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CII expects closer Indo-UK ties under Brown

CII expects closer Indo-UK ties under Brown

Rediff.com27 Jun 2007

The Confederation of Indian Industry expects an upswing in the Indo-UK bilateral relations under new British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

10 Must Watch Shreeram Lagoo Films

10 Must Watch Shreeram Lagoo Films

Rediff.com18 Dec 2019

We salute the late thespian in this compilation of his ten essentials movies that highlight his range and stature as an actor par excellence.

RIL demands freeing of gas pricing

RIL demands freeing of gas pricing

Rediff.com26 Nov 2012

RIL gets $4.2 per million British thermal unit for the gas produced from its KG-D6 fields in the Bay of Bengal.

What will post-Covid India look like?

What will post-Covid India look like?

Rediff.com30 Aug 2020

'The norm will be even less public accountability, even less transparency, tweets instead of press conferences, TV lectures rather than parliamentary debate, and greater political authoritarianism,' predicts Sunanda K Datta-Ray.

Reckitt to relaunch condoms as JV fight ends

Reckitt to relaunch condoms as JV fight ends

Rediff.com10 Oct 2013

In 2011, RB and TTK had dragged each other to court over TTK-LIG, the joint venture set up for manufacturing condoms.

NRI journalist's tabloid wins UK award

NRI journalist's tabloid wins UK award

Rediff.com29 Apr 2012

'Asian Lite', a Manchester-based fortnightly focussing on British Asian events and issues, has won the top prize in the newspaper category in the How-Do Awards that celebrate the best in the media industry in the north of England.

Hot Alert! Watch out for these Victoria's Secret models

Hot Alert! Watch out for these Victoria's Secret models

Rediff.com10 Oct 2018

Meet the new faces who will make their debut at the annual lingerie show.

Time for India to play the Tibet card with China

Time for India to play the Tibet card with China

Rediff.com3 Jul 2020

'The logical step is to challenge the very legitimacy of the Chinese claim over Tibet,' recommends Inspector General Gurdip Singh Uban (retd).

India's appalling prison conditions to the 'rescue' of Mallya

India's appalling prison conditions to the 'rescue' of Mallya

Rediff.com15 Sep 2017

British magistrate presiding over Mallya extradition case says India's prison standards are not up to the mark

UK wants India to open up financial services

UK wants India to open up financial services

Rediff.com15 Jan 2007

British accountancy services firms on Monday said the barriers foreign firms face in operating in India were adding to their capital costs, besides stopping them from recruiting more Indian students.

'Nobody can match my work in this country'

'Nobody can match my work in this country'

Rediff.com16 Oct 2020

Bhanu Athaiya on the films she has designed for, how Gandhi happened, and what it means to be a woman in a man's world.

Trips to UK to be cheaper

Trips to UK to be cheaper

Rediff.com6 Dec 2004

Why TMC's 89-year-old MLA joined BJP

Why TMC's 89-year-old MLA joined BJP

Rediff.com26 Mar 2021

'The TMC did not bother telling me, a sitting MLA for 20 years, why I was not being given a ticket.'

RIL, BP cut investment in MA oilfield to $1.96 bn

RIL, BP cut investment in MA oilfield to $1.96 bn

Rediff.com26 Jul 2012

RIL had in 2006 proposed to invest $2.234 billion in developing the Dhirubhai-26 or MA discovery, the only oil find in the KG-DWN-98/3 (KG-D6) block in Krishna Godavari basin off the east coast.

Govt allows RIL-BP to survey 5 gas fields in KG-D6 block

Govt allows RIL-BP to survey 5 gas fields in KG-D6 block

Rediff.com23 Apr 2012

RIL and its British partner BP Plc had proposed undertaking concept validation and Front End Engineering Design for all the 16 gas discoveries surrounding the currently producing Dhirubhai-1 and 3 fields in the 7,645 sq km KG-DWN-98/3 or KG-D6 block.

He told the middle class not only to become talkers, but doers

He told the middle class not only to become talkers, but doers

Rediff.com6 Mar 2021

'... That they should emerge as role-models to be emulated by the fellow countrymen; and that the middle classes should not stick only to hate-filled and scornful criticism and condemnation against the state of affairs,' remembers Mohammad Sajjad.

What's in a name? Well, actually a lot

What's in a name? Well, actually a lot

Rediff.com24 May 2019

Choosing your company's name? MCA lists examples to avoid any duplication. The Ministry of Corporate Affairs made it clear that the use of different phonetic spellings, including the use of misspelled words of an expression, would be treated as same.

RIL demands higher gas price from 2014

RIL demands higher gas price from 2014

Rediff.com26 Jun 2012

RIL on June 15 wrote to Oil Ministry proposing to price natural gas it produces from the Krishna Godavari basin block in Bay of Bengal at a rate equivalent to price India pays for importing liquefied natural gas, official sources said.

Trump meets May in 1st summit with foreign leader

Trump meets May in 1st summit with foreign leader

Rediff.com27 Jan 2017

May said Britain and the US must "lead together" again and play their role in safeguarding global security even as she welcomed the rise of democratic allies like India.

Martin Sorrell: 'Massive changes sweeping advertising'

Martin Sorrell: 'Massive changes sweeping advertising'

Rediff.com7 Jan 2019

'You have to tear it all down if you want to build something new tomorrow.'

