Moscow/New Delhi, April 21 (IANS) Twitter has banned Russia-based cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab from advertising on its platform, stating that the company “operates using a business model that inherently conflicts with acceptable Twitter Ads…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 21 (IANS) India must focus as a priority on ensuring that more women work in the formal sector as it continues with labour reforms, according to Ken Kang, the…
Berlin, April 21 (IANS) The German city of Trier is selling thousands of souvenir bank notes with a face value of zero euros in honour of revolutionary, political philosopher Karl Marx, and they are a…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 21 (IANS) The International Monetary Fund expects India’s role in the Indo-Pacific region’s development to continue to expand because of its robust growth, but it has to carry out…
Los Angeles, April 21 (IANS) US Chipmaker Qualcomm started to cut jobs at its facilities in California in order to meet the company’s promise to investors to cut costs by $1 billion. The San Diego-based…
Berlin, April 21 (IANS) German police arrested a senior Porsche AG executive in the wake of raids this week to gather evidence allegedly linking the sports car maker to Volkswagen AG’s emissions scandal, prosecutors said…
Mumbai, April 21 (IANS) Securities market regulator Sebi on Friday imposed a fine of more than Rs 1 crore on Suzlon Energy for violation of Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act (SCRA). According to the adjudication order,…
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Indiabulls Housing Finance on Friday reported a 22.6 per cent increase in its net profit for the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2017-18. According to a BSE filing, the company’s net profit…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Ltd’s acquision of 90 per cent stake in the stressed asset Electrosteel Steels Ltd (ESL) through insolvency proceedings was “credit neutral”, according to a India Ratings and…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Using a new mobile application, soon to hit the market, farmers can now have their crop-related queries answered through a ‘chatbot’ and this does not work, by a live scientist….
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) India’s foreign exchange (Forex) reserves increased by $1.21 billion as on April 13, official data showed on Friday. According to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) weekly statistical supplement, the overall…
Washington, April 20 (IANS/MAP) Three Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) in the areas of energy efficiency, trade promotion and financing of innovative projects have been signed between Morocco and the US at the 4th Morocco-US Trade…
Hyderabad, April 20 (IANS) Krishnapatnam Port Company Ltd (KPCL), which runs India’s largest all-weather and deep water port on the east coast, handled 45 million metric tonne (MMT) of cargo in 2017-18, achieving a 25…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 20 (IANS) International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Indian authorities should pay more attention to women’s issues in the…
Harare, April 20 (IANS) The Zimbabwean Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Mines and Energy has summoned former President Robert Mugabe to appear before it to explain his claim that more than $15 billion worth of diamonds…
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) All four stations en route the famed Toy Train servicing the eco-sensitive hillstation of Matheran in Maharashtra’s Raigad district have turned “green” with installation of solar power and wind energy plants,…
By Arul Louis United Nations, April 20 (IANS) India’s pace of economic reforms may slow down in the coming months because of the impending elections, although it has carried out major reforms that could help…
Hyderabad, April 20 (IANS) The Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) on Friday voiced over what it called the anti-federal and anti-democratic underpinnings of the Terms of Reference (TOR) of the 15th Union Finance Commission. In…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Public sector power generator Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Ltd has signed an MoU with the Union Power Ministry setting a target of generating 9,200 million units of electricity, according…
Mumbai, April 20 (IANS) Lending major Axis Bank on Friday said it has commenced the “succession process to appoint a new Managing Director and CEO”. According to a BSE filing, the company’ Board has appointed…