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Stunned by allegations; challenging time for my family and me: Binny Bansal BENGALURU: In a strong rebuttal to allegations of personal misconduct by an unnamed complainant, Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal ...
US proposes changes to H-1B visa programme, move to hit Indian IT companies Indian companies and IT professionals have been major beneficiaries of the programme cornering more than 70% of the 65,000 visas t...
Singh brothers defrauded Fortis Healthcare of Rs 4 billion, must pay it back: Sebi The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)?said on Wednesday it will continue to investigate the alleged fraud at Fortis He...
IMF-World Bank ends meetings with call to brace for risks Global financial leaders wrapped up an annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Saturday by urging coun...
India-Russia defence deal: S-400 air defence system can launch 72 missiles, engage 36 targets at one go The S-400 Triumf air defence system deal, inked by India and Russia Friday notwithstanding the US pressure of sanctions, can engag...
Punjab refuses to toe line of BJP-ruled states on fuel price cut Congress-ruled Punjab has refused to follow in the footsteps of the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states on cutting value-added tax...
Facebook is responsible for Instagram now. It better not mess it up (News Agencies) Instagram has become an immensely popular platform for young people. It's also been a bright spot for Facebook ami...
A deep dive into India’s job market (News Agencies) High income inequality driven by a driven by a growing divergence between growth in productivity and wages is the ...
Things to know about Aadhaar, India’s billion-strong biometric database (By Our Staff Reporter) More than a billion Indians have uploaded their biometric details to a national database in exchange for a...
Social Media Giants to Flag Fake News During Poll Campaigning: EC New Delhi: The Election Commission would be working closely with Facebook, Google and Twitter during the forthcoming Assembly ...
India heads of IT giants may face criminal charges over fake news NEW DELHI: The India heads of global internet and social media giants should face criminal proceedings in case their platforms are...
Apple's Secretive Self-Driving Car Rear-Ended On US Expressway An Apple Inc self-driving car was rear-ended while merging onto an expressway near the company's Silicon Valley headquarters this ...
China’s Challenge Is America’s Opportunity American tensions with China over international trade spring partly from concerns that China gives tax breaks to its companies to ...
Israel shoots down Syrian warplane as Golan frontier heats up Israel said it shot down a Syrian warplane that crossed into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, but Damascus said the...
80% reduction in Indian money in Swiss banks under Modi gove NEW DELHI: Indian money in Swiss banks has come down by 80 per cent under the Modi government, contrary to media reports of it inc...
‘Kick in the teeth’: UK omits India from relaxed student visa rules; students upset The UK government’s decision to exclude India from a new list of countries considered “low risk”, which facilitates an easier visa...
PNB fraud case: Nirav Modi’s five dummy firms in Hong Kong whose owners earned Rs 8,000 got Rs 8,000 crore LoUs OWNERS AND directors of at least five Hong Kong firms that allegedly received about Rs 8,270 crore from Letters of Undertaking (Lo...
Bullet Train Project: VMC to discuss allotting land Even as farmers in Gujarat and Maharashtra are protesting against land acquisition for the bullet train project, the Vadodara Muni...
To reduce fuel price, government looks at ONGC to share the burden Wary of slipping on fiscal deficit targets, the Finance Ministry is reluctant to take a hit on excise duty levied on petrol and di...
PNB-Modi chargesheet: Named in Nirav Modi case, Allahabad Bank CEO, two PNB directors face axe The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the alleged Rs 13,400-crore fraud involving diamantaires Nirav Modi and his uncl...
Vijay Mallya loses $1.55 billion assets case in UK court Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over fraud and money laundering charges by Ind...
Vijay Mallya loses $1.55 billion assets case in UK court Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over fraud and money laundering charges by Ind...
Google I/O 2018 keynote LIVE UPDATES: Google Assistant to get six new voices, new features Google I/O 2018 opens today on May 8 with a live keynote address by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The annual developer conference is t...
One medicine, five chemists, five price tags, from Rs 1,550 to Rs 255 — all at one hospital At the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), a patient has the choice to get fleeced or save herself ...
Amazon to double down on groceries; foray deeper into fresh produce in India Amazon.com Inc expects groceries and household products to account for over half of its business in India in the next five years, ...
Resolution of twin balance sheet problem of banks to take 6-9 months: Assocham New Delhi: It may take at least three quarters before the twin balance sheet problem -- of banks saddled with bad loans and highly...
UCO Bank's shares slip to almost 12-year low on loan fraud claims Mumbai: Shares of public-sector lender UCO Bank on Monday plunged to almost 12-year low on the stock exchanges following the o...
E-vehicles charging stations need no licence, says government New Delhi: The power ministry has categorised charging batteries of electric vehicles as a service, a move which will help such st...
Facebook suspends Canadian political consulting firm amid data mining scandal Facebook says it has suspended a Canadian political consulting firm amid media reports it had ties to Cambridge Analytica, a Briti...
OnePlus 6 India price leaked: Specifications, features and everything else to know OnePlus 6 could launch soon and the company has already confirmed some crucial features about its upcoming flagship device. Now Tr...
Exporters in South may get Rs 6K-cr GST refund before March-end HYDERABAD: In a major relief to the exporter community in the South, both the Central and state governments are expected to clear ...
Indians sent record amount of money abroad in January MUBAI: Indians sent record remittances overseas in January, more than doubling from a year earlier, as more people funded children...
Top five longest flights routes in the world Flying from Australia to London in 1935 took 12 1/2 days. Passing a major aviation milestone on Saturday, Qantas will cover the 9,...
Indians sent record amount of money abroad in January MUBAI: Indians sent record remittances overseas in January, more than doubling from a year earlier, as more people funded children...
Disney to Donate $1 Million of ‘Black Panther’ Proceeds to Youth STEM Programs The blockbuster film is set in Wakanda, a country whose surplus of the fictional metal vibranium has enriched it tremendously. Man...
