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With Altroz, Tatas enter premium hatchback segment

With Altroz, Tatas enter premium hatchback segment

Rediff.com22 Jan 2020

Unveiled in December last year, the Altroz, which is the industry's first BSVI diesel-ready car. is also the first vehicle model based on the brand's Alfa platform and the second vehicle showing the Impact 2.0 design language. Besides Altroz, Tata Motors also launched the BSVI versions of Nexon, Tiago and Tigor.

Bharti, UK govt consortium win bid for bankrupt satellite firm OneWeb

Bharti, UK govt consortium win bid for bankrupt satellite firm OneWeb

Rediff.com3 Jul 2020

While Indian telecom czar Sunil Mittal's Bharti did not share deal details, UK Business Secretary Alok Sharma said his government and Bharti Global, will provide $500 million each.

Business returning to pre-COVID levels: Aditya Puri

Business returning to pre-COVID levels: Aditya Puri

Rediff.com30 Sep 2020

HDFC Bank managing director Aditya Puri on Wednesday said the lender's business is returning to pre-COVID-19 levels and full normalcy is expected to be restored soon.

Sunil Mittal's $2 bn gamble on space

Sunil Mittal's $2 bn gamble on space

Rediff.com18 Dec 2020

Bharti Global is planning to put up more satellites and has set a stiff deadline to launch commercial Internet services by October in the UK, Alaska, northern Russia and northern Europe.

BSNL offers free pan-India calling at night from landline

BSNL offers free pan-India calling at night from landline

Rediff.com23 Apr 2015

The company had over 1.66 crore (16.6 million) landlines in February.

'Internet use to ensure financial inclusion, transparency'

'Internet use to ensure financial inclusion, transparency'

Rediff.com14 Mar 2014

Usage of mobile technology in financial service will help the financial inclusion initiative and enhance delivery systems, said the D&B report on the BFSI sector.

Festival cheer helps automakers log positive sales in Nov

Festival cheer helps automakers log positive sales in Nov

Rediff.com1 Dec 2020

Leading automakers Maruti Suzuki India, Hyundai Motor, Kia Motors and Tata Motors reported sales growth in the domestic market in November, aided by robust offtakes amid the festival season. While Maruti Suzuki India reported marginal growth, Hyundai logged in its highest ever monthly sales in November. Others like Honda Cars India, Toyota Kirloskar Motor, Mahindra & Mahindra and MG Motor India also reported sales growth in November as compared with the same month last year.

Indian middle class leads a selfish life:Aruna Roy

Indian middle class leads a selfish life:Aruna Roy

Rediff.com2 Apr 2008

Unlike the upwardly mobile upper middle class, the much neglected Indian backward class which struggles for a daily living knows better how to lead an enriched and harmonious life, believes Magsaysay awardee and eminent RTI activist Aruna Roy. "India's backward class, which has always been neglected and considered as socially irrelevant has empowered me and taught me how to struggle in life, while the middle class disempowered me with its urbanised thoughts," she adds.

Deregulation to make India a trillion-dollar geospatial economy

Deregulation to make India a trillion-dollar geospatial economy

Rediff.com8 Mar 2021

A business in India wanting access to maps and geospatial data would typically have to wait months before it got what it wanted. All this is set to change with the new guidelines on geospatial data, report Neha Alawadhi and Peerzada Abrar.

Nokia dials rural India

Nokia dials rural India

Rediff.com26 Jun 2008

"The company plans to come up with internet-based services for the rural market soon," Nokia Corporation President and CEO Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo told reporters in New Delhi. The company would also introduce these services in its mid-level mobile devices as well. The Finland-based company is looking at micro finance as a major initiative to increase mobile penetration in India from the current 26 per cent.

Sasikala brings EPS-OPS rift out in open

Sasikala brings EPS-OPS rift out in open

Rediff.com28 Oct 2021

The revived factionalism in the AIADMK, if not curbed now, has the potential to split the party vertically, warns N Sathiya Moorthy.

Centre objects to Kerala govt 'diluting' lockdown restrictions

Centre objects to Kerala govt 'diluting' lockdown restrictions

Rediff.com20 Apr 2020

Lockdown relaxations by Kerala amounts to dilution of its lockdown guidelines, says the Union home ministry.

