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US has shortage of tech talent, warn Infy, Cognizant
Rediff.com3 Dec 2016'It is not that the H1B visa employees are coming in to displace jobs.'
America in the Trump era: What desis must do
Rediff.com23 Nov 2016'For some South Asians, it may be tempting to think "I'm not Muslim, this doesn't really affect me".' 'But please know, it affects all of us,' says Arun Venugopal, a reporter at WNYC in New York.
Amazon's $1 billion loss to further take shine off India's e-commerce industry
Rediff.com23 Nov 2016Amazon's huge investment of $80 million a month didn't win it favour over customers during the festive season, with rival Flipkart selling more goods, reports Alnoor Peermohamed from Bengaluru.
What Indian media can learn from US elections
Rediff.com22 Nov 2016Perhaps one aspect of the way modern media particularly print and news television works need some soul-searching: Their tendency to "frame" news stories as a conflict between two personalities, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
Automakers pour money into electric bike start-ups
Rediff.com18 Nov 2016Large manufacturers are investing in small companies to get a peek into their R&D. Alnoor Peermohamed and Anita Babu report.
My niece, the US Senator
Rediff.com11 Nov 2016'Whatever Kamala is today, it is because of my sister.' 'My sister inculcated South Indian culture and values in her,' Dr Sarala Gopalan, US Senator-electKamala Harris' maternal aunt, tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier in Chennai.
eBay sacks India product team on day Trump was elected
Rediff.com10 Nov 2016eBay says it has cut jobs at its centre in Bengaluru in favour of shifting them to other locations around the world.
Silicon Valley gets an Indian-American Congressman
Rediff.com10 Nov 2016With Ro Khanna defeating eight-term incumbent Mike Honda, for the first time in history the Indian Diaspora has three of its own in the US Congress.
'Many Indian-Americans could be part of Trump administration'
Rediff.com10 Nov 2016Under Trump presidency one should expect much more cooperation between the US and India, said Indian-American Republican from Texas Ashok Mago.
US election: 'Ro' Khanna hopes he is second-time lucky
Rediff.com6 Nov 2016Backed by top IT companies of the Silicon Valley, Indian-American Rohit "Ro" Khanna hopes to get second-time lucky in his effort to enter the US House of Representatives against Democratic Party's sitting lawmaker.
Obama's protege Kamala headed for 'landslide win'
Rediff.com6 Nov 2016Kamala Harris, California's Attorney General who is on the cusp of becoming the first Indian-American Senator in the US Congress, may push for strong India-US ties as a protege of President Barack Obama.
Flipkart's salary rejig makes employees jittery, look out for better jobs
Rediff.com5 Nov 2016Flipkart's value has eroded by a third from a peak of $15.2 billion to as low as $9 billion following several investor markdowns
Not the endgame for Infosys, TCS: Why it's too early for an obit on Indian IT
Rediff.com18 Oct 2016Though the evolving nature of the IT industry and changing needs of their clients pose a big risk
Need to move from past to solve Cauvery water row
Rediff.com15 Oct 2016The Supreme Court and its committees, the two states and the central government must become objective and take the present and not just the past in mind.
'There can be positive things on the Internet'
Rediff.com10 Oct 2016'I always used to say ignore the trolls and move on and focus on your fans and friends,' Sreenath Sreenivasan tells Rediff.com's Monali Sarkar. 'That was easy for me to say. But now when I say it, I really mean it.'
With over 17 million tweets, Trump, Clinton debate breaks records
Rediff.com10 Oct 2016Donald Trump accounted for 64 per cent of the conversation on this social media website, while Clinton accounted for 36 per cent.
Yahoo confirms data breach of 500 mn users, blames 'state-sponsored actor'
Rediff.com23 Sep 2016In July, Yahoo was sold to US telecoms giant Verizon for $4.8 billion.
Why did Facebook gift this student Rs 21 lakh?
Rediff.com21 Sep 2016Engineering student Arun Suresh Kumar reported two significant security-related bugs to Facebook.
'Work for the govt?' Yes, say Ivy League profs, Silicon Valley techies
Rediff.com16 Sep 2016Advertisement on mygov.in gets 8,000 applications and counting; govt to maintain bank of CVs for future use
Adobe, Microsoft and Google among India's 50 best IT & ITeS companies
Rediff.com15 Sep 2016Unique benefits, work-life balance, and fair share of profits were the top three areas where MNCs fared better over Indian companies
Delhi startup eyes US fitness wearables market through smart shoes
Rediff.com15 Sep 2016"Till now, all activity trackers and wearables gave data. We are conspiring to change that by inferring this data and giving it a meaning," Arnav Kishore, CEO and founder of Boltt, a Delhi/NCR-based startup.
