News for '-high-tech'

Revealed: Why army shut down important project

Revealed: Why army shut down important project

Rediff.com30 Jul 2018

The Indian Army, placing traditional weapons above high-technology, says that equipping the army's 800-plus combat units with a Battlefield Management System would cost an unaffordable Rs 500 billion to Rs 600 billion, reveals Ajai Shukla.

B K Modi honoured by US Congress

B K Modi honoured by US Congress

Rediff.com18 Feb 2004

PM poses with Merkel at Brandenburg Gate before leaving Berlin

PM poses with Merkel at Brandenburg Gate before leaving Berlin

Rediff.com30 May 2017

The Gate has now come to represent German unity and freedom since the end of the Cold War and divided country.

US Senate to take up bill against BPO

US Senate to take up bill against BPO

Rediff.com23 Jan 2004

In a boost to the opponents of outsourcing of high-tech jobs to countries like India, a $328 billion spending bill aimed at prohibiting government contractors from shifting work overseas would come up before the United States Senate this week.

Indore: Pilot killed as plane on training sortie crashes

Indore: Pilot killed as plane on training sortie crashes

Rediff.com19 Nov 2014

A pilot was on Wednesday killed and an instructor accompanying him injured when the Madhya Pradesh Flying Club-owned Cessna aircraft they were flying crashed at Devi Ahilyabai Holkar Airport in Indore.

Government finalises policy to allow private investment in defence

Government finalises policy to allow private investment in defence

Rediff.com20 May 2017

Seen as a major initiative, the 'strategic partnership model' aims to create a vibrant defence manufacturing ecosystem in the country through involvement of both the major Indian corporates as well as the MSME sector.

Rescheduling Judgement Day

Rescheduling Judgement Day

Rediff.com25 Nov 2003

French officials fret over stadium security ahead of Euro 2016

French officials fret over stadium security ahead of Euro 2016

Rediff.com23 May 2016

Security failures highlighted at this weekend's French cup final need to be urgently sorted out before the start of Euro 2016 in three weeks' time, an official in charge of security at France's national football stadium said on Monday.

Polar Express falters

Polar Express falters

Rediff.com16 Nov 2004

Good news! India to have its own standardised size chart for clothes

Good news! India to have its own standardised size chart for clothes

Rediff.com13 Mar 2018

You may no longer have to rely on international size charts.

Guns and gore top USBO

Guns and gore top USBO

Rediff.com12 Aug 2003

PM to travel by presidential saloon

PM to travel by presidential saloon

Rediff.com29 Jan 2004

He will travel the 8km stretch from Katra to Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh on February 7 to dedicate to the nation a bridge on Saryu River.

Hamish the hawk protects Wimbledon

Hamish the hawk protects Wimbledon

Rediff.com10 Jun 2003

The All England Club has found the most effective and humane solution to the problem of pigeons is low-tech Hamish.

Indian tech companies face backlash in US, Europe

Indian tech companies face backlash in US, Europe

Rediff.com9 May 2003

Only two years ago, India's high-tech companies basked in glowing media coverage of their technological prowess but with economic growth slowing and lay-offs rising in the US and Europe.

WATCH! Auto rickshaw driver gifts shooter-daughter Rs 5 lakh gun

WATCH! Auto rickshaw driver gifts shooter-daughter Rs 5 lakh gun

Rediff.com29 Aug 2016

Despite a meagre income, Ahmedabad-based auto-rickshaw driver has gifted his 27-year-old daughter, who is a national-level shooter, a German-made rifle worth Rs 5 lakh, a corpus he had kept aside for her marriage.

IBM property values sink in Silicon Valley

IBM property values sink in Silicon Valley

Rediff.com22 Mar 2003

The assessed value of property owned by International Business Machines Corp. in California's Silicon Valley fell $282 million last year, making the computer services giant the hardest-hit landlord in a collapsing real-estate market

Singapore firm wins pact

Singapore firm wins pact

Rediff.com11 Mar 2003

In a unique high-tech venture, a Singaporean technology firm has won a multi-million dollar deal to upgrade 400 Indian cinema halls with digital projectors by April 2004.

