Be prepared before taking the plunge from employee to entrepreneur.
Seventy-six is not an age to be plowing a lonely furrow in the heartless electoral fields of India, especially in Rajasthan, given the heat in summer, but Jaswant Singh, the expelled Bharatiya Janata Party veteran, is not exactly alone, says Rediff.com's Saisuresh Sivaswamy.
Not just e-commerce players, even spirits majors are banking on artificial intelligence and chatbots to offer newer, quicker, smarter services. Shivani Shinde Nadhe reports.
A US-made C-130J military transport plane, one of the most modern aircraft acquired recently by the Indian Air Force, crashed on Friday near Gwalior, killing all the five crew members, including four officers.
Dominic Jose understood that luxury has a new definition. It's not ostentation, but the experience that matters.
The new season begins on Star Plus from April 26.
A look at the portrayal of air hostesses in Hindi movies.
Rediff photographer-cum-correspondent Rajesh Karkera was the ultimate fly on the wall throughout the five days at Lakme Fashion Week Winter Fest 2016.
Few top honchos of India Inc did very well in 2014.
'People don't want to watch a screaming channel if given a decent alternative.'
India Inc is ready to diversify into unchartered areas.
The Central Industrial Security Force has re-jigged security of all airports across the country as it has replaced the ritual drill of frisking of passengers with "tactical checking" in order to reduce hassles and ensure a heightened level of protection to civil air operations.
Will there be answers? Will we ever know the truth about who murdered Sheena Bora?
But when organisations cushion the impact to make it less traumatic, it helps in the recovery process, Wayne F Cascio tells Abhilasha Ojha
Guru Bhoopala's seven-day trek took him to the base camp of Jomolhari, a majestic 7,500 metre mountain, unclimbed and revered by the Bhutanese.
Coffee is a very small part of the magic that envelopes this beautiful land.
Part of funding for 9/11 attacks in the United States had originated from India, according to a former top police officer Neeraj Kumar, who has based his claim on the "revelation" made by a terrorist.
If your goal is to earn quick bucks, start-ups are not for you!
The sector will start making operating profits by 2020.
You can save Rs 35,000-Rs 50,000 in lawyer's fee at a district forum and several lakhs at the National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission.
Srei Infrastructure's vice-chairman -- and former Assocham president -- Sunil Kanoria discusses the Kanoria businesses and his impression of the Modi government with Ishita Ayan Dutt and Namrata Acharya.
With thousands of people receiving ransom messages from cybercriminals every day, Devangshu Dutta explains how you can defeat the hackers.
If companies manage to raise Rs 10,000 crore, this will be the best year for IPOs since FY11.
Come August and the world's finest athletes from 206 countries will be out to prove their best at the Olympics.
The White House on Wednesday released its annual collection of some of the most interesting photographs of President Barack Obama and his family.
Many corporate figures, who are not full-fledged businessmen, have felt the need to make a change in the system. That's why they are joining the AAP, Captain Gopinath tells Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa
There is uncertainty in most investors' minds as to whether China is transitioning to a new growth model or simply collapsing.
'If you ask me what is God, I'd say, God is Mr World.'
Rediff readers share their Cash Crisis experiences.
Often, individuals are offered credit cards with great schemes directly by the bank.
India will have to deal with the question of whether broadband service providers are 'common carriers', like highways.
Nobody is clear what 'minimum government maximum governance' means.
Throughout, Mekhail spoke calmly, with hardly an inflection making even the barest attempt to hijack his tone. His tone was so empty it made his narrative all the more touching. And ugly and grey, as the monsoon sky beyond the window.
Beware the 'educated' man who thinks he is on women's side, says Vikram Johri
'The government must understand that the Indian Railways is like a Kamdhenu cow. It can look after your GDP, it can look after the health of the nation. But the Kamdhenu cow also needs nourishment.' 'You have not at all looked after the Indian Railways, you have ill treated the Indian Railways, you have mistreated the Indian Railways and you have given the Indian Railways step motherly treatment.' 'I don't think this government has understood the Indian Railways.'
'There was a day when I didn't want to live.' 'And there is today, when I want to live long and enjoy my life.'
No one even comes close to the impact Anil Kumble has had on Indian cricket, when it comes to winning matches and series, say Aakash Chopra and Impact Index.
Maintaining that the situation is peaceful, police said stringent action would be taken against miscreants or vandals.
'In her insecurity, she destroyed the institutions of democracy.' 'She packed Parliament with her supporters with loyalty being more important than ability; she superseded judges; she corrupted the civil service.' 'She knew how to use people against each other and was quite a master of that.' 'She would do this with calculated skill and in the bargain cause enmity between brothers, split up families.'
Nisha Agarwal, commissioner of the New York Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, recalls, with both anguish and elation, the events of the last fortnight after the US President's order banning entry for people from seven countries was put in place.
