Warning that expenses could escalate, the oil major pointed out that it is too early to quantify other potential costs and liabilities associated with the incident.
In this moment there has to be honest acknowledgement of how so many in our community willingly voted for another four years of Trump, based on the morally flimsiest of reasons, points out Suleman Din.
Owner and chef of New York's Bhatti Indian Grill, Gaurav Anand offers four great recipes you can try at home.
"We have to improve the institutional framework of companies... (and) need to give more powers and authority to independent directors. Also, the regulations should be enforced much faster," said Infy board member T V Mohandas Pai. Noting that the Satyam case is an aberration and unlikely to affect the domestic IT industry, Pai said the law needs to be amended to ensure that auditing standards are enforceable.
'Over the next 10 years we expect more than 100,000 new start ups to come up and create more than $500 billion in value and 3.5 million to be employed in these start ups.' 'And these are the start ups that will be solving India's problems.'
Ashutosh Gowariker's What's Your Raashee? got a solid welcome at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday despite some groans that the 192 minute-long film is too unfocussed. Minutes before the red carpet ceremony for the movie, the director told rediff.com that he will be hugely busy with two very different projects in the next couple of years.
Tata Group company Tata Elxsi that is into product designing and animation on Thursday said it will increase its headcount by about 400 this year as the company looks to increase its services and businesses, specially in the US.
Sindhu seeks improvement on fitness, defence in se
The strategy of returning cash to shareholders through stock purchases could hinder their digital expansion plans
Historian Stanley Wolpert's book -- Shameful Flight -- revisits Partition, and lays the blame for one of the most horrific episodes of the 20th century squarely on the shoulders of a Briton, finds Arthur J Pais.
The company, which hired around 27,000 last financial year, will hire more this time on the back of a positive outlook for the overall economy.
Comviva (formerly Bharti Telesoft) is in talks with several telecom service providers, including group company Bharti Airtel, to launch a SIM (or Subscriber Identity Module) card that allows up to 10 users to share the same mobile phone with their own specific numbers.
Domestic wineries have moved from creating predominantly sweet wines in their initial years to drier, complex blends now. They also seem to be investing more in wine tourism.
The 26/11 attacks helped meditation guru Master Charles find the strong core of inner peace.
'We can't say that a year has gone by and it doesn't hurt. But that they didn't succeed, that we can say!' Voices from a memorial ceremony in New York for Rabbi Gavriel Holtzberg and his wife Rivika who were killed in the terror attacks.
'Whether the person who was held a hostage and was not harmed or it was a person who had lost a friend or were made to watch the murder of others, there was no call for revenge,' says Victoria Pitt, the writer and director of Secrets of the Dead: Mumbai Massacre.
Indian shuttlers had a relatively good day in office at the Indonesia Open Super Series Premier badminton tournament in Jakarta on Wednesday, with the women's doubles pair of Jwala Gutta-Ashwini Ponnappa and the men's team of Manu Attri-B Sumeeth Reddy progressing to the second round.
India's second-largest information technology services provider, Infosys Technologies, has applied for a mere 405 visas till date for financial year 2009-10 - its lowest application count in recent years.
200 people were killed in the blasts last Thursday.
The duo, who is lodged in jail since February 23, has sought bail on the ground of parity with JNUStudent's Union President Kanhaiya Kumar, saying he has already been granted bail and the incident did not attract charges of sedition.
Here's a look at the Oscar nominations, 2010.
Aseem Chhabra tries to guess which movies will be a part of Oscar history, if only as a nomination.
Acquin Pais tells us about the women who turn him on, his physique, and what fashion is all about.
Chef Gaurav Anand, Arthur J Pais discovers, wants to change the rules of the game.
In this special presentation, Rediff.com / India Abroad writers amalgamate various perspectives; assimilate diverse experiences to gauge the pulse of New York City.
With restaurants representing more than 120 cuisines including regional specialties, New York surely is the uncrowned gourmet capital of the world. Writes Arthur J Pais.
While as many as 3,000 IT professionals were now busy working at the first Infosys project in the state, he said about 5,000 workers would get placement in its second project.
A specially-designated tribunal has lifted the ban on the Students Islamic Movement of India. Justice Geeta Mittal, a Delhi High Court judge who is heading the tribunal, said that the material given by the Home Ministry, justifying the ban on SIMI, was insufficient. The government maintains that SIMI still indulges in communal activities and it is a threat to the country.The organisation has been banned by the Centre for the last seven years.
Columbia University professor of medicine Gaurav Shah and his wife Falu are emerging as a high-profile singing couple. Arthur J Pais reports.
Arthur J Pais is captivated by mysterious, magical Peru.
A year ago, Kia Scherr lost her husband and 13-year-old daughter in the Mumbai terror attacks. Yet, reports Arthur J Pais from Virginia, USA, they remain a constant presence in her life, as she channels grief into service.
Ronaldinho, who had a disappointing Club World Cup this month, has been elected South American footballer of the year in the annual poll conducted by the Uruguayan daily El Pais.
He is 54, but looks far better than he did when he was a supermodel in his 20s and 30s. Cooler still is his vibe. Vaihayasi Pande Daniel catches up with Milind Soman, fitness icon and businessman.
Abhinav Kumar struck a defiant unbeaten 70 to guide Hyderabad to 237 for six on the opening day of their Ranji Trophy Super League Group A match against Himachal Pradesh in Hyderabad on Tuesday.
The exercise, Agriculture Minister Radha Mohan Singh said, will help ease any possible impact of sub-par rainfall on farmers.
With the festival of lights just around the corner, things this year are looking brighter and sweeter for the software majors compared to one that went by, when they were struggling to grapple with the effects of the global meltdown.
Srikantadatta Narasimharaaja Wadiyar has been elected President, while Brijesh Patel was voted back as Secretary in the Karnataka State Cricket Association in the polls held during its Annual General Meeting in Bangalore on Sunday.
Rahman's Jai Ho: the Journey Home tour will take him to America, Canada and Europe.
Two-time champion and top seed Saina Nehwal and P V Sindhu reached the pre-quarterfinals of the $ 120,000 Swiss Open Grand Prix Gold in Basel.