Andrew Macaskill

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HSBC axes 840 IT jobs in Britain in first big wave of planned cuts
Rediff.com16 May 2016

Many of the jobs will now be offshored to lower income countries such as India, China...

RBS to cut 448 UK jobs, create 300 similar roles in India
Rediff.com16 Mar 2016

Back- and middle-office positions that support trading functions and provide technology...

Farmers see Modi's Budget as all promise, no delivery
Rediff.com7 Mar 2016

Most of the extra spending in the Budget is in fact an accounting entry that shifts the...

Modi's Budget, in policy shift, to focus on rural India
Rediff.com29 Feb 2016

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's landslide election in 2014 raised hopes he would draw a...

Ford Foundation funding dries up as Modi clamps down on NGOs
Rediff.com14 Jul 2015

Modi denies the charges and was exonerated in an Indian Supreme Court inquiry in 2012.

Roads before welfare: Modi faces dissent over spending shakeup
Rediff.com19 May 2015

As Modi completes a year in office, his cuts in federal welfare spending on the poorest...

India plans to step up safety on world's most dangerous roads
Rediff.com5 Nov 2014

Drunk driving can attract a fine up to Rs 50,000.

Modi keen to revive India's 'zombie factories', not abandon them
Rediff.com13 Oct 2014

British India Corporation employs about 1,800 people