'I have never wanted to distance myself from India'
Rediff.com12 Sep 2016'The more I lived in India, the more I realised that America was my home too.'
Nandan Nilekani commits 5% assets to start-ups
Rediff.com12 Sep 2016Invests $50 mn in 11 entities in just over a year, commits $25 mn more; prefers putting money in firms trying to solve India-specific problems
Isro plans to launch first privately built satellite by March
Rediff.com6 Sep 2016Research and markets estimated in May that the global opportunity for small and mini satellites would grow nearly one and half times to $5.32 billion by 2021
Indo-US ties have evolved into very deep partnership: Indian envoy
Rediff.com1 Sep 2016A 1979 batch Indian Foreign Service officer, Singh said it is generally recognised that Indian diplomacy over a period of time has gained "more and more impact".
Slow e-commerce growth worries Flipkart
Rediff.com23 Aug 2016In the past eight months, Flipkart has seen the exits of Mukesh Bansal, considered the right hand man of Sachin and Binny Bansal; Ankit Nagori, chief business officer; Punit Soni, Flipkart's million-dollar hire from Silicon Valley who headed product and strategy; and Manish Maheshwari, head of the seller business
'Unless you solve somebody's problem, you won't make money'
Rediff.com5 Aug 2016'If they are not ready for a 10 to 20 year journey, they should not become entrepreneurs.'
Donald Trump: A dangerous mind
Rediff.com27 Jul 2016'India and Indian Americans cannot rely on wishful thinking about the checks and balances in the US system to magically take care of the many dangerous things that Trump could do,' says Chicago-based writer Ram Kelkar.
From boom to doom: The story of India's start-ups
Rediff.com21 Jul 2016Start-ups that did not have a business model and, hence, could not grow or attract new funding, are shutting shop.
In 25 months, Modi has visited 42 countries in 113 days
Rediff.com13 Jul 2016The prime minister has emerged as the most widely-travelled PM compared to his predecessors.
Odisha: Of unkept promises and chasing big-ticket investments
Rediff.com12 Jul 2016A large chunk of the Rs 8.8 lakh crore of investments the Patnaik government had attracted is in uncertain territory.
Droom: Now, rent a chopper online!
Rediff.com11 Jul 2016Droom has seen aircraft such as the Falcon, Hawk and Cessna being rented.
'Miracles do happen if you are patient'
Rediff.com4 Jul 2016When 27-year-old Karthik Kamalakannan founded Skcript with his friend Swathi Kakarla in December 2013, little did he realise that it would become the Pied Piper of India one day.
Making Rs 2 crore a day, Nikesh Arora rocked at his job
Rediff.com22 Jun 2016Nikesh Arora has an engineering degree in electronics and worked for a brief period at Wipro, selling computers.
Flipkart remains defiant as sellers protest over new norms
Rediff.com21 Jun 2016Sellers on platform listed products out-of-stock on Monday against increased commission, fees on returns.
Finland, home to Nokia and jobless engineers, struggles to fill tech jobs
Rediff.com16 Jun 2016Nokia dominated around 40 percent of the world's mobile phone industry in 2008, but its products were eclipsed by touch-screen smartphones made by Apple and Samsung.
Telangana wants to be the next start-up hub
Rediff.com13 Jun 2016The state is planning an event similar to PM Narendra Modi's Startup India.
US firms pledge $45-billion investments
Rediff.com9 Jun 2016Amazon committed a fresh investment of $3 billion, in addition to the $2 billion it announced in 2014.
'You can't stand on a podium and preach to India'
Rediff.com9 Jun 2016'India is no longer the India of the '70s and the '80s.' 'It's a large country with the fastest growing economy.' 'In working with India, you just can't go and humiliate the nation publicly.' USIBC President Mukesh Aghi tells Aziz Haniffa/Rediff.com about how he advises American companies to do business with India, what he thinks of Modi's government and the way forward for the India-US relationship.
Kamala Harris wins most votes in California Senate primary
Rediff.com8 Jun 2016California State Attorney General Kamala Harris and Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez battle each other to become California's next United States senator, after winning the top two spots in an open primary on Tuesday, reports Ritu Jha from California.