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America's race bitterness erupts in India's communal bitterness

America's race bitterness erupts in India's communal bitterness

Rediff.com26 Jun 2020

'India shares the world's pain, but India's pain is not the world's.' 'Little that occurs here is even reported abroad,' notes Sunanda K Datta-Ray.

Nutanix bets big on govt clients, defence projects after Nasdaq debut

Nutanix bets big on govt clients, defence projects after Nasdaq debut

Rediff.com31 Dec 2019

In India, the company serves customers such as stock exchanges, brokers, non-banking financial companies, financial services and insurance, IT and IT-enabled services.

After 14 years, Indian in Bahrain can come home

After 14 years, Indian in Bahrain can come home

Rediff.com17 Aug 2005

A car company 'Oscar Rent A Car' alleged that Balakrishnan had used a car for one year in 1994 without paying the rent, but the Indian claimed that the company gave him the car to use in return for jobs he did for it.

'I am more interested in human drama'

'I am more interested in human drama'

Rediff.com20 May 2021

'Somewhere, I have to be true to myself. At this point in life, I am more interested in human drama.'

Why you must see The Good Road

Why you must see The Good Road

Rediff.com14 Oct 2013

The Good Road, says Ajit Balakrishnan, is an amazing film. Read on to find out why.

Review: Rummy is engaging

Review: Rummy is engaging

Rediff.com31 Jan 2014

Vijay Sethupathi's Rummy -- directed by debutant Balakrishnan -- is an engaging village-based dark romantic thriller set in the 1980s.

COLUMN: Obsessing about GDP growth

COLUMN: Obsessing about GDP growth

Rediff.com9 Mar 2013

True sustainable growth can come only through an increase in productivity, and such increases can happen only through innovations, technical and organisational, in all sectors of the economy - industry, services and agriculture, writes Ajit Balakrishnan.

Air pollution killed over 3,000 Indians every day in 2017, says study

Air pollution killed over 3,000 Indians every day in 2017, says study

Rediff.com6 Dec 2018

Uttar Pradesh, last year, recorded the most 2,60,028 deaths attributable to air pollution, followed by Maharashtra at 1,08,038 and Bihar 96,967, it said.

Infy CEO Vishal Sikka gets thumbs-up from investors

Infy CEO Vishal Sikka gets thumbs-up from investors

Rediff.com11 Feb 2017

Investors also appreciate the role being played by the founders; analysts, too, remain unperturbed.

'War cry': Kerala CM hits out at Shah over Hindi Diwas tweet

'War cry': Kerala CM hits out at Shah over Hindi Diwas tweet

Rediff.com15 Sep 2019

'The claim that Hindi unifies our country is absurd. That language is not the mother tongue of a majority of Indians. The move to inpose Hindi on them amounts to enslaving them. The Union Minister's statement is a war cry against the mother tongues of non-Hindi speaking people'

Indian Football: NorthEast United downs East Bengal

Indian Football: NorthEast United downs East Bengal

Rediff.com23 Feb 2021

NorthEast United inched closer to a playoffs berth with a 2-1 win over 10-man SC East Bengal in the ISL

The 'invisible hand' of the government

The 'invisible hand' of the government

Rediff.com21 Mar 2013

When we have 30,000-plus colleges and scores of research labs, why is it that we do not produce a steady stream of Nobel Prize winners?

323 Indians, 7 Maldivians evacuated from coronavirus-hit Wuhan

323 Indians, 7 Maldivians evacuated from coronavirus-hit Wuhan

Rediff.com2 Feb 2020

Air India's jumbo B747 made two flights to Wuhan city -- the ground zero of the coronavirus epidemic that has killed more than 300 people, infected 14,380 others and spread to 25 countries, including India, the United States and the United Kingdom.

COLUMN: Are we reinventing journalism?

COLUMN: Are we reinventing journalism?

Rediff.com6 Sep 2012

An FTC discussion paper proposes radical measures such as tightening copyright laws to prevent search engines from showing news search results without paying the newspaper concerned, and enabling news organisations to jointly rect 'paywalls' that force consumers to pay for news consumption on the Internet, and asks if it's time to reinvent the business of journalism, writes Ajit Balakrishnan

Centre rejects plea for Pres Ref against NHRC chairperson

Centre rejects plea for Pres Ref against NHRC chairperson

Rediff.com12 Feb 2013

The Centre has turned down an NGO's plea for a Presidential Reference for removal of National Human Rights Commission chairperson K G Balakrishnan over allegations of misconduct during his tenure as Chief Justice and judge of the Supreme Court.

Realising India's industrial dreams

Realising India's industrial dreams

Rediff.com7 Feb 2013

The causes for and solutions to India's manufacturing angst may not lie in high land costs, excessively labour-friendly laws or excessive taxes.

Good things from bad motives?

Good things from bad motives?

Rediff.com16 Nov 2012

Today we use statistical methods for purposes as computing GDP & planning healthcare & education, but statistical methods originated with much darker motives.

The way we work now

The way we work now

Rediff.com13 Jun 2013

Things like the increase in worker diversity can only be all to the good, but what about the steadily rising proportion of 'temporary' workers? Asks Ajit Balakrishnan.

Rajiv Bansal is Infosys' new CFO

Rajiv Bansal is Infosys' new CFO

Rediff.com12 Oct 2012

Currently the vice president and head of finance, Bansal will take over as CFO from November 1.

