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British Chevening Scholarships 2004

British Chevening Scholarships 2004

Rediff.com30 Sep 2003

British Chevening Scholarships for 2004 entry.

Service tax dept begins e-auction for Mallya's luxury jet

Service tax dept begins e-auction for Mallya's luxury jet

Rediff.com30 Jun 2016

The final list of bidders would be finalised only after the interested firms pay the earnest money deposit on June 30.

India to give visa on arrival facilities to 40 more countries

India to give visa on arrival facilities to 40 more countries

Rediff.com28 Jan 2014

Tourist visa on arrival for 40 more countries including US, UK and Germany could become a reality soon.

Answer queries or face ban: Govt to Tiktok, Helo

Answer queries or face ban: Govt to Tiktok, Helo

Rediff.com19 Jul 2019

Tiktok and Helo in a joint statement said they have plans to invest $1 billion over the period of next three years to develop technology infrastructure and owns responsibility of local community.

Vistara plans to spread its wings beyond India skies

Vistara plans to spread its wings beyond India skies

Rediff.com16 Oct 2020

By 2023, Vistara's hangars will house a total of 70 aircraft, up from the current 42.

Time for Aung San Suu Kyi to step aside?

Time for Aung San Suu Kyi to step aside?

Rediff.com10 Feb 2021

Some believe she should no longer be the face of the struggle to free Myanmar from the new military dictatorship, observes Prakash Bhandari.

Britain to ease visa norms

Britain to ease visa norms

Rediff.com13 Feb 2003

Study Abroad: Uncertainty over Vaccination

Study Abroad: Uncertainty over Vaccination

Rediff.com14 Jun 2021

With the US education system operating independently from the government, universities are adopting varying strategies when it comes to Covid vaccination.

China virus toll rises to 1,770; cases up to 70,500

China virus toll rises to 1,770; cases up to 70,500

Rediff.com17 Feb 2020

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said international experts were now on the ground in China to understand the outbreak and inform the next steps in the global response.

Studying abroad? Here's how you can save on health insurance

Studying abroad? Here's how you can save on health insurance

Rediff.com13 Mar 2019

General insurers in India have started campaigns highlighting the benefits of buying a student's travel insurance in India, as opposed to buying one offered by the university abroad, says Tinesh Bhasin.

Will GST manage to live up to expectations?

Will GST manage to live up to expectations?

Rediff.com10 Apr 2017

As and when the GST comes in, Budget projections will have to be unbundled and revised. In fact, the pragmatic decision would be to present another Budget! This makes the passage of the Finance Bill with its multiple unrelated amendments seem even more dubious, says Devangshu Datta.

Gandhi, Modi and the politics in London celebrating the 'unwelcome'

Gandhi, Modi and the politics in London celebrating the 'unwelcome'

Rediff.com6 Oct 2014

The Gandhi statue to be unveiled in Parliament Square will be his second in London. There is another one at the city's Tavistock Square. Aditi Phadnis reports

Indian IT firms may bag Iraq reconstruction biz

Indian IT firms may bag Iraq reconstruction biz

Rediff.com7 Apr 2003

The post-war reconstruction work in Iraq will open fresh opportunities for the Indian infotech sector and would not remain constrained to the United States and United Kingdom companies only.

No Indian brand among top 100 in the Brand Finance list

No Indian brand among top 100 in the Brand Finance list

Rediff.com5 Feb 2018

Indian names that figure on the list, but lower down the pecking order include Tatat (101). Airtel (rank: 252), Infosys (287), Life Insurance Corporation of India (292), State Bank of India (334), HCL (390), Indian Oil (427), Reliance (445) and Larsen & Toubro (464).

India to join top global league with proposed black money law

India to join top global league with proposed black money law

Rediff.com1 Mar 2015

Filing with inadequate disclosure of assets will be liable for prosecution

Trump sounds like a Badshah out to enjoy himself

Trump sounds like a Badshah out to enjoy himself

Rediff.com20 Feb 2020

What can be more seductive to lure a populist politician than a mass rally? Modi understands Trump well like few people can, notes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Post COVID-19: 'IT industry will emerge stronger'

Post COVID-19: 'IT industry will emerge stronger'

Rediff.com10 Apr 2020

'We have to plan for whatever the new normal is.'

Julian Assange to leave Ecuadorian embassy 'soon'

Julian Assange to leave Ecuadorian embassy 'soon'

Rediff.com18 Aug 2014

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has said he would "soon" leave the Ecuadorian Embassy in London after being holed up at the mission for nearly two years, amid reports that he has developed life-threatening ailments that require hospitalisation.

USL sells Whyte & Mackay for Rs 4,345 cr

USL sells Whyte & Mackay for Rs 4,345 cr

Rediff.com10 May 2014

In a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), USL said it had made a recommendation to the board of subsidiary United Spirits to consider the sale of the entire share capital of Whyte & Mackay.

Vajpayee, a master of realpolitik

Vajpayee, a master of realpolitik

Rediff.com24 Aug 2018

'I was present at a meeting where he decided to permit the IAF to strike at Pakistan positions in Kargil, with the caveat that they should not cross the LoC.' 'Confident that the Indian Army would succeed, Mr Vajpayee was positioning himself to tell the world after the Kargil conflict was won that India did not violate the 'sanctity' of the LoC,' recalls Ambassador G Parthasarathy, who served as India's envoy in Islamabad in that eventful year, 1999.

