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Did FB fail to stop hate-filled user content in India?
Rediff.com24 Oct 2021Internal documents at Facebook show "a struggle with misinformation, hate speech and celebrations of violence" in India, the company's biggest market, with researchers at the social media giant pointing out that there are groups and pages "replete with inflammatory and misleading anti-Muslim content" on its platform, US media reports have said.
I've never asked for raise: Indra Nooyi
Rediff.com8 Oct 2021Indra Nooyi, the former chairperson and CEO of PepsiCo, has said that she has "never, ever, ever" asked for a raise as she found it "cringeworthy" and cannot imagine working for somebody and saying "my pay is not enough." Nooyi, 65, who helmed the beverage giant PepsiCo for 12 years and stepped down as its chief executive officer (CEO) in 2018, has published a memoir 'My Life in Full'. Born in Chennai, she graduated from the Madras Christian College and studied management at the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Calcutta before moving to Yale University in the US for a master's degree.
India imposes tit-for-tat Covid curbs on UK nationals
Rediff.com2 Oct 2021British nationals arriving in India, irrespective of their vaccination status, will have to undergo 10 days of mandatory quarantine from October 4 as part of the reciprocal actions initiated by the government following the vaccine certification row between the two countries.
Feels Like Ishq review
Rediff.com23 Jul 2021At the end of the six short stories, Feels Like Ishq is uneven yet watchable, feels Sukanya Verma.
Farewell Tito's! The End of an Era
Rediff.com13 Jul 2021Vikram Achanta on the passing of Goa's iconic lanadmark, a 'mecca of entertainment, not just in Goa, but in India, and one of the coolest destinations for locals and tourists alike'.
The many battles that Amazon is fighting in India
Rediff.com8 Jul 2021Among all the geographies where Amazon is fighting regulators, India is the only place where its lines are also tangled in a major corporate battle, this one with India's largest company by market capitalisation over the acquisition of Mumbai-based Future Group's retail chain, the country's second largest. No other corporate entity in any country offers a challenge to Amazon's hegemony in a way Reliance Industries does - and the final hearing of an arbitration case filed at the Singapore International Arbitration Centre between the two may decide at least some of these issues. This legal battle between one of the world's most powerful corporations and one of India's most powerful conglomerates could be complicated by a host of other developments.
US ex-cop sentenced to 22.5 yrs for George Floyd murder
Rediff.com26 Jun 2021Chauvin was convicted in April of second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter. He faced up to 40 years in prison for second-degree murder, up to 25 years for third-degree murder and up to 10 years for manslaughter.
Over 3,000 people perform Yoga at iconic Times Square
Rediff.com21 Jun 2021The Consulate General of India, New York in partnership with Times Square Alliance hosted the 7th International Day of Yoga celebrations.
Record numbers rush for jabs as UK opens COVID vaccines to all adults
Rediff.com20 Jun 2021As many as 721,469 appointments were made through the national booking service on Friday -- the day of the announcement -- at an average of more than eight every second. To cope with demand, the NHS said it is using stadiums and football grounds as giant vaccination centres.
PHOTOS: It's an odd, odd world out there!
Rediff.com27 May 2021These images prove what a whacky world we live in!
Amazon's next CEO Andy Jassy's India Plan
Rediff.com15 May 2021'We look forward to providing great customer experiences in India.'
Global power couple Bill Gates, Melinda end 27-year marriage
Rediff.com4 May 2021Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist Bill Gates and his wife Melinda Gates have announced the decision to end their marriage after 27 years, saying "we no longer believe we can grow together as a couple in the next phase of our lives".
How this model made history
Rediff.com30 Mar 2021Leyna Bloom is the first transgender woman of colour to appear in a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue.
50 years on... 'Fight of Century' still packs a punch
Rediff.com6 Mar 2021Any shortlist of contenders for the greatest of all-time events must include the first fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier.
India's vaccine diplomacy with the Maldives
Rediff.com25 Feb 2021COVID-19 has emerged as an important form of diplomatic currency around the world as nations try to showcase their soft power gains. In this race, India has an edge as India is already a pharmaceutical giant having produced some 60 per cent of global vaccines and now justly seeking to strengthen ties and expand its influence in its neighbourhood and beyond, observes Dr Rajaram Panda.
Baseball legend, 'Hammerin' Hank' Aaron, dies at 86
Rediff.com23 Jan 2021'He grew up poor and faced racism as he worked to become one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Hank never let the hatred he faced consume him.'
Can you watch 425 films in a year?
Rediff.com13 Jan 2021Aseem Chhabra watched some great films and some huge disappointments in 2020.
Football: 'Aguero out for up to 10 days due to quarantine'
Rediff.com12 Jan 2021News that transpired on and off the football field.
Meet Vijaya Gadde, who spearheaded ban on Trump's Twitter account
Rediff.com12 Jan 2021Hyderabad-born Gadde, 45, is Twitter's legal, public policy and trust and safety lead.
Where is China's Alibaba group founder Jack Ma?
Rediff.com4 Jan 2021Chinese billionaire and Alibaba group founder Jack Ma is suspected to be missing following his mysterious disappearance from the public eye for over two months after Beijing's aggressive crackdown on his business empire.
US sues Facebook over acquiring WhatsApp, Instagram
Rediff.com10 Dec 2020Social media giant accused of anti-competitive conduct by abusing its market power to create a monopoly and crushing smaller competitors.
