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Ekta Kapoor: The drama queen

Ekta Kapoor: The drama queen

Rediff.com25 Mar 2016

Harvard, age and experience have changed Ekta Kapoor in ways that will stand her in good stead as she attempts the biggest transformation Balaji Telefilms has seen.

Zomato wants to be the Google of food

Zomato wants to be the Google of food

Rediff.com9 Sep 2014

Ramping up globally, the Indian restaurant search service is going as local as possible in its markets to improve its brand's stickiness.

How retailers plan to woo shoppers

How retailers plan to woo shoppers

Rediff.com14 Jun 2016

The numbers in India may not be as big but the opportunity for serious growth is all there.

Jobs hiring picks up but many sectors still await better days

Jobs hiring picks up but many sectors still await better days

Rediff.com17 Aug 2014

More activity in the IT, health care, services sectors; manufacturing firms keeping fingers crossed.

Now, transfer money via Facebook

Now, transfer money via Facebook

Rediff.com9 Oct 2014

Hyderabad firm Digitsecure launches online and mobile social wallet platform that enables payments, money transfers between FB, BBM users.

Bangladesh's War on Terror won't end soon

Bangladesh's War on Terror won't end soon

Rediff.com21 Dec 2017

Sheikh Hasina's government has launched a relentless war against terrorism since the Dhaka cafe carnage in July 2016, but as Bangladesh's terror networks exploit new technologies and new tactics, the challenge to eliminate jihad gets tougher, points out Binodkumar Singh.

Stop this showy nationalism!

Stop this showy nationalism!

Rediff.com18 Jan 2017

'If Amazon's officials had secured their visas through proper paperwork, under what rule or law was Swaraj threatening to cancel them?' 'If she felt a crime had been committed, as a law abiding citizen she should have registered a first information report or a complaint.' 'Instead she fired off a twitter fatwa, acting like a despot.'

Eat less instant noodles and more local seafood: Xi tells Chinese tourists

Eat less instant noodles and more local seafood: Xi tells Chinese tourists

Rediff.com18 Sep 2014

President Xi Jinping has appealed to Chinese tourists not to leave a bad reputation behind, and eat fewer cups of instant noodles while travelling abroad. "Do not litter water bottles everywhere. Do not damage coral reefs. Eat less instant noodles and more local seafood," the China News Service quoted Xi as saying in Maldives this week.

IBM signs deal with Polaris for social software solutions

IBM signs deal with Polaris for social software solutions

Rediff.com24 Apr 2014

The application makes it easy for IBM partners and clients like Polaris to build an entirely new class of cloud-based social business apps.

Foreign e-commerce sites can be cheap but risky

Foreign e-commerce sites can be cheap but risky

Rediff.com18 Apr 2016

Be extra careful while using credit cards because there is a risk of misuse

A Chinese invasion, albeit with a difference

A Chinese invasion, albeit with a difference

Rediff.com4 Oct 2017

Oppo's FDI application approved for single-brand retail trading

Walmart's $16 bn Flipkart buy is the biggest deal this year

Walmart's $16 bn Flipkart buy is the biggest deal this year

Rediff.com9 May 2018

Sachin Bansal, who had co-founded Flipkart with Binny Bansal in 2007, would exit the company

How India Inc plan to curb insider trading

How India Inc plan to curb insider trading

Rediff.com29 Jun 2018

India has historically not had a strong compliance mechanism around insider trading. This is in stark contrast to developed countries.

Meet the Jabong founder: A man who wears many hats

Meet the Jabong founder: A man who wears many hats

Rediff.com20 Feb 2015

Entrepreneurship hasn't been a cakewalk for him, says Sinha.

When it comes to tourism, it's Hindi-Chini bhai bhai

When it comes to tourism, it's Hindi-Chini bhai bhai

Rediff.com18 Jul 2017

The year 2017 could be the third year of a double-digit growth in arrivals from China after years of low single-digit growth

India in SCO: Opportunities and challenges

India in SCO: Opportunities and challenges

Rediff.com22 Jun 2016

It is important the SCO focus strongly on economic development and regional integration that leads to greater benefits for the least developed regions of member-countries, writes Sana Hashmi.

EMIs on credit card is useful but tricky on conditions

EMIs on credit card is useful but tricky on conditions

Rediff.com12 May 2016

Keep in mind interest rate, tenure and additional charges if you exceed credit card limit

The woman who nailed the idol thief

The woman who nailed the idol thief

Rediff.com20 Sep 2018

The startling story of how a bitter ex-girlfriend helped capture artifacts raider Subhash Kapoor.

How to make jobs programmes work

How to make jobs programmes work

Rediff.com28 Nov 2018

A breakthrough will come from what we teach and how, says Ajit Balakrishnan.

Indians' love for instant messaging shows up

Indians' love for instant messaging shows up

Rediff.com28 Nov 2014

WeChat fastest growing at 2,364%, though WhatsApp still dominates, reveals a study by GlobalWebIndex.

