy of which is available with Business Standard, the changes will come into effect from June 1.

IIM-A raises Rs 380 million through alumni

IIM-A raises Rs 380 million through alumni

Rediff.com   2 May 2012

The silver jubilee celebrations for the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A) seems to have fructified for the institute. Having hosted several alumni meets as part of its 50 years celebrations, the premier B-school has received close to Rs 40 crore (Rs 400 million) of fund commitments from previous batches.

Indian suppliers survive in rough global scene

Indian suppliers survive in rough global scene

Rediff.com   18 Apr 2012

When set up in 1993 by the Ranka family's Modern Group, this was the first terry towel manufacturing unit in the whole of Asia, to be followed by Welspun and Trident.

Ashok Leyland, Czech truck arm enter UK market

Ashok Leyland, Czech truck arm enter UK market

Rediff.com   12 Apr 2012

Commercial vehicle maker Ashok Leyland, part of the London-based Hinduja Group, is to enter Britain's mid-range truck market through a tie-up by its Prague-based subsidiary, Avia Ashok Leyland.