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Can Tesla win India where most US carmakers have failed?

Can Tesla win India where most US carmakers have failed?

Rediff.com23 Apr 2021

What will it take for Tesla to plug and play in India? Sector pundits say it's a mix of strategy, getting the price right, timing, the right talent, and above all, patience.

New SAYA! chief aims to target poor youth

New SAYA! chief aims to target poor youth

Rediff.com5 Feb 2010

Tambar, who holds a master's in public administration from Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, taught a course there on immigrant youth for a semester. He is assistant deputy commissioner for parent and community engagement at the New York City Human Resources Administration.

India-born Padmasree Warrior out as Cisco's CTO

India-born Padmasree Warrior out as Cisco's CTO

Rediff.com9 Jun 2015

Warrior, 54, had joined Cisco in 2008.

Rohan crafted ring for Lakshmi: Murthy

Rohan crafted ring for Lakshmi: Murthy

Rediff.com10 Aug 2010

Infosys chief mentor N R Narayana Murty's son Rohan Murthy, a qualified engineer, also seems to know the craft of jewellery making, as he spent seven-and-a-half hours to make a platinum ring for fiance Lakshmi Venu.

What's delaying India's STUDY ABROAD plans?

What's delaying India's STUDY ABROAD plans?

Rediff.com29 Jun 2021

Students who have received admission to foreign universities are struggling with unexpected delays, additional living costs and scarcity of vaccine supplies.

Have you met Priyanka Chopra's HOT gym buddies yet?

Have you met Priyanka Chopra's HOT gym buddies yet?

Rediff.com28 Aug 2017

Personal trainers Austin Cagley and Bree Banks inspire PeeCee to go beast mode in the gym.

Trio win Nobel Physics Prize for laser research

Trio win Nobel Physics Prize for laser research

Rediff.com2 Oct 2018

Arthur Ashkin in the US, Grard Mourou in France, and Donna Strickland in Canada will share the prize announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday.

9 year ban for FIFA's Valcke?

9 year ban for FIFA's Valcke?

Rediff.com5 Jan 2016

FIFA's ethics watchdog has recommended a nine-year ban for secretary-general Jerome Valcke over World Cup ticket selling accusations, one of many corruption allegations involving officials at soccer's crisis-plagued governing body.

Who will be the next Tata chairman?

Who will be the next Tata chairman?

Rediff.com19 Aug 2010

The $70-billion Tata Group has embarked on a global search for a successor to Ratan Tata who will retire in 2012.

Coronavirus may have mutated, potentially evolving: Study

Coronavirus may have mutated, potentially evolving: Study

Rediff.com24 Sep 2020

'Wearing masks, washing our hands, all those things are barriers to transmissibility, or contagion, but as the virus becomes more contagious it statistically is better at getting around those barriers'

UEFA complain to FIFA over alleged Platini smear campaign

UEFA complain to FIFA over alleged Platini smear campaign

Rediff.com16 Aug 2015

European soccer's governing body have asked FIFA to investigate the alleged distribution from their headquarters of an anonymous heavily critical 'dossier' on UEFA president Michel Platini, German newspaper Welt am Sonntag reported on Sunday.

Why women quit jobs?

Why women quit jobs?

Rediff.com2 Apr 2010

Women may have earned equal rights in workplace but they take a backseat at home and give up on their careers as their husbands refuse to do their share of the household chores, a new study has claimed.

At $2.1 billion, Buffett is year's biggest philanthropist

At $2.1 billion, Buffett is year's biggest philanthropist

Rediff.com10 Dec 2014

According to global wealth intelligence and prospecting company Wealth-X, Buffett topped the list of the 10 biggest single charitable donors of 2014.

Kaushik Basu tipped for CEA's post

Kaushik Basu tipped for CEA's post

Rediff.com17 Sep 2009

Kaushik Basu, the C Marks Professor of International Studies, professor of economics, and director of the Center for Analytic Economics at Cornell, has been asked informally if he would consider becoming Chief Economic Advisor (CEA), a post that will fall vacant after Arvind Virmani ends his tenure and leaves to join the International Monetary Fund at the end of the month.

Keep the flame of romance burning

Keep the flame of romance burning

Rediff.com12 Feb 2009

Most people don't realize a relationship is effortful and not static.

QS World MBA Tour

QS World MBA Tour

Rediff.com14 Jan 2009

The QS World MBA Tour, with hundreds of influential business schools is visiting India from 23 January 2009 till 31 January 2009 covering 4 major cities - New Delhi, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Mumbai.

Answer to human brain's evolution in a fingertip

Answer to human brain's evolution in a fingertip

Rediff.com9 Feb 2008

The new findings may help explain why it takes young children years to develop fine finger muscle coordination and skills such as precision pinching or manipulation, and why fine finger manipulation is so vulnerable to neurological diseases and aging.

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay to join finance ministry

Shubhashis Gangopadhyay to join finance ministry

Rediff.com15 Jan 2008

The appointment, expected shortly, will come in the backdrop of tax expert Parthasarathy Shome recently resigning from the post of adviser to Finance Minister P Chidambaram.