How Delhi is battling with toxic smog

How Delhi is battling with toxic smog

Rediff.com9 Nov 2017

Firms are offering employees flexi hours; demand for air purifiers, masks have skyrocketed.

Zuckerberg post on Modi visit gets 172,000 'like's, 7,300 comments

Zuckerberg post on Modi visit gets 172,000 'like's, 7,300 comments

Rediff.com14 Sep 2015

This will be Modi's second US visit after he was elected PM.

Sanjay Varma: Indian who played a role in Alibaba's early success

Sanjay Varma: Indian who played a role in Alibaba's early success

Rediff.com1 Oct 2014

He was number three in 1999 when the company was founded.

Have bike-sharing firms hit a dead end in India?

Have bike-sharing firms hit a dead end in India?

Rediff.com11 Mar 2019

In India, many cities lack bicycle lanes and proper pavements. This, coupled with heavily congested roads, creates a danger to cyclists. Furthermore, the low costs of bicycles may make it more economical to buy than to rent.

India's cleanest city goes 'Trin Trin'

India's cleanest city goes 'Trin Trin'

Rediff.com13 Feb 2017

To curb pollution, the Mysuru corporation has launched a bicycle-sharing initiative, reports Apurva Venkat.

ISIS wants to nuke US with Pakistani dirty bomb

ISIS wants to nuke US with Pakistani dirty bomb

Rediff.com24 May 2015

There is an "infinitely" greater chance of the cash-rich Islamic State smuggling its first nuclear weapon from Pakistan to attack the United States within a year, according to the latest edition of the dreaded group's propaganda magazine.

How India can add an extra $1 trillion to its GDP by 2020

How India can add an extra $1 trillion to its GDP by 2020

Rediff.com31 May 2016

A data plan currently priced at Rs 100 should not cost more than Rs 34, if India has to make the Internet affordable for 80 per cent of its population.

Why Xiaomi's India head hires people who are smarter than him

Why Xiaomi's India head hires people who are smarter than him

Rediff.com22 Dec 2016

Manu Kumar Jain, India head, Xiaomi, tells Sangeeta Tanwar how the Chinese smartphone maker won over the Indian market.

Success story: Shashank started a healthcare start-up when he was just 20!

Success story: Shashank started a healthcare start-up when he was just 20!

Rediff.com14 Sep 2015

Practo is an online health service platform which assists patients to meet the best doctors and keeps digital records.

Do Indian stand-up comics make money?

Do Indian stand-up comics make money?

Rediff.com13 Dec 2017

It turns out that there is serious money in funny business these days!

How TED hopes to change the world

How TED hopes to change the world

Rediff.com3 Jan 2018

'Our real future is the boy in the slum and the girl in the village.' 'We need to find the voices that can empower them to lead a better life,' TED Talks' Chris Anderson tells Niraj Bhatt.

REVEALED! Oracle's India plans

REVEALED! Oracle's India plans

Rediff.com8 Apr 2015

Shailendra Kumar, MD, Oracle India, details the India plan.

Why banks will have fewer branches

Why banks will have fewer branches

Rediff.com19 May 2017

'With technology advancing rapidly, the need for branches is declining.'

Why the British Museum won't return the Harihara

Why the British Museum won't return the Harihara

Rediff.com18 Jul 2018

'It is vital that objects such as the Harihara -- and collections from South Asia generally -- remain here,' the British Museum tells Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.

Services that will make your travel cheaper

Services that will make your travel cheaper

Rediff.com7 Sep 2015

Start-ups are changing the way people take vacations.

Jack Ma and India's e-commerce mirage

Jack Ma and India's e-commerce mirage

Rediff.com10 Apr 2015

The Chinese billionaire and founder of Alibaba is said to be planning a significant investment in business to business e-tailing as well as payment services and logistics companies.

Facebook India's 1st employee signs off; monetisation remains a challenge

Facebook India's 1st employee signs off; monetisation remains a challenge

Rediff.com15 Feb 2016

During her tenure, Facebook's users in the country have grown from 8 million to 138 million, making India its second largest market after the US

Xiaomi's India smartphone ban exposes wider patent risk

Xiaomi's India smartphone ban exposes wider patent risk

Rediff.com14 Dec 2014

Xiaomi said in a statement that "it isn't easy" to build up a patent portfolio as a start-up company, but it aims to have filed 8,000 applications by 2016.

India must stop being the West's digital colony

India must stop being the West's digital colony

Rediff.com17 Oct 2019

'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.

Paytm chief shares tit-bits of his life & alliance with Alibaba

Paytm chief shares tit-bits of his life & alliance with Alibaba

Rediff.com15 Jun 2015

Paytm will cross 100 million wallets ahead of its self-determined deadline of 2015-end. It currently has 66 million.