Its trajectory in telecom is well known but now it is pushing for a similar leap into the ranks of the top players in its other businesses: media and entertainment, e-commerce, a series of online businesses ranging from health to education, and retail.
On July 1, 2021, Britain's Princess Diana would have turned 60 and two decades after her tragic death in a car accident near the end of summer 1997, she still holds an exalted place on the altar of the most admired people in the world, her status secure as a style icon -- as is her legacy of having forever changed the British monarchy.
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'Amitabh Bachchan Sir said some nice and encouraging things about the trailer, the way I directed it and, of course, about Abhishek's performance.'
'It is perplexing to see the leader of the First World with a first rate medical infrastructure come up short on its foresight to handle the pandemic,' notes Group Captain Murli Menon (retd).
Companies like Amazon Prime Video are also temporarily lowering bit rates -- a measure of how much data is being transferred -- to ease pressure on telecom network infrastructure.
'There is so much you learn on a Mira Nair set.'
Her gorgeous mother stunned the red carpet at Cannes!
Sports Awards could to be delayed: Ministry official
Ambani's holding group launched the Indian Super League, an elite competition of newly created teams, in 2014 with the aim of attracting investment and big global names, much like the Indian Premier League has in cricket. 'It was 100% a wasted opportunity'.
Jahnavi Patel/ Rediff.com chats with Mowgli when he comes to Mumbai.
Sanjeet Das, director at Words Infocom one of India's prominent dubbing and voice production houses in Mumbai tells Abhishek Mande how you can become a voice over artistes and busts myths about the industry.
US President-elect Trump had recently said that he would not allow Americans to be replaced by foreign workers, in an apparent reference to cases like that of Disney World and other American companies wherein people hired on H-1B visas, including Indians, displaced US workers.
Amazon Prime leads the race to buy digital rights for Bollywood blockbusters with Hotstar and Netflix trailing far behind.
Aseem Chhabra lists 10 of his favourite films that played in various sections at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
The BBC will broadcast the new adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's classic The Jungle Book, which has been made in India at the cost of 8 million pounds.
Guess who else features on the Variety500 list?
Famous and long believed to be trusted Indian brands have wilted against foreign brands, says Mohan Guruswamy.
Branded residencies, designer-stamped homes have a snob value and are sold at a high premium, to willing buyers
These include Microsoft's Satya Nadella, Mastercard CEO Ajay Banga, and Harman International Chairman Dinesh Paliwal.
With founder Subhash Chandra no longer in the driver's seat at Zee, the acid test for Punit Goenka would be to take the financial investors along with him even as he strives to weather the latest storm. The question, now, is how he will deal with the challenges of being a professional CEO rather than an owner-CEO in the aftermath of his family offloading most of its promoter stake to a clutch of financial investors. However, the silver lining is that Zee remains the most profitable of the top four broadcasters in India.
The bid includes a commitment by ESPN Star Sports to spend $75 million to market the tournament, which is the international version of the popular Indian Premier League Twenty20 tournament.
A summary of sports events and sports persons, who made news on Tuesday
Zapp, Whoopy and many other international names too have big plans... kids retailing is growing by leaps and bounds in India and those in the industry say it is likely to see 30-35 per cent growth per annum.
International investors are preparing to make an unprecedented onslaught on Bollywood this year, with several Hollywood studios and a group of London-listed funds looking to take a share of the world's most prolific movie-making market.
'As an actor, the excitement for me is to step into those shoes and see what keeps that man going and what has made him what he is today.'
Leveraging the popularity of their cartoon characters, all the top Indian children's channels - Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Disney - are getting aggressive in the area of publishing for children as well.
A summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday
'When people come to watch my work, I want them to take away something -- it could be the story, it could be an emotion they haven't felt in a very long time.'
Over the years, UTV has added businesses to become an integrated media house. UTV's Ronnie Screwvala shares his vision in this interview describing UTV's itinerary to success.
For the sake of children's cinema in India, Raja Sen genuinely hope this film is a solid step forward.
In the coming days, Baahubali: The Conclusion is set to break even more records.
Italy's top-flight Serie A soccer league launched a new anti-racism campaign on Monday by presenting artwork featuring three side-by-side paintings of apes but the move has been described by campaign group Fare as a sick joke. News of all that's transpired on and off the football field.
TCS' customer focus has been central to its recent success.
Isn't It Romantic is about a New York woman hit on the head during a mugging. The impact leaves her feeling that she is in a rom-com.
Television actors tell us what the secret to a successful relationship is.
Google is going ahead with a policy revision mandating 30% charge on in-app purchases across all apps on Play Store. This has left developers' community worried about tighter squeeze on their earnings, says Yuvraj Malik.
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