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'I'm Married But Lied To Have A Boyfriend'

'I'm Married But Lied To Have A Boyfriend'

Rediff.com31 May 2024

Relationship problems? Let rEDIFF Love Guru help.

Will the flaw discovered in Intel chips impact your PC and phone?

Will the flaw discovered in Intel chips impact your PC and phone?

Rediff.com8 Jan 2018

Find out which devices are most vulnerable.

In non-cigarettes push, how ITC built more than 25 FMCG mother brands

In non-cigarettes push, how ITC built more than 25 FMCG mother brands

Rediff.com4 Jan 2024

A young couple sharing a laugh - in the living room over a Polish joke book, on the beach, in the rain - with the tagline, "Made for each other", hung from billboards at prominent street corners from the 1960s to the 1990s. It was a campaign for one of the largest selling cigarette brands in India, Wills (Navy Cut) from the ITC stable, that resonated with a generation of smokers and non-smokers alike till the curtains came down on tobacco advertising in 2004. As we prepare to welcome 2024, ITC has metamorphosed from a tobacco giant into a conglomerate straddling multiple large-sized businesses. In the mind space of Gen Z or millennials, the company represents a gamut of branded products - from frozen food (ITC Master Chef), noodles (YiPPee!), and cookies (Sunfeast) to snacks (Bingo!) and notebooks (Classmate), and so on and so forth.

'Whatever we do, we have to make an impact'

'Whatever we do, we have to make an impact'

Rediff.com26 Jun 2023

'Professors can teach even when they are 90 because they don't lose their skill with words. Go deeper and there's spirituality in it.'

RuPay will reduce dependence on cash transactions: Prez

RuPay will reduce dependence on cash transactions: Prez

Rediff.com8 May 2014

The RuPay card is accepted at all ATMs (1.6 lakh plus), 95 per cent of PoS terminals (9.45 lakh plus) and most of the eCom merchants (about 10,000) in the country.

Kadak Singh Review: Requiem For The Moaner

Kadak Singh Review: Requiem For The Moaner

Rediff.com8 Dec 2023

ITo steer clear of sanctimonious newspaper stories all your life, and then be saddled with movies like Kadak Singh -- now there's a rotten bit of luck worth moaning about, sighs Sreehari Nair.

What Does Ranjan Pai's Re-Entry Mean For Byju's?

What Does Ranjan Pai's Re-Entry Mean For Byju's?

Rediff.com1 Dec 2023

'Considering Pai is putting his own personal money in Byju's, stakeholders in the company can look forward to more governance and transparency.'

London ex-teacher paid money to have children in India sexually abused

London ex-teacher paid money to have children in India sexually abused

Rediff.com22 Jun 2023

A former deputy head teacher of a London primary school has pleaded guilty to paying and instructing teenagers in India to abuse younger children.

Scoop: Was Prince Andrew Really Guilty?

Scoop: Was Prince Andrew Really Guilty?

Rediff.com17 Apr 2024

Scoop seems like they conclude he is but Vaihayasi Pande Daniel recommends that you watch the film to find out for yourselves.

Taxtortion Is Here To Stay!

Taxtortion Is Here To Stay!

Rediff.com31 Jan 2024

If you think that revenue officials are going berserk, acting on their own, while the government chants the mantra of 'ease of doing business', you would be wrong. These moves appear to have full official backing, points out Debashis Basu.

4 Questions On Crypto Regulation

4 Questions On Crypto Regulation

Rediff.com8 Dec 2021

It is not the job of regulators to ensure that users make profits. It is not the job of regulators to prevent people from making losses. It is not the job of regulators to prevent people from doing stupid things, argues Ajay Shah.

How Netflix Finally Got It Right In India

How Netflix Finally Got It Right In India

Rediff.com20 Sep 2023

Its success script: Investing more in local content ecosystem; growing its partnership footprint.

'ONGC is venturing into high-risk ultra-deep water exploration'

'ONGC is venturing into high-risk ultra-deep water exploration'

Rediff.com25 May 2023

'We plan to add over 100,000 square kilometres every year, to reach an ambitious target of 500,000 square kilometres by 2025.'

Audit norms: RBI, govt not on same page

Audit norms: RBI, govt not on same page

Rediff.com8 Jun 2021

North Block is concerned that when India is trying to attract more investment, putting up restrictions on audit firms could create an avoidable bad advertisement.

