News for 'Part III'

Fight or flight: Boeing warns Indian govt of price hike in copter deal

Fight or flight: Boeing warns Indian govt of price hike in copter deal

Rediff.com13 Feb 2015

US defence giant Boeing warned of a price hike in USD 2.5 billion deal if India does not finalise the contract soon.

Taiwan accidentally fires missile towards China, kills 1

Taiwan accidentally fires missile towards China, kills 1

Rediff.com1 Jul 2016

A Taiwanese warship on Friday "mistakenly" fired a supersonic "anti-ship missile" towards China as it celebrated 95th anniversary of the ruling Communist Party amid assertions by President Xi Jinping ruling out independence for Taiwan.

5 most expensive motorcycles in India

5 most expensive motorcycles in India

Rediff.com20 Oct 2016

The least expensive among these starts at Rs 22,60,560, according to a list compiled by MotorBeam.com

Zee5 drives broadcaster's digital dreams

Zee5 drives broadcaster's digital dreams

Rediff.com4 Apr 2019

Zee5 is now the fifth largest streaming app after YouTube, Hotstar, MX Player and Voot, and there is talk of hiving off Zee5 to drive valuation, says Vanita Kohli-Khandekar.

A house for Dr Ambedkar in the UK

A house for Dr Ambedkar in the UK

Rediff.com14 Apr 2020

'If the museum in his memory inspires and instils among Brahminical British Indians an attitude of equality towards Dalits, the edifice would be worth it,' reports Ashis Ray.

Sports Shorts: W Series leader Chadwick joins Williams F1

Sports Shorts: W Series leader Chadwick joins Williams F1

Rediff.com20 May 2019

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Monday

Loan rating heat on Sahara Hospitality on tepid show

Loan rating heat on Sahara Hospitality on tepid show

Rediff.com12 Mar 2014

The Sahara group's problems continue, with rating agency CARE cutting its 'BBB' ranking for Sahara Hospitality Ltd's (SHL) long-term bank facility to 'BBB-', due to sub-optimal financial and operational performance.

GMR consortium to run Philippines airport

GMR consortium to run Philippines airport

Rediff.com31 Oct 2014

The expansion of the terminal is expected to raise the annual passenger capacity of the airport to 12.5 million.

Obama warns of new terror safe havens in Pakistan

Obama warns of new terror safe havens in Pakistan

Rediff.com13 Jan 2016

The US president said America's foreign policy must be focused on the threat from IS and Al Qaeda.

India steps up relief efforts; 6 more NDRF teams sent to Nepal

India steps up relief efforts; 6 more NDRF teams sent to Nepal

Rediff.com28 Apr 2015

India on Tuesday pressed six more teams of National Disaster Response Force personnel into its relief and rescue operations in Nepal.

ISRO's PSLV-38 blasts off with 31 satellites

ISRO's PSLV-38 blasts off with 31 satellites

Rediff.com23 Jun 2017

Other than the Cartosat-2 series satellite, the PSLV is carrying 29 nano satellites from 14 countries - Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia, the United Kingdom and the United States of America besides a nano satellite from India.

Looking for investment with a difference? Buy yourself an ATM

Looking for investment with a difference? Buy yourself an ATM

Rediff.com7 Oct 2013

Because of corrections in property prices and oversupply in the office segment, the rich are investing in hospitals, warehouses, ATMs and other alternatives to traditional investment options.

Govt clears multi-billion deal for Boeing military choppers

Govt clears multi-billion deal for Boeing military choppers

Rediff.com22 Sep 2015

The government cleared a multi-billion dollar deal for attack helicopters and heavy-lift choppers with American aviation giant Boeing.

Game on: 6 vendors contest to supply IAF with 110 fighters

Game on: 6 vendors contest to supply IAF with 110 fighters

Rediff.com7 Jul 2018

With the IAF having rejected variants of 4 of the contending aircraft -- the Super Hornet, F-16, Gripen C/D and MiG-35 -- in flight trials carried out between 2009-2011 in the MMRCA tender, are the current contenders improved enough to pass flight trials conducted to the same standards?

PM Modi rolls out largest health scheme -- Ayushman Bharat

PM Modi rolls out largest health scheme -- Ayushman Bharat

Rediff.com23 Sep 2018

Describing it as a "game changer", Modi said the scheme was a step towards serving the poor people of the country and it would come into effect from Sunday.

Aadhaar is against Arthashastra, Hadith and Bible

Aadhaar is against Arthashastra, Hadith and Bible

Rediff.com9 Oct 2017

It emerges that not only does the CIDR project fails the test of fairness, justness and reasonableness besides the test of not being fanciful, oppressive or arbitrary; it also fails the test of Arthashastra, Hadith and the Bible.

'Putin won't risk improving relations with Pakistan at India's expense'

'Putin won't risk improving relations with Pakistan at India's expense'

Rediff.com18 Mar 2018

'But Russia is well aware of Pakistan's nuisance power on its border.'

India second largest arms purchaser after Saudi Arabia: report

India second largest arms purchaser after Saudi Arabia: report

Rediff.com27 Dec 2016

Between 2008 and 2015, India purchased defence equipments worth $34 billion, which is a distant second after Saudi Arabia's $93.5 billion, said the report 'Conventional Arms Transfers to Developing Nations 2008-2015' released by Congressional Research Service.

