By Nishant Arora New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) More than 150 smartphone makers are currently selling their brands in India and over 50 are from one country: China. The fight is slowly being shifted to…
Washington, June 8 (IANS) Assuring continuity in reforms and predictable tax policies, but with a firm hand against evasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited USA Inc to invest in his country to forge a win-win…
Vienna, June 8 (IANS/WAM) The price of OPEC’s basket of 13 crudes rose to $46.54 a barrel on Tuesday, compared to $46 on Monday, according to the OPEC Secretariat. The OPEC Reference Basket of Crudes…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) India needs to focus on developing skills of youth so that the country’s growth is not hampered when the population aged 60 or above grows manifold by 2050, Minister of…
By Meghna Mittal New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The stress in the Indian banking system is short-lived and this key industry will only emerge stronger, says veteran banker Naina Lal Kidwai. With more than 35…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) Global smartphone sales will continue to slow down and will no longer grow in double digits, a new report has said. But India still has the highest growth potential. Sales…
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices were trading in green during the afternoon session on Wednesday. The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE was trading 37.75 points or 0.14 percent higher…
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) The Shiv Sena on Wednesday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi “to stop maligning India on foreign shores” with his public utterances on corruption in the country. The Sena took strong objection…
Thiruvananthapuram, June 8 (IANS) The southwest monsoon has finally set in over Kerala and Lakshadweep, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) announced on Wednesday. K. Santhosh, director at the IMD office here, said “good rains” were…
Patna, June 8 (IANS) Police on Wednesday demolished more than 50 stone crushers operating illegally in Bihar’s Rohtas district. “It was part of action against the stone-mining mafia,” a district police official said. Agitated over…
Shimla, June 8 (IANS) Call it bizarre, the Himachal Pradesh administration has issued advertisements to buy cloth for two turbans – at 15 times its cost. The General Administration Department placed advertisements on May 31…
Washington, June 8 (IANS) The US-based global e-commerce major Amazon.com had pledged another $3 billion investment in India as it bets big on the $14 billion e-retail space in the country that’s projected to grow…
New York, June 8 (IANS) Micro-blogging website Twitter is to roll out a new look Android app with a Material Design developed by Google. The Material Design makes use of grid-based layouts, responsive animations and…
Mumbai, June 8 (IANS) Key Indian equity market indices opened slightly higher on Wednesday in line with global peers, notably on account of signals the previous evening from the US Federal Reserve, and were trading…
Washington, June 8 (IANS) The World Bank has lowered its forecast for the global growth in 2016 to 2.4 per cent, saying that the world economy is facing stronger headwinds. In its Global Economic Prospects…
Beijing, June 8 (IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, strengthened 25 basis points to 6.5593 against the US dollar on Wednesday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trading…
Beijing, June 8 (IANS) Chinese stocks opened lower on Wednesday, with the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index down 0.12 percent to open at 2,932.38 points. The smaller Shenzhen index opened 0.17 percent lower at 10,330.18 points,…
Washington, June 8 (IANS) Members of the US-India Business Council have already invested $28 billion in India since September 2014 and another $45 billion is in the pipeline, Council Chairman John Chambers told Prime Minister…
Tokyo, June 8 (IANS) Tokyo stocks opened lower on Wednesday as the yen’s appreciation against the US dollar inhibited early buying although a solid performance on Wall Street overnight provided support. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock…
New York, June 8 (IANS) US stocks closed mixed as Wall Street continued to assess US Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen’s speech on the country’s economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 17.95 points, or…