Back रेडिफ.कॉम Bihari রেডিফ.কম Bengali/Bangla Rediff.com German Rediff Spanish Rediff.com French रीडिफ.कॉम Hindi Rediff.com ID Rediff.com Japanese रीडिफ.कॉम Marathi Rediff.com Malay
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| Type of business | Public |
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Type of site | Web portal |
| Available in | English |
| Founded | 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 |
| Current status | Active |
Rediff.com, stylized as rediff.com, is an Indian news, information, entertainment, and shopping website. Founded by Ajit Balakrishnan in 1996, it was the first Indian website to become a mainstream news media organization.[2][3] Rediff.com is headquartered in Mumbai with offices in Bangalore, New Delhi, and New York City.[citation needed]
As of 2009[update], it had more than 300 employees.[4] At the time of its founding, internet access had only been available in India for five months with a mere 18,000 users, leaving Rediff.com as one of the earliest Indian web portals and email providers.[5]
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