Brasilia, Sep 6 (IANS) Bank workers in Brazil began an indefinite strike from Tuesday as they demand a salary raise of 14.78 per cent, unions said. The strike will affect all public and private banks…
London, Sep 6 (IANS) Remember Google Glass? Now, the popular photo sharing mobile service Snapchat is reportedly set to enter the augmented reality (AR) field. Snapchat has joined the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) which…
Bengaluru, Sep 6 (IANS) A day-long protest shutdown is being observed at Mandya town in Karnataka against releasing of Cauvery river water to Tamil Nadu on the Supreme Court’s directive to the state government. The…
By Vinod Behl The government’s latest policy package to revive and boost the cash-strapped construction and realty sector by putting in place a mechanism to release funds that are stuck in arbitration is a significant…
New York, Sep 6 (IANS) Google will unveil its Pixel(Nexus) range of devices along with Daydream virtual reality (VR) and a new 4K compatible Chromecast to replace the currently available options on October 4, media…
Mumbai, Sep 6 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Tuesday opened on a higher note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 28,631.27 points soon shot…
Sydney, Sep 6 (IANS) As part of its global recall of Galaxy Note 7 after reports of battery explosion surfaced, Samsung Australia has formally recalled 51,060 such devices. “Samsung Electronics Australia advises all customers who…
By Vishnu Makhijani Book: China’s Transition under Xi Jinping; Editor: Jagannath P. Panda; Publisher: Pentagon Press; Pages: 427; Price: Rs 1,995/$59.95 This China 2015 Yearbook of the defence ministry-funded think tank Institute for Defence Studies…
Beijing, Sep 6 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened mixed on Tuesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.03 per cent to open at 3,071.06 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.18 per cent higher at…
St. Petersburg, Sep 6 (IANS) St. Petersburg won the World Travel Awards’ best tourist destination in Europe’ nomination for two consecutive years, the official site of World Travel Awards said on Monday. About 1 million…
Lucknow, Sep 5 (IANS) To enable farmers in the state to schedule irrigation for crops in advance, Uttar Pradesh would soon be implementing SCADA (Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition) and automation technology from Ramganga canal,…
Singapore, Sep 5 (IANS) There has been no perceivable impact of Zika on Singapore’s tourism so far, with only a handful of cancellations, a statement said on Monday. A Singapore tourism official said in a…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) An e-commerce committee headed by NITI Aayog chief executive Amitabh Kant held its first meeting here on Monday to discuss issues related to the sector, a senior official said. The…
Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people, especially farmers on Monday staged protest demonstrations in the Mysuru region against the Supreme Court order to Karnataka for releasing 15,000 cusecs of water daily for 10 days…
Hangzhou, Sep 5 (IANS) Terrorism, structural reforms, corruption and tax evasion were some of the key concerns which found mention in the joint communique released by the G20 countries on the second and last day…
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Heavy rains lashed the city on Monday disrupting train services and creating traffic snarls on waterlogged major arterial roads. The steady drizzle intensified in the evening as many of the areas…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) The Congress on Monday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to apologise “eight times” to people for his false promises over black money. “The Prime Minister during his election campaign repeatedly…
Kolkata, Sep 5 (IANS) Three persons were arrested and 70 alleged gold biscuits seized from them at the busy Sealdah station as they were about to board a Delh-bound train, an Eastern Railway media release…
Bengaluru, Sep 5 (IANS) Hundreds of people, especially farmers on Monday staged protest demonstrations in the Mysuru region against the Supreme Court order to Karnataka for releasing 15,000 cusecs of water daily for 10 days…
New Delhi, Sep 5 (IANS) Chinese producer Xin Ningning, Russian producer Natalia Mokritskaya, Brazilian producer Francis Vogner Dos Reis and South African producer Dumisane Gumbi say that unlike India, where producers complain of not getting…