PNB fraud case: ICICI Bank's Chanda Kochhar, Axis Bank's Shikha Sharma summoned MUMBAI: ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar and Axis Bank's Shikha Sharma have been summoned by an anti-fraud agency in the multi-cro...
Indian banks are among the most vulnerable in the G-20 economies today. Here’s why When the Indian economy and its banking sector emerged relatively unscathed after the global financial crash of 2008, India’s fina...
India's PNB bank fraud likely to swell beyond $2 billion mark MUMBAI (Reuters) - The extent of the unraveling fraud at India’s state-run Punjab National Bank (PNBK.NS) could rise beyond the ne...
Malaysian tycoon’s firm may lose $7 billion as Aircel files for bankruptcy (News Agencies) Malaysian tycoon T Ananda Krishnan’s company is poised to lose a total of about $7 billion from a failed 12-year f...
Fresh CBI complaint against Chirag computers maker for Rs 515 crore fraud (News Agencies) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday registered a complaint against Kolkata-based RP Info Systems ...
Moon to get 4G mobile network next year to stream HD videos to earth (News Agencies) The moon will get its first 4G mobile network next year, enabling high-definition video to be streamed from the lu...
Bill Gates casts doubts on the Hyperloop (News Agencies) Count Bill Gates as part of the growing camp of Hyperloop skeptics. Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has gotten ...
At 7.2% in Q3, Indian economy grows fastest in 5 quarters, now fastest in the world (News Agencies) The Indian economy has regained its momentum, with the Central Statistical Office (CSO) reporting a GDP growth of ...
PSU banks need radical restructuring Had Punjab National Bank (PNB) not been owned by the government , by now there could have been long queues at the bank’s branches ...
Gitanjali Gems, Nirav Modi stores shuttered across India, employees await their dues The sight of the Nirav Modi store at the Flagship Kalaghoda store in Mumbai is pitiful—a watchman’s uniform, a pair of dark blue d...
PNB crisis shows government banks should either reform or perish We do not know how much money Punjab National Bank (PNB) will lose due to the current fraud involving letters of undertaking (bank...
Rotomac owner, son arrested in Rs 3,700 crore cheating case for cheating a consortium of seven banks of Rs 3,695 crore. CBI sources said that the Kotharis were arrested after three days of ...
How Mehul Choksi’s Empire Came Crashing Down ? Mehul Choksi, once the poster boy of India’s booming diamond trade, is now a wanted man for his alleged collusion in a $1.77 billi...
SC allows Sahara to sell Aamby Valley in parts though court-appointed liquidator (News Agencies) The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Sahara Group to sell its Aamby Valley township, spread over 6,700 acres in ...
CCI slaps Rs 136 crore fine on Google for unfair business practices (News Agencies) The Competition Commission today imposed a fine of Rs 136 crore on search engine major Google for unfair business ...
Using Facebook Messenger Bots to Boost Your Business (News Agencies) Facebook Messenger is a free tool for all Facebook users, including businesses, that is accessible through both th...
Mercedes-Benz apologises in China for quoting Dalai Lama abroad (News Agencies) Mercedes-Benz has apologized in China for quoting the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader who is reviled by B...
GDP growth revised to 8.2% in 2015-16, FY17 unchanged at 7.1% The Central Statistics Office Wednesday revised the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for 2015-16 to 8.2% from the earlier ...
4 Indian airlines interested in Air India stake sale : Report New Delhi More Indian airlines could show interest in the flag carrier Air India, consulting firm CAPA has said in its 2018-19 out...
Budget 2018: What worries me is that fiscal arithmetic may be faulty, says Manmohan Singh Former prime minister Manmohan Singh in his reaction to Arun Jaitley’s budget said the fiscal arithmetic could be at fault. “I do...
French startup launches world's first hydrogen-powered bicycles A French start-up has become the first company to start factory production of hydrogen-powered bicycles for use in corporate or m...
Harley-Davidson Likely To Launch Three New Bikes Harley-Davidson Likely Launch Three New Bikes:The iconic American marque recently trademarked three names which lead us to believe...
Leaked Ferrari presentation drops details on super hot 488 Ferrari convened a gathering of dealers and special customers recently, and presented them with some of the specs on that special,...
Twitter launches ‘India Gate’ emoji ahead of Republic Day Twitter launches ‘India Gate’ emoji: Twitter on Wednesday launched a special #RepublicDay emoji ahead of Republic Day celebrations...
Safety fears over GPs forced to deal with up to 70 patients every day (News Agencies) GPs are carrying out up to 70 consultations a day – nearly three times the safe level, a major study has found. Th...
Apple's $350billion windfall for the US economy (News Agencies) Apple plans to inject more than $350billion into the US economy over the next five years by creating 20,000 jobs, ...
In the age of Amazon, Walmart is changing its legal name (News Agencies)Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is changing its legal name effective Feb. 1 as it shifts away from physical stores in the age ...
Chinese lenders plan to pursue Reliance Communications in insolvency court (News Agencies) Two major Chinese lenders plan to support a move by China Development Bank to put Indian wireless carrier Reliance...
Bitcoin hit a fresh record of $15,000 as investors pile in (News Agencies) Bitcoin ploughed past USD 15,000 to a fresh record today, triggering a warning the cryptocurrency was “like a char...
Audi offers discounts of up to ₹ 8.85 lakh German luxury carmaker Audi announced discounts of up to ₹ 8.85 lakh on select models as part of its year-end sales drive. ...
Govt. eases mine auction rules More than two years after it introduced auctions as a means to allot mining rights for major minerals, the Centre on Thursday ...
BSE creates history, stock lists at 34.61% premium on NSE Asia's oldest bourse BSE listed on rival NSE at a record premium price on Friday. The IPO was subscribed 51 times at a price band of Rs 805-Rs 806 per...
Payments Bank: What does it mean for you? Airtel Payments Bank- a joint venture between Bharti Airtel and Kotak Mahindra Bank offers you an interest rate of 7.25 per cent on their savings acc...
Tata Motors Reveals India's First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus Tata Motors launched the future of mass public transportation at its Pune facility and took another step in the direction of green technology and mobi...
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella to visit India later this month Microsoft's India-born chief Satya Nadella will be in India later this month to address a conference on Future Decoded in Mumbai. While Nadella has...
Next week, RBI policy and global cues to dictate the trend in the market With the Union Budget behind us, the focus would be on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) monetary policy on Wednesday, 8th February 2017. While most of ...