IT hiring growth pegged at 6% in FY15

IT hiring growth pegged at 6% in FY15

Rediff.com24 Jul 2014

The information technology sector, India's largest private-sector employer with 3.1 million direct jobs, will witness muted hiring activity this year.

How babus yearn to wear the judicial hat in tribunals

How babus yearn to wear the judicial hat in tribunals

Rediff.com7 Jun 2018

'Experience of administration may make a member of civil service a good administrator but not necessarily an able and impartial adjudicator,' observes the Supreme Court.

India's Shakespearean love affair

India's Shakespearean love affair

Rediff.com27 Apr 2016

When it comes to celebrating William Shakespeare, can India be far behind?

Modicare faces its first hiccup as states show reluctance

Modicare faces its first hiccup as states show reluctance

Rediff.com15 Feb 2018

The states fear they would end up funding both their own scheme as well as the newly-announced National Health Protection Scheme.

Sinha, Shourie, Bhushan move SC seeking FIR into Rafale deal

Sinha, Shourie, Bhushan move SC seeking FIR into Rafale deal

Rediff.com24 Oct 2018

The petition by the trio came two weeks after the apex court had on October 10 asked the Centre to provide details of the decision-making process in the Rafale deal with France in a sealed cover by October 29.

After Mars Mission, what is ISRO planning next?

After Mars Mission, what is ISRO planning next?

Rediff.com15 Nov 2014

It has already tasted success with the moon mission and Mangalyaan. Is man in space the next frontier for ISRO?

Arunachal inches closer to universal school enrolment

Arunachal inches closer to universal school enrolment

Rediff.com11 Mar 2015

The percentage of children out of school in the age group of 6-14 years recorded in 2014 in the state is the lowest ever at 2.1 per cent, Annual Status of Education Report facilitated by Pratham, recently released in New Delhi said.

Why India is unlikely to see consistent growth

Why India is unlikely to see consistent growth

Rediff.com14 Jul 2017

The need for larger investment in infrastructure that is the biggest shortcoming, says A V Rajwade.

India's e-vehicle dream is impractical: Toyota

India's e-vehicle dream is impractical: Toyota

Rediff.com28 Dec 2017

Consumers should be given freedom to make a logical choice, and manufacturers enough leeway so that they can produce what the consumer wants.

Why banks lose money when you swipe your card

Why banks lose money when you swipe your card

Rediff.com2 Oct 2017

As you swipe your credit/debit card with carefree abandon at merchant outlets, banks are losing money to the tune of Rs 3,800 crore annaully, says Soumya Kanti Ghosh

A love story in miniatures

A love story in miniatures

Rediff.com13 Apr 2017

Ritika Kochhar finds out how Indian miniatures, which were once buried in manuscripts, ended up drawing collectors the world over.

5 forgotten monuments of Delhi

5 forgotten monuments of Delhi

Rediff.com7 Sep 2015

These forgotten wonders may not be on the tourist circuit, but are a piece of history worth visiting.

Trump nominates Indian-American to top judicial post

Trump nominates Indian-American to top judicial post

Rediff.com21 Mar 2017

Amul Thapar, 47, had become in 2007 the first South Asian Article III judge when he was appointed as a US District Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky.

What CMs told PM Modi during video meet on COVID-19

What CMs told PM Modi during video meet on COVID-19

Rediff.com12 May 2020

While some CMs suggested reopening economic activity in phases, others pitched for the extension of the coronavirus lockdown, but with a carefully crafted exit strategy

Madras HC stays ban on sale of cattle for slaughter

Madras HC stays ban on sale of cattle for slaughter

Rediff.com30 May 2017

In its interim order, a Madurai bench directed the Centre to file counter in 4 weeks.

March will see govt banks get Rs 46K cr as capital infusion

March will see govt banks get Rs 46K cr as capital infusion

Rediff.com9 Mar 2018

The country's largest lender State Bank of India will get the largest sum of Rs 8,800 crore as government's capital infusion.

GSK seeks approval for world's 1st malaria vaccine

GSK seeks approval for world's 1st malaria vaccine

Rediff.com24 Jul 2014

The British drugmaker said the shot, called RTS,S, is intended exclusively for use outside the European Union but will be evaluated by the European Medicines Agency in collaboration with the World Health Organisation.

The cost of demonetisation: Jobless hundreds in Jalandhar

The cost of demonetisation: Jobless hundreds in Jalandhar

Rediff.com27 Dec 2016

In the fourth of a six-part series Sahil Makkar finds out how badly Jalandhar's sports goods industry was hit by the note ban and the price it continues to pay.

9 applications for 36 coal blocks from PSUs like NTPC, SAIL

9 applications for 36 coal blocks from PSUs like NTPC, SAIL

Rediff.com9 Feb 2015

The Coal Ministry on Monday received a total 69 applications from various PSUs

REWIND: The best PHOTOS from the week gone by

REWIND: The best PHOTOS from the week gone by

Rediff.com5 Oct 2015

Fourteen photos from events that defined the world in the week gone by.

Why India is key to Philips' transformation

Why India is key to Philips' transformation

Rediff.com22 Nov 2017

India serves as the company's R&D hub as it morphs into a health tech major.

Modi is too clever to want Trump as mediator!

Modi is too clever to want Trump as mediator!

Rediff.com26 Jul 2019

'Modi, with his sharply honed political savvy and undoubted grasp of international affairs, is a past master at taking the measure of world leaders.' 'He would be the last person to think of the unpredictable and not too well-regarded Trump as the mediator,' says B S Raghavan.