Beijing, June 1 (IANS) Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group on Friday announced that it will invest over 100 billion yuan to build a smart logistics network, aimed at improving the company’s efficiency and delivery reach…
By Archana Sharma Jaipur, June 1 (IANS) The ghost of Nirav Modi scam is stalking the jewellery markets in Jaipur, even as traders were trying to bury the memory of bad days triggered by demonetisation….
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) The Centre on Friday launched a web-based analytical tool to closely monitor the flow and utilisation of foreign contributions received by different organisations registered or permitted under the FCRA. “The…
San Francisco, June 1 (IANS) For the second year in a row, the worldwide smartphone market will contract again in 2018 before returning to growth in 2019 and beyond, due largely to rising demand of…
Chennai, June 1 (IANS) Commercial vehicles major Ashok Leyland Ltd on Friday said it closed last month selling 13,659 vehicles. In a statement issued here, the company said this was up from 9,075 units sold…
London, June 1 (IANS) Uganda has imposed a controversial tax on people using social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Viber and Twitter in a move to curb “gossip” and raise revenue, the media reported….
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) Revenue collection under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) in April crossed Rs 94,000 crore and was higher than the average monthly collection of Rs 89,885 crore during 2017-18, the…
By Quaid Najmi Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) In an apparent volte-face, the Central Board of Direct Taxes has said that figures of ‘write-offs’ of Income Tax arrears furnished under right to information action were sent…
Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) Profit booking by investors along with fears of a resurgent US-China trade war pulled the key Indian equity indices lower on Friday afternoon. According to market analysts, heavy selling pressure was…
New Delhi, June 1 (IANS) In a major initiative to improve healthcare for women and children in low and middle-income groups, 100 innovators in developing nations, including 17 in India, will receive a seed grant…
New Delhi, June 1 (IAN) The Enforcement Directorate on Friday said it has attached properties worth Rs 4,700 crore in a Rs 5,000-crore bank fraud case involving Gujarat-based pharmaceutical company Sterling Biotech. An ED official…
San Francisco, June 1 (IANS) YouTube, Instagram and Snapchat are the most popular online platforms among US teenagers today, pushing Facebook, which once dominated the social media landscape, to the fourth position, according to a…
San Francisco, June 1 (IANS) After facing the flak from different quarters including governments around the world over the Cambridge Analytica data leak scandal, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has now faced angry shareholders for unequal…
Canberra, June 1 (IANS) Financial institutions ANZ, Deutsche Bank and Citigroup will be prosecuted on criminal cartel charges, Australia’s consumer watchdog announced on Friday. The allegations concern arrangements for the sale of A$2.5 billion ($1.9…
Washington, June 1 (IANS) The US Justice Department has spent more than $17 million on its Russia investigation since special counsel Robert Mueller was appointment in May 2017, according to a government report. The report…
Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) The key Indian equity market indices on Friday opened higher after the official data showed that India’s GDP for the March quarter grew at 7.7 per cent, while for the full…
Washington, June 1 (IANS) The United States Department of Commerce on Thursday announced that a temporary exemption from US tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from the European Union, Canada and Mexico would be allowed…
Ottawa, June 1 (IANS) Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on up to 16.6 billion Canadian dollars ($12.8 billion) worth of US steel, aluminum and other products, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Thursday. She…
Mumbai, June 1 (IANS) Former Tata Sons Chairman Cyrus Mistry on Thursday denied “malicious and defamatory allegations” levelled against him over AirAsia India woes. “It is well documented that R. Venkataraman was intimately involved in…
Agra, May 31 (IANS) With mercury soaring past 45 degrees Celsius and river Yamuna going dry, residents of the Taj city continued to face annual water woes, with supply to half the city still not…