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NDS to invest $400 mn in R&D in India

NDS to invest $400 mn in R&D in India

Rediff.com29 Mar 2011

Jayant Changrani, country head, NDS India - a leading provider of technology solutions for the digital pay television industry - said, "India is set to overtake US as the largest direct-to-home (DTH) market in the world this year. Besides, with the government taking initiatives to digitise the analogue cable base over the next few years, the potential for us is huge."

11 tech careers that can CHANGE your future

11 tech careers that can CHANGE your future

Rediff.com25 Sep 2020

It is imperative that young aspirants consider career options that will guarantee job security -- roles that are centred around technology.

Note ban raises Bitcoin hopes, but RBI plays safe

Note ban raises Bitcoin hopes, but RBI plays safe

Rediff.com13 Dec 2016

Exchanges believe its legal status may now change, with the government pushing for digitised transactions.

Apollo's Sangita Reddy: We are on track to a Rs 450 crore turnover

Apollo's Sangita Reddy: We are on track to a Rs 450 crore turnover

Rediff.com9 Dec 2016

Apollo Hospitals group is open to investing in health care start-ups says its director Sangita Reddy.

Has Modi Sarkar delivered on Budget 2014?

Has Modi Sarkar delivered on Budget 2014?

Rediff.com4 Feb 2019

Fifty-six months on, the government's record in implementing these schemes and projects has been mixed, report Arup Roychoudhury and Indivjal Dhasmana.

10 skills that really matter in the new normal

10 skills that really matter in the new normal

Rediff.com16 Sep 2020

Tech-driven skills will be in demand in the post pandemic era, alerts Sonya Hooja, COO and co-founder, Imarticus Learning.

As lockdown eases, hotels ready with new 5-star drill

As lockdown eases, hotels ready with new 5-star drill

Rediff.com15 Jun 2020

As several premium hotels such as ITC, Taj and Oberoi reopen after the lockdown in cities such as Bengaluru, Kolkata and Hyderabad, many changes have been made for the safety of guests and staff including temporary closure of spas, bars, gyms, and swimming pools.

Want to join PM Modi's digital India team?

Want to join PM Modi's digital India team?

Rediff.com23 Dec 2016

As a volunteer you'll need to meet people and educate them about the benefits of going cashless by going digital.

Manoj Sinha's ambitious plans for J&K

Manoj Sinha's ambitious plans for J&K

Rediff.com21 Oct 2020

For far too long, people in J&K have felt the government doesn't exist for them.' 'My first priority is to make them feel that not only does it exist, it is there to work for them.

Computerisation of Army land records soon: Antony

Computerisation of Army land records soon: Antony

Rediff.com7 Mar 2011

The Defence Ministry is likely to complete the computerisation of records of all the land under it by the end of this month, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. "Computerisation of land records is already going on and is likely to be completed by March 2011. Steps have been initiated to streamline proper management of defence land and its protection," Defence Minister A K Antony said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha.

Discovering India, Discovery style

Discovering India, Discovery style

Rediff.com27 Aug 2015

Until 2014, Discovery's channels were distributed as part of a joint venture with Multi Screen Media.

Larsen & Toubro all set to launch its 'Nxt' disruption

Larsen & Toubro all set to launch its 'Nxt' disruption

Rediff.com30 Mar 2019

Honed and utilised in-house for over three years, the engineering major's new arm - L&T-Nxt - will focus on AI, IoT, vitual reality and cyber security among other fields of digitisation.

Online filing of I-T returns up 80%

Online filing of I-T returns up 80%

Rediff.com21 Jun 2011

Online tax filing in 2010-11 was 91.57 lakh, compared to 51.06 lakh in 2009-10.

Must read: A Hindu's battle to preserve Urdu!

Must read: A Hindu's battle to preserve Urdu!

Rediff.com24 Feb 2017

In four years, Rekhta has become the largest online repository for Urdu poetry and literature in the world, says Veenu Sandhu.

