New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Banking Codes and Standards Board of India (BCSBI) on Tuesday released a new “Code of Bank’s Commitment to Customers” to ensure protection of consumers’ rights in the dynamic banking…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Accenture on Tuesday announced the launch of new services for testing Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems globally that are powered by a “Teach and Test” methodology designed to help companies build,…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Union Cabinet headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday approved the proposal for adjudication of the dispute on the Mahanadi river water between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. “The tribunal…
Islamabad, Feb 20 (IANS) China has been wooing Baloch militants by quietly holding talks with them for over five years in an attempt to protect the $60 billion infrastructure projects it is financing as part…
San Francisco, Feb 20 (IANS) Citing low awareness of Wikipedia outside the US and Europe, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) has announced it will be stopping its “Wikipedia Zero” programme that provides the service free of…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Moody’s Investors Service on Tuesday placed under review for downgrade Punjab National Bank’s (PNB) local and foreign currency deposit rating of Baa3/P-3 and foreign currency issuer rating Baa3, an official…
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices on Tuesday traded on a higher note during the mid-afternoon session — amid volatility — with healthy buying in metals, consumer durables, IT and banking stocks. Around…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) Fitch Ratings has placed Punjab National Bank’s (PNB) Viability Rating of ‘bb’ on Rating Watch Negative (RWN), following the $1.8 billion fraud detected in the bank, an official statement said…
By Mohd Asim Khan New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has “twisted” some of the things in the digital revolution, such as “forcing digital transactions” on people and insisting on…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday continued questioning 10 Punjab National Bank (PNB) officials including those of General Manager rank and four employees of Nirav Modi group of companies in the Rs…
Hyderabad, Feb 20 (IANS) Shah Rukh Khan is the favourite actor of Sophia, the human-like robot. ‘Love for all’ is the change she wants to see in this world. The humanoid robot powered by artificial…
San Francisco, Feb 20 (IANS) Microsoft has announced that it is ending support for all push notifications for Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows Phone 8.0 devices starting from Tuesday. “Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows Phone…
New Delhi/ Kanpur, Feb 20 (IANS) The CBI on Tuesday continued raids at the same three locations in Kanpur for the second consecutive day as it probed a multi-crore loan default by Rotomac Pen’s chief…
By Amit Kapoor For most part of human history, change was glacial in pace. It was quite safe to assume that the world at the time of your death would look pretty much similar to…
New Delhi, Feb 20 (IANS) The Smart Cities Mission of the government is just a starter to India’s urban transformation and the plan won’t be limited to just 99 designated areas, says Minister of State…
Mumbai, Feb 20 (IANS) Key Indian equity indices traded on a flat note on Tuesday with marginal upward movement in both the indices. The wider Nifty50 of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) traded at 10,392.90…
Tel Aviv, Feb 20 (IANS) Israel-based Delek and Texas-based Noble Energy signed on Monday a $15 billion deal to export natural gas to Egypt, the officials said. The gas will be drilled from Israel’s offshore…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 19 (IANS) A state of the art quality control laboratory to check traces of antibiotics in shrimps and other marine products was inaugurated here on Monday. It would address concerns of USA, Japan…
Mysuru (Karnataka), Feb 19 (IANS) Prime Minister Narenda Modi on Monday unveiled a slew of railway projects in poll-bound Karnataka and flagged off a weekly Humsafar Express train (Palace Queen) to Rajasthan’s Udaipur. “Modi dedicated…
Kolkata, Feb 19 (IANS) Debt-laden Bhushan Steel Ltd on Monday said Tata Steel, JSW Living Pvt Ltd and employees of the company have submitted resolution plans to take over its assets. “We wish to inform…