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D-Mart owner Radhakishan Damani enters top 100 global billionaires' club

D-Mart owner Radhakishan Damani enters top 100 global billionaires' club

Rediff.com19 Aug 2021

Radhakishan S Damani, investor and promoter of the D-Mart supermarket chain, has broken into the elite club of the top 100 global billionaires. Damani, who grew up in a single-room apartment in Mumbai, is now ranked 98th on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with $19.2 billion as his net worth. The index is a daily ranking of the world's richest people. The other Indians on the top 100 rich list ahead of Damani are Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani, Azim Premji, Shiv Nadar, and Lakshmi Mittal.

Swiggy turns decacorn, company valued at $10.7 bn now

Swiggy turns decacorn, company valued at $10.7 bn now

Rediff.com24 Jan 2022

The latest round of funding values the company at $10.7 billion, almost doubling it from the $5.5 billion valuation during the $1.25 billion fund raise in July 2021 when investors including SoftBank, Prosus and Accel pumped in capital in what was the company's biggest funding since its inception. The other new investors in the latest round of funding include Baron Capital Group, Sumeru Venture, IIFL AMC Late Stage Tech Fund, Kotak, Axis Growth Avenues AIF- I, Sixteenth Street Capital, Ghisallo, Smile Group and Segantii Capital, Swiggy said in a statement.

What will open up in Kolkata after lockdown

What will open up in Kolkata after lockdown

Rediff.com30 Apr 2020

The state has decided that from Monday it will allow the plying of private buses along with the opening of electronics, stationery, tea stalls, and paint and hardware stores, reports Avishek Rakshit

Beijing begins 3-time Covid testing of 3.5 mm people as 51 die in Shanghai

Beijing begins 3-time Covid testing of 3.5 mm people as 51 die in Shanghai

Rediff.com25 Apr 2022

Beijing's health officials on Monday announced 29 fresh cases taking the total cases to 70 in the city.

30 daily-use items to get cheaper; cess on luxury cars hiked

30 daily-use items to get cheaper; cess on luxury cars hiked

Rediff.com9 Sep 2017

The council decided not to levy any additional tax on small petrol and diesel cars of up to 1200 cc as well as on hybrid ones.

WikiLeaks data stored in Cold War-era bunker

WikiLeaks data stored in Cold War-era bunker

Rediff.com9 Dec 2010

Just like in a 007 film, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has kept thousands of secret US diplomatic files at a former Swedish Cold War nuclear bunker that houses dozens of powerful computer servers used as storage by many companies.

Delisting a typical case of arm-twisting: Paytm

Delisting a typical case of arm-twisting: Paytm

Rediff.com21 Sep 2020

Paytm said the global tech giant's move was hypocritical as Google, too, regularly runs similar scratch card campaigns in India under its Google Pay app.

5 Tips To Improve Bone Health

5 Tips To Improve Bone Health

Rediff.com20 Oct 2022

Changing some of your lifestyle habits may result in the most rewarding results not only for your bone health, but also your overall health.

Is Tourism Destroying Goa?

Is Tourism Destroying Goa?

Rediff.com24 Feb 2023

Poor governance and mediocre short-sighted politics are destroying the paradise that Goa was as its environment, water table, culture and way of life is drastically threatened by tourism and migration, points out Ramesh Menon.

What makes Reliance Retail a unique venture in India?

What makes Reliance Retail a unique venture in India?

Rediff.com31 Oct 2021

Even as regulatory focus has zeroed in on foreign e-commerce giant Amazon, a domestic retail giant has been created almost below the radar in Reliance Retail (RR), one of the most crucial businesses for the group's future. From doorstep delivery of groceries, apparels to branded jewellery, medicines, toys, furniture to high street retailing, RR's presence in the world's fourth largest consumer market is just one part of the story.

Jahangirpuri: Tight security, barricading affects livelihood of locals

Jahangirpuri: Tight security, barricading affects livelihood of locals

Rediff.com22 Apr 2022

As Jahangirpuri's C-Block remains heavily barricaded and under tight security following last week's violence, several residents Friday said they are unable to open their shops or go to work due to restriction on movement which is affecting their livelihoods.

ASK KOMAL: Is Eating Leftovers BAD For Health?

ASK KOMAL: Is Eating Leftovers BAD For Health?

Rediff.com15 Sep 2022

'Throw away all perishable foods that have been left at room temperature for more than two hours,' suggests dietician Komal Jethmalani.

E-commerce deliveries come to a grinding halt

E-commerce deliveries come to a grinding halt

Rediff.com25 Mar 2020

There is a lot of police action on the ground and even inter-state movement has been stopped, because of which deliveries of essential items via platforms, such as Flipkart, Amazon, Grofers, and Milkbasket, aren't happening. Food-delivery firms -- Swiggy and Zomato -- are facing similar challenges, according to the sources.