IB alerts government over 'mischievous' NGOs

IB alerts government over 'mischievous' NGOs

Rediff.com9 Jun 2014

Many out of the total 85,000 NGOs operating in the country are using foreign funds to indulge into a lot of mischievous activities to hamper social and economic development, the Intelligence Bureau has alerted the Union home ministry in a report. From stage-managing protests to furthering conversion and money laundering, the problem at hand is huge, intelligence inputs point out. Vicky Nanjappa reports.

Why space start-ups find it hard to raise funds

Why space start-ups find it hard to raise funds

Rediff.com11 Sep 2018

While industry is upbeat, start-ups in the space sector are finding it difficult to cater to the demand due to a lack of funding, issues related to policy like foreign funding, intellectual property, etc, and a lack of support in testing.

Markets end on a high note for 3rd consecutive day

Markets end on a high note for 3rd consecutive day

Rediff.com8 Jan 2019

The BSE Sensex spurted 130.00 points to end at 35,980.93, while the broader NSE Nifty advanced 30.35 points to 10,802.15.

My Dada Sunil Gavaskar

My Dada Sunil Gavaskar

Rediff.com25 Jan 2022

To watch Dada standing on the steps of the airplane ladder with a glittering trophy in hand was exhilarating, recalls Hemant Kenkre.

Anomaly in Facebook poll spend data

Anomaly in Facebook poll spend data

Rediff.com15 Jun 2019

'Unknown' location advertisement spends were nearly 74% higher than the next biggest spender, Uttar Pradesh.

Why Modi stood by an embattled Sushma Swaraj

Why Modi stood by an embattled Sushma Swaraj

Rediff.com15 Jun 2015

Sheela Bhatt/Rediff.com decodes why Modi has decided to retain her in the Union Cabinet despite this controversy and their many internal differences.

BBC's success mantra in the digital age

BBC's success mantra in the digital age

Rediff.com15 Apr 2015

BBC director Francesca Unsworth says havigna global product is need of the hour

Cut the red tape and let private sector manage surplus govt land

Cut the red tape and let private sector manage surplus govt land

Rediff.com8 Mar 2021

Maybe Modi could ask a patriarch of the stature of the late G D Birla to flesh out the details of a new company to manage government land privatisation.

What is the cost of education in Singapore?

What is the cost of education in Singapore?

Rediff.com9 Jan 2020

Undergraduate courses indicatively cost S$23,000 to S$38,000, while postgraduate courses approximately cost S$15,000 to S$40,000.

The US Nexus: India Must be Careful

The US Nexus: India Must be Careful

Rediff.com27 Oct 2020

Indians at large harbour a notion that their country is cherrypicking out of the American basket of goodies, but the policymakers in Delhi and the political leadership are well aware that it can only be a pipe dream since a military alliance with a superpower is a profound irrevocable commitment, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.

Vijay Mallya: A man who knows the law too well

Vijay Mallya: A man who knows the law too well

Rediff.com3 May 2017

Mallya has lived on the edge for long enough to know that his extradition from UK is not a given, says N Sundaresha Subramanian.

Cairn files notice against India in $1.6 billion tax dispute

Cairn files notice against India in $1.6 billion tax dispute

Rediff.com11 Mar 2015

Cairn files notice against India in $1.6 billion tax dispute.

How to nail your student visa interview

How to nail your student visa interview

Rediff.com21 Nov 2018

Be well prepared. Support your argument clearly, precisely.

India's coronavirus count 166; Kashmir reports first case

India's coronavirus count 166; Kashmir reports first case

Rediff.com19 Mar 2020

The cases reported on Wednesday include a couple and their two-year-old daughter in Rajasthan who had recently returned from Italy. The patients belong to Rajasthan's Jhunjhunu and had returned from Italy on March 8.

Chopper scam: Ex-IAF chief Tyagi to spend 3 more days in CBI custody

Chopper scam: Ex-IAF chief Tyagi to spend 3 more days in CBI custody

Rediff.com14 Dec 2016

Ex-IAF chief S P Tyagi will undergo further custodial questioning for three more days as the Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday told a court that AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam was a "very serious" case requiring his interrogation to unearth the larger conspiracy as the "interest of the nation was compromised".

Rouble in trouble: Tourist arrivals in Goa to fall

Rouble in trouble: Tourist arrivals in Goa to fall

Rediff.com18 Dec 2014

Estimates of decline in arrivals vary from 30-50 per cent. Rouble fell to 80 against the dollar on Tuesday, but settled around 72 against the dollar its steepest fall in sixteen years.

Tamil Nadu: 35 crew members of US ship get conditional bail

Tamil Nadu: 35 crew members of US ship get conditional bail

Rediff.com27 Dec 2013

A local court in Tuticorin has granted conditional bail to all the 35 crew members of a US ship, arrested on charges of illegally carrying weapons on board the vessel and straying into Indian waters.

New Zealand rolls out easy visa route to encourage Indian tourists

New Zealand rolls out easy visa route to encourage Indian tourists

Rediff.com30 Nov 2014

The US has already eased the procedure for issuing visa to attract a million Indian tourists by 2015

Sebi steps up l'affaire Mallya probe; to seek overseas help

Sebi steps up l'affaire Mallya probe; to seek overseas help

Rediff.com10 Jul 2016

Mallya and his group firms are already facing a probe by Enforcement Directorate for alleged diversion of loans taken by long-grounded Kingfisher Airlines