News for 'Silicon Valley'

Founder, desi ex-president charged with 'massive fraud' in US

Founder, desi ex-president charged with 'massive fraud' in US

Rediff.com15 Mar 2018

According to the US Securities and Exchange Commission, Ramesh "Sunny" Balwani and the founder Elizabeth Holmes raised money by deceiving investors about the company's technology, business and financial performance, raising more than USD 700 million in years-long "massive fraud".

'Ambani, Adani, Tata will move to Dubai if India imposes inheritance tax'

'Ambani, Adani, Tata will move to Dubai if India imposes inheritance tax'

Rediff.com8 May 2024

'Sweden removed the inheritance tax because many of the rich were fleeing. For example, the owner of IKEA had migrated out of Sweden'

Unmukt Chand first Indian to join Melbourne Renegades

Unmukt Chand first Indian to join Melbourne Renegades

Rediff.com4 Nov 2021

Former U-19 World Cup-winning captain Unmukt Chand is set to become the first Indian cricketer to play in Australia's Big Bash League after he signed for Melbourne Renegades for the 2021-2022 season.

Decoding the Prime Minister's Facebook townhall address

Decoding the Prime Minister's Facebook townhall address

Rediff.com11 Oct 2015

A study of the PM's speech reveals 13% of all words he used were pointed keywords to market his cause

Rahul Gandhi to visit US to talk about artificial intelligence

Rahul Gandhi to visit US to talk about artificial intelligence

Rediff.com5 Sep 2017

The sources said Gandhi wants India to lead in the niche area which comes after software development.

This Tesla car is sure to make you drool!

This Tesla car is sure to make you drool!

Rediff.com1 Apr 2016

The compact sleek car with no grille features a roof that is a panoramic pane of glass from front to back.

Air India's New Delhi-San Francisco direct flight from Dec 2

Air India's New Delhi-San Francisco direct flight from Dec 2

Rediff.com26 Nov 2015

Air India plans to launch services with three flights per week.

Delhi startup eyes US fitness wearables market through smart shoes

Delhi startup eyes US fitness wearables market through smart shoes

Rediff.com15 Sep 2016

"Till now, all activity trackers and wearables gave data. We are conspiring to change that by inferring this data and giving it a meaning," Arnav Kishore, CEO and founder of Boltt, a Delhi/NCR-based startup.

US readies plan to facilitate H-1B, L1 visa holders

US readies plan to facilitate H-1B, L1 visa holders

Rediff.com10 Feb 2023

The US is planning to resume the process of domestic visa revalidation in certain categories, like H-1B and L1 visas, on a pilot basis later this year, a move that will benefit tens of thousands of foreign tech workers, particularly from India. Until 2004, certain categories of non-immigrant visas, particularly the H-1B, could be renewed or stamped inside the US. After that, for the renewal of these visas, in particular, those on H-1B, the foreign tech workers have to go out of the country, mostly to their own country to get the H-1B extension stamped on their passport.

Finland, home to Nokia and jobless engineers, struggles to fill tech jobs

Finland, home to Nokia and jobless engineers, struggles to fill tech jobs

Rediff.com16 Jun 2016

Nokia dominated around 40 percent of the world's mobile phone industry in 2008, but its products were eclipsed by touch-screen smartphones made by Apple and Samsung.

USCIS to suspend premium processing of H-1B petitions

USCIS to suspend premium processing of H-1B petitions

Rediff.com4 Mar 2017

The United States on Saturday announced that from April 3 it will temporarily suspend the 'premium processing' of H-1B visas that allowed some companies to jump the queue as part of its efforts to clear the backlog.

Big firms' honchos fuelling exodus from start-ups

Big firms' honchos fuelling exodus from start-ups

Rediff.com11 Jul 2015

Bringing in people with large corporate experience also helps in bringing in world class processes in quality and compliance

Bengaluru among world's top technology-rich cities

Bengaluru among world's top technology-rich cities

Rediff.com7 Jul 2015

Bengaluru has been ranked among top 20 technology-rich cities in the world in a survey done by Jones Lang LaSalle.

Maharashtra needs more research centres to boost start-ups: Ratan Tata

Maharashtra needs more research centres to boost start-ups: Ratan Tata

Rediff.com15 Feb 2016

He underlined the need for industrial parks and white-collared environment

Revealed! A trip to the world's first luxury space hotel to cost Rs 52 lakh

Revealed! A trip to the world's first luxury space hotel to cost Rs 52 lakh

Rediff.com9 Apr 2018

In four years from now, you can holiday in space too.

Facebook's COO gives $31 million in stock to charity

Facebook's COO gives $31 million in stock to charity

Rediff.com15 Jan 2016

Sandberg also plans to give to anti-poverty efforts and educational groups.

Ratan Tata invests in telecom carrier Sabse Technologies

Ratan Tata invests in telecom carrier Sabse Technologies

Rediff.com3 Nov 2015

Sabse has several patents in the arena of call-control and switching of calls.

Yahoo confirms data breach of 500 mn users, blames 'state-sponsored actor'

Yahoo confirms data breach of 500 mn users, blames 'state-sponsored actor'

Rediff.com23 Sep 2016

In July, Yahoo was sold to US telecoms giant Verizon for $4.8 billion.

Modi departs for New York to hold talks with Obama

Modi departs for New York to hold talks with Obama

Rediff.com28 Sep 2015

Concluding his whirlwind tour of Silicon Valley, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday left for New York where he will have a packed schedule that includes talks with US President Barack Obama.