Stunned by allegations; challenging time for my family and me: Binny Bansal

BENGALURU: In a strong rebuttal to allegations of personal misconduct by an unnamed complainant, Flipkart co-founder Binny Bansal ...

US proposes changes to H-1B visa programme, move to hit Indian IT companies

Indian companies and IT professionals have been major beneficiaries of the programme cornering more than 70% of the 65,000 visas t...

Singh brothers defrauded Fortis Healthcare of Rs 4 billion, must pay it back: Sebi

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi)?said on Wednesday it will continue to investigate the alleged fraud at Fortis He...

IMF-World Bank ends meetings with call to brace for risks

Global financial leaders wrapped up an annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank on Saturday by urging coun...

India-Russia defence deal: S-400 air defence system can launch 72 missiles, engage 36 targets at one go

The S-400 Triumf air defence system deal, inked by India and Russia Friday notwithstanding the US pressure of sanctions, can engag...

Punjab refuses to toe line of BJP-ruled states on fuel price cut

Congress-ruled Punjab has refused to follow in the footsteps of the Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states on cutting value-added tax...

Facebook is responsible for Instagram now. It better not mess it up

(News Agencies) Instagram has become an immensely popular platform for young people. It's also been a bright spot for Facebook ami...

A deep dive into India’s job market

(News Agencies) High income inequality driven by a driven by a growing divergence between growth in productivity and wages is the ...

