By Rajendra Shende For the first time, the world is experiencing ice-breaking events that are not attributable to global warming. But they are definitely related to warming of another kind. There has been a sudden…
By Sourabh Kulesh Las Vegas, May 1 (IANS) Complimenting India on its digital drive, Michael Dell, Chairman and CEO of Dell Technologies, said that he gets inspired by what the country is doing to transform…
San Francisco, May 1 (IANS) In a jolt to Facebook, WhatsApp co-founder and CEO Jan Koum has decided to move on amid reports that he had a difference of opinion with parent company Facebook over…
Washington, May 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump’s administration said that it would delay a decision to impose steel and aluminium tariffs on the EU, Canada and Mexico for another 30 days, giving Washington’s key…
Sydney, May 1 (IANS) The Australian dollar on Tuesday fell to its lowest level in 2018 for a second straight day. When the Asian market opened on Tuesday morning, the local unit was trading at…
Washington, May 1 (IANS) The Donald Trump administration in the US has extended negotiations on steel and aluminium tariffs for 30 days with Canada, the EU and Mexico. It has also reached an agreement in…
New York, May 1 (IANS) Investors from the US and China will meet in the US city of Omaha, the hometown of billionaire investor Warren Buffett, on Friday to explore cooperation opportunities between the two…
Washington, May 1 (IANS) US President Donald Trump has announced that an official delegation from the US will travel to China to discuss the bilateral trade relationship beginning on Thursday. The members of the US…
Berlin, May 1 (IANS) German Economy Minister Peter Altmaier has called for further diplomatic negotiations to resolve the international trade conflict unleashed by the protectionist policies of US President Donald Trump. Speaking to radio station…
New York, May 1 (IANS) The US dollar traded higher against other major currencies as inflation neared the US Federal Reserve’s target, potentially signalling a faster increase in US interest rates. In late New York…
New York, May 1 (IANS) US stocks traded higher as investors digested a slew of corporate earnings reports as well as major economic data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Monday gained 137.22 points, or…
Trieste (Italy), April 30 (IANS/AKI) Fincantieris Norwegian subsidiary Vard Holdings has won a 170 million euro contract to design and construct an advanced cable laying vessel for Italy’s Prysmian Group, world leader in the energy…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) Questioning the competence of the Modi government to create jobs, senior Congress leader and former Union Finance Minister P. Chidambaram said on Monday that “unemployment” will be the biggest issue…
Chennai, April 30 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the regulator of the banking sector has not taken the banks to task for their customer-unfriendly practices and remained silent, states a Memorandum signed…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday summoned former Union Minister P. Chidambaram’s wife Nalini Chidambaram in a multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam, an official said. The agency asked Nalini Chidambaram,…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Centre will invite bids during this week for the procurement of aggregate power amounting to 2,500 MW on a competitive basis for three years from generators with commissioned projects…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) A day after the Centre announced that all villages in India have been connected with power, the government on Monday said the definition of village electrification – of connecting at…
New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) The Congress on Monday continued to attack Union Minister Piyush Goyal over his sale of shares in a privately-held company at nearly 1,000 times the face value, asking why did…
London/New Delhi, April 30 (IANS) After the massive Facebook data scandal, a report in The Sunday Telegraph claimed that micro-blogging platform Twitter had also sold users’ data to a Cambridge Analytica (CA) researcher who collected…
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Kotak Mahindra Bank on Monday reported a 27 per cent rise in its consolidated net profit to Rs 1,789.24 crore in the quarter ended March 31, 2018 as compared to Rs…