Interest on NRE accounts is tax-free, but the I-T department creates hurdles to tax these accounts.
The charges for security component of passenger service fees will not increase much and a passenger may have to bear an extra of Rs 50
At a time when fuel prices across the country are going through the roof with no sign of it moderating, electric vehicles seem the likely choice for car buyers who are looking at saving fuel costs. And add to it the negligible maintenance of electric vehicles. Continuing with this revolution with their 2nd offering in the EV segment, Tata Motors now offers the 2021 Tigor EV to its customers. Tigor petrol with its style-back design has always been a stunner since its launch and it still is.
The BJP is banking on development. The opposition is raking up caste identities and the dangers of hyper nationalism.
The politics of hate does not pay. The people are too sensible to fall for such a ruse, says Amulya Ganguli.
If Irrfan could have been our finest professor of empirical philosophy, and Nawaz is our foremost poet of that space halfway between the gutter and the stars, then Jaideep Ahlawat has to be our greatest artist-scientist, asserts Sreehari Nair.
First time voters say they expect political leaders to focus on "real issues".
They encouraged start-ups to pay for acquiring customers rather than focusing on the business fundamentals.
The term, 'pro-Pakistani', is helpful for the BJP to depict its opponents as anti-nationals while the sedition law is handy for locking up or harassing the government's critics, points out Amulya Ganguli.
An entrepreneur must have the courage to act on great ideas and plans, says Satanik Roy.
Andhadhun is a stunning, comic, grisly, absurd, intense, cold, crazy and must-watch, raves Sukanya Verma.
'Perhaps a better question to ask would be: Is this 'Made for India'?' asks AI expert Ganesh Mani.
'You'll find more wisdom on such matters in a Sara Ali Khan interview,' says Sukanya Verma.
First phase of online video's growth is over. Netflix, Amazon developing new content ecosystem.
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra asked Bhushan to deposit the fine by September 15, failing which he will attract a jail term of three months and debarment from law practice for three years. Freedom of speech cannot be curtailed but rights of others need to be respected, said the bench, also comprising Justices B R Gavai and Krishna Murari.
Ashish Narsale/Rediff.com takes a look at Samsung's revamped Galaxy M series.
'Minakshi Jafa Bodden is the first person to have ever taken Bikram Choudhury to trial and we greatly admire her courage.'
'That's the way it should be -- people should see your work and then want to work with you, not because you are a celebrity's child.'
'The Indian economy has been subsidised by the poor.'
'One good thing that has come out of all this is that it shown people that online ordering is the way forward.'
Its executives are test-marketing the model in New Delhi.
Repeated surveys have shown that India is among the world's top vacation-deprived countries. Kanika Datta reflects on our work-life balance - the lack thereof that is.
'Essentially there are three things the government should be doing: Identify who you are going to get your vaccine from, figure out how you are going to pay for it, and figure out how you're going to deliver it and to whom.'
In a top level reshuffle, software services major Wipro on Thursday appointed Soumitro Ghosh as head of Wipro Infotech replacing Senior VP and Business Head of Global Infrastructure Services Anand Sankaran, who quit the company hours before the rejig was announced.
'For every epidemic, it takes a peak and then it comes down.' 'Usually, infections peak in 14 days, and you give another week's time after the peak.' 'That is why the lockdown is for 21 days.'
Rediff readers share their experience about taxis and autorickshaws in India.
'If Kapoor sees something in a film, or an idea, she will ensure it reaches the most eyeballs -- by any means necessary,' points out Raja Sen!
Ayan Pramanik and Shivani Shinde Nadhe report on the uncertainties that have dragged down shares of TCS, Tech Mahindra and HCL Technologies.
Advertisers take to pitching family values and social causes, giving celebrity endorsers and flamboyance a miss. Nikhat Hetavkar reports.
Investing in special situations can help you tap opportunities that arise during adverse conditions, advises Joydeep Sen.
'No government should be viewed as authoritarian, rather as a collective institution of people,' says Pinarayi Vijayan.
'In India, China's capacities to conduct new types of warfare is critically underestimated,' says Claude Arpi.
About 120 start-ups, mostly e-commerce ones, have signed up on Hirees platform to recruit candidates who are actively seeking jobs.
'Hitchens asked which State Israel had most in common with -- and then answered his own question, saying "Pakistan".' 'They were both, he explained "confessional States": Founded to succour the followers of a particular faith,' remembers Mihir S Sharma.
'I felt a constant gag in my throat, and emerged from the movie somewhat mugged,' confesses Sreehari Nair.
The IT major is donning a new face for the changing times, says Ayan Pramanik.
The IT major is donning a new face for the changing times, says Ayan Pramanik.
Wayward employee behaviour at Uber and Infosys highlights the risk to corporate reputations.
'I felt sorry the handsome woman had to spend her birthday in a war zone, away from her eight-year-old kid and her drifting husband, both in the US.'
November 12 marks 25 years of the beginning of the World Wide Web. Shivanand Kanavi gives us the story of how it all began.
