News for 'Billion Dreams'

UP cancels police constable recruitment exam amid paper leak charges

UP cancels police constable recruitment exam amid paper leak charges

Rediff.com24 Feb 2024

More than 48 lakh candidates appeared in the examination conducted on February 17 and 18 across the state.

PHOTOS: Team India, Virat-Anushka, Big B, SRK grace Sachin Tendulkar movie premiere

PHOTOS: Team India, Virat-Anushka, Big B, SRK grace Sachin Tendulkar movie premiere

Rediff.com25 May 2017

More stars than they are in heaven were at the Sachin: A Billion Dreams premiere.

India sees Asian Cup as stepping stone towards future dream

India sees Asian Cup as stepping stone towards future dream

Rediff.com29 Dec 2018

India has a population of 1.3 billion but the nation's obsession with and success on the cricket pitch has left it a massive underachiever on the football field.

Sahara's Plaza, Dream Downtown hotels in US up for sale?

Sahara's Plaza, Dream Downtown hotels in US up for sale?

Rediff.com17 Mar 2016

Reports said that the two hotels can fetch up to $1 billion.

4 Gaganyaan astronauts are among IAF's, and India's, finest

4 Gaganyaan astronauts are among IAF's, and India's, finest

Rediff.com27 Feb 2024

IAF's four fighter pilots undergoing rigorous training for the landmark Gaganyaan mission, and who earned the 'astronaut wings' on Tuesday, have a stellar resume. They have a flying experience in the range of nearly 2,000-3,000 hours and two of them are recipients of the prestigious 'Sword of Honour'.

They dream to 'reinvent' nuclear power

They dream to 'reinvent' nuclear power

Rediff.com4 Apr 2009

A University of Texas team has proposed a fusion-fission hybrid reactor using current technology.

'Next few months are likely to see increased volatility'

'Next few months are likely to see increased volatility'

Rediff.com22 Feb 2024

'Valuations of midcaps and smallcaps have reached very high levels, and hence to that extent leave little margin of safety.'

5 dream jobs that will help you survive recession

5 dream jobs that will help you survive recession

Rediff.com26 Feb 2020

Artificial Intelligence will create 2.3 million machine learning jobs by 2020.

PHOTOS: Tendulkar holds special screening of his film for armed forces

PHOTOS: Tendulkar holds special screening of his film for armed forces

Rediff.com21 May 2017

Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar conducted a special screening of the much-awaited film on his life, 'Sachin: A Billion Dreams' for the Indian Armed Forces personnel at the Indian Air Force Auditorium, in New Delhi, on Saturday.

'My opponents are like braying asses'

'My opponents are like braying asses'

Rediff.com5 Apr 2024

'Neither did I approach the BJP nor did they ask me to join them. It was a natural choice for both of us to make.' 'It was never for me to ask or for them to give.'

Secrets From The MasterChef Kitchen...

Secrets From The MasterChef Kitchen...

Rediff.com28 Nov 2023

When MasterChef India judges Vikas Khanna, Ranveer Brar and Pooja Dhingra start talking, you can be sure it will be a masaledaar conversation.

Is that Sachin Tendulkar holding a microphone?

Is that Sachin Tendulkar holding a microphone?

Rediff.com30 Mar 2017

Sonu Nigam and God of cricket Sachin Tendulkar in a role reversal.

Bollywood's Cricket Movies

Bollywood's Cricket Movies

Rediff.com9 Nov 2021

How well do Cricket movies fare at the box office?

Check out Tendulkar-Shah Rukh's online bromance

Check out Tendulkar-Shah Rukh's online bromance

Rediff.com19 Apr 2017

Shah Rukh Khan on Wednesday wished Sachin Tendulkar for his upcoming film and elicited a philosophical response from the cricket legend.

When a dream inspired the Twilight saga

When a dream inspired the Twilight saga

Rediff.com28 Jun 2010

An insiders' take on the Twilight phenomena.

India Inc is on a dream run

India Inc is on a dream run

Rediff.com27 Jul 2005

Govt makes Kalam's dream come alive

Govt makes Kalam's dream come alive

Rediff.com5 Jul 2007

The Cabinet, at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, cleared the proposal to set up a Rs 542.90 crore (Rs 5.42 billion) project to link 53 countries of the African Union.

Box Office: Sachin gets average opening

Box Office: Sachin gets average opening

Rediff.com29 May 2017

The hits and misses of the week.

Want to Know What Uorfi Javed Is Really Like?

Want to Know What Uorfi Javed Is Really Like?

Rediff.com20 Mar 2024

Amazon Prime Video has announced a huge number of assorted Web series and movies, and the slate sure looks interesting.

Adani has a 90-day dream run

Adani has a 90-day dream run

Rediff.com15 Aug 2014

The group plans Rs 30,000-cr oil refinery with IOC; buys Lanco's Udupi power plant for Rs 6,000 cr

Captain Afridi does not fear fans' backlash

Captain Afridi does not fear fans' backlash

Rediff.com31 Mar 2011

Vanquished captain Shahid Afridi expects a mature reaction from fans in Pakistan when their team returns after going down to arch-rivals India in the World Cup semi-final on Wednesday.

Can Terrorists Make Money From Markets After Attacks?

Can Terrorists Make Money From Markets After Attacks?

Rediff.com26 Dec 2023

The men with guns tend to know little finance, and establishing such a conspiracy then involves leakage of information, which is also dangerous, Ajay Shah points out.