Things to know about Aadhaar, India’s billion-strong biometric database

(By Our Staff Reporter) More than a billion Indians have uploaded their biometric details to a national database in exchange for a...

Social Media Giants to Flag Fake News During Poll Campaigning: EC

New Delhi: The Election Commission would be working closely with Facebook, Google and Twitter during the forthcoming Assembly ...

India heads of IT giants may face criminal charges over fake news

NEW DELHI: The India heads of global internet and social media giants should face criminal proceedings in case their platforms are...

Apple's Secretive Self-Driving Car Rear-Ended On US Expressway

An Apple Inc self-driving car was rear-ended while merging onto an expressway near the company's Silicon Valley headquarters this ...

China’s Challenge Is America’s Opportunity

American tensions with China over international trade spring partly from concerns that China gives tax breaks to its companies to ...

Israel shoots down Syrian warplane as Golan frontier heats up

Israel said it shot down a Syrian warplane that crossed into the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights on Tuesday, but Damascus said the...

80% reduction in Indian money in Swiss banks under Modi gove

NEW DELHI: Indian money in Swiss banks has come down by 80 per cent under the Modi government, contrary to media reports of it inc...

‘Kick in the teeth’: UK omits India from relaxed student visa rules; students upset

The UK government’s decision to exclude India from a new list of countries considered “low risk”, which facilitates an easier visa...

PNB fraud case: Nirav Modi’s five dummy firms in Hong Kong whose owners earned Rs 8,000 got Rs 8,000 crore LoUs

OWNERS AND directors of at least five Hong Kong firms that allegedly received about Rs 8,270 crore from Letters of Undertaking (Lo...

Bullet Train Project: VMC to discuss allotting land

Even as farmers in Gujarat and Maharashtra are protesting against land acquisition for the bullet train project, the Vadodara Muni...

To reduce fuel price, government looks at ONGC to share the burden

Wary of slipping on fiscal deficit targets, the Finance Ministry is reluctant to take a hit on excise duty levied on petrol and di...

PNB-Modi chargesheet: Named in Nirav Modi case, Allahabad Bank CEO, two PNB directors face axe

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probing the alleged Rs 13,400-crore fraud involving diamantaires Nirav Modi and his uncl...

Vijay Mallya loses $1.55 billion assets case in UK court

Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over fraud and money laundering charges by Ind...

Vijay Mallya loses $1.55 billion assets case in UK court

Embattled liquor tycoon Vijay Mallya, undergoing an extradition trial in a UK court over fraud and money laundering charges by Ind...

Google I/O 2018 keynote LIVE UPDATES: Google Assistant to get six new voices, new features

Google I/O 2018 opens today on May 8 with a live keynote address by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. The annual developer conference is t...

One medicine, five chemists, five price tags, from Rs 1,550 to Rs 255 — all at one hospital

At the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), a patient has the choice to get fleeced or save herself ...

Amazon to double down on groceries; foray deeper into fresh produce in India

Amazon.com Inc expects groceries and household products to account for over half of its business in India in the next five years, ...

Resolution of twin balance sheet problem of banks to take 6-9 months: Assocham

New Delhi: It may take at least three quarters before the twin balance sheet problem -- of banks saddled with bad loans and highly...

UCO Bank's shares slip to almost 12-year low on loan fraud claims

Mumbai: Shares of public-sector lender UCO Bank on Monday plunged to almost 12-year low on the stock exchanges following the o...

E-vehicles charging stations need no licence, says government

New Delhi: The power ministry has categorised charging batteries of electric vehicles as a service, a move which will help such st...

Facebook suspends Canadian political consulting firm amid data mining scandal

Facebook says it has suspended a Canadian political consulting firm amid media reports it had ties to Cambridge Analytica, a Briti...

OnePlus 6 India price leaked: Specifications, features and everything else to know

OnePlus 6 could launch soon and the company has already confirmed some crucial features about its upcoming flagship device. Now Tr...

Exporters in South may get Rs 6K-cr GST refund before March-end

HYDERABAD: In a major relief to the exporter community in the South, both the Central and state governments are expected to clear ...

Indians sent record amount of money abroad in January

MUBAI: Indians sent record remittances overseas in January, more than doubling from a year earlier, as more people funded children...

Top five longest flights routes in the world

Flying from Australia to London in 1935 took 12 1/2 days. Passing a major aviation milestone on Saturday, Qantas will cover the 9,...

Indians sent record amount of money abroad in January

MUBAI: Indians sent record remittances overseas in January, more than doubling from a year earlier, as more people funded children...

Disney to Donate $1 Million of ‘Black Panther’ Proceeds to Youth STEM Programs

The blockbuster film is set in Wakanda, a country whose surplus of the fictional metal vibranium has enriched it tremendously. Man...

