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It's reverse brain drain! Start-ups woo talent returning to India from US

It's reverse brain drain! Start-ups woo talent returning to India from US

Rediff.com6 Jul 2020

Indian start-ups and software product companies are trying to attract engineers and programmers who are either stranded in India because of the lockdown or H-1B visa holders who have been laid off.

Governance bigger worry in India than inflation: Nomura

Governance bigger worry in India than inflation: Nomura

Rediff.com26 Aug 2011

Nomura has come a long way since launching its first India-dedicated fund six years ago.

Masala Bonds can be new funding source for Indian cos: IFC

Masala Bonds can be new funding source for Indian cos: IFC

Rediff.com10 Apr 2016

Companies stand to benefit in longer term from comparative pricing landscape

Essar eyes Shell's stake in 4 Nigerian oil fields

Essar eyes Shell's stake in 4 Nigerian oil fields

Rediff.com16 Mar 2011

Ruia's-owned Essar Group is among four consortia in race to buy Royal Dutch Shell Plc's stake in four Nigerian oil fields.

YES Bank fraud case: Cox & Kings top brass under ED lens

YES Bank fraud case: Cox & Kings top brass under ED lens

Rediff.com9 Jun 2020

The probe agency found irregularities in loans amounting Rs 3,642 crore sanctioned by Yes Bank to the travel firm.

ONGC may start commercial production of shale gas next year

ONGC may start commercial production of shale gas next year

Rediff.com4 Oct 2013

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs last month allowed ONGC and Oil India Limited to tap shale resources in blocks allotted to them on a nomination basis.

Hindujas to buy European private bank

Hindujas to buy European private bank

Rediff.com21 May 2010

Private banking refers to customised service, including wealth management, provided to high networth individuals.

Strong quake jolts Japan; evacuation zone widened

Strong quake jolts Japan; evacuation zone widened

Rediff.com11 Apr 2011

A strong aftershock of magnitude 7.1 jolted Japan's northeast on Monday on the one-month anniversary of the devastating quake and tsunami that had left thousands of people dead, prompting authorities to evacuate workers from the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant. The epicentre of the latest quake, which occurred at 17:16 hours local time, was in an area in Fukushima prefecture, about 164 km northeast of Tokyo, and it struck at a depth of just 10 km.

NELP-IX: Reliance bids for 6, Cairn for 2 blocks

NELP-IX: Reliance bids for 6, Cairn for 2 blocks

Rediff.com28 Mar 2011

Cairn India, whose success in Rajasthan may have propelled Reliance to bid for two blocks in the state, has submitted offers for only two blocks -- one onland and one offshore.

Mukesh Ambani outlines RIL's growth plan

Mukesh Ambani outlines RIL's growth plan

Rediff.com17 Nov 2009

"Reliance continues to accrue oil and gas properties overseas. These overseas oil and gas initiatives would reinforce the domestic effort. It will also bring a better balance between domestic and international operations as well as between onshore and offshore properties," RIL's chairman and managing director, Mukesh Ambani, told shareholders at the company's 35th annual general meeting in Mumbai.

'Under him, the RBI delivered strong, timely, and decisive policy initiatives'

'Under him, the RBI delivered strong, timely, and decisive policy initiatives'

Rediff.com2 Jan 2021

Economists praise Das for his pragmatism and willingness to face challenges head on. And in doing so with the finesse of an able administrator.

TCS bags 5-year Volkswagen deal

TCS bags 5-year Volkswagen deal

Rediff.com13 May 2009

However, the company has not revealed the financial details of the deal.

Reliance, ONGC, Cairn in race for Myanmar blocks

Reliance, ONGC, Cairn in race for Myanmar blocks

Rediff.com1 Aug 2013

In all, 61 companies have been pre-qualified to bid for 11 shallow water and 19 deepwater blocks in an international tender, according to Myanmar's Energy Ministry.

Rajasthan may finally get refinery at Barmer

Rajasthan may finally get refinery at Barmer

Rediff.com31 Aug 2009

As Cairn India began to pump crude oil on Monday from its Mangala oilfield here.

Modi inaugurates India's first international exchange

Modi inaugurates India's first international exchange

Rediff.com9 Jan 2017

INX will trade initially in equity derivatives, currency derivatives, commodity derivatives including index and stocks

Is it time to start an OTC derivatives market?

Is it time to start an OTC derivatives market?

Rediff.com14 Nov 2007

Given how Participatory Notes are essentially an OTC market for Indian equity derivatives, moving them onshore should be an important objective.

Mindteck to move 70% outsourcing work to India

Mindteck to move 70% outsourcing work to India

Rediff.com18 Nov 2008

After going through a series of mergers and acquisitions, Mindteck, a Bangalore-headquartered IT services company, is looking to consolidate its various businesses which will see more work being moved offshore, to locations in India.

Sebi board okays 7 new derivative products

Sebi board okays 7 new derivative products

Rediff.com15 Nov 2007

The Sebi board, which met in Chennai, approved introduction of these new derivative products based on the interim recommendations made by a committee on derivatives headed by M Rammohan Rao. The new products will relate to mini-contracts on equity indices, options with longer life/tenures, volatility index and F&O (futures & options) contracts, options on futures, bond indices and F&O contracts.

