New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) The Customs Department is planning to introduce new simplified procedures for exports through India Post to cater to the small and medium enterprises, the government said on Saturday. It said…
Kathmandu, May 12 (IANS) In what can be seen as a series of steps to mend their ties, India and Nepal on Saturday agreed to boost trade and economic links, connectivity via air, land and…
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Project Nanhi Kali, a non-government girl-child education programme jointly managed by K.C. Mahindra Education Trust (KCMET) and Naandi foundation expects to further deploy 25,000 more ‘Yellow tablets’ in the coming…
Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) The turmoil in India’s telecom sector, which has seen plunging revenues and mounting losses and debts, has resulted in the closure or acquisition-merger of several smaller or marginal players. But the…
Kathmandu, May 12 (IANS) Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday hailed his Nepal visit as “historic” and “very successful”. After wrapping up his two-day programmes to the Himalayan neighbour, Modi tweeted: “My Nepal visit…
Chennai, May 12 (IANS) Unions in the banking sector are opposed for a separate wage settlement for certain categories of officers or top management, said leaders of two major unions. According to them, the Indian…
Shimla, May 12 (IANS) The construction of 900mw Arun-III Hydroelectric Project in Kathmandu in Nepal would usher all-around development and help usher in prosperity, the Indian company executing the project said on Saturday. The project…
San Francisco, May 12 (IANS) Google is rolling out new changes to its security policy which will effectively require original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to regularly release security patches for Android devices. Most OEMs push out…
Kathmandu, May 12 (IANS) In what can be seen as a series of steps to mend their ties, India and Nepal on Saturday agreed to boost trade and economic links, connectivity via air, land and…
Chennai, May 12 (IANS) The Income Tax (IT) Department charges against the family members of former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram are baseless, their chartered accountant said on Saturday. In a statement, R. Balachandran said…
Kathmandu, May 12 (IANS) Prime Minister K.P. Sharma Oli has told his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi that Nepal’s territory will not be used against New Delhi’s interests, Indian Foreign Secretary Vijay Gokhale said here on…
Kolkata, May 12 (IANS) State-run Hindustan Copper Ltd on Saturday said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Ministry of Mines (MoM) outlining business plans for the current fiscal and also for…
San Francisco, May 12 (IANS) Chinese smartphone maker Motorola’s patent for a foldable device, which includes a rectangular screen that can be folded like a phone or unfolded to work like a tablet, has been…
Beijing, May 12 (IANS) As it prepares to file an initial public offering (IPO) in Hong Kong, Xiaomi has been named in a patent dispute in China by its rival Coolpad for three successful smartphone…
By Rituraj Baruah Mumbai, May 12 (IANS) Positive global cues including easing tensions between the US and North Korea along with encouraging quarterly earnings lifted the key Indian equity indices during the week-ended Friday. However,…
San Francisco, May 12 (IANS) After receiving complaints regarding a screen flicker defect in some Surface Pro 4 devices, Microsoft has offered to replace the eligible devices free of charge. The faulty devices qualified for…
Singapore, May 12 (IANS) Even as smartphone shipments fell 6.3 per cent Year-on-Year (YoY), the biggest ever drop in a single quarter, Samsung shipped over 15 million smartphones to lead the European market in the…
Shimla, May 12 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat on Saturday launched a cleanliness and conservation drive from here of the Kalka-Shimla rail line. The century-old rail line is a 96-km narrow gauge railroad built…
Rome, May 12 (IANS/AKI) UN World Food Programme (WPP) Executive Director David Beasley has completed a four-day official visit to North Korea. While the impoverished country is striving to nourish itself, “significant challenges” lay ahead,…
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) The Chandigarh International Airport was closed for all air traffic on Saturday until May 31 to carry out runway expansion and repairs, officials said here. “No civil and military flights will…