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HPCL to export gasoline due to maintenance

HPCL to export gasoline due to maintenance

Rediff.com31 Mar 2014

The shutdown of the gasoline making units would result in the production of high sulphur gasoline that cannot be sold in India.

SC asks Centre to place on record Kamath report on interest waiver

SC asks Centre to place on record Kamath report on interest waiver

Rediff.com5 Oct 2020

The Supreme Court asked the Centre and the RBI on Monday to place on record the K V Kamath committee recommendations on debt restructuring in view of Covid-19 related stress on various sectors as well as the notifications and circulars issued so far on loan moratorium.

US holds Russia responsible for spy poisoning in UK

US holds Russia responsible for spy poisoning in UK

Rediff.com15 Mar 2018

It also said that the UK's decision to expel 23 Russian diplomats in retaliation for the alleged attack was a 'just response'.

'Horror cinema will never be the same again'

'Horror cinema will never be the same again'

Rediff.com15 Dec 2018

'The death of Tulsi Ramsay signals the end of an era.'

Is Xiaomi's 108 megapixel phone worth Rs 2 lakh?

Is Xiaomi's 108 megapixel phone worth Rs 2 lakh?

Rediff.com25 Sep 2019

With a massive 108 megapixel camera and bezel-less wrap around display, Xiaomi's Mi Mix Alpha comes in a protective glass body that may tempt you to own it. But is it worth the price?

How top FMCG firms plan to cut plastic use

How top FMCG firms plan to cut plastic use

Rediff.com28 May 2018

India will be the global host this year for World Environment Day, with the theme "Beat Plastic Pollution".

Bravo to miss Zimbabwe match, in doubt for South Africa

Bravo to miss Zimbabwe match, in doubt for South Africa

Rediff.com23 Feb 2015

Darren Bravo will miss West Indies' third World Cup match against Zimbabwe in Canberra.

Colonel Raja Chari Is Ready for Space

Colonel Raja Chari Is Ready for Space

Rediff.com30 Oct 2021

On Sunday morning Eastern US time, four astronauts will zoom into space on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. Commanding the spaceflight is Raja Chari, a United States Air Force colonel.

Consumer internet start-ups brace for salary cuts, layoffs

Consumer internet start-ups brace for salary cuts, layoffs

Rediff.com2 Apr 2020

For now, Bounce, Shuttl, Fab Hotels, Instamojo, Zomato, Curefit, and HealthifyMe, among others, are going for salary deductions. Most of the consumer internet start-ups, besides those who are in the grocery delivery, education tech, and video conferencing business, would ultimately lay-off people and cut back salaries.

How to get banks to restart lending to corporates

How to get banks to restart lending to corporates

Rediff.com17 Nov 2020

Let all the stakeholders, especially the government, remember that if the Make in India lion needs to roar and rise again, it won't happen unless India Inc rises too, points out Shekaar Subramanian.

Why a planet was named after Sahithi Pingali

Why a planet was named after Sahithi Pingali

Rediff.com30 Jun 2017

Nikita Puri introduces the Indian teenager who has joined the league of innovators with celestial bodies named after them.

Oxford varsity enrols volunteers for Covid vaccine trial

Oxford varsity enrols volunteers for Covid vaccine trial

Rediff.com28 Mar 2020

The researchers, working in an 'unprecedented' vaccine development effort to prevent COVID-19, said they have started screening healthy volunteers (aged 18-55) from Friday for their upcoming trial in the Thames Valley Region of England.

Fitch says Indian oil cos are at 'risk'. Here's why

Fitch says Indian oil cos are at 'risk'. Here's why

Rediff.com26 Apr 2019

Struggling to meet budget targets, the government had in the just concluded fiscal asked cash-rich PSUs to pay second interim dividend as well as undertake share buyback.

'Corona is a wake up call for all of us'

'Corona is a wake up call for all of us'

Rediff.com23 May 2020

'I'm not surprised with what's happening in India,' 'Tiger' Tyagarajan tells Nivedita Mookerji.

Petrol, diesel prices depend on govt, not crude rate!

Petrol, diesel prices depend on govt, not crude rate!

Rediff.com7 May 2020

'I have no problems with the finance ministry or with state governments treating petrol pump prices as the last resort for meeting their ambitious spending targets with very limited revenue resources.' 'But let's do away with this smokescreen of free pricing of petrol and diesel and go back to administered pricing regime,' says Dr Sudhir Bisht.

At 13, Aman Singh is a change-maker

At 13, Aman Singh is a change-maker

Rediff.com23 Jun 2015

Inspiring story of 13-year-old boy who spends his spare time in helping his peers become smarter students

Why the ISI now backs Masood Azhar

Why the ISI now backs Masood Azhar

Rediff.com18 Feb 2019

'Jaish is known for its fidayeen activities.' 'This well trained human resource backed by military-based training makes the JeM an obvious choice over the LeT and HM.'

Cricket Buzz: Australia's Warner, Smith dominant on club return

Cricket Buzz: Australia's Warner, Smith dominant on club return

Rediff.com22 Sep 2018

The 29-year-old, who got married this week, received a warm welcome from an unusually large crowd at the Glenn McGrath Oval and looked his usual twitchy self at the crease as he rattled off a half century in 62 balls.

Injured Aus spinner O'Keefe to return home from Sri Lanka

Injured Aus spinner O'Keefe to return home from Sri Lanka

Rediff.com29 Jul 2016

Australia spinner Steve O'Keefe will return home from the ongoing tour of Sri Lanka after injuring his hamstring during the first Test in Pallekele.