Sri Lanka on the boil as anti-Rajapaksa protests enter 50th day

Sri Lanka on the boil as anti-Rajapaksa protests enter 50th day

Rediff.com28 May 2022

Sri Lankan police on Saturday fired tear gas and water cannons to disperse anti-government protestors here as the ongoing agitation demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the worst economic crisis intensified as it entered its 50th day.

Ban on Chinese mobile apps is bonanza for India's own

Ban on Chinese mobile apps is bonanza for India's own

Rediff.com17 Sep 2021

Eighteen months after the government started banning Chinese mobile apps, two distinct changes have occurred in the country's mobile app sweepstakes. The move has given a thrust to domestic app publishers, especially in certain segments and it has dramatically reduced the market share of Chinese apps. What started as an interim government ban on 59 Chinese apps, including the highly popular TikTok and WeChat in March 2020 ended as a permanent ban on many of them in January this year. According to a China Internet Report 2021 (by South China Morning Post), the market share of Chinese apps in India has dropped substantially from 44 per cent in 2018 to only 29 per cent in 2020. In 2017 it was 41 per cent.

IRCTC moves to monetise passenger data

IRCTC moves to monetise passenger data

Rediff.com26 Aug 2022

In a first of its kind move, the Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC), the ticket booking arm of the Indian Railways, is looking to monetise its bank of passenger data while conducting business with private and government companies. IRCTC has a large bank of data related to every online railway ticket ever generated as it is the country's only railway ticketing platform, an IRCTC official told Business Standard. The public sector undertaking, which has sought the services of a consultant to assist with the monetisation process, plans to raise Rs 1,000 crore through this exercise.

Restaurants double up as grocers at Swiggy, Zomato

Restaurants double up as grocers at Swiggy, Zomato

Rediff.com20 Apr 2020

Given that people have been reluctant to order cooked food - which worsened due to a couple of cases of delivery personnel testing positive for COVID-19 - food delivery platforms have included grocery delivery as part of their services.

What is in store for the markets?

What is in store for the markets?

Rediff.com18 Nov 2013

Most investors find it very hard to understand when markets have over-extended themselves and look for data points to understand when a correction is due.

MP, not Punjab is now the top wheat-procuring state

MP, not Punjab is now the top wheat-procuring state

Rediff.com9 Jun 2020

Till date, MP has procured around 12.77 million tonnes of wheat, which is expected to reach 13 million tonnes by the time the process ends in the next few weeks.

What are Swiggy's dark pods?

What are Swiggy's dark pods?

Rediff.com7 Sep 2018

Dark pods are physical stores or warehouses which will be accessible only to Swiggy staff and which will host groceries, pharmacies, and cloud kitchens.

Infections rise in Nagpur with second wave

Infections rise in Nagpur with second wave

Rediff.com10 Apr 2021

One reason for the surge in cases is the spread of infection at large weddings. Weddings turned out to be super spreaders.

Watched These Amazing 2022 Movies?

Watched These Amazing 2022 Movies?

Rediff.com31 Dec 2022

Aseem Chhabra presents his list of 10 international films that mattered to him, stories that he connected with and characters that gave him a better understanding of the human condition.

Health ministry ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in around a week

Health ministry ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in around a week

Rediff.com5 Jan 2021

Addressing a press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said healthcare workers and frontline workers need not register themselves as their database has been populated on to the Co-WIN vaccine delivery management system in a bulk manner.

Amid fear of lockdown, people resort to panic buying

Amid fear of lockdown, people resort to panic buying

Rediff.com20 Mar 2020

Many people in the city fear that even going to markets could pose a threat and departmental stores have started reporting a gap in demand and supply of commodities.

Challenge Before Rahul's Bharat Jodo Yatra

Challenge Before Rahul's Bharat Jodo Yatra

Rediff.com26 Sep 2022

People may line up to see Rahul Gandhi, given he is currently, the only major politician speaking of inflation and unemployment in an India bombarded daily by Right-wing delusion. The challenge is how to transfer the goodwill into votes when the object of curiosity is surrounded by usual suspects and sycophants, observes Shyam Menon.

Covid's unexpected fallout: Indians take to bicycles in big way

Covid's unexpected fallout: Indians take to bicycles in big way

Rediff.com2 Aug 2020

Since the Covid pandemic, bicycle sales have surged, orders are pouring in, and stores are already feeling a shortage. 'I have not seen this kind of excitement around bicycles and you are talking to a 57-year-old man,' said Pankaj M Munjal, chairman and managing director, Hero Motors Company (HMC), the largest Indian bicycle producer;

Reliance says it has nothing to gain from new farm laws

Reliance says it has nothing to gain from new farm laws

Rediff.com4 Jan 2021

Facing the brunt of farmer's ire over perception of it being a beneficiary of new farm laws, Reliance Industries on Monday said it neither buys foodgrains directly from farmers nor is it in the business of contract farming. In a statement, billionaire Mukesh Ambani's firm said its subsidiary Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited (RJIL) has filed a petition in the Punjab and Haryana high court seeking "the urgent intervention of government authorities to bring a complete stop to the illegal acts of vandalism (of telecom towers) by miscreants." Reliance said it "has nothing whatsoever to do with the three farm laws currently debated in the country, and in no way benefits from them."

