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Rajasthan woos startups, offers incentives to set up base

Rajasthan woos startups, offers incentives to set up base

Rediff.com21 Oct 2015

Rajasthan has lined up a slew of incentives and benefits for startups to set up base there as the state aims to become a technology hub like, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

'Terrorists are today being tracked and neutralised'

'Terrorists are today being tracked and neutralised'

Rediff.com26 Feb 2020

'As far as Kashmir is concerned, a 'solution' was very much in play, and had brought endemic violence across the Jammu and Kashmir regions very much under control before the disruptive adventurism of the present regime resulted in a limited and localised escalation.'

How Xiaomi passed the Covid lockdown test

How Xiaomi passed the Covid lockdown test

Rediff.com16 Apr 2021

'One out of three phones sold in India is a Xiaomi phone.'

Tiger Global back on the prowl in Indian start-up arena

Tiger Global back on the prowl in Indian start-up arena

Rediff.com6 Dec 2018

The investor has now put together a fund of $3.75 billion to back private companies.

India, a nation of Unicorns?

India, a nation of Unicorns?

Rediff.com26 Oct 2018

As 8 new startups join the 2018 club, average time taken to be a $1 billion firm now stands at 5-7 years, next only to China, says a Nasscom report

Have you seen Huawei's COOL new gadgets?

Have you seen Huawei's COOL new gadgets?

Rediff.com30 Sep 2019

Huawei not only unveiled its Huawei Mate 30 series phones in Munic, Germany 19th September 2019 but also launched the Watch GT 2, FreeBuds 3 and Huawei Vision.

Show what you have done for countries, Nadella urges MNCs

Show what you have done for countries, Nadella urges MNCs

Rediff.com11 May 2017

"In terms of local taxes, in terms of local small business productivity, local large business competitiveness, their educational outcomes, their entrepreneurial work, that's what matters," the Microsoft CEO said.

Akshaya Patra takes tech help to better feed 1,761,734 children a day

Akshaya Patra takes tech help to better feed 1,761,734 children a day

Rediff.com11 Oct 2018

Its newly-built Jigani kitchen in Bengaluru is piloting the use of technologies such as data analytics, blockchain and Internet of Things to speed up the huge volume of its operations while ensuring strict quality control, reports Samreen Ahmad.

The tech start-up that has drawn Sachin's attention

The tech start-up that has drawn Sachin's attention

Rediff.com23 Mar 2016

Smartron is part of a new wave of IoT startups.

IT majors take e-route to reskill employees

IT majors take e-route to reskill employees

Rediff.com28 Sep 2018

The advent of internet of things, blockchain, data analytics, artificial intelligence, and self-driving cars has also created huge business opportunities for online training platforms such as Udacity and Coursera.

Global CEOs bullish on India, meet Modi

Global CEOs bullish on India, meet Modi

Rediff.com3 Feb 2015

FMCG giant Unilever CEO Paul Polman and technology major Intel President Renee James on Tuesday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a slew of global corporatehonchos continue to line up to express their intention to invest in India.

What does a Big Data Analyst do?

What does a Big Data Analyst do?

Rediff.com22 Jan 2019

Enterprise data management will be a USD 105 bn business by 2020.

Reskilling is core to our strategy at Tech Mahindra: C P Gurnani

Reskilling is core to our strategy at Tech Mahindra: C P Gurnani

Rediff.com21 Feb 2018

C P Gurnani, CEO & MD of Tech Mahindra, India's fifth-largest IT services company, tells B Dasarath Reddy that the company is exploring both ways as it looks at bringing in best of the breed technologies to offer to global clients.

Cisco chief bullish on India

Cisco chief bullish on India

Rediff.com17 Oct 2014

It expects to garner 5 per cent of its revenues from the Indian market in the next five years with business targeted to grow over 20 per cent during the period.

8 exciting tech careers for Indian engineers

8 exciting tech careers for Indian engineers

Rediff.com11 Feb 2020

There is a high demand for IT professionals who can envision, design and develop applications for the future.

Cisco to cut 5,500 jobs globally, India may feel the heat

Cisco to cut 5,500 jobs globally, India may feel the heat

Rediff.com18 Aug 2016

Cisco, which employs about 73,000 people worldwide, has warned against a 'challenging macro environment'

5 ways India can create MORE jobs

5 ways India can create MORE jobs

Rediff.com21 Jan 2020

We must work in the direction of an innovation and technology driven economy which could boost up creation of jobs and open advanced and newer avenues of employment within the country.

How 5G will benefit India's countryside

How 5G will benefit India's countryside

Rediff.com4 Jan 2019

In the not too distant future, you could see 5G technology being used for functions such as remotely-performed robotic surgeries, mine equipment operated remotely or cars driven by someone sitting hundreds of miles away. While these ideas will certainly find application globally, the urgent need for them in India could spur swifter adoption here than elsewhere.

India must stop being the West's digital colony

India must stop being the West's digital colony

Rediff.com17 Oct 2019

'India missed the software products revolution (and now is in danger of missing the platform revolution), complacent that we are the software experts of the world based on IT services prowess,' points out Rajeev Srinivasan.

Indian Army ignores Chinese propaganda

Indian Army ignores Chinese propaganda

Rediff.com18 Nov 2020

Today, the Ladakhis and Tibetans have been joined by the Sikhs, the Madrassis, the Garhwalis, the Rajputs, who are well trained psychologically and otherwise, to defend the nation, observes Claude Arpi.

