Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos is in India this week and is expected to meet top government functionaries, business leaders and SMBs.
In a setback to initial public offer (IPO)-ready Coal India, the Jharkhand government has rejected a forest clearance for a railway link being planned for evacuation of coal from the North Karanpura coalfield operated by the coal miner.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggesting five measures to conserve money for the fight against COVID-19, including a complete ban on media advertisements by government and PSUs for two years and suspending the Central Vista beautification project.
Rediff.com takes a look at the most haunting images of the war that changed the destiny of two nations.
China's Shandong Luneng sent former captain Jiao Zhe to the reserve team, suspended his salary and fined him 30,000 yuan ($4,400) for beating up a team-mate after a Chinese Super League (CSL) game last weekend.
The deadlock between Mahindra & Mahindra and over 4,400 workers at the company's Nashik plant hardened on Friday, with the union saying it was appointing a lawyer to appeal to the Bombay High Court against an industrial court-imposed 48-hour deadline for workers to return to work. The deadline ended today.
IA has cut fares on the UAE to Delhi and Mumbai routes by 20 per cent. The one-way fare has been cut from Dh500 (about Rs 5,500) to Dh 400 (Rs 4,400), while the fuel surcharge remains same. The new fares came into effect from July 14. Indian Airlines Regional Manager Abhay Pathak said the airline had introduced special fares to Delhi and Mumbai last Monday.
World silver medallist LaShawn Merritt upset Olympic and world champion Jeremy Wariner for a convincing win in the U.S. Olympic trials 400 metres on Thursday. The 22-year-old Merritt, wearing the U.S. colours of red, white and blue on a necklace, took the lead around 200 metres and surged to victory in 44.00 seconds. Wariner finished second in 44.20 seconds with David Neville third in 44.61.
The sharp drop in prices couldn't have come at a more difficult time, particularly for the two big producing states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, and also neighbouring Chhattisgarh as the states go to polls in the next few months.
The Rs 4,400 crore (Rs 44 billion) Alliance Group will invest Rs 100 crore (Rs 1 billion) to launch the country's first 24-hour real estate information channel next month.
Finance Minister P Chidambaram on Monday attributed the sharp fall in the stock market to the plunge in the Asian markets, but said it was not a cause for concern.
The government has announced cash awards of Rs. 90 lakhs for Rio Paralympics 2016 medal winners.
Here's a car that is going to give its competitors a run for their money, says P Tharyan.
The Hinduja Group has signed a deal with Dubai World to offer healthcare services in India.
BPL Mobile, one of Mumbai's oldest cellular phone operator, is looking at dropping its existing brand name as Essar's agreement with the TPG Nambiar-owned BPL on the use of its trademark expires by March-end.
After the $11.1 billion winning bid by Vodafone for Hutchison, the spotlight now shifts to the Ruia-owned BPL Mobile Communications.
India is ranked among the top 10 wealthiest countries in the world.
The contraband, meant for an US customer, was kept in gunny bags of 20 kg each.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) warned Tokyo 2020 organisers on Friday that more accessible hotels and transport options must be found ahead of the showpiece event.
The United States of America's consular sections in India now plans to adjust the consular exchange rate.
State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd plans to invest over Rs 13,000 crore to raise the capacity of its Vizag refinery and set up an aromatic plant there.
The sources further said that the government has implemented a series of interventions in the past four months to provide relief to the sugarcane farmers and to ensure clearance of their dues.
Hutchison Telecom on Monday entered into a deal with Essar Group to buy over BPL's stake and Essar SpaceTel for $1.15 billion (about Rs 4,900 crore).
Jet Airways is offering special Onam Festival Fares.
He ran past beautiful villages, stunning deserts, verdant fields... running 4,400 km in 64 days on the Spirit of India run.
Incredible images depicting the scientific world give a beautiful insight into the academic world. A shortlist of images from the Royal Photographic Society's science photographer of the year competition has been released and includes images from the macroscopic to the microscopic. The winning images will be revealed in October to coincide with the opening of the free exhibition. The Science Photographer of the Year exhibition will run at the Science Museum from October 7-January 5.
After scaling record high peaks, both the precious metals -- silver and gold witnessed a free fall across the board in opening session today on brisk selling by stockists triggered by weak overseas trend.
Breaching the psychological $44 barrier, the rupee on Monday spurted to 8-month peak of Rs 43.82/84 per dollar buoyed by bunched up weakened dollar supplies from robust foreign fund and trade inflows, amidst a sliding dollar overseas.
Here's a look at the South African run machine's brilliant record in international cricket, says Rajneesh Gupta.
The Sensex commenced on a positive note with a gain of 11 points at 4,393.
Rajneesh Gupta presents all the important numbers after the third week of IPL 2020.
The Sensex opened with a huge positive gap of 31 points at 4,400. It is now up 42 points at 4,411.
Social stigma and low testing are the key reasons for the high mortality rate among COVID-19 patients in West Bengal, where the disease, like elsewhere in the country, is still an urban phenomenon, experts say. The state's Trinamool Congress government has been drawing consistent criticism from the Centre and opposition parties over the way it has tackled the pandemic, and has been accused of under-reporting data about the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths.
With the Tatas agreeing to sell its Scunthorpe steel plant in the UK to investment firm Greybull for a nominal one pound, the storied 'British Steel' name will be back in the now-ailing industry.
In December last year, Amazon invested over Rs 1,700 crore into its payments and wholesale business units in India, while in October it had infused over Rs 4,400 crore (more than USD 600 million) in its various units in India, including marketplace and food retail. Bezos last visited India in 2014 when he presented Amazon's Indian unit with a giant cheque for USD 2 billion. Since then, Amazon has pledged a further USD 3.5 billion to expand in the country and the USD 1 billion investment announced on Wednesday would take the total committed investment to USD 6.5 billion.
Last Thursday, the awards selection committee of Khel Ratna recommended para athlete and Rio Paralympics gold medallist Devendra Jhajharia for the prestigious award for 2017.
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