All stories by Karan Choudhury
Why are digital wallet players worried?
Rediff.com19 Oct 2017Digital transaction players are hurriedly drawing up a memorandum to be taken to the central bank in hope of having a few of the guidelines -- such as full Know Your Customer (KYC) compliance in 12 months -- overturned, reports Karan Choudhury
Dhanteras took the online route this year
Rediff.com19 Oct 2017Demonetisation and changes in buying patterns of consumers help in pushing online sales.
DeMo: Diwali sparkle missing for wholesale traders
Rediff.com16 Oct 2017Many traders say that after demonetisation cash in the market has drastically reduced
Harassed homebuyers stop paying EMIs
Rediff.com9 Oct 2017Experts say the move will make matters worse for buyers, reports Karan Choudhury.
Affordable housing to drive India's real estate sector
Rediff.com11 Sep 2017Builders bet on affordable homes as luxury sales dip, however, signs of revival after note ban and Rera are slowly visible
How Zomato managed to keep itself afloat
Rediff.com6 Sep 2017Help came from Sanjeev Bikchandani, founder and executive vice-chairman of Info Edge, the main investor in Zomato.
Homebuyers turn to God for help in getting flats
Rediff.com31 Aug 2017Thousands of homeowners across housing projects owned by Jaypee Infratech and the Amrapali Group are running out of options. Jaypee Infratech and Amrapali are among the 12 big corporate loan defaulters against which the RBI has ordered initiation of insolvency proceedings.
What Uber's '180 Days of Change' is all about
Rediff.com30 Aug 2017Uber launches initiatives to address drivers' woes on its 4th birthday
Heard of Moglix, little Indian company that has Alibaba in its sights?
Rediff.com4 Aug 2017The founder of the e-commerce firm, which specialises in procurement of industrial products, believes if he plays his cards right, his company could become a unicorn with a valuation of $1 billion in 5 years.
Investors divided over Snapdeals move to end merger talks
Rediff.com3 Aug 2017Snapdeal has a number of shareholders including Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, PremjiInvest, Ratan Tata, Foxconn, Temasek and BlackRock, among others.
'We won't be investing in the Flipkarts of the world'
Rediff.com31 Jul 2017After another profitable quarter, Anil Chanana, chief financial officer, HCL Technologies, tells Karan Choudhury that customer confidence is at an all-time high.
Can India be Uber's silver lining?
Rediff.com17 Jul 2017Karan Choudhury asks Uber India president Amit Jain what the company's global problems mean for its India operations.
Commerce minister plans to push the idea of co-working spaces
Rediff.com20 Jun 2017To tap into the growing demand for offices, several global and Indian co-working entities are creating stock in the top cities.
Paytm to flex offline muscle
Rediff.com14 Jun 2017Paytm is banking on its offline network of merchants to fight bigger rivals Amazon and Flipkart
Bloodbath over, food apps are hungry for success
Rediff.com14 Jun 2017After a recent spate of big-bang funding of food discovery and delivery apps, experts believe the sector's consolidation might be over and the remaining players are here to stay and thrive.
The Rs 35,000-cr business of making India GST-ready
Rediff.com12 Jun 2017Some of the players in the GST race are Payworld, Dell, Tally Solutions
US launches incubator programme to mentor Indian start-ups
Rediff.com8 Jun 2017India emerges as a top destination to set up incubators for global firms
WannaCry spurs govt into boosting cybersecurity
Rediff.com24 May 2017Sectoral cyber security teams to be set up to curb attacks, cyber coordination centre likely be set up in New Delhi by June.
Digital India: Work in progress
Rediff.com22 May 2017While Digital India, a signature initiative of PM Narendra Modi, took off soon after NDA came to power, it peaked after demonetisation in November 2016.
Hitachi eyes ALL Indian smart cities
Rediff.com11 May 2017The company aims to be part of all smart city programmes in the country directly or indirectly and has come up with a host of India-specific products. Karan Choudhury reports.