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How BCCI plans to stop U19 boys from going off radar

How BCCI plans to stop U19 boys from going off radar

Rediff.com7 Feb 2022

'There is a plan to add a '19 plus' level where all these boys could be integrated'

Check Form 26AS Before Filing Tax Return

Check Form 26AS Before Filing Tax Return

Rediff.com17 Jul 2023

'Don't wait until the last minute. Instead, cultivate the habit of monitoring your Form 26AS throughout the year.'

Stricter disclosure regime: FPIs to get breather for passive breaches

Stricter disclosure regime: FPIs to get breather for passive breaches

Rediff.com19 Jul 2023

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) are likely to get a reprieve from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in case of a passive or unintended breach of the thresholds that trigger additional disclosure norms. According to sources, FPIs whose single group exposure exceeds 50 per cent of their corpus will get 10 trading days to bring down their exposure below the prescribed level, without triggering the stricter disclosure norms. If total equity exposure of an overseas fund exceeds Rs 25,000 crore and it doesn't wish to provide additional disclosures, it will have three months to pare its exposure.

'Article 370 wasn't just a sentiment'

'Article 370 wasn't just a sentiment'

Rediff.com7 Mar 2024

'Article 370 offered very important protections that were related to people's day to day lives.'

Delhi starts evacuating people from Yamuna floodplains

Delhi starts evacuating people from Yamuna floodplains

Rediff.com10 Jul 2023

Evacuation of people living in low lying areas of the Yamuna floodplains began Monday evening with the river crossing the danger mark due to release of water from Hathnikund barrage in Haryana amid heavy rains in the northern belt of the country.

India, US, 12 other IPEF members ink pact

India, US, 12 other IPEF members ink pact

Rediff.com15 Nov 2023

India, the US and 12 other members of the IPEF grouping have signed a supply chain resilience agreement that would help mitigate risks of economic disruptions from supply chain shocks and improve crisis coordination. The agreement would help member countries like India to reduce their dependence on China and provide timely information to the IPEF member countries about potential supply disruptions. The COVID outbreak severely disrupted the global supply chain, as most countries were dependent on China for various products like pharma raw materials.

Task force soon to monitor carbon emissions from aircraft

Task force soon to monitor carbon emissions from aircraft

Rediff.com20 Jun 2013

The decision of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation comes at a time when the UN-body International Civil Aviation Organisation is working on global market-based measures to check aviation emissions.

Over 68,000 soldiers airlifted to Ladakh post Galwan

Over 68,000 soldiers airlifted to Ladakh post Galwan

Rediff.com13 Aug 2023

Over 68,000 Army soldiers, around 90 tanks and other weapon systems were airlifted by the Indian Air Force to eastern Ladakh from across the country for rapid deployment along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) after the deadly clashes in the Galwan Valley, top sources in defence and security establishment said.

Department of Commerce plans dedicated trade promotion body

Department of Commerce plans dedicated trade promotion body

Rediff.com24 Aug 2022

To set up a future-ready administration geared towards the target of $2 trillion exports by 2030, the Department of Commerce has decided to set up a dedicated trade promotion body to drive overall promotion strategy, export targets, and execution as part of a restructuring exercise. The trade promotion body will formulate and drive overall trade promotion strategy; create and drive India's branding across focus markets and sectors; drive coordinated action across missions, states and export promotion councils; strategic initiatives, including advisory and buyer-seller meet; and develop digital platforms for exporters and buyers. Based on a 14-volume 'restructuring dossier' by the Boston Consulting Group, the commerce department has already implemented some of the recommendations.

Official sacked by court says Sheshnag idol found inside Gyanvapi complex

Official sacked by court says Sheshnag idol found inside Gyanvapi complex

Rediff.com19 May 2022

Several sculptures of gods and goddesses along with other structures related to Hindu motifs were seen in the Gyanvapi mosque in Varanasi, said advocate Ajay Kumar Mishra, who was appointed commissioner by a Varanasi court to survey the Gyanvapi-Gauri Shringar complex but was later removed for leaking the information.

India Inc leans on InvITs to reduce debt, generate returns for investors

India Inc leans on InvITs to reduce debt, generate returns for investors

Rediff.com20 Apr 2023

Reliance Industries, construction major L&T and IRB Infrastructure are some of the top companies that have used an infrastructure investment trust structure to reduce part of their debt and generate returns for their investors. Earlier this month, IRB Infrastructure InvIT was listed on the National Stock Exchange, giving its investors an option to exit by selling their units. The listing came within months of the Securities and Exchange Board of India's (Sebi's) guidelines for conversion of private unlisted InvITs into listed ones were issued.

How To Prevent Terror On The High Seas

How To Prevent Terror On The High Seas

Rediff.com17 Apr 2024

The world needs to wake up to this new dimension of war at sea and be prepared to face the 'unknown enemy' who have the advantage of attacking at their choice of location and time, cautions Commodore Venugopal Menon (retd).

