News for 'Reliance World'

Coming soon: iPhone 14 -- made in India, made for the world

Coming soon: iPhone 14 -- made in India, made for the world

Rediff.com26 Sep 2022

Apple's newest phone iPhone 14 will be made in India as the global tech titan bets big on the manufacturing prowess of the world's second-biggest smartphone market after China.

Sensex falls below 65K; IT, metal stocks weigh

Sensex falls below 65K; IT, metal stocks weigh

Rediff.com19 Aug 2023

Equity benchmark index Sensex buckled under selling pressure for the second straight session to close below the 65k mark on Friday, as investors offloaded IT, teck and metal stocks amid a bearish global trend. Besides, fresh foreign fund outflows also hit investor sentiments, traders said. In a volatile trade, the 30-share BSE Sensex declined 202.36 points or 0.31 per cent to settle at 64,948.66.

It's payback time for Reliance

It's payback time for Reliance

Rediff.com18 Jul 2017

Market cap touches Rs 5 lakh crore; earnings growth to spurt in FY19

Reliance Q1 net rises 6.8%; consumer businesses contribute a third of margins

Reliance Q1 net rises 6.8%; consumer businesses contribute a third of margins

Rediff.com19 Jul 2019

Reliance reported record pre-tax profit from its retail and telecom businesses. The two now account for nearly 32 per cent of EBITDA, up from close to 25 per cent previously.

Reliance Petro's second refinery nears completion

Reliance Petro's second refinery nears completion

Rediff.com22 Oct 2008

The refinery is likely to be commissioned before December. The commissioning comes at a time when margins in the business are falling sharply and demand for fuel across the world is dropping due to a global slowdown. Demand for fuel from the US and Europe, two of Reliance's major markets, has slowed with US consumption falling to their lowest in the last three years.

Bhutan-China Closeness: Must India Worry?

Bhutan-China Closeness: Must India Worry?

Rediff.com13 Nov 2023

Although the special relationship might compel Bhutan to be considerate of Indian interests, new challenges will likely arise. An emerging new phase of relations will also call for fresh redlines between India and Bhutan, observe Harsh V Pant and Aditya Gowdara Shivamurthy.

IAF receives first LCA twin-seater Tejas from HAL

IAF receives first LCA twin-seater Tejas from HAL

Rediff.com4 Oct 2023

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited on Wednesday handed over the first LCA Tejas twin-seater aircraft to the Indian Air Force.

Ban other mobile services, switch to Jio: Reliance tells staff

Ban other mobile services, switch to Jio: Reliance tells staff

Rediff.com22 Aug 2016

Reliance Jio test launched its services last December, but dates for commercial launch has not been announced.

Reliance Comm seeks GSM entry

Reliance Comm seeks GSM entry

Rediff.com12 Jun 2006

Can India Create Multi Language AI Like Chat GPT?

Can India Create Multi Language AI Like Chat GPT?

Rediff.com8 Jan 2024

Creating an LLM trained on Indian languages is not easy. Experts say each language in India has a nuance of its own, so creating a ChatGPT-like product is an ambitious challenge.

Prez launches advanced stealth frigate INS Vindhyagiri

Prez launches advanced stealth frigate INS Vindhyagiri

Rediff.com17 Aug 2023

This is the sixth of seven ships built under 'Project 17 Alpha' for the Navy. The first five ships of the project were launched between 2019 and 2022.

Reliance set to buy Iran oil after five-year hiatus

Reliance set to buy Iran oil after five-year hiatus

Rediff.com18 Feb 2016

Officials from India's biggest private refiner recently visited Iran to chalk out the details for resumption of trade ties with Tehran.

Collective success of every Indian, says Congress with nod to its govts role

Collective success of every Indian, says Congress with nod to its govts role

Rediff.com23 Aug 2023

After Chandrayaan-3 touched down on the Moon, the Congress on Wednesday said it is a collective success of every Indian and ISRO's achievement reflects a saga of continuity and is truly fantastic.

Global funds are paying more attention to India: Christopher Wood

Global funds are paying more attention to India: Christopher Wood

Rediff.com23 Oct 2023

Global funds, according to Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, are now beginning to pay more attention to India with the market now offering 30 companies with a market capitalisation over $25 billion.

