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US to probe India's 'Google tax'; levy non-discriminatory, says govt

US to probe India's 'Google tax'; levy non-discriminatory, says govt

Rediff.com4 Jun 2020

The US Trade Representative's (USTR) office will also conduct the Section 301 probe against nine others, including Austria, Brazil, Indonesia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, the Czech Republic, the UK, and the EU, for levying or considering digital services taxes "discriminating against US companies".

Girl ad power: The new Ms India

Girl ad power: The new Ms India

Rediff.com9 May 2017

A confident, assertive single woman is finding her way into popular advertising narratives.

FinMin to use Facebook, Twitter to push divestment

FinMin to use Facebook, Twitter to push divestment

Rediff.com4 Jan 2015

The Department of Disinvestment in the Finance Ministry will hire an advertising or public relation agency for the purpose.

Indian Railways' off-track plans to raise Rs 39,000 crores

Indian Railways' off-track plans to raise Rs 39,000 crores

Rediff.com27 Apr 2017

Indian Railways plans Rs 39,000 crores non-fare revenue. Via: Branding of trains. Vinyl-wrapping of Rajdhanis, Shatabdis and Garib Raths. Moving billboards.

8 shockingly offensive vintage ads

8 shockingly offensive vintage ads

Rediff.com26 Sep 2014

These ads may invoke extreme reactions today but half a century back advertisers got away with such outrageous ads.

FMCG majors high on ad spends amid slowdown

FMCG majors high on ad spends amid slowdown

Rediff.com27 Oct 2013

A major reason for the high growth in advertising spends as these companies are keen on higher volume

Billboard on cars? Ad co to pay your EMIs!

Billboard on cars? Ad co to pay your EMIs!

Rediff.com10 Jul 2013

Pune-based Dreamers Media and Advertising, an out-of-home (OOH) advertising company, is offering to share EMIs of car owners in return for using their vehicles as moving billboards.

Sindhu & Gopichand lure India towards sport drinks

Sindhu & Gopichand lure India towards sport drinks

Rediff.com10 Oct 2017

With a new campaign for Gatorade and renewed thrust on sports drinks, PepsiCo looks to make the most of the growing passion for fitness in the country.

Ola reports first-ever operating profit of Rs 90 cr in FY21

Ola reports first-ever operating profit of Rs 90 cr in FY21

Rediff.com2 Nov 2021

Ola has reported its first operating profit of Rs 89.82 crore for 2020-21, even as the ride-hailing company's revenue declined 65 per cent to Rs 689.61 crore amid COVID-19 induced lockdowns. As per regulatory documents filed by ANI Technologies - the parent company of Ola - it had logged standalone operating profit (profit before finance cost, depreciation, amortisation and tax (EBITDA)) of Rs 89.82 crore in FY21 on a standalone basis, while it had registered a loss of Rs 610.18 crore in the preceding fiscal year.

Malvertisements trick web users

Malvertisements trick web users

Rediff.com14 May 2009

Ads are used by all websites to monetise and can be seen on every webpage, which makes them a very soft target for malware authors. Compounding the problem is the fact that a single malicious advertisement may only appear once every 1,000 page views or only to viewers from a certain geographic region, thus making it more challenging to detect and eradicate.

US sues Facebook over acquiring WhatsApp, Instagram

US sues Facebook over acquiring WhatsApp, Instagram

Rediff.com10 Dec 2020

Social media giant accused of anti-competitive conduct by abusing its market power to create a monopoly and crushing smaller competitors.

'My Muslim-ness did not matter, my professional competence did'

'My Muslim-ness did not matter, my professional competence did'

Rediff.com11 Feb 2021

At an online book release event, former vice president Hamid Ansari lays to rest the controversies surrounding his tenure.

Wanna earn some extra moolah? Tell Railways how it can grow

Wanna earn some extra moolah? Tell Railways how it can grow

Rediff.com25 Jul 2017

Contracts will be given for five years, in a transparent manner

Is it Reliance Digital vs Chadha uncle now?

Is it Reliance Digital vs Chadha uncle now?

Rediff.com30 Jun 2018

Why should Reliance Digital position itself as an alternative to Chadhaji's store? It simply doesn't make good business sense, says Sudhir Bisht.

How e-commerce sites track and trick you

How e-commerce sites track and trick you

Rediff.com26 Dec 2018

Beware of spot offers and discounts aimed to lure you into binge buying.

'India will take years to recover from what has been done and is being done by the government'

'India will take years to recover from what has been done and is being done by the government'

Rediff.com28 Sep 2020

'Today, the State is permanently going after politicians, but also civil society, academics and all those it is threatened by or irritated with.'

How the Tatas are fighting job scams

How the Tatas are fighting job scams

Rediff.com30 Mar 2015

A high-level three-member committee is formed to grow awareness about fraudulent job offers.

Cong aims to 'win hearts' with 'Ab Hoga Nyay' campaign

Cong aims to 'win hearts' with 'Ab Hoga Nyay' campaign

Rediff.com7 Apr 2019

The campaign's main theme song 'Main hi toh Hindustan hoon' has been penned by Javed Akhtar.

'The government's priorities are all wrong'

'The government's priorities are all wrong'

Rediff.com14 Apr 2020

'The prime minister did not think that COVID-19 was a serious challenge as late as March 20.'

Brands show no frenzy for Ind-Aus series

Brands show no frenzy for Ind-Aus series

Rediff.com30 Nov 2018

The India-Australia series comes at the end of the calendar year, in a quarter when most brands are close to the end of their advertising budgets.

The next challenge for digital entertainment

The next challenge for digital entertainment

Rediff.com31 Mar 2017

OTT players like Netflix, Hotstar, and Voot are keen to find a common currency to measure viewership numbers and improve advertising options as well as content. Urvi Malvania reports.