And now, an Islamic mobile phone!

And now, an Islamic mobile phone!

Rediff.com15 Apr 2004

Now track your cargo online

Now track your cargo online

Rediff.com9 Sep 2003

Jailed Sahara chief Roy seeks more time to seal hotel deals

Jailed Sahara chief Roy seeks more time to seal hotel deals

Rediff.com13 Aug 2014

Roy was jailed in March after he failed to appear at a contempt hearing in the long-running dispute with the capital markets watchdog.

Military procurement must be fast-tracked: Army chief

Military procurement must be fast-tracked: Army chief

Rediff.com23 Mar 2017

General Rawat also said that adequate focus must be on ensuring that "trial procedure" for procurement of military equipment does not linger on for too long, in an indication of his unhappiness over the delay in modernisation of armed forces.

5 talking points from Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony

5 talking points from Rio Olympics Opening Ceremony

Rediff.com6 Aug 2016

The Rio 2016 Olympics have opened with a colourful and pulsating ceremony at Maracana stadium on Friday night.

Opening Ceremony: Vanderlei de Lima lights cauldron; Gisele steals the show

Opening Ceremony: Vanderlei de Lima lights cauldron; Gisele steals the show

Rediff.com6 Aug 2016

Brazil unfurled a vast canvas celebrating its rainforest and the creative energy of its wildly diverse population in welcoming the world on Friday to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, all to the pounding beat of samba, bossa nova and funk.

Not shaken, not stirred

Not shaken, not stirred

Rediff.com3 Jan 2003

6 million US jobs to move to India

6 million US jobs to move to India

Rediff.com5 Jan 2004

India is likely to benefit from the exodus of high tech jobs from North America as over 6 million jobs are expected to shift overseas in a decade.

'It is about an India hardly anybody writes about'

'It is about an India hardly anybody writes about'

Rediff.com30 May 2003

'I am glad the book reaches India after America and England. I thought that would make it difficult for some people to run down the book because they do not like my journalism,' says Aniruddha Bahal.

Is India ready to meet Chinese air force threat?

Is India ready to meet Chinese air force threat?

Rediff.com21 Nov 2019

The Chinese air force is now a 400,000-person force that flies some 2,000 combat aircraft -- more than thrice the size of the Indian Air Force.

Affleck's no good as a Daredevil

Affleck's no good as a Daredevil

Rediff.com19 Feb 2003

US slashed H1-B visas by 75% in 2002

US slashed H1-B visas by 75% in 2002

Rediff.com19 Sep 2003

How dependent visa shatters the American dream

How dependent visa shatters the American dream

Rediff.com2 Jul 2014

The US dependent visa puts many restrictions on the spouses, mostly women, of the skilled workers who have an H1-B visa. Some even felt like they were thrown back into a model of the 'traditional family' where women are not valued at all outside of the home.

Obama's poll staffers among scores of US consultants working in India

Obama's poll staffers among scores of US consultants working in India

Rediff.com13 May 2014

Scores of American election campaign consultants, including several staffers who worked on United States President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, are in India, offering their expertise to several politicians and parties.

He enriched the world with his magical voice

He enriched the world with his magical voice

Rediff.com25 Sep 2020

His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions. Siva Sankar pays tribute to S P Balasubrahmanyam, the legendary singer who passed into the ages on Friday.

Coronavirus: What about the Lab in Wuhan?

Coronavirus: What about the Lab in Wuhan?

Rediff.com12 Apr 2020

Why did the Chinese military take over the lab in Wuhan in end January? Did something go wrong? Claude Arpi glances at the mystery surrounding the origin of the coronavirus.

Air pollution reduced wheat crop in India by 50%

Air pollution reduced wheat crop in India by 50%

Rediff.com4 Nov 2014

Up to 90 per cent of the decrease in potential food production is linked to smog, made up of black carbon and other pollutants.