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Govt in overdrive to put apps on tap

Govt in overdrive to put apps on tap

Rediff.com26 Dec 2015

Most of the apps have been developed in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati and other regional languages

10 skills that really matter in the new normal

10 skills that really matter in the new normal

Rediff.com16 Sep 2020

Tech-driven skills will be in demand in the post pandemic era, alerts Sonya Hooja, COO and co-founder, Imarticus Learning.

EPFO to allot permanent account no. to active subscribers by Oct 15

EPFO to allot permanent account no. to active subscribers by Oct 15

Rediff.com20 Apr 2014

Retirement fund body EPFO will provide permanent or universal account numbers on the pattern of core banking services to its over 5 crore active subscribers.

How Tech Is Reinventing Fashion Shopping

How Tech Is Reinventing Fashion Shopping

Rediff.com24 Nov 2022

With the fashion world blurring the lines between innovation, technology and reality, shopping is all set to be revolutionised.

Indian Techies Write Code For Driverless Cars!

Indian Techies Write Code For Driverless Cars!

Rediff.com29 Nov 2022

Engineers based in India are estimated to be writing roughly 35 per cent of the 100 million lines of codes required to develop one fully driverless car for global vehicle makers.

Soon, Google content in local Indian languages

Soon, Google content in local Indian languages

Rediff.com4 Nov 2014

The project, called e-basha, is a critical part of the ambitious Digital India programme.

Manchester, Silicon Valley...

Manchester, Silicon Valley...

Rediff.com12 May 2021

Why do Innovation Revolutions happen outside India, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.

Jio, Microsoft team up for digital transformation

Jio, Microsoft team up for digital transformation

Rediff.com12 Aug 2019

The alliance combines capabilities of both the companies to offer a set of solutions comprising connectivity, computing, storage solutions, and other technology services and applications required by Indian businesses, and will span the broad Reliance Industries ecosystem, including its existing and new businesses.

Adani is hooked on ChatGPT, says race for AI to get complex

Adani is hooked on ChatGPT, says race for AI to get complex

Rediff.com20 Jan 2023

Asia's richest man Gautam Adani, besides looking at opportunities to expand his vast empire, is hooked on ChatGPT - the programme that trawls vast amount of information to generate natural-sounding text on virtually anything - from crafting jokes to writing ad copy, debugging computer code, to even generating poems and essays. Adani, whose conglomerate has in recent years diversified from mines, ports and power plants into airports, data centres and defence, penned musing from his visit to Davos to attend the World Economic Forum meeting. "From a meetings perspective, this was perhaps my busiest WEF as I met over a dozen heads of states and several business leaders," he wrote on LinkedIn, talking of new geopolitical couplings, climate change and tight-lipped evangelists and AI.

China's Sunway TaihuLight is world's top supercomputer

China's Sunway TaihuLight is world's top supercomputer

Rediff.com20 Jun 2016

A new Chinese computer system that can make 93 quadrillions calculations per second has claimed the top spot on the list of the world's most powerful supercomputers.

It's Raining Billions For Gujarat!

It's Raining Billions For Gujarat!

Rediff.com3 Nov 2022

Hemant Shivsaran lists the number of projects the Modi government has announced since August to woo Gujarat voters.

11 tech careers that can CHANGE your future

11 tech careers that can CHANGE your future

Rediff.com25 Sep 2020

It is imperative that young aspirants consider career options that will guarantee job security -- roles that are centred around technology.

India's IT firms have big plans for UK

India's IT firms have big plans for UK

Rediff.com4 May 2021

IT firms Infosys and Mphasis on Tuesday said they will create employment for about 2,000 people, while Wipro will invest pound 16 million (about Rs 163 crore) in the UK over the next few years. The announcements were made ahead of the virtual summit between UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on Tuesday. Infosys said it plans to hire 1,000 workers in the UK over the next three years as part of efforts to support the country's economic recovery and growth.

How F C Kohli and TCS conquered the world

How F C Kohli and TCS conquered the world

Rediff.com7 Dec 2020

Combining affordable IT with native Indian ingenuity and entrepreneurship F C Kohli believed would enable Indian small businesses match anyone and thrive.

IBM launches Hindi speech recognition technology

IBM launches Hindi speech recognition technology

Rediff.com16 Aug 2007

The Desktop Hindi Speech Recognition Technology developed by the IBM India Software Lab in collaboration with Centre for Development of Advanced Computing would provide a natural interface for human-computer interaction.

Full Text: PM Modi's address to US Congress

Full Text: PM Modi's address to US Congress

Rediff.com23 Jun 2023

Here's the full text of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's address to a joint session of the United States Congress, delivered on Thursday.

Negligence Of Cybersecurity May Spoil The Party

Negligence Of Cybersecurity May Spoil The Party

Rediff.com28 Feb 2023

'As long as businesses do not consider cyber recovery an integral part of their enterprise IT, they remain greatly vulnerable.'

'China is ahead of India because our political leadership was behind'

'China is ahead of India because our political leadership was behind'

Rediff.com12 Oct 2022

'You have to be a total anti-national bozo to shut down the Nokia plant in Sriperumbudur, which was the first large manufacturing plant for mobile phones in India.' 'Why was the unit shut down? Because of somebody's ego.'

Obama appoints Indian American to national science board

Obama appoints Indian American to national science board

Rediff.com4 Jul 2014

Dr Sethuraman 'Panch' Panchanathan, senior vice president, Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development, ArizonaStateUniversity, was last week appointed to the United States National Science Board by President Barack Obama.