More bad news: Household savings fall to 2 decade low

More bad news: Household savings fall to 2 decade low

Rediff.com11 Nov 2017

The decline is attributed to lower salary growth and a rise in households' financial liabilities.

NDA Better For Economy Than INDIA In 2024

NDA Better For Economy Than INDIA In 2024

Rediff.com31 Aug 2023

What is most troubling is that not a single party that is part of INDIA has talked about any kind of reform and economic sense, argues R Jagannathan.

Ex-MD of PMC Bank arrested; ED conducts raids

Ex-MD of PMC Bank arrested; ED conducts raids

Rediff.com4 Oct 2019

Property of Rs 3,500 crore belonging to the company was seized by the EOW, a police official said.

'After Vodafone success we will invest more in analytics'

'After Vodafone success we will invest more in analytics'

Rediff.com11 Apr 2014

Piramal Enterprises has about Rs 10,000 crore (Rs 100 billion) cash on its books.

Green policy flip-flops spook foreign investment firms

Green policy flip-flops spook foreign investment firms

Rediff.com26 Feb 2021

Foreign investment firms, especially private equity, are jittery about the Indian market as uncertainty continues to shroud the energy sector.

Dead patients getting treatment under PM-JAY? Health Ministry replies

Dead patients getting treatment under PM-JAY? Health Ministry replies

Rediff.com17 Aug 2023

The reports also claim that the same beneficiary had been found to avail treatment at two hospitals at the same time.

Rishi Sunak unveils plans to attract tech talent to UK

Rishi Sunak unveils plans to attract tech talent to UK

Rediff.com21 Nov 2022

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday unveiled a new scheme for the world's 100 most talented young professionals in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) as part of his vision to make the UK a "beacon" to attract the "brightest and best" from around the world. Addressing the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) annual conference in Birmingham, Sunak told an audience of business chiefs and professionals that control over the country's post-Brexit immigration policy remains crucial. However, he pledged to create "one of the world's most attractive visa regimes for entrepreneurs and highly skilled people" and make use of the "Brexit freedoms" to strike trade deals with "the world's fastest-growing economies".

'15% surcharge on total income of Rs 50 lakh is wrong'

'15% surcharge on total income of Rs 50 lakh is wrong'

Rediff.com17 Jan 2023

Mihir Tanna, Associate Director, S K Patodia & Associates, answers your tax queries.

Hit by data breach? Here's how to reboot your life and control the damage

Hit by data breach? Here's how to reboot your life and control the damage

Rediff.com4 Jan 2020

By the time the security failure is discovered and fixed, the damage is already done. A CIO survey by Forcepoint and Frost & Sullivan found that 69 per cent of Indian organisations were at risk of data breach. Whenever there is data breach, there is a potential disaster waiting to happen.

Want a high paying job? Here's what you should specialise in

Want a high paying job? Here's what you should specialise in

Rediff.com20 Feb 2019

Global companies, e-commerce platforms and software product firms all want skilled digital workers.

Microsoft gives ONDC its first Big Tech push

Microsoft gives ONDC its first Big Tech push

Rediff.com10 Aug 2022

Microsoft has become the first global Big Tech company to join the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC), an Indian government initiative for developing a first-of-its-kind open network for digital commerce. The world's second-largest technology firm intends to introduce social e-commerce via its app in the Indian market later this year. ONDC is expected to open to the public in Bengaluru over the next fortnight as it enters into the next phase of the pilot for further fine-tuning before rollouts in other cities, according to a source in the know.

'Except one, no pvt banks have issued RuPay cards'

'Except one, no pvt banks have issued RuPay cards'

Rediff.com6 Jun 2014

In the domestic market, the cost is a third but in the international market, we are finding it difficult to price it accordingly.

IBC: The CURIOUS Case of Videocon

IBC: The CURIOUS Case of Videocon

Rediff.com6 Aug 2021

Valuers have found almost no assets to pay for their claims against the Videocon group that entered the insolvency process in 2018. But the dissenters suggest that the money is elsewhere, possibly in the group's oil and gas assets, which are not part of the group's bankruptcy case.

SOVA Android phone malware targets banking customers

SOVA Android phone malware targets banking customers

Rediff.com15 Sep 2022

A new mobile banking 'Trojan' virus -- SOVA -- which can stealthily encrypt an Android phone for ransom and is hard to uninstall is targeting Indian customers, the country's federal cyber security agency said in its latest advisory.