What India needs to do to avert China-like Covid surge

What India needs to do to avert China-like Covid surge

Rediff.com28 Dec 2022

"Provide enough infrastructure and money to carry out surveillance and set up a robust routine surveillance machinery for the country to monitor any and every infectious disease'

Indian, Chinese troops clash along LAC in Tawang; injuries on both sides

Indian, Chinese troops clash along LAC in Tawang; injuries on both sides

Rediff.com12 Dec 2022

Sources said the Indian troops resolutely confronted the Chinese PLA soldiers.

Preparing for 'worst-case scenario': IAF chief

Preparing for 'worst-case scenario': IAF chief

Rediff.com4 Oct 2022

"We continue to be operationally deployed and ever vigilant," he said, adding the IAF continues to monitor all Chinese activities along the LAC.

Noida demolition: Doctors warn against health hazards

Noida demolition: Doctors warn against health hazards

Rediff.com28 Aug 2022

As the nearly 100-metre-tall Supertech twin towers were razed to the ground on Sunday, doctors said people living nearby, especially those suffering from respiratory diseases, should take extra care and avoid the area for a few days if possible.

Analysts struggle to find investment-worthy themes in the current market

Analysts struggle to find investment-worthy themes in the current market

Rediff.com6 Jul 2023

The sharp rally in the markets thus far in fiscal 2023-24 (FY24) has left analysts struggling to find investment-worthy themes. The S&P BSE Sensex has surged nearly 7 per cent thus far in FY24 and hit a fresh 52-week high of 63,601.71 levels on June 22, mostly led by foreign institutional (FII) flows. "The Indian market has seen a broad rally in the past few months but headline indices have seen more modest performance. "We are not very clear about the reasons for the rally and the divergent performance and struggle to find ideas in the consumption, investment and outsourcing sectors after the sharp run-up in several of our favored sectors and stocks in the past two months," wrote Sanjeev Prasad, co-head, Kotak Institutional Equities, in a recent co-authored note with Anindya Bhowmik and Sunita Baldawa.

How researchers detected Joshimath sinking

How researchers detected Joshimath sinking

Rediff.com14 Jan 2023

The PSInSAR satellite technique used to observe the gradual sinking of Uttarakhand's Joshimath town is a powerful remote sensing tool capable of measuring and monitoring displacements in the Earth's surface over time.

FADA seeks govt support over compensation for Ford dealers

FADA seeks govt support over compensation for Ford dealers

Rediff.com23 Sep 2021

Automobile dealers' body FADA has urged the government to formulate a task force to monitor the compensation structure being worked out by Ford India for its dealer partners across the country. In a letter to Heavy Industries Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey, FADA president Vinkesh Gulati also requested the government to instruct Ford India to keep the industry body in the loop regarding the compensation structure for the dealerships. "We humbly request your Ministry's intervention... Create a task force which takes day-to-day updates from Ford India to monitor the compensation plan for automobile dealers and dealership employees," Gulati said in the letter.

Meet The Fairy Folk Of Bollywood

Meet The Fairy Folk Of Bollywood

Rediff.com22 Feb 2024

'Every actor's journey is unique.' 'It's beautiful but also terrifying because you have to carve your own path.' 'So if there's somebody to talk it through, it's nice.'

Is The Tide Changing For Byju's?

Is The Tide Changing For Byju's?

Rediff.com3 Aug 2023

'They have got the advisory council, a CEO has been appointed finally, and they have made some headway on the term loan B.'

Work on Ayodhya Ram temple on schedule, darshan by Dec 2023, says official

Work on Ayodhya Ram temple on schedule, darshan by Dec 2023, says official

Rediff.com13 Sep 2022

Work on building a pilgrimage facilitation centre and other utilities in Ayodhya's Ram temple complex has started, with 'darshan' of Ram Lalla expected to open in December 2023, according to a senior official of the construction committee.

Spanish soccer's 'Me Too' moment was a decade in the making

Spanish soccer's 'Me Too' moment was a decade in the making

Rediff.com1 Sep 2023

Luis Rubiales' kiss of Jenni Hermoso triggered a torrent of allegations from other women in sport of predatory behaviour by men.

State must end sexual violence by mobs: SC on Manipur

State must end sexual violence by mobs: SC on Manipur

Rediff.com11 Aug 2023

Expressing anguish over the manner in which women were subjected to grave atrocities in Manipur, the Supreme Court has said that mobs use sexual violence to send a message of subordination to the other community and the state is bound to stop this.

Plinth work begins for Ram temple in Ayodhya

Plinth work begins for Ram temple in Ayodhya

Rediff.com27 Jan 2022

The third phase of the construction of the Ram temple began at Ramjanmabhoomi in Ayodhya on January 24 with the laying of the granite stones for the plinth.

