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US's India Outreach Policy for Asia Pacific should be leveraged: IACC |
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New Delhi | October 23, 2017 12:01:13 AM IST |
| The recent unequivocal India outreach stand of the United States to maintain balance in the geo-politics should have more economic thrust and content to ensure sustained positive policy architecture in the Asia Pacific, according to Indo-American Chamber ... read.. |
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'I am Helpless' - How GST is breaking backbone of Indian Handloom Weavers |
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Hyderabad (Telangana) [India] | October 23, 2017 12:01:13 AM IST |
| Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Oct 23 (ANI-BusinessWire India): The Goods and Services Tax or GST rolled out on July 1 is considered by the government as an achievement, with several taxes being replaced by a single tax with few slabs, its implementation ... read.. |
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US threats over n-deal has no impact on oil market: Iran |
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Tehran | Monday, 2017 3:45:04 AM IST |
| Iran's Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said that global oil markets have remained unfazed by the recent remarks of US President Donald Trump against Iran's international 2015 nuclear deal, internationally known as JCPOA, Press TV reported on Sund ... read.. |
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Toll collectors flee after BJP MLA confronts them (Lead) |
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Ghaziabad | Sunday, 2017 7:15:04 PM IST |
| Collectors at a toll plaza here fled after BJP MLA Dalbeer Singh raised questions about their legality on Sunday, allowing hundreds of vehicles to pass through for two hours without paying any money. Officials later said the toll bridge was legal. ... read.. |
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Economy strong, in right direction: PM |
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Dahej (Gujarat) | Sunday, 2017 6:45:04 PM IST |
| The Indian economy's fundamentals are strong and the economy is headed in the right direction, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday. ... read.. |
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Toll collectors flee after BJP MLA confronts them |
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Ghaziabad | Sunday, 2017 4:45:04 PM IST |
| Collectors at a seemingly illegal toll plaza at Dasna here in Uttar Pradesh fled after BJP MLA Dalbeer Singh confronted them on Sunday, allowing hundreds of vehicles to pass through for two hours without paying any money. ... read.. |
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PM inaugurates ferry service |
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Bhavnagar (Gujarat) | Sunday, 2017 1:45:04 PM IST |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of the Ghogha-Dahej Ro-Ro ferry service, a first-of-its-kind project in India, calling it "a landmark occasion for entire South-East Asia". ... read.. |
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Two 400KV power stations commissioned in Ghaziabad |
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Ghaziabad | Saturday, 2017 6:45:04 PM IST |
| Minister of State for External Affairs and Ghaziabad MP General V.K. Singh (retd), along with Uttar Pradesh Minister of Power Shrikant Sharma, commissioned two 400KV power stations here on Saturday. ... read.. |
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PM Modi praises IFFCO's efforts in farmers upliftment |
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New Delhi [India] | October 21, 2017 12:01:13 AM IST |
| The Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO), world's largest processed fertilizer cooperative, has been praised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for their efforts and initiatives to train the farming community on the right use of fertilizers, advance ... read.. |
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Apple, Foxconn to meet as iPhone X faces production issues: Report |
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San Francisco | Saturday, 2017 6:15:04 PM IST |
| Apple Chief Operating Officer (COO) Jeff Williams is scheduled to meet Foxconn Chairman Terry Gou during his visit to Taiwan later this month to discuss issues affecting the production of the "super premium" iPhone X, reports said on Saturday. ... read.. |
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Govt incentivises online purchase, payment of Gold Bonds |
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New Delhi [India] | October 21, 2017 12:01:13 AM IST |
| In a bid to fuel the ongoing digitisation drive, the Government of India in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a discount on the purchase of Sovereign Gold Bonds, if made online and paid digitally. ... read.. |
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Responsibility of clean air lies with all: Assocham |
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New Delhi | Saturday, 2017 5:45:04 PM IST |
| Expressing concern over poor implementation of the Supreme Court ban on the sale of fire crackers in the Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR), industry chamber Assocham on Saturday said ensuring a clean environment should be a combined responsibility of t ... read.. |
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Diwali sales fail to bring cheer back to markets in Agra, Mathura |
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Mathura/Agra | Saturday, 2017 5:15:04 PM IST |
| A spurt in sales of consumer products, including cars and two-wheelers, during the five-day long Diwali festivities brought temporary cheer to markets in Agra, Mathura, Firozabad, after a prolonged subdued business environment in the post-demonetisation a ... read.. |
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64% Chrome traffic on Android devices protected: Google |
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San Francisco | Saturday, 2017 4:45:04 PM IST |
| Google's efforts to enhance security by extending "not secure" warning to websites not encrypted with "HTTPS in Chrome" has yielded desired results as 64 per cent of Chrome traffic on Android devices is now protected -- up from 42 per cent a year ago. ... read.. |