India, US have responsibility to shape Asia Pacific's future: PM Modi

India, US have responsibility to shape Asia Pacific's future: PM Modi

Rediff.com27 Sep 2015

India and the US have the responsibility to shape the future of peace, stability and prosperity in Asia Pacific region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.

India set to have 150 unicorns by 2025

India set to have 150 unicorns by 2025

Rediff.com2 Mar 2021

$47.6 bn capital invested across 921 deals in India in 2020, despite pandemic.

Game of Thrones leads Emmy 2015 nominations

Game of Thrones leads Emmy 2015 nominations

Rediff.com17 Jul 2015

The show has been nominated in a massive 24 categories.

Paytm enters bus ticketing business; hotels next

Paytm enters bus ticketing business; hotels next

Rediff.com3 Jul 2015

It aims to grow gross merchandise value to Rs 19,000-25,500 crore.

Slow e-commerce growth worries Flipkart

Slow e-commerce growth worries Flipkart

Rediff.com23 Aug 2016

In the past eight months, Flipkart has seen the exits of Mukesh Bansal, considered the right hand man of Sachin and Binny Bansal; Ankit Nagori, chief business officer; Punit Soni, Flipkart's million-dollar hire from Silicon Valley who headed product and strategy; and Manish Maheshwari, head of the seller business

Jaitley talks tough on black money, sells India story

Jaitley talks tough on black money, sells India story

Rediff.com24 Jun 2015

'I think investors see a lot of positives happening in India now.'

Indian-American Ro Khanna launches second bid to enter US Congress

Indian-American Ro Khanna launches second bid to enter US Congress

Rediff.com2 Jun 2015

Earlier, he lost to veteran Democrat and his own party colleague Mike Honda in his maiden Congressional bid in 2014.

Ro Khanna questioned Twitter's censoring of story on Biden's son

Ro Khanna questioned Twitter's censoring of story on Biden's son

Rediff.com3 Dec 2022

Two Indian Americans -- Congressman Ro Khanna and Vijaya Gadde -- prominently figure in United States President Joe Biden's son Hunter Biden's laptop story whose full disclosure Twitter CEO Elon Musk has announced would be released on the microblogging site.

Twitter suspends 70K QAnon accounts in wake of Capitol riots

Twitter suspends 70K QAnon accounts in wake of Capitol riots

Rediff.com12 Jan 2021

The social media giant confirmed in a blog post that it has removed the accounts as part of an effort following the riot last week "to protect the conversation on our service from attempts to incite violence, organise attacks, and share deliberately misleading information about the election outcome."

Tennis: Kyrgios fights off injury to win Citi Open

Tennis: Kyrgios fights off injury to win Citi Open

Rediff.com5 Aug 2019

Kyrgios did not face a single break point and hit 18 aces, including two to close out the final.

Facebook deletes Trump's post claiming children are 'immune' to Covid

Facebook deletes Trump's post claiming children are 'immune' to Covid

Rediff.com6 Aug 2020

The Trump campaign accused Facebook of "flagrant bias."

India has 21 $1-billion start-ups, China 227

India has 21 $1-billion start-ups, China 227

Rediff.com4 Aug 2020

With the 21 unicorns collectively valued at $73.2 billion, India is the fourth biggest in terms of unicorns, behind the US, China and the UK, as per the Hurun Global Unicorn List.

Obama's response to Virginia violence becomes most 'liked' tweet in history

Obama's response to Virginia violence becomes most 'liked' tweet in history

Rediff.com16 Aug 2017

The tweet has been endorsed by more than 2.8 million social media users and has also been retweeted by over 1.2 million times.

Jobless In US, Indian Techies Face Uncertain Future

Jobless In US, Indian Techies Face Uncertain Future

Rediff.com23 Jan 2023

Those on H-1B visas have to find a new job within 60 days or head back to India.

Find the fountain of youth; get a million dollars

Find the fountain of youth; get a million dollars

Rediff.com12 Jan 2015

A Silicon Valley entrepreneur has launched a $1 million (Rs 6.2 crore) prize challenging scientists to discover the 'elixir of life' and push human lifespan past its apparent maximum of about 120 years.

Start-up diaries: Waging battle in a brave new world

Start-up diaries: Waging battle in a brave new world

Rediff.com15 Jul 2015

India is witnessing its own tech tsunami, and is poised to become the second largest global startup hub by the end of the decade

Serena Williams 'struggling with postpartum emotions'

Serena Williams 'struggling with postpartum emotions'

Rediff.com7 Aug 2018

'Mostly, I felt like I was not a good mom' In an Instagram post, the 23-time Grand Slam champion extended support to other mothers struggling with the same

Twitter picks NYSE for IPO even as losses widen

Twitter picks NYSE for IPO even as losses widen

Rediff.com16 Oct 2013

Among the biggest winners of a successful IPO would be co-founder Evan Williams with a 12 per cent stake.

Decoding the Kamala Harris Phenomenon

Decoding the Kamala Harris Phenomenon

Rediff.com20 Jul 2021

Kamala succeeded as she identified herself with the larger minority groups rather than narrow ethnicity, prodded by her mother who did not want to return to India, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan, who has done multiple stints in India's embassy in Washington, DC.

Chip-making is now a big opportunity for India

Chip-making is now a big opportunity for India

Rediff.com9 Nov 2020

Even though India has major strengths in chip design and in making the software that actually commands the processors to execute specific tasks, chip-manufacturing has never been the country's strength.

#GadgetWatch: Top four impressive speakers

#GadgetWatch: Top four impressive speakers

Rediff.com12 Jun 2018

From the X-mini SUPA to the TAGG Loop, these are sound devices you can't ignore, says Abhik Sen.