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Not to be confused with Rediffusion or Reddit.
Rediff.com, stylized as rediff.com, is an Indian news, information, entertainment and shopping web portal. It was founded in 1996[2][3] and was the first Indian website to become a mainstream new media company. Rediff.com is headquartered out of Mumbai with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi and New York City.[citation needed]
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Type of business | Public |
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Type of site | Web portal |
Available in | English |
Founded | 1996; 28 years ago (1996) |
Headquarters | Mumbai, India |
Key people | Ajit Balakrishnan (Chairman & CEO) |
Industry | Internet |
Revenue | ₹37.2 crores (2021)[1] |
Net income | ₹80 lakh (2021) |
Employees | 316 (Dec 2009) |
URL | rediff |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | February 8, 1997 (27 years ago) (1997-02-08) |
Current status | Active |
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As of 2009[update], it had more than 300 employees.[4] It is one of the earliest web portals and email providers in India. When its founder Ajit Balakrishnan launched Rediff on the NeT, the internet was barely five months old in the country, and had a total of about 18,000 users.[5]