Want to do an MBA abroad?

Want to do an MBA abroad?

Rediff.com18 Nov 2008

The QS World MBA Tour, with hundreds of influential business schools visits India on from November 29, 2008 till December 6, 2008 covering New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bangalore.

QS World MBA Tour

QS World MBA Tour

Rediff.com26 May 2009

The world's leading series of career and education events for aspiring MBAs where you can meet the world's top business schools including Toronto-Rotman, Cornell-Nanyang, IE Business School, Hult, MIP -- Pol.di Milano, Wollongong and many more.

Want a foreign MBA?

Want a foreign MBA?

Rediff.com13 Jun 2008

The QS World MBA Tour, the world's leading series of career and education events for aspiring MBAs, returns to New Delhi & Mumbai for the third time.

Economy: 'Modi's the right man for the job'

Economy: 'Modi's the right man for the job'

Rediff.com10 Oct 2019

'The expectation was that Modi would become even bolder in his approach, and after only four months into his second term, we are starting to see evidence of this.'

Farmer's son develops disease-free potato seed

Farmer's son develops disease-free potato seed

Rediff.com24 Mar 2008

Jang Bahadur Singh Sangha, a local farmer who has done his MSc in plant physiology and pathology from Cornell University in the United States, with a specialisation in potato seed, has set up a laboratory in the farms owned by his father, and has been carrying out multiplication or cloning of potato seeds through tissue culture and supplying the disease-free potato seeds all over the country, which he claims would increase the production by up to 25 per cent.

What it really takes to get into an Ivy League

What it really takes to get into an Ivy League

Rediff.com21 Apr 2019

Study smart. Personalise your essays. Connect with alumni and apply well before the deadline.

Killer PC viruses and how to be safe

Killer PC viruses and how to be safe

Rediff.com19 Sep 2006

'China is a non-event'

'China is a non-event'

Rediff.com25 Jul 2006

It will take 30-40 years for China to even catch up with US

The power of positive thinking

The power of positive thinking

Rediff.com19 Jun 2007

Business leaders have always flocked to self-help books and gurus that focus on getting the most out of your career and your life, but since Oprah plugged Rhonda Byrne's The Secret the business of positive thinking is booming.

Infosys appoints Salil S Parekh as CEO, MD

Infosys appoints Salil S Parekh as CEO, MD

Rediff.com2 Dec 2017

Parekh, who is joining the company from Capgemini, will take over on January 2, 2018..

How a start-up is going global

How a start-up is going global

Rediff.com30 Jun 2006

How to beat mid-career crisis

How to beat mid-career crisis

Rediff.com8 Sep 2006

Guess who is India's footballer of the year?

Guess who is India's footballer of the year?

Rediff.com25 Apr 2016

Mohun Bagan and India striker Jeje Lalpekhlua was declared winner of the 'Indian Player of the Year' award by the Football Players Association of India (FPAI) at its annual awards function held at the Cooperage Ground in Mumbai. The 25-year-old from Mizoram, who made his international debut in 2012 and came through the junior ranks, received the highest number of votes from fellow professional footballers, beating the challenge from the short list of India captain Sunil Chhetri, Bikash Jairu, David Lalrinmuana and Dhanachandra Singh, to win the coveted award. Jeje, incidentally, was the winner of the FPAI's Junior Indian Footballer of the Year award in 2011, AIFF Emerging Player of the Year award in 2013 and the 2015 Indian Super League Emerging Player of the League award while representing franchise outfit Chennayin FC, the eventual champions, on loan from Bagan.

Biggest challenge facing India's financial sector

Biggest challenge facing India's financial sector

Rediff.com6 Feb 2018

The most pressing issue facing the financial sector is the rising stock of non-performing assets in the banking system

New evidence of water on Mars

New evidence of water on Mars

Rediff.com9 Jun 2004

NASA's Mars rover Spirit has found concentrated salt below the surface of the Red Planet, offering more evidence that water once existed on Mars.

AFC Cup: Mohun Bagan thrash South China; Bengaluru FC lose

AFC Cup: Mohun Bagan thrash South China; Bengaluru FC lose

Rediff.com9 Mar 2016

Mohun Bagan notched up their second consecutive victory with a 4-0 thrashing of a 10-man South China of Hong Kong in an away match of the AFC Cup football tournament in Hong Kong on Wednesday.

She's the boss: Michelle reveals how to get fit

She's the boss: Michelle reveals how to get fit

Rediff.com21 May 2015

Michelle has posted a workout video online that shows her pumping iron, crunching abs and smacking a punch-bag.

Former Bihar, WB governor A R Kidwai passes away

Former Bihar, WB governor A R Kidwai passes away

Rediff.com24 Aug 2016

Kidwai is survived by two sons and four daughters. His funeral will be held on Thursday afternoon at the Jamia Burial Grounds.

Romer to succeed Basu as World Bank chief economist

Romer to succeed Basu as World Bank chief economist

Rediff.com18 Jul 2016

Paul Romer, a New York University professor and economist