Flourishing business ends for FIIs

Flourishing business ends for FIIs

Rediff.com27 Oct 2007

The curbs on participatory notes (P-notes), announced by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday, have virtually ended a flourishing business of many leading foreign institutional investors (FIIs). Observers said the brokerage fees for offshore P-note transactions were nearly four times higher than those prevailing in the onshore market in India.

Reliance MF to acquire Goldman Sachs India MF biz

Reliance MF to acquire Goldman Sachs India MF biz

Rediff.com21 Oct 2015

In last few years, a number of global players have exited the Indian mutual fund business.

Coronavirus: Indians from China, Japan brought back

Coronavirus: Indians from China, Japan brought back

Rediff.com27 Feb 2020

All the evacuees will undergo a 14-day quarantine at a medical facility.

Credit Suisse gets Sebi nod for merchant banking

Credit Suisse gets Sebi nod for merchant banking

Rediff.com4 Jul 2007

This would permit the company to provide a wide range of onshore securities underwriting and corporate finance services in the country, Credit Suisse said in a statement.

Navy gears up for sea-borne terrorist attack

Navy gears up for sea-borne terrorist attack

Rediff.com29 May 2007

The naval chief told his top commanders that efforts should be to make the navy an operationally focused force capable of dealing with changing environment of the 21st century.

Dubai centre woos Indian fund houses

Dubai centre woos Indian fund houses

Rediff.com16 Oct 2006

Sebi may widen products basket

Sebi may widen products basket

Rediff.com25 Oct 2007

The Sebi think-tank is of the view that more and more sophisticated products should be available onshore to ensure that Indian capital markets attract different categories of investors, even while it wants to discourage all kinds of offshore products based on Indian stocks and derivatives, according to sources. Proposals for allowing short-selling in cash markets and stock lending and borrowing for institutional investors have been pending for some time.

ONGC shuts down some wells in Andhra after gas pipeline blast

ONGC shuts down some wells in Andhra after gas pipeline blast

Rediff.com27 Jun 2014

State-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp has shut some wells on two onland gas fields in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh following the fire in a pipeline that carried the gas to consumers.

Hinduja TMT, Fox Mandal in LPO venture

Hinduja TMT, Fox Mandal in LPO venture

Rediff.com30 Jan 2007

Hinduja TMT and Fox Mandal Little - an Indian firm providing legal outsourcing services to multinational companies and international law firms

Why overseas fund managers find India unattractive

Why overseas fund managers find India unattractive

Rediff.com9 Aug 2019

Increase in surcharge will adversely impact fund managers planning to shift to India. As a matter of fact several fund professionals based in India could also relocate to other jurisdictions, resulting in a brain drain.

India to auction 55 oil and gas blocks

India to auction 55 oil and gas blocks

Rediff.com27 Mar 2006

Launching a major global initiative for attracting foreign investment in the hydrocarbon sector, India on Monday held a roadshow in London for auctioning 55 oil and gas exploration blocks.

China could do a naval blockade in Indian Ocean next

China could do a naval blockade in Indian Ocean next

Rediff.com3 Jul 2020

Chances are any such disruption will not occur on the major shipping lanes but on some edge of the ocean between India and China. Even if there is no actual disruption, the costs of averting one can be punitive. The setting for this is provided by the energy shortage both countries face, says Subhomoy Bhattacharjee.

Oilex takes Cambay reins from Niko

Oilex takes Cambay reins from Niko

Rediff.com6 Jun 2006

Current operations on Cambay include completing the planning for the drilling programme and construction of the three well sites for the first phase of drilling, now likely to commence in late June.

Welspun forms JV with Russian co

Welspun forms JV with Russian co

Rediff.com4 Oct 2006

The Gujarat-based company informed the Bombay Stock Exchange that it would acquire a 40 per cent stake in the joint venture that would provide a wide array of products for onshore and offshore line pipe requirements. \n

ONGC, Sinopec buy Columbia firm for $850m

ONGC, Sinopec buy Columbia firm for $850m

Rediff.com21 Sep 2006

The 50:50 joint venture of India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation and China's Sinopec has acquired Columbian oil firm Omimex de Columbia for $850 million.

Essar group strikes more oil in Gujarat

Essar group strikes more oil in Gujarat

Rediff.com9 Aug 2007

The company is in the process of doubling its production to 800 oil barrels a day from the current 400 barrels a day, from a part of the field called prospect-B.

GSPC-Essar bid for Syrian oil block

GSPC-Essar bid for Syrian oil block

Rediff.com8 Aug 2007

A consortium of Gujarat State Petroleum Corp and Mumbai-based Essar Group has bid for an oil and gas exploration block in Syria.

Retail may spend $2.5 bn on IT outsourcing

Retail may spend $2.5 bn on IT outsourcing

Rediff.com31 Jul 2007

The retail industry in the country is likely to spend about $1.5-2.5 billion over the next five years on outsourcing their IT operations, according to a study.

The chink in the e-commerce draft

The chink in the e-commerce draft

Rediff.com25 Feb 2019

While the new norms are part of the draft policy's guidelines to fight counterfeit and fake products on platforms, they might end up helping brands and e-commerce firms sign exclusive sale deals.

ONGC, BP in renewable energy talks

ONGC, BP in renewable energy talks

Rediff.com17 Oct 2005

RBI acts tough on offshore FX trading on the internet

RBI acts tough on offshore FX trading on the internet

Rediff.com18 Sep 2013

The RBI cracked down on offshore foreign exchange trading by Indians through online trading websites.