In Modi's Amritkal, Worrying Decline Of Economy

In Modi's Amritkal, Worrying Decline Of Economy

Rediff.com13 Jul 2023

NITI Aayog has not said what the reasons were for having achieved or not having achieved what was sought to be achieved, or what lessons can be learned for the future, points out Aakar Patel.

'The agenda is 'insurance for all by 2047''

'The agenda is 'insurance for all by 2047''

Rediff.com31 Dec 2023

'If you want it to grow well and serve the true needs of the economy, it needs a lot of freedom and flexibility, which comes in terms of the reform objective set by the regulator.'

Job Quotas In Private Sector?

Job Quotas In Private Sector?

Rediff.com2 May 2023

Rather than a blind reproduction of the government template, a more productive way of enforcing affirmative action in the private sector could be to emulate an American model, suggests Kanika Datta.

How To Fix The Jobs Crunch

How To Fix The Jobs Crunch

Rediff.com14 Feb 2023

The only real solution to the jobs crisis, whether in India or abroad, is to direct tech innovation towards job enhancing sectors, and disincentivising job-replacing ones, observes R Jagannathan.

India's first smog tower inaugurated in Delhi

India's first smog tower inaugurated in Delhi

Rediff.com23 Aug 2021

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal inaugurated the 'country's first smog tower' at Connaught Place in New Delhi on Monday and said it will prove to be a milestone and many such structures can be installed in the city if the pilot project yields results.

Disruptions continue in Parl over Rahul remark, Adani

Disruptions continue in Parl over Rahul remark, Adani

Rediff.com20 Mar 2023

Parliament's Budget session has been a washout since the beginning of its second part on March 13, with the BJP demanding an apology from Gandhi.

This man 'topi pehnau-ed' India: Mahua Moitra on Adani row

This man 'topi pehnau-ed' India: Mahua Moitra on Adani row

Rediff.com8 Feb 2023

Moitra brought two birthday caps in the House to press her argument that the businessman being most talked about had "topi-pehnau-ed" the government.

Capex on new projects declines further in Q2

Capex on new projects declines further in Q2

Rediff.com11 Oct 2022

Expenditure on new projects slowed down for the second quarter in a row amid an uncertain global environment and higher borrowing costs. There were new projects worth a cumulative Rs 3.26 trillion in the July-September period, according to data provided by project tracker Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE). This figure is much less than Rs 4.39 trillion in the June quarter (Q1FY23) and Rs 8.46 trillion in the March quarter (Q4FY22).

Why did ED freeze Amway's Rs 757 crore?

Why did ED freeze Amway's Rs 757 crore?

Rediff.com6 May 2022

Amway maintains the action was related to a case in 2011 and it has been cooperating with the investigative agency.

Delhi HC slaps Rs 10 lakh cost on NGO for 'blackmail' PIL

Delhi HC slaps Rs 10 lakh cost on NGO for 'blackmail' PIL

Rediff.com3 Aug 2022

The Delhi high court has slapped Rs 10 lakh costs on an NGO which had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) alleging unauthorised construction in New Delhi, saying it was unfortunate that the noble forum of PIL was being used for blackmailing citizens.

Time to Hold or Fold in the Market?

Time to Hold or Fold in the Market?

Rediff.com15 Nov 2021

The fundamental debate remains where you stand on the long-term growth question. That is what every investor must monitor and come to their own conclusions, suggests Akash Prakash.

Standalone air defence command may prove counter-productive: IAF chief

Standalone air defence command may prove counter-productive: IAF chief

Rediff.com15 Jul 2022

The chief of air staff also said that independent air defence systems in the field will have very little relevance in tomorrow's wars unless they are a part of a larger integrated air defence system.

India, China trade crosses $57 billion in H1

India, China trade crosses $57 billion in H1

Rediff.com13 Jul 2021

The China-India bilateral trade in the first half of the year totalled $57.48 billion, up 62.7 per cent year on year, perhaps the highest in recent years amid the Ladakh impasse and the COVID-19 pandemic, according to data released by China's Customs. Though Indian exports to China picked up with 69.6 per cent year on year increase, the trade deficit, a structural problem for India for long, climbed to 55.6 per cent. According to data released by China's Customs, India's exports to China reached $14.724 billion, up 69.6 per cent year on year in the first six months and India's imports from China amounted to $42.755 billion, up 60.4 per cent.

'Our intention was never to shock'

'Our intention was never to shock'

Rediff.com16 Mar 2023

'There are people who loved the show and people who have been shocked by it.'

Countdown begins for PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 mission

Countdown begins for PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 mission

Rediff.com27 Feb 2021

PSLV-C51/Amazonia-1 is the first dedicated commercial mission of NewSpace India Limited, Indian Space Research Organisation's commercial arm.