How the blockchain can transform the financial world

How the blockchain can transform the financial world

Rediff.com12 Jul 2016

The blockchain, the public ledger that tracks every bitcoin transaction, is changing commerce as we know it, says Devangshu Datta.

How Taliban's funding continued over 20 years

How Taliban's funding continued over 20 years

Rediff.com9 Sep 2021

In fact, the Taliban apparently collects about 10 per cent as cultivation tax from opium farmers and 15 per cent as heroin tax from laboratories and smugglers that smuggle narcotics into Pakistan. This, by itself, is a revenue stream estimated at USD 250-300 million.

Moody's on how Omicron will affect emerging markets

Moody's on how Omicron will affect emerging markets

Rediff.com1 Dec 2021

The economic impact of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 on emerging economies will depend on a mix of government restrictions, public comfort with social interactions, and capacity of governments and central banks to provide additional policy support to the private sector, Moody's Investors Service said on Wednesday. The emergence of the new variant poses new risks to the global economic growth and inflation outlook, as concerns mount about the variant's health risks and several countries have imposed new travel restrictions in recent days. These restrictions will likely increase over the coming weeks until scientists learn more about the variant, it said.

Emotional Eating: Why It Happens and How to Stop It

Emotional Eating: Why It Happens and How to Stop It

Rediff.com7 Sep 2022

Discovering a way to deal with negative emotions is often the first step toward overcoming emotional eating.

Dubai tycoon slaps $8 bn suit on BoB, EY in New York for ignoring 'fraud'

Dubai tycoon slaps $8 bn suit on BoB, EY in New York for ignoring 'fraud'

Rediff.com30 Jul 2021

Dubai-based billionaire BR Shetty has sued Bank of Baroda (BoB) and audit firm Ernst & Young (EY) in a New York court, accusing them of ignoring fictitious and fraudulent transactions that resulted in NMC Healthcare going bankrupt. Shetty is seeking $8 billion in damages in the suit that also names the top management of NMC Healthcare, and Netherlands-based Credit Europe Bank. A top NMC Healthcare official confirmed the development to Business Standard and said despite several meetings, senior BoB officials in India did not take remedial steps for fear of getting involved in an international ponzi scheme perpetrated by then senior management officials.

When Will Banks End Customer Harassment?

When Will Banks End Customer Harassment?

Rediff.com30 Aug 2022

The branch managers have come out of their glass cabins and the sellers' market has transformed into a buyers' market, but there is no end to the harassment of customers, asserts Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

TCS turns out to be India's most profitable company

TCS turns out to be India's most profitable company

Rediff.com19 Jan 2015

TCS has done better than Infosys in sequential and yearly revenue growth so far this financial year.

Does Paytm have its finger in too many pies?

Does Paytm have its finger in too many pies?

Rediff.com8 Jun 2016

What explains Vijay Shekhar Sharma's optimism when other players have started to tread cautiously is Paytm's huge customer base: It has 120 million users and counting, says Nivedita Mookerji.

7 Ways To Avoid Start-Up Failure

7 Ways To Avoid Start-Up Failure

Rediff.com28 Jun 2022

Companies that do not know why they are doing good also do not know why they are failing when they are on a downward slide, notes Baqar Iftikhar Naqvi, founder and CEO, Upriver, a sales accelerator firm.

Banks recall over 32 lakh debit cards; govt seeks details

Banks recall over 32 lakh debit cards; govt seeks details

Rediff.com20 Oct 2016

The suspected security breach happened through a malware in the systems of Hitachi Payments Services, which serves ATM network of Yes Bank

Lesser-known firms set to make a mark in oil and gas sector

Lesser-known firms set to make a mark in oil and gas sector

Rediff.com22 Jun 2021

India may soon see a new set of oil barons with lesser-known companies venturing into crude oil and natural gas production. These new kids on the block have come up through a mix of entrepreneurial grit and backing from oil industry veterans. Nippon Power, South Asia Consultancy, PFH (Poddar Family Holdings) Resources and Chennai-based Adbhoot Estates could be the first ones to start production from blocks awarded during the first round of Discovered Small Field (DSF-1) auctions. Adbhoot is in a 50:50 joint venture with the Bombay Stock Exchange-listed Hindustan Oil Exploration Company that has some five oil producing assets and over 10 blocks across the country.

Ask ANU: 'My mother-in-law taunts me for no reason'

Ask ANU: 'My mother-in-law taunts me for no reason'

Rediff.com16 Nov 2022

In this weekly self-help series, mental health and life coach Anu Krishna tells you how to take control of your life.