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Govt, Opposition battle it out on note ban anniversary

Govt, Opposition battle it out on note ban anniversary

Rediff.com8 Nov 2017

Union ministers fanned out across the country to highlight the crackdown on black money to mark the first anniversary of demonetisation on Wednesday which the Bharatiya Janata Party celebrated as "Anti Black Money Day" while the Congress-led Opposition observed it as "Black Day" with street protests.

Will Real, Barca, Bayern join tournament to rival Champions League?

Will Real, Barca, Bayern join tournament to rival Champions League?

Rediff.com8 Jul 2016

The group is seeking support in England, Spain, Italy, France and Germany by promising more places in an enlarged tournament and higher revenues from broadcasting rights, Marco Bogarelli, the strategic director of Wanda Sports Holding, the Chinese group's sports arm, told the newspaper.

China's Citic Telecom eyes undersea cable JV with Reliance Comm

China's Citic Telecom eyes undersea cable JV with Reliance Comm

Rediff.com22 May 2014

If completed, the 50-50 joint venture would value Reliance Communications' cable assets at $1 billion, the newspaper said, adding Citic Telecom beat out two other bidders from West Asia earlier this month.

Govt looking at more steps to curb gold import: FM

Govt looking at more steps to curb gold import: FM

Rediff.com30 Jan 2013

It will help to stop widening of Current Account Deficit.

FT Global MBA Rankings: ISB, IIM-A fare poorly

FT Global MBA Rankings: ISB, IIM-A fare poorly

Rediff.com29 Jan 2013

The only two management schools from India that made it to the global rankings have slipped down further from last year.

Ratan Tata says govt's inaction hurting investments

Ratan Tata says govt's inaction hurting investments

Rediff.com7 Dec 2012

Ratan Tata says the group plans to look to other emerging economies for expansion.

How workers are being crushed by a brutal Gig Economy

How workers are being crushed by a brutal Gig Economy

Rediff.com15 Dec 2018

Drawn in by fuzzy promises about unleashing the entrepreneur in each of us and the benefits of being one's own boss, people find themselves instead oppressed by an algorithm, notes Rahul Jacob.

BSNL chief on what plagues the behemoth

BSNL chief on what plagues the behemoth

Rediff.com2 Jul 2012

He says he's now confident of arresting its decline through various measures, including renewed focus on landline and mobile services, sorting out procurement problems and outsourcing unutilised space and tower management.

Arvind Subramanian in race to be next chief economist of World Bank

Arvind Subramanian in race to be next chief economist of World Bank

Rediff.com14 Mar 2018

Arvind Subramanian was appointed CEA in October 2014 and got a year's extension in September 2017

First Salary: I received the cheque and broke down

First Salary: I received the cheque and broke down

Rediff.com6 Nov 2012

Last week, we asked you readers to tell us about your first salary and how you spent it. here's the sixth set of responses we received.

Insead tops FT MBA rankings. 3 Indian b-schools in top 100

Insead tops FT MBA rankings. 3 Indian b-schools in top 100

Rediff.com27 Jan 2016

Find out if your favourite business school features in the list.

The West moves to revive manufacturing. Why won't India?

The West moves to revive manufacturing. Why won't India?

Rediff.com31 May 2012

The United States does not stand alone in reassessing how government interacts with manufacturing. Across the developed world, only Westminster's Conservatives, the last lovers of finance, continue to be without an industrial policy.

Imran meets Xi; secures USD 6 bn Chinese package

Imran meets Xi; secures USD 6 bn Chinese package

Rediff.com2 Nov 2018

Khan's visit evoked considerable interest in Beijing as it comes in the wake of his past criticism of the USD 50 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor projects and remarks by his ministers to cut down some of the projects over debt concern.

Bankers tried to create illegal investment arm for Anil: FSA

Bankers tried to create illegal investment arm for Anil: FSA

Rediff.com15 Dec 2011

According to a report in the Financial Times, two UBS bankers tried to create Pleuri, an offshore vehicle through which Ambani 'could illegally invest in securities at home'.

Uber to drive into Indian sunset?

Uber to drive into Indian sunset?

Rediff.com20 Jan 2018

Comment by SoftBank board member sets off talk of Ola-Uber merger.

Hewlett-Packard may slash 30,000 jobs

Hewlett-Packard may slash 30,000 jobs

Rediff.com18 May 2012

Hewlett-Packard plans to slash up to 30,000 jobs in the coming months, which would be one of the biggest layoffs in American corporate history, says a media report.

Alibaba to launch US e-commerce website on Wednesday

Alibaba to launch US e-commerce website on Wednesday

Rediff.com11 Jun 2014

The website will operate as a marketplace similar to Alibaba's China-based TMall, which offers virtual store fronts to merchants who set their own prices and handle their own logistics for nearly everything but payments, the newspaper reported.

Hacked! Thousands of Citi card customers' data

Hacked! Thousands of Citi card customers' data

Rediff.com9 Jun 2011

Computer hackers have breached Citigroup's computer network and have accessed data related to hundreds of thousands of its card customers, the Financial Times said.

The Indian contesting Thai elections!

The Indian contesting Thai elections!

Rediff.com8 Mar 2019

'It's a dream, but will I give it up? No bloody way,' Umesh Pandey, the former Bangkok Post editor turned Opposition candidate, tells Rahul Jacob.