GST: Celebrations, but fingers crossed!

GST: Celebrations, but fingers crossed!

Rediff.com1 Jul 2017

'While the GST is structured to be an all-encompassing tax and to create a vastly expanded digital network of recorded transactions, no one knows how traders long used to avoiding taxes will apply their ingenuity,' says T N Ninan.

'GST, monsoon key triggers for market'

'GST, monsoon key triggers for market'

Rediff.com29 Jun 2017

Aggressive rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve could result in a flight of capital from emerging markets like India, says B Gopkumar, chief executive officer, Reliance Securities.

Tata Sky keen to cast a wider net

Tata Sky keen to cast a wider net

Rediff.com20 Oct 2017

Tata Group had hinted at combining its enterprise business with Tata Communications and its fixed-line and broadband businesses with Tata Sky.

Now, try clothes online on your 3D avatar

Now, try clothes online on your 3D avatar

Rediff.com30 Jul 2014

A New York-based company said that it can create a 3D avatar of an individual that not only looks like them, but is also morphologically exact.

EC starts weeding out duplicate voters

EC starts weeding out duplicate voters

Rediff.com15 Aug 2018

New software will ensure that anyone with more than one election ID has to surrender the other cards.

Railway Budget: 400 stations to get Wi-Fi!

Railway Budget: 400 stations to get Wi-Fi!

Rediff.com25 Feb 2016

Suresh Prabhu presented the Railway Budget on Thursday.

Copyright infringement: Chinese writer sues Google

Copyright infringement: Chinese writer sues Google

Rediff.com27 May 2010

Shanghai-based writer Wang Shen, who uses the pseudonym Mian Mian, alleged her copyright on the book, Acid Lover (Yansuan Qingren), was infringed and required a public apology from Google, as well as 61,000 yuan ($8,900) in compensation.

TCS meets bump on digital highway

TCS meets bump on digital highway

Rediff.com20 Apr 2016

The challenge before TCS is to be totally at home with the IPR regime of developed economies.

India's economic fundamentals are strong, says Amit Shah

India's economic fundamentals are strong, says Amit Shah

Rediff.com29 Aug 2019

Shah said India's goal is to become a $ 5 trillion economy in the next five years and without contribution from the energy and petroleum sector, this goal can't be achieved.

Achhe din is here for India's advertising sector

Achhe din is here for India's advertising sector

Rediff.com15 Feb 2019

India is expected to be among the top contributors in terms of incremental ad spends in the world, only behind the US and China.

West Bengal govt to make public Netaji files

West Bengal govt to make public Netaji files

Rediff.com11 Sep 2015

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that 64 files on Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose lying with the state's home department would be declassified and put in public domain from next Friday.

New sports minister Rathore gets cracking with stadium visit

New sports minister Rathore gets cracking with stadium visit

Rediff.com6 Sep 2017

Administrators will have to become more receptive to the athletes' needs -- this was Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore's message to officials during a surprise visit to check Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium's preparations for the upcoming Under-17 FIFA World Cup

Two million homes could lose cable connections from Monday

Two million homes could lose cable connections from Monday

Rediff.com14 Dec 2013

Multiple-system operators feel extending the deadline to submit the forms isn't necessary

'Air travel will come back much bigger'

'Air travel will come back much bigger'

Rediff.com25 May 2020

'The safety regulations drastically reduce the chances of contracting the virus on a two-hour flight.'

In a first, Maharashtra proposes single-window registration of land titles

In a first, Maharashtra proposes single-window registration of land titles

Rediff.com21 May 2019

State's move is seen as a pilot for a national rollout of online land title records. Maharashtra plans to start the system in Mumbai.

Who botched up the migrant crisis?

Who botched up the migrant crisis?

Rediff.com20 May 2020

'Why has this turned out to be one of the greatest humanitarian crisis that has caught the Centre and the states in a bind with no answers to this unexpected tsunami?' asks Brigadier Narender Kumar (retd).