Case against Sonia over non-payment of dues settled out of court

Case against Sonia over non-payment of dues settled out of court

Rediff.com10 Jun 2016

A construction firm in Kerala had filed the civil suit recently over alleged non-payment of dues to the tune of Rs 2.8 crore in the construction of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Development Studies complex by KPCC at Neyyar.

Are you suffering from Selfitis? Take this test to find out!

Are you suffering from Selfitis? Take this test to find out!

Rediff.com17 Dec 2017

The selfie disease is no hoax.

Lunch and more with IT's marathon man

Lunch and more with IT's marathon man

Rediff.com12 Dec 2012

"I tell all my guys in the office to see this as running a marathon. The front runners are a million times our size. In a marathon, you don't run in front of the pack; you stay in the back and wait for your turn, otherwise you'll run out of steam."

COLUMN: Employability and its avatars

COLUMN: Employability and its avatars

Rediff.com29 Nov 2012

Unstated assumption is that the job applicant is in some way responsible for his employability problem, says Ajit Balakrishnan.

COLUMN: Legitimising myths about gold imports

COLUMN: Legitimising myths about gold imports

Rediff.com18 Apr 2013

The massive buyers of gold in the past two years have not been the distressed farmers or the manual scavengers, writes Ajit Balakrishnan.

Adverse action on audit firms may put IT cos in a spot

Adverse action on audit firms may put IT cos in a spot

Rediff.com18 Jun 2019

Currently, Deloitte, EY and KPMG with their associates work as statutory auditors of most of the top league domestic IT services firms. Owing to many alleged auditing lapses, the regulators have either imposed restrictions on the audit firms or are seeking to do so.

Explaining the why of algorithmic conclusions

Explaining the why of algorithmic conclusions

Rediff.com4 Oct 2018

Ajit Balakrishnan on the emerging crisis in the tech world.

Chetan Bhagat, India's Charles Dickens

Chetan Bhagat, India's Charles Dickens

Rediff.com27 Dec 2012

Characters that populate his novels, preoccupations they have, ambitions they nurse and obstacles they encounter are all endearingly those of today's real-life India, says Ajit Balakrishnan

DMK snubs Congress on alliance offer

DMK snubs Congress on alliance offer

Rediff.com19 Jan 2003

Raids at premises of 4 former TN assembly officials

Raids at premises of 4 former TN assembly officials

Rediff.com3 Jul 2012

The raids were in progress at the premises of former Assembly Secretary M Selvaraj, then Committee Officer P S K Singaravelu, Section Officer, S Balakrishnan, and then Joint Secretary K Indira, Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption sources said.

Merrill Lynch tops Indian M&A league

Merrill Lynch tops Indian M&A league

Rediff.com13 Dec 2013

Merrill Lynch jumps to first from 7th last year in a smaller market; says its focus is larger deals and clients.

Why Parliament passed IT Act without debate

Why Parliament passed IT Act without debate

Rediff.com30 Nov 2012

'The new Information Technology Act with the requisite power to allow the Indian State to deal with Information Age challenges was passed by Parliament, without debate, within a month of the Taj crisis.' An exclusive excerpt from The Wave Rider: A Chronicle of the Information Age, one of the most important books published in India this year.

'Time has now come to say GOODBYE to India'

'Time has now come to say GOODBYE to India'

Rediff.com11 Feb 2013

Interview with Chairman, Cipla.

All about chasing real estate's shadows

All about chasing real estate's shadows

Rediff.com1 Nov 2012

After all, he had already, in the short three years that he had worked for us, in the middle of a punishing schedule of writing algorithms crucial for our business, found the time and energy to write two articles for international peer-reviewed journals and co-author with me a chapter in a book of readings on collective intelligence edited by a prominent US academic.

Coming soon, a web portal for cancer care

Coming soon, a web portal for cancer care

Rediff.com26 Dec 2013

At the Indian Cancer Congress held in New Delhi on November 20-24, health-care professionals from the United States launched the Open Educational Resources in Cancer for Doctors and Nurses in India, a Web portal maintained by the California State University.

Meet Rajiv Bansal, the next CFO

Meet Rajiv Bansal, the next CFO

Rediff.com13 Oct 2012

Infosys describes him as "a very bright star in the finance department", with it for 13 years and working under Balakrishnan for the past four years.

Infosys bets big on India's private sector

Infosys bets big on India's private sector

Rediff.com16 Oct 2013

Company plans to raise the contribution of Indian private sector to its revenue from about 15% to about 50% in two-three years.

Infosys 'seriously looking' for acquisitions

Infosys 'seriously looking' for acquisitions

Rediff.com12 Jul 2012

Infosys on Thursday said it is "seriously looking" at acquisitions as the company understands the importance of growth through buying out other companies.

74% NE Indians feel Delhi is the most unsafe city for them

74% NE Indians feel Delhi is the most unsafe city for them

Rediff.com6 Dec 2014

As many as 54 per cent people from the northeast feel that discrimination is a reality in the national capital while 74 per cent felt that Delhi is the 'most unsafe' place in terms of ethnic discrimination, a survey report has revealed.

Are ad agencies being re-invented?

Are ad agencies being re-invented?

Rediff.com2 Nov 2018

Or is all of media being re-invented, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.

Court grants bail with stiff terms to 2 Italian marines

Court grants bail with stiff terms to 2 Italian marines

Rediff.com30 May 2012

Granting them bail, Justice NK Balakrishnan said the two accused should execute a bond for Rs 1 crore each, besides two Indian sureties for the like amount