Fighting for cheating-free petrol pumps

Fighting for cheating-free petrol pumps

Rediff.com23 Jan 2019

'There exists a 'brotherhood' of sorts for a very long time and corrupt dealers and corrupt OMC officials are in it together,' Ashwani Attrish, founder, Empowering Petroleum Dealers Foundation, tells Sudhir Bisht, a veteran of the petroleum industry.

Desh Deshpande: He is building India's largest start-up incubator

Desh Deshpande: He is building India's largest start-up incubator

Rediff.com7 Feb 2017

To promote entrepreneurship in India's tier-II and tier-III cities, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande's Deshpande Foundation will open the sandbox in Hubballi. Alnoor Peermohamed reports.

India to be 2nd largest IT market in APAC by 2019: Gartner

India to be 2nd largest IT market in APAC by 2019: Gartner

Rediff.com3 Nov 2015

India to be 2nd largest IT market in APAC by 2019: Gartner

Revealed: Why army shut down important project

Revealed: Why army shut down important project

Rediff.com30 Jul 2018

The Indian Army, placing traditional weapons above high-technology, says that equipping the army's 800-plus combat units with a Battlefield Management System would cost an unaffordable Rs 500 billion to Rs 600 billion, reveals Ajai Shukla.

Tendulkar's dream: To see Americans carry Indian phones

Tendulkar's dream: To see Americans carry Indian phones

Rediff.com31 Mar 2016

'We want to make in India but it will depend on volumes and partner ecosystem.'

How ITC Infotech plans to boost digital capabilities

How ITC Infotech plans to boost digital capabilities

Rediff.com24 Jul 2017

ITC Infotech looks to buy 'sub-$50 mn' firms

10 job skills Indian engineers should have

10 job skills Indian engineers should have

Rediff.com6 Jan 2020

Most Indian engineers can code but are not confident in their ability to do so, notes Narayan Mahadevan.

Mid-sized firms join the hiring game

Mid-sized firms join the hiring game

Rediff.com25 Sep 2018

Mid-sized IT firms have stepped up hiring in the current fiscal year, adding more than half as many employees in the first quarter of FY19 as compared to the whole of the previous financial year. This momentum is likely to continue for the rest of 2018-19 (FY19) as well.

Mobility is the new driver for IT, digital tech

Mobility is the new driver for IT, digital tech

Rediff.com13 Sep 2018

The reason for digital and IT interventions increasingly being adopted is not just the change in ways commuters move but also the mode on which this transport moves, says Jyoti Mukul.

No merit in news about massive layoffs in IT sector: Kris Gopalakrishnan

No merit in news about massive layoffs in IT sector: Kris Gopalakrishnan

Rediff.com5 Jun 2017

IT industry always looks for talent with right technical capability, says Gopalakrishnan

As jobs dry up, private engineering college students pay the price

As jobs dry up, private engineering college students pay the price

Rediff.com16 Nov 2017

They were the source for entry-level recruitments in the IT industry before the job market crash.

Hitachi eyes ALL Indian smart cities

Hitachi eyes ALL Indian smart cities

Rediff.com11 May 2017

The company aims to be part of all smart city programmes in the country directly or indirectly and has come up with a host of India-specific products. Karan Choudhury reports.

HCL Tech Q1 net profit dips 2.7% to Rs 1,823 cr

HCL Tech Q1 net profit dips 2.7% to Rs 1,823 cr

Rediff.com19 Oct 2015

Revenues rose 7.7 per cent to $1.54 billion during the review period, from $1.43 billion in the corresponding quarter last fiscal.

How IIT-Madras is helping start-ups survive

How IIT-Madras is helping start-ups survive

Rediff.com25 Jul 2018

The institute's incubation cell claims the start up mortality rate in the incubators are lowest.

5G will be rolled out by 2020

5G will be rolled out by 2020

Rediff.com27 Sep 2017

India is looking at 5G technology as a major opportunity in terms of offering services tailored for rural India like telehealth, tele-education and bandwidth-heavy applications

The other Son

The other Son

Rediff.com21 Sep 2017

Taizo Son, SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son's youngest brother, is also planning to enter India.

The most wow gadgets of 2017

The most wow gadgets of 2017

Rediff.com26 Dec 2017

This is what tech head heaven looks like.

Telcos: Beware Chinese bearing gifts!

Telcos: Beware Chinese bearing gifts!

Rediff.com8 Feb 2019

'When an enemy country is looking for information to sabotage a system from a remote location, they can access your data, they can stop the functioning of our power plants, they can stop the functioning of critical systems in the network.' 'It is very important that we should have full control of everything in the network.' 'Most Indian companies buy from China only because of the kind of incentive they are getting.' 'By doing so, these Indian companies are exposing themselves to dangers in the coming years.'

10 sectors that will hire Indian engineers in 2020

10 sectors that will hire Indian engineers in 2020

Rediff.com20 Jan 2020

Did you know that India is among the top five countries in food processing?

Airwaves of over Rs 5 trn may be sold for 5G auction

Airwaves of over Rs 5 trn may be sold for 5G auction

Rediff.com2 Aug 2018

If it happens, this would mean the largest spectrum auction in terms of amount with over 7,000 Mhz going up for sale across eight bands