Reliance Steel among US's best managed cos

Reliance Steel among US's best managed cos

Rediff.com21 Dec 2007

Brand name Reliance finds a place in the prestigious American business magazine Forbes -- be it promoted by Ambanis or a company in the United States.

Nippon, Reliance Group launch India funds for Japan investors

Nippon, Reliance Group launch India funds for Japan investors

Rediff.com1 Sep 2014

The Prime Minister's visit to Japan reinforces the strategic focus of global partnership between India and Japan.

Windfall tax on crude cut; levy on diesel, ATF exports hiked

Windfall tax on crude cut; levy on diesel, ATF exports hiked

Rediff.com2 Sep 2023

The government has cut the windfall profit tax on crude oil produced in the country while the levy on exports of diesel and ATF has been hiked, an official notification said. The tax, levied in the form of special additional excise duty or SAED, on domestically produced crude oil was reduced to Rs 6,700 per tonne from Rs 7,100 a tonne. SAED on the export of diesel was increased to Rs 6 per litre from Rs 5.50 a litre and on jet fuel or ATF to Rs 4 per litre from Rs 2, the notification said.

Mobile speed: India ranks above Japan, UK, Brazil

Mobile speed: India ranks above Japan, UK, Brazil

Rediff.com2 Oct 2023

The launch of 5G services in India turbocharged mobile download speeds here, pushing the country's ranking 72 notches higher to 47th spot in Speedtest Global Index, ahead of nations like Japan, the UK and Brazil, according to Ookla. India's speed performance has zoomed up 3.59 times since the introduction of 5G, it said dubbing the country's 5G advancement as "remarkable". In this global pecking order, India ranked not only ahead of its neighbours like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan, but also some G20 countries, such as Mexico (90th), Turkey (68th), the UK (62nd), Japan (58th), Brazil (50th place), and South Africa (48th place).

Top 100 Indian firms create Rs 92.2 lakh cr wealth during FY17-22

Top 100 Indian firms create Rs 92.2 lakh cr wealth during FY17-22

Rediff.com8 Dec 2022

Two Adani group companies -- Adani Enterprises and Adani Transmission -- have uprooted the traditional leader Reliance Industries in annual wealth creation in 2022 so far, while the top 100 of them created a massive Rs 92.2 lakh crore of wealth, according to a report. However, Reliance Industries has smashed all records to emerge as the largest wealth creator during the five-year period ending March 2022, says the leading brokerage Motilal Oswal in its 27th annual wealth creation study. The Gautam Adani group companies have been rallying to dizzying heights in the year as the group snapped up many assets and diversified into newer areas.

Reliance backs out of Unifi deal

Reliance backs out of Unifi deal

Rediff.com2 Sep 2008

Had plans to invest $250 mn in the US polyester manufacturer's facility.

Reliance Defence aims to export naval, military equipment

Reliance Defence aims to export naval, military equipment

Rediff.com27 Sep 2016

Anil said the company is in the process of signing a contract with the Indian Coast Guard for the first defence order for 14 fast patrol vessels

Can Adani Do A Dhirubhai?

Can Adani Do A Dhirubhai?

Rediff.com6 Feb 2023

The last time a bear attack was launched on a controversial businessman was when a cabal of brokers launched an assault in the early 1980s on what they thought was an over-priced Reliance share, recalls T N Ninan.

Reliance posts highest quarterly net profit of Rs 10,362 cr in Q4

Reliance posts highest quarterly net profit of Rs 10,362 cr in Q4

Rediff.com18 Apr 2019

Profit from its retail business jumped 77 per cent to Rs 1,923 crore and that from telecom rose by 78.3 per cent to Rs 2,665 crore.

