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Haryana's AI Programme Gains Momentum with World Bank Collaboration

Haryana's AI Programme Gains Momentum with World Bank Collaboration

Rediff.com6 days ago

Haryana's Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini reviewed the progress of the Haryana AI Development Programme (HAIDP), a Rs 474-crore initiative developed with the World Bank, focusing on AI skilling, startup incubation, and ethical AI governance.

Noida International Airport: Property Prices Soar Along Yamuna Expressway

Noida International Airport: Property Prices Soar Along Yamuna Expressway

Rediff.com30 Mar 2026

The inauguration of Noida International Airport (NIA) is set to significantly increase property values in micro-markets along the Yamuna Expressway, with projections indicating a 28 per cent rise for plots and 22 per cent for apartments over the next two years, according to Colliers.

Lessons For Start Ups From UPI Success Story

Lessons For Start Ups From UPI Success Story

Rediff.com14 Apr 2025

Isn't there something significant in the UPI example for all of us to learn from and execute to enable world-scale success for our startups?, asks Ajit Balakrishnan.

Agassi hopes to make a generational change in India...

Agassi hopes to make a generational change in India...

Rediff.com10 Dec 2024

'What I hope to do is provide a vehicle for that scale and growth in literacy and English as a second language here.'

Govt tweaks licensing norms for laptop, computer imports

Govt tweaks licensing norms for laptop, computer imports

Rediff.com19 Oct 2023

The government on Thursday tweaked curbs on imports of laptops and computers as it allowed importers to bring in shipments of IT hardware from overseas on a mere 'authorisation' upon detailing quantity and value. The new 'import management system' is aimed at monitoring shipments of laptops, tablets and computers into the country without hurting market supply or creating a cumbersome licensing regime. The announcement is likely to provide relief to companies in the IT hardware segment in India as they had flagged concerns over the imposition of a strict licensing regime for importers.

4000 dengue cases reported in Bengaluru, 7000 in Karnataka

4000 dengue cases reported in Bengaluru, 7000 in Karnataka

Rediff.com11 Sep 2023

Amid a surge in dengue cases in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday said he has instructed officials to take all necessary precautionary measures to prevent spread of the vector borne disease and urged the people to give utmost priority to cleanliness in their neighbourhoods.

Can India Create Multi Language AI Like Chat GPT?

Can India Create Multi Language AI Like Chat GPT?

Rediff.com8 Jan 2024

Creating an LLM trained on Indian languages is not easy. Experts say each language in India has a nuance of its own, so creating a ChatGPT-like product is an ambitious challenge.

Shenanigans Surface In Pakistan Military

Shenanigans Surface In Pakistan Military

Rediff.com21 Nov 2023

Recent disclosures allege large scale corruption, nepotism and kickbacks by Pakistan air chief Air Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Babar Sidhuin housing land deals in Islamabad and in buying of new aircraft, points out Rana Banerji, who headed the Pakistan desk at RA&W.

'I Had 10 Ideas When I Quit My Job'

'I Had 10 Ideas When I Quit My Job'

Rediff.com19 Dec 2023

'When I was toying with 10 different ideas, my father was diagnosed with lung fibrosis and his condition deteriorated so badly that we lost him in six months. He was very unsatisfied with the lack of proper diagnosis.' 'It made me think will anyone do a biopsy if there is no symptom? Why is it that we do not have any non-invasive diagnostic method?' 'This idea was the strongest out of the ten, and with Snahlata Singh with her cancer biology background joining me, the idea got a real boost.'

Big Tech Is Rushing To Train AI In Local Languages

Big Tech Is Rushing To Train AI In Local Languages

Rediff.com21 Feb 2023

Indian mobile and Web consumers speak in 30 languages and around 1,600 dialects.

Court orders special criminal case against Yediyurappa for corruption

Court orders special criminal case against Yediyurappa for corruption

Rediff.com30 Mar 2022

A special court in Bengaluru has ordered the registration of a 'special criminal case' against former Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa regarding alleged corruption in a land denotification issue when he was the deputy CM in the Bharatiya Janata Party-Janata Dal-Secular coalition government in 2006-07.

Customs allows e-clearance for moving laptops

Customs allows e-clearance for moving laptops

Rediff.com27 Mar 2020

The Customs clearance required for moving equipment like laptops, desktops, etc out of SEZ units was delaying things as the clearance had to be taken in person after a first level of approval online.

Customs rules for IT parks eased

Customs rules for IT parks eased

Rediff.com20 Dec 2005

The government has simplified customs procedures for registration of export-oriented units, electric hardware technology parks and software technology parks for clearance of imported goods.

Coming up: First Private IT Park in Orissa

Coming up: First Private IT Park in Orissa

Rediff.com29 Nov 2007

The private STP is being set up by the JSS Group at Infocity in Chandaka, Bhubaneswar.

European Tech Park to invest Rs 1,100 cr in Haryan

European Tech Park to invest Rs 1,100 cr in Haryan

Rediff.com17 Oct 2006

Another MoU was signed in Berlin with the Osram Group

Meet Asha, the robotic nurse

Meet Asha, the robotic nurse

Rediff.com17 Dec 2020

'Imagine taking care of a patient who is infected with Covid. A human nurse is unable to do that due to fear of infection. The robot can do that task, while it is controlled or supervised by the human nurse. So the robot becomes an extension of the nurse.'

Bengaluru world's fastest growing tech hub, Mumbai 6th

Bengaluru world's fastest growing tech hub, Mumbai 6th

Rediff.com14 Jan 2021

Bengaluru has emerged as the world's fastest-growing mature tech ecosystem in the world since 2016, followed by the European cities of London, Munich, Berlin and Paris, with India's financial centre of Mumbai in sixth place, according to new research released in London on Thursday.