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These six platforms empower SMEs in India |
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New Delhi [India] | October 21, 2017 12:01:13 AM IST |
| The small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) sector is considered to be the backbone of the Indian economy. It is said to be the desired growth engine which helps India achieve an ambitious two-digit gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate. ... read.. |
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35-40pct plunge witnessed in Diwali gifts this year: Survey |
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New Delhi [India] | October 21, 2017 12:01:13 AM IST |
| In sync with the low-key festivities due to economic slowdown and pressure on their balance-sheets, corporate India saw lukewarm response in Diwali gifts this year to its associates, networked partners, employees and other key personalities, slashing the ... read.. |
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Laptops may be banned from checked bags on planes |
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Ottawa | Saturday, 2017 8:45:04 AM IST |
| The International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) might consider a ban on laptops from checked baggage on planes due to a fire risk under a proposal being recommended by a global air safety panel, a media report said. ... read.. |
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Pakistan CA deficit surges in September |
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Islamabad | Saturday, 2017 2:45:14 AM IST |
| Pakistan's Current Account (CA) deficit was recorded at $956 million in September this year when compared with $550 million reported in August. ... read.. |
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Silver and Bronze for India in Worldskills competition |
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New Delhi | Friday, 2017 10:15:04 PM IST |
| As the country plunged in festivity here, a team of individuals found a different brilliance at the shores in Abu Dhabi with the winning of a Silver and a Bronze medal at the 44th WorldSkills Competition, Ministry of Skill Development said in a statement ... read.. |
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Traffic banned on Agra-Lucknow e-way from Friday midnight |
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Lucknow | Friday, 2017 7:15:04 PM IST |
| A major section of the 302 km Agra-Lucknow Expressway, which cuts down travel time considerably between the city of the Taj and the state capital, will be closed for vehicular traffic from Friday midnight, an official said. ... read.. |
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Odisha gets piped natural gas supply |
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Bhubaneswar | Friday, 2017 6:45:04 PM IST |
| Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Friday launched the Piped Natural Gas (PNG) supply system in Odisha by rolling out the first phase of the project here -- almost six months before the deadline. ... read.. |
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EU leaders pave way for future UK trade talks |
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Brussels | Friday, 2017 6:15:04 PM IST |
| EU leaders on Friday agreed to start preparing for trade talks with the UK as British Prime Minister Theresa May admitted there was "some way to go" in negotiations. ... read.. |
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Apple shares down over poor iPhone 8 sales report |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2017 5:15:04 PM IST |
| A report in a Taipei-based newspaper stating that Apple had cut orders for iPhone8 by more than 50 per cent owing to poor sales led to Apple shares plunging up to 2.8 per cent on Thursday. ... read.. |
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CBI must probe illegal pesticides, demands Maharashtra farm panel |
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Nagpur (Maharashtra) | Friday, 2017 4:15:04 PM IST |
| A Maharashtra government Special Task Force on Friday urged the Centre to institute a CBI enquiry into reports that around 3.50 million packets of illegal Herbicide Tolerant genetically modified cotton seeds are being sold during the current season in sev ... read.. |
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Adobe unveils next generation of Creative Cloud |
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New Delhi [India] | October 20, 2017 12:01:13 AM IST |
| Adobe unveiled the next generation of Creative Cloud, including four brand new applications, Adobe XD CC for experience design, Adobe Dimension CC for 2D to 3D compositing, Character Animator CC for 2D animation, and an all-new cloud-based photography ser ... read.. |
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25 cloth shops gutted in Jalandhar fire |
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Chandigarh | Friday, 2017 3:15:04 PM IST |
| Goods worth lakhs of rupees were destroyed in a Diwali night fire that gutted nearly 25 shops in a cloth market in Jalandhar city, police said on Friday. ... read.. |
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Google offers $1000 to find bugs in Android apps |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2017 1:45:04 PM IST |
| Google has launched a new bug bounty programme for security experts where the company will pay $1,000 for finding security flaws in Android apps and then reporting it to Google researchers. ... read.. |
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Four Ruchi Soya plants honoured with national safety awards |
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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India] | October 20, 2017 12:01:13 AM IST |
| Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct.20 (ANI-Businesswire India): Ruchi Soya has been recognized for its initiatives and implementation of safety measures with four of its plants receiving coveted national safety awards. ... read.. |
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Twitter rolls out new safety calendar |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2017 10:45:04 AM IST |
| In a bid to make its platform a safer place, Twitter has rolled out a new safety calendar that describes upcoming changes to the company's rules towards hate speech and abuse. ... read.. |