'Terrorists are today being tracked and neutralised'

'Terrorists are today being tracked and neutralised'

Rediff.com26 Feb 2020

'As far as Kashmir is concerned, a 'solution' was very much in play, and had brought endemic violence across the Jammu and Kashmir regions very much under control before the disruptive adventurism of the present regime resulted in a limited and localised escalation.'

How to live life queen size: Lessons from Sonali Bendre

How to live life queen size: Lessons from Sonali Bendre

Rediff.com14 Nov 2018

Sonali is sharing peeks of her life along with a few more important life lessons.

David Warner's biggest fear...

David Warner's biggest fear...

Rediff.com13 Jun 2019

Feared not scoring hundred for Australia again, says Warner

This Turkish airport has an Indian touch

This Turkish airport has an Indian touch

Rediff.com25 Apr 2016

The first phase will end in 2018 and have the world's largest terminal under one roofThe first phase will end in 2018 and have the world's largest terminal under one roof

AIIMS Chief: How India will succeed in COVID-19 fight

AIIMS Chief: How India will succeed in COVID-19 fight

Rediff.com21 Apr 2020

'The fight against COVID-19 is not a hospital fight.' 'It's a community level fight. 'If your community level measures are good, you can decrease the number of people coming to hospitals, or flatten it.'

Tejashwi Yadav: Novice who gave veterans a run for their money

Tejashwi Yadav: Novice who gave veterans a run for their money

Rediff.com11 Nov 2020

The 2020 assembly polls marked the coming of age of a politician who valiantly went down fighting an army of battle-hardened veterans.

'I had been disqualified from India's rat race'

'I had been disqualified from India's rat race'

Rediff.com29 Dec 2009

Aruni Mukherjee hails from a middle-class Bengali family in Kolkata. He shares his journey to UK school and university despite his lack of scholarly achievements.

Once, Twice, Three times a dud

Once, Twice, Three times a dud

Rediff.com28 Mar 2008

Ashwini Dheer and his gang decided to play the old mistaken-identity game, and placed three diverse characters together in the same hotel and waited for obvious chaos to ensue. Unfortunately, beyond a weak two-para summation of the premise, not much else seems to have been written -- which is why the pained gags set up in the first few scenes by narrator Irrfan Khan continue to play out, again and again, right to the very climax.

India go down to Malaysia in semis

India go down to Malaysia in semis

Rediff.com11 May 2007

Malaysia will take on Australia, who beat Korea, in the final of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup hockey tournament.

Skill to succeed: How TCS is leading the hiring game

Skill to succeed: How TCS is leading the hiring game

Rediff.com23 Apr 2018

The company hires postgraduate and PhD students from A+ grade institutes to be part of its research team.

India's rating upgrade after eco parameters improve: Moody's

India's rating upgrade after eco parameters improve: Moody's

Rediff.com26 Apr 2015

Moody's on Sunday said any upgrade for the country will depend on consistent improvement in inflation, fiscal deficit and other economic parameters.

What's wrong with Modi's Central Vista project

What's wrong with Modi's Central Vista project

Rediff.com7 Dec 2020

'If you are doing something to our national democratic space which involves serious amounts of land, the public should have been consulted.'

Is Election Commission ready for 2019 polls?

Is Election Commission ready for 2019 polls?

Rediff.com21 Sep 2018

The poll watchdog faces two Heruclean tasks -- to produce over a million VVPATs in time for the 2019 elections and also iron out manufacturing tweaks in the machines which are already in use.

Delhi vs Centre: SC verdict split on control of services

Delhi vs Centre: SC verdict split on control of services

Rediff.com14 Feb 2019

In view of the differences, Justices A K Sikri and Ashok Bhushan referred the matter to a larger bench of the apex court.

FC Goa first Indian club to win AFC Champions League spot

FC Goa first Indian club to win AFC Champions League spot

Rediff.com19 Feb 2020

FC Goa on became the first team from the country to secure a berth in the group stage of the AFC Champions League, the continent's top-tier club competition, after beating Jamshedpur FC 5-0 in an Indian Super League match, in Jamshedpur, on Wednesday.

Why Harmanpreet wanted to take a break from cricket

Why Harmanpreet wanted to take a break from cricket

Rediff.com24 May 2019

India captain Harmanpreet Kaur revealed that she wanted to take an indefinite break from the game because of the controversy that followed the World T20 in the West Indies.

Meet Emma Watson, the student

Meet Emma Watson, the student

Rediff.com7 Sep 2009

The 19-year-old Harry Potter star was spotted wearing a simple white T-shirt, denim shorts, and trainers in her campus at Brown University, in Providence, Rhode Island.

Hockey: Indian men trounce Oman

Hockey: Indian men trounce Oman

Rediff.com8 Dec 2006

India kept alive their chances of making it to the semi-finals of the men's hockey competition at the Asian Games after trouncing Oman 9-0 in a Pool B match on Friday.

Sports Shorts: Tendulkar against fake helmet makers

Sports Shorts: Tendulkar against fake helmet makers

Rediff.com20 Mar 2018

A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday

'Clarke's is second most important position after Australian PM'

'Clarke's is second most important position after Australian PM'

Rediff.com3 Feb 2015

Putting to rest speculation about Michael Clarke's dipping popularity within the national cricket team, coach Darren Lehmann said that Australian captain occupies the second-most important position after the Prime Minister and everyone wants him to be fit and raring to go.

Air India hikes cabin crew salaries

Air India hikes cabin crew salaries

Rediff.com2 Jun 2009

Air India has given a two-fold increase in the salaries of its executive (officer grade) cabin crew to Rs 2.25-lakh, with retrospective effect from June 1, 1997. The move is likely to put an additional burden of Rs 170 crore (Rs 1.7 billion) annually at a time when the airlines are making losses due to economic slowdown.