India needs to stake its own claims in East Asia

India needs to stake its own claims in East Asia

Rediff.com23 Sep 2011

India is right to forcefully reject Chinese claims of sovereignty over the entire South China Sea. It should now build credible strategic partnerships with other regional states so as to prevent a Chinese regional dominance, says Harsh V Pant.

'Chinese warship confronts Indian navy vessel'

'Chinese warship confronts Indian navy vessel'

Rediff.com1 Sep 2011

A Chinese warship confronted an Indian naval vessel shortly after it left Vietnamese waters in late July in the first such reported encounter between the navy's of the two countries in the disputed South China Sea.

FDI in retail: How it could enslave, bankrupt Indians

FDI in retail: How it could enslave, bankrupt Indians

Rediff.com2 Dec 2011

The push for FDI in retail by foreign interests smacks of the East India Company syndrome and Indians have the right to protest any attempt by a class of corporate cronies to rule India by proxy, says A Faizur Rahman.

Aviation turmoil: How some investors checked out in time

Aviation turmoil: How some investors checked out in time

Rediff.com16 Nov 2011

Their success formula was to enter the business at the right time and exit at the opportune moment.

Omnicom buys 51% stake in Anil Ambani's Mudra

Omnicom buys 51% stake in Anil Ambani's Mudra

Rediff.com31 Oct 2011

Leading global advertising and marketing communications services company, Omnicom Group Inc, said on Monday that it has reached an agreement with Anil Ambani-led ADAG to buy a 51 per cent stake in the latter's ad agency, Mudra.

'India is the swing superpower of the 21st century'

'India is the swing superpower of the 21st century'

Rediff.com23 Aug 2018

'If India maintains the Constitutional set-up that its founders envisaged -- which is that it is a parliamentary democracy, with a broadly speaking market economy, in which all people are equal as everyone votes, in which the rights of minorities are respected -- that will be a great thing.' 'Not just for India. But for humanity.'

From Tunisia to America - From Jasmine to Rose?

From Tunisia to America - From Jasmine to Rose?

Rediff.com25 Oct 2011

US financial sector not only dominates the US economy, it also in effect controls the US politics, policies and programmes.

A Star chef in 3 nations

A Star chef in 3 nations

Rediff.com8 Feb 2019

'More and more young chefs, instead of inventing new things, are exploring more deeply inside India,' Indian Accent's Manish Mehrotra tells Rahul Jacob.

'I was neither euphoric, nor nervous'

'I was neither euphoric, nor nervous'

Rediff.com17 May 2018

'At the premiere we got a 4-minute standing ovation...' ...'Strangers hugged me, sobbing...' ...'Some just sat in their seats still immersed in the experience.' Nandita Das captures the magic of Manto at Cannes.

The man who will advise Modi on economic affairs

The man who will advise Modi on economic affairs

Rediff.com17 Oct 2014

oreign Policy magazine named him as one of the world's top 100 global thinkers in 2011.

Yahoo mulls offloading stake in Japan unit

Yahoo mulls offloading stake in Japan unit

Rediff.com7 Oct 2011

Various advisers are helping Yahoo consider its options.

One of life's less remarked upon blessings...

One of life's less remarked upon blessings...

Rediff.com1 Jul 2018

... 'is long lives are generally the norm today,' says Rahul Jacob.

Tata Steel close to deal to keep UK business

Tata Steel close to deal to keep UK business

Rediff.com3 Jun 2016

It is not clear at this stage whether Tata will take up the government's offer of taking a 25 per cent stake in the business.

Post-Osama killing, Zardari feared coup by army chief

Post-Osama killing, Zardari feared coup by army chief

Rediff.com12 Oct 2011

A week after the covert United States raid in Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, President Asif Ali Zardari sought to reach out to the Obama administration to ask it to stop army chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani from staging a coup, a Pakistan-American businessman has said.

'The system is holding Indians back'

'The system is holding Indians back'

Rediff.com1 Sep 2018

'I went to slums in India which were quite destitute, where people were clearly really struggling, but typically there is a sort of sense of purpose.' 'People are hustling.' 'What that tells you is that if the country was so organised in a way to give these people opportunity, then they would make something of it.'

Fatah hunts for Arafat's millions

Fatah hunts for Arafat's millions

Rediff.com7 Feb 2005

The Fatah search is aimed at giving it the financial muscle to mount campaigns against the radical Islamist group Hamas in this year's elections.

Absent Mallya hopes for Force India boost in Spain

Absent Mallya hopes for Force India boost in Spain

Rediff.com10 May 2016

Embattled Force India co-owner Vijay Mallya will not be attending Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix but he is hoping for a change of fortune on the track at least for his Formula One team in Barcelona.

Common sense says interest rates should come down: Jaitley

Common sense says interest rates should come down: Jaitley

Rediff.com21 Sep 2015

Jaitley said if interest rates were lowered, the economy could grow faster than 7-7.5 per cent.

China, Pak drones breaching airspace: India

China, Pak drones breaching airspace: India

Rediff.com17 Dec 2010

Spy drones from Pakistan and China are regularly straying into the Indian airspace complained the Indian military.

JLR warns UK govt against a 'bad' Brexit deal

JLR warns UK govt against a 'bad' Brexit deal

Rediff.com5 Jul 2018

JLR is the UK's largest carmaker, which has witnessed a complete turnaround in its fortunes since Tata Motors acquired the traditional British brands from Ford 10 years ago.