Airtel ties up with Google

Airtel ties up with Google

Rediff.com30 Nov 2006

Bharti Airtel entered into a strategic partnership with Google on Thursday to offer search services to its customers.

'Ab ki baar, Trump sarkar', says Donald's Modi-fied ad campaign

'Ab ki baar, Trump sarkar', says Donald's Modi-fied ad campaign

Rediff.com27 Oct 2016

In a bid to woo Indian-Americans, Donald Trump has borrowed from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's winning slogan of the 2014 general elections as the Republican presidential nominee is seen in a TV ad saying "Ab Ki Baar Trump Sarkaar".

SMS ads to invade mobiles soon

SMS ads to invade mobiles soon

Rediff.com5 Feb 2007

According to the developers of the application, it can be deployed in both GSM and CDMA networks and it will deliver operators the ability to increase revenues through opt-in advertising.

'NRC could be the 21st century Ram Janmabhoomi'

'NRC could be the 21st century Ram Janmabhoomi'

Rediff.com30 Mar 2022

'Even if the government does not implement an all-India NRC before 2024, it will be part of the party's long-term project.'

Twitter also sold data to Cambridge Analytica researcher, says report

Twitter also sold data to Cambridge Analytica researcher, says report

Rediff.com30 Apr 2018

Aleksandr Kogan, who created tools for Cambridge Analytica that allowed the political consultancy to psychologically profile and target voters, bought the data from the microblogging website in 2015, before the recent scandal came to light.

Yahoo result: Revenue disappoints as display ads dive

Yahoo result: Revenue disappoints as display ads dive

Rediff.com17 Apr 2013

Yahoo Inc's first quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street targets, as the Internet company continued to feel the effects of declining traffic to its Web properties and of falling display advertising sales.

Corporate ad budgets to rise 30% this festive season

Corporate ad budgets to rise 30% this festive season

Rediff.com24 Aug 2014

While TV remains a preferred medium for FMCG, consumer durables and car and bike ads, the increasing penetration of the social media will also attract marketing and media planners

Ad war: MRTPC's diktat to Maruti

Ad war: MRTPC's diktat to Maruti

Rediff.com12 Oct 2006

The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission on Thursday advised auto giants Maruti and Hyundai not to target each other in advertisements and asked Maruti to file its reply to a complaint filed by its rival carmaker.

Ad for flatmates in NZ prohibiting Indians sparks outrage

Ad for flatmates in NZ prohibiting Indians sparks outrage

Rediff.com31 Oct 2015

An advertisement stating "no Indians or Asians" for flatmates in New Zealand's biggest online marketplace, sparked an outrage among the Indian community which said such "explicit discrimination" was concerning.

This is what Facebook wants WhatsApp to do

This is what Facebook wants WhatsApp to do

Rediff.com26 Aug 2016

And how you can get out of it...

Indians are eager to share personal data online!

Indians are eager to share personal data online!

Rediff.com4 Sep 2017

Indians are eager consumers of digital advertising and are five times more willing to share personal data with companies when they are delighted by their digital experience.

Andhra parties in TV ad war

Andhra parties in TV ad war

Rediff.com26 Feb 2009

Even as the schedule of Andhra Pradesh legislative assembly polls is likely to be announced in a week's time, all the major political parties have already gone all out with sarcastic television advertisements targeting their rivals.

Meet the big gainers from Modi's demonetisation diktat

Meet the big gainers from Modi's demonetisation diktat

Rediff.com10 Nov 2016

Vijay Shekhar Sharma, head of Paytm, says they'd achieve their 500-million user target by 2018, two years before the earlier aim.

Ad world goes slow on hiring

Ad world goes slow on hiring

Rediff.com19 Nov 2013

This is an effect of general slackening in economic growth; however, this is not true of digital media, where business is booming.

Modi flags off BJP's Kishan Yatra

Modi flags off BJP's Kishan Yatra

Rediff.com6 Apr 2012

Seemingly unperturbed by his depiction as Lord Krishna in a Bharatiya Janata Party advertisement in a local newspaper, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off the "Kishan Yatra" aimed at welfare of farmers from Rajkot.

Brands rush to tie up with Olympics

Brands rush to tie up with Olympics

Rediff.com18 Jul 2012

Companies are rushing to sign up and run promotions for the 2012 London Olympics.

Mobile wallet takes aim: Buck gets a bang

Mobile wallet takes aim: Buck gets a bang

Rediff.com2 Apr 2012

Old king cash may have to take a bow. Plastic credit may find itself redundant. And 40 per cent of people who do not have bank accounts could leapfrog into the banking space. With mobile wallets, that's the change they are gunning for.

Section 377 lawyers on Time's 100 most influential people list

Section 377 lawyers on Time's 100 most influential people list

Rediff.com17 Apr 2019

Public-interest litigators Arundhati Katju and Menaka Guruswamy, who spearheaded a historic legal battle for LGBTQ rights in India, along with Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani are among the Indians who have been named by TIME magazine in its prestigious list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The list also includes Indian-American comedian and TV host Hasan Minhaj.

Reliance gets on WhatsApp to connect buyers to stores

Reliance gets on WhatsApp to connect buyers to stores

Rediff.com27 Apr 2020

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries has started a limited test use of WhatsApp to connect customers to grocery stores, days after Facebook decided to invest USD 5.7 billion in digital assets controlled by the company. JioMart, an e-commerce venture of Reliance Retail, "has already started interacting with customers on WhatsApp for grocery orders" in Navi Mumbai, Thane and Kalyan, Credit Suisse said in a report.