Why Cayman Islands is a big headache for taxmen in India

Why Cayman Islands is a big headache for taxmen in India

Rediff.com1 Jun 2020

Equity inflows worth $3.7 billion came from the sunny Caribbean jurisdiction in 2019-20, a 267 per cent increase from the $1 billion registered in 2018-19 making it India's 10th largest source of FDI.

Meet Caroline Bech, Mammootty's heroine in Manglish

Meet Caroline Bech, Mammootty's heroine in Manglish

Rediff.com24 Apr 2014

Dutch theatre artiste Caroline Bech will be cast opposite Malayalam superstar Mammootty

RIL wants import-parity price for its gas

RIL wants import-parity price for its gas

Rediff.com28 May 2012

Needed, it says, for covering its return and risks; also wants govt to stick to contract on output sharing

Boris Johnson is not the real villain of Brexit

Boris Johnson is not the real villain of Brexit

Rediff.com10 Jan 2020

'It is never a good idea to let the broad population determine policy that is the domain of experts and specialists,' notes Aakar Patel.

Cameron urges Tata to sell whole of its steel business

Cameron urges Tata to sell whole of its steel business

Rediff.com26 Apr 2016

Tata said last week it was "committed to seeking all credible options in an urgent manner"

Fall in output: Penalty on RIL hiked to $1.46 billion

Fall in output: Penalty on RIL hiked to $1.46 billion

Rediff.com4 May 2012

The ministry had previously wanted to disallow $1.235 billion expenditure that RIL had incurred on putting production facilities at the Bay of Bengal gas fields but in the 7-page notice it sent to the company on May 2, the cost to be disallowed was put at $1.462 billion, sources privy to the development said.

IGATE sold off domestic IMS biz before buyout by Capgemini

IGATE sold off domestic IMS biz before buyout by Capgemini

Rediff.com2 Jun 2015

MindSquare Technologies is a group company of 1neoteric Technology.

US charges N Korean programmer with WannaCry, other cyberattacks

US charges N Korean programmer with WannaCry, other cyberattacks

Rediff.com7 Sep 2018

Park is charged with one count of conspiracy to commit computer fraud and abuse and one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Good news for students going to UK

Good news for students going to UK

Rediff.com15 Jan 2007

The British High Commissioner to India, Michael Arthur, on Monday said his country was taking steps to make it easy for Indian students to gain entry into the UK.

Music entrepreneur? Win Rs 6 lakh, trip to UK!

Music entrepreneur? Win Rs 6 lakh, trip to UK!

Rediff.com3 Mar 2008

British Council invites applications from young Indian entrepreneurs working in the music industry to compete for the 2008 Young Music Entrepreneur award.

PSLV-C42 launch begins ISRO's new mission

PSLV-C42 launch begins ISRO's new mission

Rediff.com16 Sep 2018

Antrix, ISRO's commercial arm, is eyeing 10% of the $357 billion global market.

Reliance, BP set to kick off imported LNG marketing

Reliance, BP set to kick off imported LNG marketing

Rediff.com9 Apr 2012

The companies are in talks with Shell, Petronet LNG to book capacity

Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

Reforms are about implementation, not announcements

Rediff.com12 Oct 2020

'The promises of netas and babus and new laws, however well-meaning, mean little.' 'What matters is implementation on the ground.' 'Every law is finally implemented by a vast army of offici

There should be no 'witch-hunt' against industrialists: Mallya

There should be no 'witch-hunt' against industrialists: Mallya

Rediff.com11 Feb 2014

UB group chairman Vijay Mallya on Tuesday said that Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was pursuing "unconventional methods" to attain his objectives while asserting that there should be no "witch-hunt" against industrialists.

Indian companies that have made it big abroad

Indian companies that have made it big abroad

Rediff.com6 Dec 2011

Indians companies are becoming major players around the world.

UK hosts round-table over Indian mango ban

UK hosts round-table over Indian mango ban

Rediff.com22 May 2014

UK environment minister Lord de Mauley hosted a round-table meeting here with representatives of mango and vegetable importers and exporters from the UK and India, Deputy Indian High Commissioner to the UK Virendra Paul, and senior regulators from Defra and the Food and Environment Research Agency.

SecureSynergy gets BSI certificate

SecureSynergy gets BSI certificate

Rediff.com16 Feb 2005

Information Assurance Company, SecureSynergy on Tuesday announced that it received the BS 7799 Certificate for Information Security Management System from British Standard Institute.

RIL in talks with Exxon, BG for stake sale

RIL in talks with Exxon, BG for stake sale

Rediff.com14 Apr 2008

Reliance Industries is in talks with global energy majors, like British Gas of the UK, Chevron Corp of the US, Exxon and Shell for a possible stake sale in its Krishna-Godavari basin gas fields. RIL is looking for a strategic partner for its KG-D6 gas block to get deep sea exploration technology. The percentage of stake to be divested has not been firmed up & may depend on the value that the partner was bringing in. The block contains over 50trillion cubic feet of gas reserve

India committed to protect Intellectual Property Rights: Modi

India committed to protect Intellectual Property Rights: Modi

Rediff.com13 Nov 2015

A comprehensive IPR policy would help the government pull in investors into its 'Make in India' initiative.