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Facebook testing paid news model in Instant Articles |
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San Francisco | Friday, 2017 10:45:04 AM IST |
| Facebook is finally testing a paywall in its Instant Articles feature -- beginning with Android and not iOS devices -- in partnership with a small group of publishers across the US and Europe. ... read.. |
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US Senate passes $4tn budget blueprint |
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Washington | Friday, 2017 10:15:04 AM IST |
| The US Senate has approved a multi-trillion dollar budget that President Donald Trump has called a "first step towards massive tax cuts". ... read.. |
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McAfee, Cisco tie up for faster threats detection solutions |
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Las Vegas | Thursday, 2017 3:45:04 PM IST |
| Realising the wide adoption of open security platform, global cybersecurity firm McAfee and networking and security major Cisco on Thursday collaborated to provide comprehensive visibility and real-time security orchestration. ... read.. |
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India sales volume growth improved after GST: Unilever |
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Mumbai | Thursday, 2017 3:45:04 PM IST |
| Anglo-Dutch consumer goods multinational Unilever on Thursday said emerging markets sales drove the company's growth in the third quarter of 2017, while it sees signs of improvement in India with higher demand-led growth helped by price cuts resulting fro ... read.. |
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Solar Scam: Kerala Assembly special session on Nov 9 |
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Thiruvananthapuram | Thursday, 2017 2:15:04 PM IST |
| Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Thursday headed a cabinet meeting that decided to call a special one-day Assembly session on November 9 to table the Solar Scam probe report. ... read.. |
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XLRI highest summer internship stipend hits Rs 5 lakh |
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Kolkata | Thursday, 2017 1:45:04 PM IST |
| XLRI - Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur, has completed its summer internship placement process (SIP) for 2017 in just two days, with top companies like PricewaterhouseCoopers, Coca Cola and Microsoft, roping in the students and the highest stipend ... read.. |
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Google serves fake news ads on fact-checking sites |
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San Francisco | Thursday, 2017 12:45:04 PM IST |
| The fake news advertising problem has now spread to fact-checking websites as Google put fake news advertisements on pages such as Snopes and PolitiFact, the New York Times reported. ... read.. |
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Vizag may soon emerge as hub of new age technologies |
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Visakhapatnam | Thursday, 2017 12:45:04 PM IST |
| Visakhapatnam or Vizag, as it is popularly known, may emerge as the hub of new age technologies as top financial technology firms are looking at this coastal city to start operations. ... read.. |
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McAfee unveils solutions for endpoints, cloud protection |
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Las Vegas | Thursday, 2017 11:45:04 AM IST |
| As the need to defend data against cyber threats increased the demand for open and efficient security operations, global cybersecurity firm McAfee on Thursday launched new endpoint and cloud solutions. ... read.. |
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Paytm reports Mega-Dhanteras sale |
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New Delhi [India] | October 19, 2017 12:01:13 AM IST |
| Mobile wallet company Paytm on Wednesday said it witnessed a significant increase in business during Dhanteras. ... read.. |
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Hero MotoCorp sells over 3 lakh units on Dhanteras |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2017 10:15:04 PM IST |
| Two-wheeler major Hero MotoCorp on Wednesday reported a single day retail sale of more than 3-lakh motorcycles and scooters on Dhanteras, which is the highest-ever by any company across the globe. ... read.. |
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Inflation, fiscal uncertainty induced RBI to hold rates |
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Mumbai | Wednesday, 2017 9:45:04 PM IST |
| RBI Governor Urjit Patel had recommended keeping the central bank's key interest rate unchanged at 6 per cent citing risks to inflation and uncertainties on the external and fiscal fronts, the minutes of October's monetary policy committee (MPC) meetin ... read.. |
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Fresh attempt to auction mafia don Dawood properties |
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Mumbai | Wednesday, 2017 9:45:04 PM IST |
| The Centre has issued advertisements inviting bids for six properties belonging to absconder mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar in south Mumbai and Aurangabad, to be auctioned publicly on e-auction on November 14. ... read.. |
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NIIT Technologies net up 14% in Q2 |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2017 9:15:04 PM IST |
| Global IT solutions provider NIIT Technologies Ltd on Wednesday reported Rs 67-crore net profit for the second quarter (Q2) of fiscal 2017-18, posting 14 per cent growth from Rs 59 crore in the same period year ago. ... read.. |
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After 5-month wait, farm loans waiver begins in Maharashtra (Lead) |
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Mumbai | Wednesday, 2017 8:45:04 PM IST |
| Nearly five months after announcing waiver of farm loans, the Maharashtra government kickstarted the process on Wednesday as "Diwali gift" to the state's farmers. Rs 4,000 crore will be distributed among 840,000 beneficiaries in the first phase of the mas ... read.. |
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