How a Kanpur-born Indian-origin CEO is a chip off the old block

How a Kanpur-born Indian-origin CEO is a chip off the old block

Rediff.com3 May 2023

In the technology (tech) world, especially storage, Sanjay Mehrotra is a well-known name. Co-founder of SanDisk, a flash memory storage company in 1988, it was eventually acquired by Western Digital in 2016 for a whopping $19 billion. For a boy from Kanpur, who went on to pursue higher studies in the US, becoming the chief executive officer of Micron Technology, Inc - one of America's largest memory chip makers - and now setting up the company's first plant in India, it has been quite a ride.

India edges out China in creating new unicorns in H1CY22: Hurun report

India edges out China in creating new unicorns in H1CY22: Hurun report

Rediff.com8 Sep 2022

India overtook China to add the most number of new unicorns--start-ups valued at $1 billion or more--in the first half of 2022 despite a funding winter haunting entrepreneurs in the south Asian nation. India added 14 new unicorns in the period (H1 2022) and China had 11, according to the Hurun Global Unicorn Index 2022. The US led the ranking by adding 138 start-ups in the unicorn club.

Mahindra chases Tata dream with small engine

Mahindra chases Tata dream with small engine

Rediff.com6 Jun 2008

Mahindra & Mahindra is developing a small engine for a smaller version of its UVs and replicate the Tatas dream of a small car, a company official said.

How June 25, 1983 Changed India Forever

How June 25, 1983 Changed India Forever

Rediff.com25 Jun 2023

That win gave us something no other victory ever would: It gave a young nation hope. It gave us the will to dream, notes Abhishek Mande Bhot.

WATCH Messi, Argentina CELEBRATE!

WATCH Messi, Argentina CELEBRATE!

Rediff.com19 Dec 2022

Lionel Messi -- but who else -- led Argentina's World Cup celebrations.

'YouTube Shorts pulls in people from all over India'

'YouTube Shorts pulls in people from all over India'

Rediff.com18 Jan 2024

'Two in three creators in India who earn money from YouTube agree that YouTube is their primary source of revenue.'

New FDI policy may hurt India's start-up dream

New FDI policy may hurt India's start-up dream

Rediff.com6 May 2020

'As much as $4 billion in India's start-up companies has come from Chinese funds.' 'Government policy must not remain indifferent to the problems India's start-up ventures are likely to face after the change in FDI rules,' says A K Bhattacharya.

Sachin pads up for his big screen debut

Sachin pads up for his big screen debut

Rediff.com14 Apr 2017

'I am a private person but over time I have figured there are certain things people want to see, which people want to know.'

Australia's victory in Ahmedabad caps the best World Cup win: Vaughan

Australia's victory in Ahmedabad caps the best World Cup win: Vaughan

Rediff.com20 Nov 2023

Former England captain Michael Vaughan rated Australia's World Cup triumph as the best in the tournament's history after they upstaged a rampaging India in front of a vociferous crowd.

'We are not saying everybody has to pay that much'

'We are not saying everybody has to pay that much'

Rediff.com12 Jun 2023

'If you are going to have only a handful of telecom players on whom the entire dream of Digital India rests, it's important they are financially sustainable.'

Major global brands finally return to Tiruppur after a long dry spell

Major global brands finally return to Tiruppur after a long dry spell

Rediff.com26 Feb 2023

Following a gap of several months, global brands like Walmart have started lifting orders from Tiruppur's garment makers, leading to growth in knitwear exports in January after five months. Knitwear exports from Tiruppur increased 1.5 per cent in dollar terms and 11.6 per cent in rupee terms in January. According to the Tiruppur Exporters' Association (TEA), global majors have started placing more orders from the region.

'BJP will have no effect. Not even an iota'

'BJP will have no effect. Not even an iota'

Rediff.com18 Apr 2024

'The people of Tamil Nadu in particular Chennai know about the double standards of the BJP. Nothing will work for them here.'

New FDI rules sour India dream for Walmart

New FDI rules sour India dream for Walmart

Rediff.com15 Feb 2019

For now Walmart has said it remains optimistic about India. But that could change without prior notice, says Nivedita Mookerji.

Sitharaman's pre-election budget shuns populism, boosts infra spend

Sitharaman's pre-election budget shuns populism, boosts infra spend

Rediff.com1 Feb 2024

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a Rs 11.11 lakh crore spending on infrastructure and vowed to continue reforms as she resisted resorting to populist measures in Modi government's last Budget before general elections, instead choosing to stay on the path of cutting deficit while bolstering measures for focus groups.

'E-commerce dream run far from over'

'E-commerce dream run far from over'

Rediff.com3 Jun 2016

Tata Group's CLiQ is the latest to join the e-commerce club, to compete with the likes of Amazon, Flipkart and Snapdeal.

Soren reaches Ranchi by road from Delhi; ED to quiz him on Wednesday

Soren reaches Ranchi by road from Delhi; ED to quiz him on Wednesday

Rediff.com30 Jan 2024

Amidst suspense about his whereabouts, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has reached his official residence in Ranchi, a source in the Chief Minister's Office (CMO) said on Tuesday.

Exports of $400 bn shows growing global demand for Indian goods: PM

Exports of $400 bn shows growing global demand for Indian goods: PM

Rediff.com27 Mar 2022

In his monthly Mann Ki Baat radio broadcast, Modi hailed the potential of India and said the basis of its strength is the country's farmers, artisans, weavers, engineers, small entrepreneurs, the MSME sector and people from many different professions."