'Gold is gold, had tears in my eyes': Smriti gets candid

'Gold is gold, had tears in my eyes': Smriti gets candid

Rediff.com25 Sep 2023

Smriti Mandhana expressed her overwhelming joy on winning a gold medal

Anant Ambani to wed Radhika Merchant

Anant Ambani to wed Radhika Merchant

Rediff.com29 Dec 2022

Anant Ambani, the youngest son of billionaire Mukesh Ambani, will wed Radhika Merchant, daughter of industrialist Viren Merchant, the family announced on Thursday. The 'roka' or engagement ceremony of Radhika, daughter of Shaila and Viren Merchant, and Anant was performed at the Shrinathji Temple at Nathdwara in Rajasthan on Thursday in the presence of family members and friends. A statement issued by the family said the young couple after the engagement spent the day at the temple seeking Lord Shrinathji's blessings for their upcoming union.

Reliance among top 10 global companies: Survey

Reliance among top 10 global companies: Survey

Rediff.com8 Sep 2016

Adani is the fastest growing energy company in Asia-Pacific and the second fastest in the world

Reliance Info launches 1,160 retail outlets

Reliance Info launches 1,160 retail outlets

Rediff.com12 Apr 2005

Reliance Infocomm has launched WebWorldExpress, its largest exclusive retail network chain of 1,160 stores across 680 cities and towns.

Meet Radhika Merchant, Anant Ambani's Bride

Meet Radhika Merchant, Anant Ambani's Bride

Rediff.com19 Jan 2023

She's living her best days as the newest Ambani bride-to-be.

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.

Train reservation on Reliance mobile now

Train reservation on Reliance mobile now

Rediff.com20 Apr 2004

Reliance Infocomm, the CDMA mobile phone operator, has joined hands with Indian Railways to offer for the first time train reservation facility on its Reliance IndiaMobile.

Now, exam results on Reliance mobile

Now, exam results on Reliance mobile

Rediff.com4 May 2004

Over 30 million students across the country, who have appeared for Class X and XII besides other competitive exams, can view their results on Reliance mobile phones on its popular mobile portal R-World.

Reliance Broadcast forms JV with CBS Corp

Reliance Broadcast forms JV with CBS Corp

Rediff.com18 Aug 2010

Anil Ambani Group firm Reliance Broadcast Network on Wednesday said it has completed its final negotiations with US media conglomerate CBS Corp to form a JV to own and operate TV channels.

Reliance Retail, Bharti in talks to buy Carrefour India assets

Reliance Retail, Bharti in talks to buy Carrefour India assets

Rediff.com8 Jul 2014

Reliance Retail and Bharti Enterprises are understood to be in talks to buy India assets of the world's second largest retailer Carrefour that has decided to exit the country by closing its five stores.

IOC bans Russian Olympic Committee

IOC bans Russian Olympic Committee

Rediff.com12 Oct 2023

Thursday's ruling does not affect any decision on Russian and Belarusian athletes' participation at the Paris 2024 Olympics which the IOC will take at a later date.

Reliance Cap to buy Travelmate Services

Reliance Cap to buy Travelmate Services

Rediff.com4 Nov 2006

Reliance Capital has agreed to acquire 100 per cent of the equity share capital of Travelmate Services (India), a wholly owned subidiary of the Kuoni Group

Reliance juggernaut back in action

Reliance juggernaut back in action

Rediff.com5 Mar 2007

The Reliance juggernaut is back in action with a $20-billion-plus investment plan.

'Incredibly enriching': Modi takes sortie on Tejas jet

'Incredibly enriching': Modi takes sortie on Tejas jet

Rediff.com25 Nov 2023

"The experience was incredibly enriching, significantly bolstering my confidence in our country's indigenous capabilities, and leaving me with a renewed sense of pride and optimism about our national potential," he said.

Reliance Power plant in Rosa starts generation

Reliance Power plant in Rosa starts generation

Rediff.com28 Dec 2009

It was clearly the beginning of a new era for the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group to start generation at what was not only their first, but also North India's first private sector thermal power plant in Rosa village on the outskirts of Shahjahanpur town in Uttar Pradesh.

'Xi didn't want to avoid Modi at G20'

'Xi didn't want to avoid Modi at G20'

Rediff.com27 Sep 2023

'We will likely never know why Xi decided not to travel to New Delhi. One possible explanation could be his desire to avoid a meeting with US President Joe Biden.'