Why do Indian cities need a complete redesign

Why do Indian cities need a complete redesign

Rediff.com31 Oct 2013

We need a comprehensive redevelopment plan that seeks to redesign our overgrown cities in terms of connectivity, mobility and liveability.

COVID-19: 'Dummy vaccination' begins in 4 states

COVID-19: 'Dummy vaccination' begins in 4 states

Rediff.com28 Dec 2020

As the country eagerly awaits an expected coronavirus vaccination drive in January, at least 125 intended beneficiaries each in four states who had registered on the Co-WIN App were on Monday sent SMSes informing them about the time and place of their 'COVID-19 vaccination' under a mock-drill to administer the shots at designated centres.

Post Walmart deal, Flipkart will likely build a $1 bn M&A warchest

Post Walmart deal, Flipkart will likely build a $1 bn M&A warchest

Rediff.com8 May 2018

Readying its game plan, the Bengaluru-based e-commerce giant plans to renew talks of investments in various companies such as Swiggy, BookMyShow, Pepperfry, UrbanClap

Why the decision wasn't an easy one for Trinamool

Why the decision wasn't an easy one for Trinamool

Rediff.com19 Sep 2012

Though senior TMC leader Saugata Roy, Union Minister of State for Urban Development, told the media afterwards that 'the decision to withdraw support was a unanimous one', our sources in the party had a different tale to tale.

Scooter sales get a major boost from rural India

Scooter sales get a major boost from rural India

Rediff.com23 Jan 2018

In first 9 months of FY18, scooter sales grew by 18.5%, the number may jump further as more women join workforce

PM assures farmers, says govt committed to their welfare

PM assures farmers, says govt committed to their welfare

Rediff.com12 Dec 2020

Without directly referring to the farmers' agitation, which entered the 17th day on Saturday, Modi said agriculture reforms as part of government efforts are aimed at removing roadblocks, and the new laws will also bring in technology and investment in the sector.

Gangajal by post to be a reality soon

Gangajal by post to be a reality soon

Rediff.com30 May 2016

Receiving Ganga water by post could be a reality soon as the government endeavours to tap the e-commerce platform to bring the holy water at the doorsteps.

Has India missed the electric vehicle revolution?

Has India missed the electric vehicle revolution?

Rediff.com3 Aug 2018

Signals received from the government in the past one year reflect a state of utter confusion, says Abhishek Tripathi.

Sushma Swaraj wants to develop 'Little Singapore' in India

Sushma Swaraj wants to develop 'Little Singapore' in India

Rediff.com16 Aug 2014

The neighbour to help in development of 100 smart cities project announced in the Budget.

Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel continue to lose users; Jio gains

Vodafone Idea, Bharti Airtel continue to lose users; Jio gains

Rediff.com20 Aug 2019

The number of telephone subscribers in India increased from 1,183.15 million at the end of May to 1,186.63 million at the end of June.

Ratan Tata invests in baby care platform FirstCry

Ratan Tata invests in baby care platform FirstCry

Rediff.com21 Jan 2016

FirstCry is omni-channel player with presence across desktop, mobile and offline routes offering baby and maternity products in India.

To play long innings in banking, Vodafone needs to do a few things

To play long innings in banking, Vodafone needs to do a few things

Rediff.com14 Oct 2015

While some are relatively new in this business, Vodafone, which has 1.8 million touch points in the country, has been offering basic banking and payment services through its pre-paid mobile digital semi-closed wallet called M-Pesa since 2012.

Old India is still sceptical about investing in start-ups

Old India is still sceptical about investing in start-ups

Rediff.com16 Aug 2019

Though startups find 17 mentions in the Budget speech of the finance minister, and have been promised tax exemptions, the reality is that only 2 per cent of the 4,648 applications received from startups for income tax exemption had been approved as of February 2019, according to an answer to a Parliament question. As India's startup space bubbles with activity - new, young players are tapping into opportunities opening up - there are local anti-portfolio stories circulating about investors missing opportunities in 'unicorns', or companies that have reached valuation of $ 1 billion, says Vandana Gombar.

The Woman Who Chases Birds

The Woman Who Chases Birds

Rediff.com18 Jan 2022

Rathika Ramaswamy's love affair with wildlife photography began in 2003, when she took pictures of birds at the Bharatpur bird sanctuary. That love affair -- captured in her lens -- bloomed! And how!