The visionary who made Indian IT industry global
Rediff.com7 Dec 2020One should appreciate the sagacity and audacity of JRD and Nani Palkhivala in founding TCS on April 1, 1968. At that time there was no Microsoft or Intel, SAP or Accenture, much less Google.
They needed a person who could build and execute their vision: A frontiersman; a problem solver and an institution builder. It was their and India's good fortune that Faqir Chand Kohli more than measured up to their requirements and indeed laid the foundation to take TCS to unimaginable heights and to the giant success that it is today. Shivanand Kanavi salutes the incomparable F C Kohli, who passed into the ages last week.
MLB's first woman general manager gets Obama, Clinton praise
Rediff.com17 Nov 2020Overseeing all aspects of the Marlins operation from budgets to player contracts, Ng joins a rebuilding team that were one of MLB's biggest surprise stories this year as they made the playoffs for the first time since 2003.
No winner yet in tense US presidential race
Rediff.com5 Nov 2020After the latest projections in Wisconsin, Biden has 253 electoral college votes as against Trump's 213, making it much difficult for the President to win the polls. The winner of the 2020 presidential election should have at least 270 Electoral College votes out of the 538-member electoral college.
Pele @80: Milestones in the soccer legend's career
Rediff.com23 Oct 2020Here's what you must know about the youngest scorer, youngest hat-trick scorer, youngest final player and youngest final scorer in football World Cup history.
Pele to celebrate 80th birthday in isolation
Rediff.com23 Oct 2020Pele told his fans he was happy and healthy and pleased to be reaching the landmark with his lucid mental state.
Facebook's Hate Content Crisis is Ajit Mohan's biggest headache
Rediff.com28 Sep 2020'The reality is no one, including some of the names that have shown up in the last few weeks, have any unilateral decision-making power in this,' Facebook India MD Ajit Mohan tells Peerzada Abrar.
'Giant rat' found in Mexico City drain
Rediff.com25 Sep 2020The rat looked so real that some people said they would have fled in fear had they encountered it on the street.
Lovers Rock review
Rediff.com18 Sep 2020Lovers Rock is sexy, romantic, charming and hugely entertaining -- a perfect gift for movie lovers in these tough times, feels Aseem Chhabra.
Post COVID, Indians are not afraid to travel!
Rediff.com10 Aug 2020Singapore is the most favoured destination for people living in India, Indonesia, Thailand, Hong Kong and the Philippines when it comes to post-lockdown travel.
Images of Lord Ram to feature at Times Square on Aug 5
Rediff.com30 Jul 2020Beginning from 8 am on August 5 till 10 pm, images of the words 'Jai Shri Ram' in Hindi and English, Lord Ram's portraits and videos, 3D portraits of the temple's design and architecture as well as pictures of the laying of the foundation stone by Modi will be displayed across several billboards, which are among the most striking and popular features of Times Square, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world.
A better world after Covid?
Rediff.com13 May 2020It is time to shrug off the ideological shackles about the way we work, play and live, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
When movie theatres no longer exist...
Rediff.com16 Apr 2020Aseem Chhabra imagines a time, 20 years from now, when movie-watching in theatres will be long gone, thanks to the coronavirus, and pens a letter to his grandchild, explaining the magic of the cinema hall.
On this Day: Birth of a chess legend; India lift Asia Cup
Rediff.com13 Apr 2020Garry Kasparov hated losing but in defeat, to an "alien opponent" incapable of fear or the faintest flicker of emotion, the youngest of chess champions and greatest of grandmasters made history. He became a grandmaster at 17 and world champion at 22 in 1985 when the charismatic youngster beat Soviet establishment hero Anatoly Karpov.
Sports: On this day... April 11
Rediff.com11 Apr 2020Iran were banned from an Olympic football qualifying match against Jordan later that year after refusing to remove their hijabs before kick-off.
Print Journalism in times of #GoCoronaGo
Rediff.com4 Apr 2020'India's print media appears to be on the ventilator, gasping for breath, cutting staff, cutting salaries, cutting editions, cutting off its hands and legs,' notes Krishna Prasad.
Japan's crowdless sport: A prelude to a coronavirus-hit Games?
Rediff.com1 Mar 2020Tokyo marathon which last year saw close to 38,000 amateur participants, was scaled back to just a few hundred professional athletes, with the public strongly discouraged from lining the route. In past years the event attracted more than 1 million roadside spectators.
'Nehru didn't impose secularism'
Rediff.com27 Feb 2020'His secularism merely declared the equality of all religions in India under fundamental rights.'
Drooling at Tiffany's
Rediff.com21 Feb 2020The Chanakya, a plush mall in central Delhi, is the city's latest magnet for luxury-lovers. Oozing with opulence, it is now also home to one of America's oldest luxury brands, one that helped make New York's Fifth Avenue an iconic thoroughfare. Tiffany and Co, the American jewellery giant that has been around since 1837, made its India debut here.
Nike launches new legal shoe to outrun 'tech doping' furore
Rediff.com7 Feb 2020Nike launched a new running shoe that complies with limits set by World Athletics after the governing body imposed a landmark ban on a version of the sportswear giant's Vaporfly shoes that was used to run the first sub-two hour marathon. The first-ever shoe ban by World Athletics (WA) last week addressed concerns that technology advances are giving athletes an unfair and unnatural advantage, described by some critics as "technological doping".