9 TIPS to PROTECT Your Job

9 TIPS to PROTECT Your Job

Rediff.com18 May 2021

With the changes in the workplace, in-demand skills, flexibility and being tech-savvy will help you save your job.

What makes India the third largest global site for Artificial Intelligence companies?

What makes India the third largest global site for Artificial Intelligence companies?

Rediff.com6 Apr 2017

Experts believe adoption of AI in developing countries will be much faster than in developed nations, as the magnitude of change it will bring will be far larger.

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

The visionary who made Indian IT industry global

Rediff.com7 Dec 2020

One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.

Now, you can avail a home loan online!

Now, you can avail a home loan online!

Rediff.com5 Aug 2016

For those who find the online facility difficult, there is an electronic tutorial, and staff to assist you.

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

The A-W Of Desi Guests At the White House Dinner

Rediff.com24 Jun 2023

The dinner Jill Biden and her husband US President Joe Biden hosted for Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, June 22, at the White House brought together, Indians and Americans from so many firmaments.

India test fires 'Nirbhay' missile

India test fires 'Nirbhay' missile

Rediff.com7 Nov 2017

This was the fifth experimental test of the homegrown missile system.

How India can win future wars

How India can win future wars

Rediff.com30 Oct 2020

Future, even present, wars -- at least those involving such tech giants as China -- include hi-tech battlefields, which a Pakistan-obsessed India has not sufficiently prioritised. Today's generals plan on how to disrupt an enemy city's power supplies, rail networks, airports, ports, and government departments, not just by bombing or torpedoing them; they also examine the option of tripping up the computer networks that run these, notes David Devadas.

CBI arrests Kejriwal's principal secy, 4 others for graft

CBI arrests Kejriwal's principal secy, 4 others for graft

Rediff.com4 Jul 2016

CBI sources said that Kumar has been charged with abusing his official position to award contracts to M/s Endeavour Systems Pvt Ltd and securing government tenders worth Rs 9.5 crore between 2007 and 2014 for the company.

After a year of Covid, India may not face a second wave

After a year of Covid, India may not face a second wave

Rediff.com9 Feb 2021

Epidemiologists point out that if there is no second wave, it means that the number of infected has surpassed the uninfected, reports Ruchika Chitravanshi.

Infosys attends colleges to brush up on innovation

Infosys attends colleges to brush up on innovation

Rediff.com5 Nov 2014

CEO Vishal Sikka's strategy is in line with focus on academic research in new technologies.

Infosys partners with Microsoft, Hitachi for IT solutions

Infosys partners with Microsoft, Hitachi for IT solutions

Rediff.com18 Sep 2014

The combination will enable enterprises to move to a 100 per cent virtualised environment with management, orchestration and hypervisor integration, Infosys said.

How the Internet was born, 25 years ago

How the Internet was born, 25 years ago

Rediff.com13 Nov 2015

November 12 marks 25 years of the beginning of the World Wide Web. Shivanand Kanavi gives us the story of how it all began.

5 ways NITI Aayog is using AI to change India

5 ways NITI Aayog is using AI to change India

Rediff.com20 Mar 2018

'AI will be bigger than the advent of the Internet or the harnessing of electricity.' 'India must embrace it with all its might,' says NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant.

7 tech jobs that will be in demand in 2018

7 tech jobs that will be in demand in 2018

Rediff.com3 Jan 2018

If automation is the future, these jobs will surge in 2018.

'Miracles do happen if you are patient'

'Miracles do happen if you are patient'

Rediff.com4 Jul 2016

When 27-year-old Karthik Kamalakannan founded Skcript with his friend Swathi Kakarla in December 2013, little did he realise that it would become the Pied Piper of India one day.

Bon appetit Mr Modi!

Bon appetit Mr Modi!

Rediff.com9 Apr 2015

'Make in India' will be central to Mr Modi's visit to Europe and Canada. It is difficult to predict what will happen with the Rafale deal, but if it goes through, it will undoubtedly become the 'Mother' of all 'Make in India' projects,' says Claude Arpi.

NEET, JEE to be conducted online, twice a year

NEET, JEE to be conducted online, twice a year

Rediff.com7 Jul 2018

The students can appear both the times in NEET and the best of the two scores would be taken in account for admission, the minister said. NEET is conducted for admissions to medical institutions across the country.

India's electronics manufacturing dream

India's electronics manufacturing dream

Rediff.com20 Oct 2020

...but are we chasing yesterday's dreams, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.

The mastermind behind India's Star Wars

The mastermind behind India's Star Wars

Rediff.com5 Apr 2019

DRDO chief G Satheesh Reddy Reddy is the first Indian to be appointed Fellow of the Royal Institute of Navigation and of the Royal Aeronautical Society.

Here's a cyber security roadmap for the financial sector

Here's a cyber security roadmap for the financial sector

Rediff.com21 Oct 2018

Traditionally, financial institutions have operated risk functions in silos. However, the nature of unknown threats today requires industry participants to work together, says Vikram Limaye.

'We are more interested in the monsoon than anyone else in the world'

'We are more interested in the monsoon than anyone else in the world'

Rediff.com16 Jul 2018

'It affects our economy, it is very important in many ways.' 'So we have to be the foremost experts in the world on the monsoon.' 'But the best minds in India have not devoted their time to the study of monsoon and they have followed the fashions of the West.'