JioMart taps WhatsApp to deliver groceries, vegetables

JioMart taps WhatsApp to deliver groceries, vegetables

Rediff.com15 Dec 2021

Ordering groceries, vegetables and daily essentials is just a WhatsApp away as billionaire Mukesh Ambani's e-commerce platform JioMart taps into the popular messaging app to scale up online business in its fight for dominance in the giant Indian retail market with Amazon and Walmart-owned Flipkart. Ambani's twin children, Akash and Isha gave a preview of the ordering at Meta's second edition of the Fuel for India event on Wednesday. A new 'tap and chat' option allows users to order groceries through WhatsApp.

Once again, jewellers may miss the glitter on Akshaya Tritiya

Once again, jewellers may miss the glitter on Akshaya Tritiya

Rediff.com11 May 2021

The gems and jewellery industry is staring at a sales washout on Akshaya Tritiya for the second consecutive year as most of the states are under lockdowns due to the raging second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic which has led to negative consumer sentiment, say industry leaders. Akshaya Tritiya, considered as an auspicious day for buying gold and jewellery, falls on May 14 this year. India is the worst-hit among all nations with the second wave of the pandemic, which has been killing more than 3,500 daily and infecting close to 4 lakhs daily for weeks. The massive caseload has nearly paralysed the medical infrastructure.

With Covid surge, FabiFlu becomes most sold drug in India

With Covid surge, FabiFlu becomes most sold drug in India

Rediff.com11 May 2021

Drugs that are used to treat Covid or used by people as immunity boosters have seen a jump in sales and, in turn, rankings.

Life in virus-stricken 'ghost town' of China's Wuhan

Life in virus-stricken 'ghost town' of China's Wuhan

Rediff.com31 Jan 2020

The outbreak of a new strain of coronavirus, first detected in the Chinese city of Wuhan, in Hubei province, has led to massive efforts to quarantine major cities and halt the spread. As of Thursday, the nationwide death toll from China's novel coronavirus epidemic has jumped to 170 with 38 more fatalities while confirming more than 1,700 new infections. Since then, it has been described as a "ghost town" with residents staying home, cars banned from the roads and store shelves emptied of masks, disinfectants and even full body suits. Here are some scenes from Wuhan, the epicentre of the virus outbreak.

Pregnant? What you must know about vitamin B

Pregnant? What you must know about vitamin B

Rediff.com2 Apr 2020

It's a great friend to expecting mothers and their babies, explains Ranjana Sharma.

Amid Twitter standoff, Union ministers shifting to Koo

Amid Twitter standoff, Union ministers shifting to Koo

Rediff.com11 Feb 2021

Koo, which works on similar lines as Twitter, was born with a focus on regional language, unlike Twitter and Facebook, which are very popular but primarily cater to an English-speaking audience, reports Neha Alawadhi.

5 simple habits to lead a stress-free life

5 simple habits to lead a stress-free life

Rediff.com5 Jan 2021

Manoj Jain tells you how to fight stress and find peace in your daily lives.

'This looks more like a terror attack'

'This looks more like a terror attack'

Rediff.com2 Dec 2022

'They (the ransomware attackers) are not after any VVIP data.' 'Had that been the case, they would have quietly installed a different malware.'

Italy keeps on dreaming after record medal haul in Tokyo

Italy "keeps on dreaming" after record medal haul in Tokyo

Rediff.com7 Aug 2021

Italians across the country hailed a great summer, during which they also won the European soccer championship and the Eurovision song contest.

India's consumption story moving fast once again

India's consumption story moving fast once again

Rediff.com1 Jul 2021

Sanjiv Mehta, chairman of the country's largest consumer goods company, HUL, believes that the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic between April and June this year has been a mere pause in India's consumption story, and that it will not change the country's overall growth trajectory. India is poised for growth, especially in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, Mehta told shareholders at the company's annual general meeting on Tuesday. The signs of recovery are becoming evident with many states lifting lockdown restrictions in recent weeks.

'Can you imagine how much people's money is being looted?'

'Can you imagine how much people's money is being looted?'

Rediff.com13 Jun 2022

'If one crore is sanctioned to make a road, they spend only Rs 40 lakhs and the remaining 60 lakhs is looted by the politician, bureaucrats and the contractor.'

Fun, Fashion and More....

Fun, Fashion and More....

Rediff.com6 Oct 2021

What to expect at the Fashion Design Council of India x Lakme Fashion Week