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Ratan Tata: A Corporate Titan Like None Other

Ratan Tata: A Corporate Titan Like None Other

Rediff.com10 Oct 2024

Ratan Tata was one of the world's most influential industrialists yet he never appeared on any list of billionaires. He controlled over 30 companies that operated in over 100 countries across six continents yet lived an unpretentious life. Ratan Naval Tata, who died at a Mumbai hospital on Wednesday night at the age of 86 years, enjoyed a perhaps unique status -- a corporate titan who was considered a 'secular living saint' with a reputation for decency and integrity.

REVEALED! How Nirav Modi transferred fraudulent funds

REVEALED! How Nirav Modi transferred fraudulent funds

Rediff.com13 Mar 2019

ED team managed to get several bank statements from Barbados, Dubai, Hong Kong etc. which prove vital overseas link and money trail relating to Nirav Modi and his aides.

Meet Nirav Modi's core team

Meet Nirav Modi's core team

Rediff.com22 Apr 2019

The common denominator: They were predominantly Gujarati, mostly male, and either related by blood or very well-known to Nirav.

Missing Indian-origin student found dead in US

Missing Indian-origin student found dead in US

Rediff.com20 May 2017

Aalaap Narasipura, a senior electrical engineering student at Cornell's College of Engineering was reported missing since Wednesday.

Betzig, Moerner, Hell win 2014 Nobel prize for chemistry

Betzig, Moerner, Hell win 2014 Nobel prize for chemistry

Rediff.com8 Oct 2014

Two American scientists and one from Germany have won the Nobel prize for chemistry for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy.

Lamborghini's Indian Limited Edition Gallardo: Luxury redefined!

Lamborghini's Indian Limited Edition Gallardo: Luxury redefined!

Rediff.com12 Aug 2013

Lamborghini's Indian Limited Edition Gallardo is a super luxury sedan meant for just six wealthy owners.

Why the phenomenal Tata Nano has wowed a US university!

Why the phenomenal Tata Nano has wowed a US university!

Rediff.com22 Mar 2011

'The Nano becomes a tool and a metaphor for the future. It will be a tool in the sense that any first car purchase in a country like India opens its owner to imagining their own mobility in and through the mobility of the car. This is a feature and a potential of all first cars in India,' says NYU Prof Arjun Appadurai.

Top 25 US cities for college grads

Top 25 US cities for college grads

Rediff.com28 May 2010

A recent article in The Daily Beast has rated the 25 best places across the US on nine parameters of import to young grads.

Elephants know maths. Read this to believe!

Elephants know maths. Read this to believe!

Rediff.com22 Aug 2008

Naoko Irie, a researcher of the University of Tokyo in Japan, has revealed that an Asian elephant named Ashya could recognise which of the two buckets was carrying more apples during an experiment.

Men with more wives live longer, says study

Men with more wives live longer, says study

Rediff.com20 Aug 2008

A study by Virpi Lummaa, an ecologist at the University of Sheffield, UK, says men aged over 60 from 140 countries that practiced polygamy lived on an average 12 per cent longer than monogamous men

Look out New York, here comes Zakir Hussain!

Look out New York, here comes Zakir Hussain!

Rediff.com10 Mar 2010

The tabla maestro Zakir Hussain is heading to New York to perform at a Lincoln Center theatre as part of the Zakir Hussain's Masters of Percussion national tour.

Indian American wins chemical industry medal

Indian American wins chemical industry medal

Rediff.com9 Jan 2007

Indian American, Raj L Gupta, chairman, president and CEO of Rohm and Haas Company has been chosen for the chemical industry's most prestigious honour - the 2007 Chemical Industry Medal, by the Society of Chemical Industry.

$6mn Jain center in New York

$6mn Jain center in New York

Rediff.com8 Jun 2005

Want to be the next Karan Johar?

Want to be the next Karan Johar?

Rediff.com28 Aug 2006

Want an international MBA?

Want an international MBA?

Rediff.com24 Mar 2006

Want to Study Abroad? Why GRE, TOEFL, IELTS count

Want to Study Abroad? Why GRE, TOEFL, IELTS count

Rediff.com19 Apr 2011

Study Abroad expert Karan Gupta in a chat with Get Ahead reader on April 18 discussed queries like requirements for pursuing ME in automobile engineering in Germany, when to take GRE, TOEFL and IELTS tests, student loans for pursuing studies abroad and a range of other related. Unedited excerpts:

Doctor. Writer. Musician. Hero.

Doctor. Writer. Musician. Hero.

Rediff.com10 Oct 2007

Dimple Bhatt graduated with a joint MD-PhD degree and will soon begin his residency in neurology and psychiatry. Which would be impressive even if you didn't know that Bhatt, who is wheelchair bound, has also sold a book, two screenplays, gained a position on the US Paralympic fencing team and recorded a music album!

GRE, GMAT simplified!

GRE, GMAT simplified!

Rediff.com2 May 2005

Self-study tips for GRE

Self-study tips for GRE

Rediff.com18 Jan 2006

All about foreign MBA degrees and financial aid

All about foreign MBA degrees and financial aid

Rediff.com26 Feb 2008

International education consultant Karan Gutpa responds to reader emails about various aspects of studying abroad.

Want an MBA abroad? Get work experience

Want an MBA abroad? Get work experience

Rediff.com28 Dec 2006

Good MBA schools abroad require you to have some amount of work experience, says international education expert Karan Gupta.

Should you do a second MBA abroad?

Should you do a second MBA abroad?

Rediff.com28 Dec 2006

Studying abroad has never been easier. If you feel you should top your MBA with another MBA abroad, read on.

Is getting a BA abroad a good idea?

Is getting a BA abroad a good idea?

Rediff.com8 Sep 2006

Education expert Karan Gupta chats with GA readers about opportunities abroad.

Study Abroad: How good are online degrees?

Study Abroad: How good are online degrees?

Rediff.com8 Sep 2006

Education expert Karan Gupta answers queries about online degrees and a lot more.

Best US schools: MS in computers

Best US schools: MS in computers

Rediff.com1 Aug 2006

Overseas education counsellor Karan Gupta recommends tips for those who want to study abroad.

Want a foreign MBA degree?

Want a foreign MBA degree?

Rediff.com13 Jun 2006

Here's what overseas education counsellor Karan Gupta who chatted with Get Ahead readers had to say.

Want a job in the US?

Want a job in the US?

Rediff.com13 Jun 2006

Overseas education counsellor Karan Gupta who chatted with Get Ahead readers advises.

Careers: How to become a chef

Careers: How to become a chef

Rediff.com12 Dec 2005