'Safeguarding borders is a 24x7 exercise'

'Safeguarding borders is a 24x7 exercise'

Rediff.com4 Nov 2020

'Breaking down silos and ensuring a more integrated governance process is just as important to performance.' 'It has been a major priority in the last six years, especially in national security,' External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar points out when delivering the Sardar Patel Memorial Lecture-2020: India and the Post-Covid World.

Flipkart 'beaten' by govt e-commerce platform

Flipkart 'beaten' by govt e-commerce platform

Rediff.com5 Aug 2019

Three years and Rs 28,710 crore worth of transactions later, it has more than double the number of sellers than Flipkart.

Will taxpayer's charter help bridge trust deficit?

Will taxpayer's charter help bridge trust deficit?

Rediff.com10 Feb 2020

India is often viewed as an aggressive tax jurisdiction by domestic and overseas taxpayers, and making the charter as part of the Act may help restore confidence among taxpayers.

Tamil treatise Thirukkural goes digital

Tamil treatise Thirukkural goes digital

Rediff.com9 Jun 2009

Thirukkural, the famous ancient Tamil treatise which embodies values that are ever relevant and unchanging, is now available in a digitised audio format. All 1,330 couplets, authored by sage-poet Thiruvalluvar about 2,000 years ago, can now be played in audio form along with commentary on comprehensive interpretation using an electronic gadget resembling a DVD player, thanks to an initiative by a Chennai-based woman entrepreneur.

Goldstone to restore film archives

Goldstone to restore film archives

Rediff.com14 Apr 2008

The media division of Goldstone Technologies, a Hyderabad-based software solutions and Internet protocol television provider, is eyeing business potential outside the film industry. The division, which restores, colourises and digitises films, is exploring various opportunities to restore national archives. It is currently negotiating with a few government agencies in this regard. Goldstone has also identified 140 films in three languages for restoration and colourisation.

Avatar sequel in the works

Avatar sequel in the works

Rediff.com15 Jan 2010

Sam Worthington to go blue again for Avatar sequel.

Delhi polls: Here's what BJP manifesto promises

Delhi polls: Here's what BJP manifesto promises

Rediff.com31 Jan 2020

Delhi BJP chief Tiwari said each poor family will be provided good quality, subsidised 'atta' (wheat flour) at a rate of Rs 2 per kilogram. The BJP will bring an ambitious 'Samridh Delhi Infrastructure Scheme', with a provision of Rs 10,000 crore, to ensure "focussed and priority" development of roads, flyovers, foot over-bridges and other key infrastructure projects, the manifesto stated. The manifesto promises to set up a 'Colonies Development Board' for undertaking development of various civic amenities.

India needs to spend $1.4 trillion on infra to become $5 trillion economy

India needs to spend $1.4 trillion on infra to become $5 trillion economy

Rediff.com31 Jan 2020

Investment in infrastructure was necessary for the economy, as power shortages, inadequate transport and poor connectivity affect overall growth performance, as per the Economic Survey 2019-20 tabled in Parliament by Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. "To achieve GDP of USD 5 trillion by 2024-25, India needs to spend about USD 1.4 trillion (Rs 100 lakh crore) over these years on infrastructure so that a lack of infrastructure does not become a constraint to growth," it said.

Election 2019 set to loosen advertising purse strings

Election 2019 set to loosen advertising purse strings

Rediff.com28 Dec 2018

GroupM said India would contribute $1.35 billion of incremental ad spends in 2019, emerging as the third largest contributor to global spends after China and the US.

Delhi HC stays inspection of Smriti Irani's education records

Delhi HC stays inspection of Smriti Irani's education records

Rediff.com21 Feb 2017

The Delhi high court on Tuesday stayed a Central Information Commission order to Central Board of Secondary Examination to allow inspection of class 10th and 12th school records of Union Minister Smriti Irani.