Wellington, Aug 19 (IANS) New Zealand’s education sector saw revenue from services delivered abroad rise from about $75 million in 2012 to $124 million in 2015, a statement said on Friday. The report from the…
New York, Aug 19 (IANS) What to learn from Facebook how does it train its artificial intelligence (AI) bots? Take the lessons from the social media giant itself — for free. In a bid to…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The government on Friday announced that a team would be set up to advise on how to further improve India’a ranking in the global index of countries in the sphere…
Imphal, Aug 19 (IANS) The supply of essential commodities has been badly hit in Manipur and prices of items available in markets have soared after police job aspirants enforced an economic blockade, protesting the delay…
Kolkata, Aug 19 (IANS) The Union Ministry of Commerce is taking up initiatives to bring suitable legislative changes in the SEZ and Foreign Trade Act (FTA) to make them consistent with the Goods and Services…
Mumbai, Aug 19 (IANS) Profit booking, negative global cues and a weak rupee subdued the Indian equity markets on Friday. Heavy selling pressure was witnessed in automobile and information technology (IT) stocks. The wider 51-scrip…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Friday asked government officials to maximise use of social media platforms and disseminate information which is useful for…
Beijing, Aug 19 (IANS) Japanese automaker Mazda will recall 11,449 vehicles imported in China due to faulty lower control arm components, authorities said on Friday. The recall will involve CX-7 vehicles manufactured between October 1,…
Kuala Lumpur, Aug 19 (IANS) Malaysia and Singapore are set to call for a tender on August 22 to appoint a Joint Development Partner (JDP) for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project, officials…
By Francis Kokutse Accra (Ghana), Aug 19 (IANS) Online retailing is the future in Africa, says 25-year-old Rahul Kalra, from India’s financial capital Mumbai. Kalra believes that by 2025 e-commerce will be the way most…
San Francisco, Aug 19 (IANS) American multinational online transportation firm Uber Technologies Inc. announced that it has acquired ‘Otto’, a technology startup whose aim is to make trucks self-driving. Otto, a 90-person start-up includes former…
Chennai, Aug 19 (IANS) The share swap ratio announced by State Bank of India (SBI) for taking over three of its listed associate banks and the Bharatiya Mahila Bank (BMB) is a non-event with revenue…
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) The Indian smartphone market registered a healthy 17.1 per cent growth over the previous quarter this year and a marginal 3.7 per cent growth over the second quarter of 2015,…
By Gaurav Sharma Beijing, Aug 19 (IANS) India will raise the issue of climate change at the upcoming G-20 Summit in China where it will remind developed nations about their commitment to mobilise $100 billion…
New York, Aug 19 (IANS) Micro-blogging website Twitter has added a quality filter to its notifications settings which, when turned on, will automatically filter low-quality content like duplicate tweets or content that appears to be…
Lucknow, Aug 19 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh government has allotted 1.62 hectares of land for establishing a state-of-the-art design institute to boost the micro, small and medium industries sector here, an official said on Friday. The…
Mumbai, Aug 19 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices opened flat on Friday despite firm global cues as investors await the announcement of the new Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index…
San Francisco, Aug 19 (IANS) American multinational online transportation firm Uber Technologies Inc. announced that it has acquired ‘Otto’, a technology startup whose aim is to make trucks self-driving. While announcing the move in a…
Beijing, Aug 19 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Friday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.12 per cent to open at 3,100.39 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.13 per cent lower at…
Washington, Aug 19 (IANS) Locating people living in poverty, such as through door-to-door surveys, sometimes is difficult. Therefore, scientists are now turning to satellite images. In a study published on Thursday in the US journal…