Govt aims to transform India through access, inclusion, empowerment: PM

Govt aims to transform India through access, inclusion, empowerment: PM

Rediff.com28 Jan 2021

Asserting that the self reliant India programme will help revive the global economy, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday told global business community that his government aims to transform the country through access, inclusion and empowerment while also ensuring complete data security. Addressing the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda Summit, where he also interacted with global business leaders, Modi also said India offers a predictable and friendly environment from tax regime to FDI norms. He said Aatmanirbhar Bharat movement is committed to global good and global supply chain while the country's digital profile has been completely transformed.

'It is unlikely most labourers have returned home'

'It is unlikely most labourers have returned home'

Rediff.com6 Apr 2020

'Make sure you provide enough support (income, nutrition, healthcare, and housing) to migrants stuck (and their households), so they are not compelled to seek work or migrate back.' 'Otherwise, the risk of contagion is extreme.'

Sensex to touch 41,500 points by March 2021

Sensex to touch 41,500 points by March 2021

Rediff.com3 Sep 2020

The liquidity-fuelled rally will continue for some time, however, fundamentals are getting stretched.

What Vikas Yatra is Modi talking about?

What Vikas Yatra is Modi talking about?

Rediff.com14 Jun 2021

A report by the Azim Premji University showed that during the pandemic 270 million Indians were pushed into poverty. Meaning that they were not poor according to the government poverty line before, but have become now. Aakar Patel mulls on the state of the nation as the Modi government enters its eighth year.

How Naxals are protecting their election gameplan

How Naxals are protecting their election gameplan

Rediff.com28 Feb 2014

Fearing leakage of their strategies ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Naxals are keeping a close watch on people who could act as informers and pass on information using mobile phones in villages of their hot-bed Bastar.

It's going to be 2012, not 1912!

It's going to be 2012, not 1912!

Rediff.com28 Dec 2011

In the tug of war between modernity and tradition, we often don't know which side we are on. As a friend said the other day, "As parents we are contradicting ourselves every day. We ask our daughters to look for jobs and at the same time we say get married soon. We keep asking them, 'Why are you writing on so many private things on Facebook?' We want to micro-manage our children's lives, but we want to portray ourselves as liberals who give our children lots of freedom."

'Internet users in India likely to reach 550 mn in 2018'

'Internet users in India likely to reach 550 mn in 2018'

Rediff.com23 Apr 2015

The country's internet user base was around 190 million in 2014.

Govt to set up 300 rural clusters by 2020

Govt to set up 300 rural clusters by 2020

Rediff.com16 Sep 2015

Modi government has earlier faced criticism from the Opposition on a number of occasions for renaming the schemes including PURA launched by the UPA in past.

COVID-19 lockdown: How cyber criminals cheat YOU

COVID-19 lockdown: How cyber criminals cheat YOU

Rediff.com28 Apr 2020

'There has been a marked increase in four types of cases.' 'One is fraud related to online deliveries, online shopping and online groceries and liquor.' 'Second fake news, third hate speech and fourth sextortion.'

Drive this car into a train!

Drive this car into a train!

Rediff.com18 Jun 2010

Swiss automobile and concept powerhouse Rinspeed is creating not just a car but a entire mobility concept.

Trai asks telcos to add towers to address call drops

Trai asks telcos to add towers to address call drops

Rediff.com11 Nov 2015

Trai asks telcos to add towers to address call drops.

Mortal remains of Jaipal Reddy consigned to flames

Mortal remains of Jaipal Reddy consigned to flames

Rediff.com29 Jul 2019

Describing the Congress veteran as a "symbol of socialism and secularism", Azad said Reddy functioned with utmost integrity.

What the scourge of COVID-19 has exposed...

What the scourge of COVID-19 has exposed...

Rediff.com10 May 2020

'...are the deep ruts and fissures in the rotting fabric of our cities and the incompetence of elected leaders and administrators,' notes Sunil Sethi.

CoWIN portal in Hindi, other languages from next week: Govt

CoWIN portal in Hindi, other languages from next week: Govt

Rediff.com17 May 2021

The CoWIN portal will be made available in Hindi and 14 regional languages by next week, while 17 more laboratories will be added to the INSACOG network to monitor the variants of COVID-19, the health ministry said on Monday.