App usage grew 6% in 2017
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) App usage grew six per cent in 2017 globally as users continued to spend more than five hours a day on their smartphones, but was still down against the 11…
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Israel PM to arrive on six-day India trip
New Delhi/Gandhinagar, Jan 11 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Prime Benjamin Netanyahu will arrive here on Sunday to give a fillip to 25 years of diplomatic ties between the two countries during a six-day trip that…
TCS net dips 4 per cent in Q3
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) Global software major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Thursday reported 4 per cent annual decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 6,545 crore for the third quarter of 2017-18 from Rs…
Jet offers discounted fares for global destinations
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Jet Airways on Thursday said it will offer a discount of up to 30 per cent on travel from India to all international destinations across its network. The discounted fare…
R-Infra bids lowest for NTPC unit flue gas de-sulphurisation: Sources
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Reliance Infrastructure (R-Infra) has emerged as lowest bidder in a state-run power generator NTPC tender for the flue gas de-sulphurisation (FGD) works of its 3×500 MW coal-fired thermal plant in…
Chinese products’ share in imports basket continuously rising: Report
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The share of Chinese products in the country’s imports basket of mobile and other telecommunications equipment has increased to 69.4 per cent in 2016-17, a report published by the Broadband…
Pakistan not doing enough to eliminate terror safe havens: US
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) Pakistan has not done enough to eliminate safe havens for terrorists on its soil, new US Ambassador to India Kenneth Juster said on Thursday even as he described India as…
India’s domestic passenger traffic rises over 16% in November: IATA
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) India’s domestic passenger traffic grew by 16.4 per cent in November, a global airline association said on Thursday. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), India’s domestic demand –…
Americans told be cautious while travelling to India
Washington, Jan 11 (IANS) The US State Department has warned Americans to exercise increased caution in India due to crime and terrorism and to avoid going to Jammu and Kashmir except the Buddhist-dominated region of…
Mumbai pub blaze: Pub owners sent to police custody till Jan 17
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) A court on Thursday sent to police custody, till January 17, the three partner-owners of the 1Above pub who were nabbed after a 13-day chase on Wednesday, an official said. The…
SC no to foreign safety assessment of Mullaperiyar Dam
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea for direction to the Centre to engage an international agency to assess the safety of the 120-year-old Mullaperiyar Dam in Kerala that…
ED summons Karti Chidambaram in INX media case
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday issued fresh summons to Karti Chidambaram, son of Congress leader P. Chidambaram, in a money laundering case related to alleged irregularities in FIPB clearance…
Stop making Aadhaar mandatory, says CPI-M
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The CPI-M has urged the government to stop making Aadhaar linkages mandatory to avail basic services and also criticized the Supreme Court for delaying a ruling on the contentious issue….
India company launches Mandarin email service in China
Beijing, Jan 11 (IANS) An Indian company on Thursday launched a mobile application in China that will allow people to keep their email addresses in Mandarin. A Jaipur-based company, Data XGen, which has already launched…
Auction of gas distribution license for 100 more cities soon
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) The Indian petroleum downstream regulator will begin the process of auctioning gas distribution licenses for 100 cities this month, Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Thursday. Addressing industry chamber Ficci…
Equity indices close at new highs led by IT, realty stocks
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices — Sensex and Nifty50 — discarded losses and closed at record highs with modest gains on Thursday riding on the back of optimism over the upcoming…
GoPro releases ‘Mobile OverCapture’ for Fusion 360 camera
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) US-based technology company GoPro on Thursday introduced “Mobile OverCapture” for its 360-degree camera “Fusion” on iOS empowering the users to reshoot a video repeatedly from several perspectives. Mobile OverCapture is…
Jet crew, aide’s judicial custody extended
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) A court here on Thursday sent a Jet Airways crew and her accomplice, arrested on charges of involvement in the smuggling of US dollars worth Rs 3.21 crore, to 14…
India’s app usage grew 6% in 2017
New Delhi, Jan 11 (IANS) India’s app usage grew six per cent in 2017 as users continued to spend more than five hours a day on their smartphones, but was still down against the 11…
Gadkari ‘attacks’ Indian Navy for obstructing Mumbai development
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) In an unprecedented “attack”, Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday slammed the Indian Navy for creating obstacles in “development projects in Mumbai”, including opposing the plans for a floating jetty…