Maharashtra in talks with IBM

Maharashtra in talks with IBM

Rediff.com22 Aug 2003

Andhra mouse catches up fast

Andhra mouse catches up fast

Rediff.com26 Nov 2003

COLUMN: How IT became competitive

COLUMN: How IT became competitive

Rediff.com22 Nov 2012

It was government policies, not ITA-I, according to a recent study.

West Bengal seeks STP benefits for IT cos

West Bengal seeks STP benefits for IT cos

Rediff.com14 Jun 2012

Although Infosys was given 50 acre at Rajarhat for setting up its first development centre in West Bengal, the firm was insisting on getting special economic zone status, which the state was not keen to consider due to political reasons.

Bihari Buddhi can checkmate anyone

Bihari Buddhi can checkmate anyone

Rediff.com15 Sep 2020

Biharis can confidently decide whether they want to follow Badlav Se Bhadiya Bharosa (Trust is Better than Change) or Badaliye Sarkar, Badaliye Bihar (Change the Government, Change Bihar), asserts Asmita Bihari.

Chennai: Hub of gaming, android-compatible tech

Chennai: Hub of gaming, android-compatible tech

Rediff.com29 Dec 2011

Chennai is slowly becoming a hub in providing support for gaming and android-based technologies.

Budget may trim tax benefits for STPI's small unit

Budget may trim tax benefits for STPI's small unit

Rediff.com24 Feb 2011

Small and medium information technology companies operating out of the Software Technology Park of India (STPI) and who have not relocated their business operations to the special economic zones (SEZs) could stand to lose a substantial part of their tax holidays after the forthcoming Budget.

Extend benefits: IT sector

Extend benefits: IT sector

Rediff.com9 Feb 2011

IT sector wants STPI benefits extended for one year in this Budget.

Essar's realty arm to invest Rs 4,000 crore

Essar's realty arm to invest Rs 4,000 crore

Rediff.com12 May 2011

Equinox plans to launch 1.4 million sq ft residential project in Bengaluru in the last quarter of calender year 2011 and a one-million housing project in Thane near Mumbai in the next one year.

BJP alleges Pawar's role in Pune land scam

BJP alleges Pawar's role in Pune land scam

Rediff.com1 Apr 2011

Stepping up the attack on Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar, Leader of Opposition in Maharashtra assembly Eknath Khadse of Bharatiya Janata Party on Friday alleged that 326 acres of land in Pune was illegally handed over to a trust and Pawar's daughter and son-in-law own shares in a technology park, which will be build on a portion of that land.

Posco ICT to wind up operations in Orissa

Posco ICT to wind up operations in Orissa

Rediff.com28 Mar 2011

Posco ICT is the IT arm of South Korean steel giant Posco, which proposed to set up a 12 million-tonne steel plant near Paradip.

Small units in STPIs face tax benefits cuts

Small units in STPIs face tax benefits cuts

Rediff.com24 Feb 2011

The government is expected to end the benefits under Section 10A and 10B of the Income Tax Act.

The Indian IT industry is coming of age

The Indian IT industry is coming of age

Rediff.com4 Mar 2011

The Union budget marks a watershed in the life of the Indian information technology services industry, akin to a family's coming of age rites of passage!

STPIs' revenue loss likely to go up 21per cent

STPIs' revenue loss likely to go up 21per cent

Rediff.com1 Mar 2011

The Centre expects its revenue loss on account of tax sops to export oriented units under Software Technology Parks of India (STPI) scheme to go up by over 21 per cent to Rs 11,501 crore (Rs 115.01 billion) this fiscal, over the previous financial year.

Karnataka attracts Rs 8,253 cr in IT/BT sectors

Karnataka attracts Rs 8,253 cr in IT/BT sectors

Rediff.com24 Feb 2011

Karnataka, the leading exporter of software and IT services in the country, has continued to attract global majors to invest in the IT sector this fiscal.

Govt orders audits of IT firms

Govt orders audits of IT firms

Rediff.com19 Oct 2009

Most IT companies today have multiple delivery centres, physically verifying documents is arduous and difficult to determine where the actual billing is done

Budget: What the IT sector wants

Budget: What the IT sector wants

Rediff.com11 Feb 2010

IT major Infosys CEO and MD Kris Gopalakrishnan on Thursday expressed hope that the government would rationalise tax regime for the IT industry and extend the STP scheme to the medium and small sector in the Union Budget.

Raja seeks SEZ-like tax sops for IT sector

Raja seeks SEZ-like tax sops for IT sector

Rediff.com27 Jan 2010

Communications and Information Technology Minister A Raja on Wednesday warned that withdrawal of Income Tax holiday to Software Technology Parks (STP) in 2010-11 Budget will have 'devastating' effect. He said that the STP scheme should be modified to push growth in the IT sector.

Tax sunset clause unnerves small,mid-size IT firms

Tax sunset clause unnerves small,mid-size IT firms

Rediff.com7 Apr 2010

Polaris gets over 90 per cent of its revenue from exports. Till financial year 2009-10, the company did not actively think about a strategy to buy space in a special economic zone.

Budget disappoints IT sector

Budget disappoints IT sector

Rediff.com26 Feb 2010

The software industry on Friday hit out at the government for increasing the minimum alternate tax and for ignoring the industry's plea for extending STPI scheme which would have continued to give tax breaks.

All you need to know about India's new software policy

All you need to know about India's new software policy

Rediff.com8 Mar 2019

The policy proposes a single-window platform for facilitation of the Indian software product industry, to help fast-track legal and regulatory issues over import and export, as well as setting up and winding up enterprises.

TCS to use Chennai centre for e-passport service

TCS to use Chennai centre for e-passport service

Rediff.com14 Sep 2009

The data centre will act as a disaster recovery platform.