PNB fraud case: ICICI Bank's Chanda Kochhar, Axis Bank's Shikha Sharma summoned

MUMBAI: ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar and Axis Bank's Shikha Sharma have been summoned by an anti-fraud agency in the multi-cro...

Indian banks are among the most vulnerable in the G-20 economies today. Here’s why

When the Indian economy and its banking sector emerged relatively unscathed after the global financial crash of 2008, India’s fina...

India's PNB bank fraud likely to swell beyond $2 billion mark

MUMBAI (Reuters) - The extent of the unraveling fraud at India’s state-run Punjab National Bank (PNBK.NS) could rise beyond the ne...

Malaysian tycoon’s firm may lose $7 billion as Aircel files for bankruptcy

(News Agencies) Malaysian tycoon T Ananda Krishnan’s company is poised to lose a total of about $7 billion from a failed 12-year f...

Fresh CBI complaint against Chirag computers maker for Rs 515 crore fraud

(News Agencies) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday registered a complaint against Kolkata-based RP Info Systems ...

Moon to get 4G mobile network next year to stream HD videos to earth

(News Agencies) The moon will get its first 4G mobile network next year, enabling high-definition video to be streamed from the lu...

Bill Gates casts doubts on the Hyperloop

(News Agencies) Count Bill Gates as part of the growing camp of Hyperloop skeptics. Billionaire tech mogul Elon Musk has gotten ...

At 7.2% in Q3, Indian economy grows fastest in 5 quarters, now fastest in the world

(News Agencies) The Indian economy has regained its momentum, with the Central Statistical Office (CSO) reporting a GDP growth of ...

PSU banks need radical restructuring

Had Punjab National Bank (PNB) not been owned by the government , by now there could have been long queues at the bank’s branches ...

Gitanjali Gems, Nirav Modi stores shuttered across India, employees await their dues

The sight of the Nirav Modi store at the Flagship Kalaghoda store in Mumbai is pitiful—a watchman’s uniform, a pair of dark blue d...

PNB crisis shows government banks should either reform or perish

We do not know how much money Punjab National Bank (PNB) will lose due to the current fraud involving letters of undertaking (bank...

Rotomac owner, son arrested in Rs 3,700 crore cheating case

for cheating a consortium of seven banks of Rs 3,695 crore. CBI sources said that the Kotharis were arrested after three days of ...

How Mehul Choksi’s Empire Came Crashing Down ?

Mehul Choksi, once the poster boy of India’s booming diamond trade, is now a wanted man for his alleged collusion in a $1.77 billi...

SC allows Sahara to sell Aamby Valley in parts though court-appointed liquidator

(News Agencies) The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Sahara Group to sell its Aamby Valley township, spread over 6,700 acres in ...

CCI slaps Rs 136 crore fine on Google for unfair business practices

(News Agencies) The Competition Commission today imposed a fine of Rs 136 crore on search engine major Google for unfair business ...

Using Facebook Messenger Bots to Boost Your Business

(News Agencies) Facebook Messenger is a free tool for all Facebook users, including businesses, that is accessible through both th...

Mercedes-Benz apologises in China for quoting Dalai Lama abroad

(News Agencies) Mercedes-Benz has apologized in China for quoting the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan spiritual leader who is reviled by B...

GDP growth revised to 8.2% in 2015-16, FY17 unchanged at 7.1%

The Central Statistics Office Wednesday revised the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate for 2015-16 to 8.2% from the earlier ...

4 Indian airlines interested in Air India stake sale : Report

New Delhi More Indian airlines could show interest in the flag carrier Air India, consulting firm CAPA has said in its 2018-19 out...

Budget 2018: What worries me is that fiscal arithmetic may be faulty, says Manmohan Singh

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh in his reaction to Arun Jaitley’s budget said the fiscal arithmetic could be at fault. “I do...

French startup launches world's first hydrogen-powered bicycles

A French start-up has become the first company to start factory production of hydrogen-powered bicycles for use in corporate or m...

Harley-Davidson Likely To Launch Three New Bikes

Harley-Davidson Likely Launch Three New Bikes:The iconic American marque recently trademarked three names which lead us to believe...

Leaked Ferrari presentation drops details on super hot 488

Ferrari convened a gathering of dealers and special customers recently, and presented them with some of the specs on that special,...

Twitter launches ‘India Gate’ emoji ahead of Republic Day

Twitter launches ‘India Gate’ emoji: Twitter on Wednesday launched a special #RepublicDay emoji ahead of Republic Day celebrations...

Safety fears over GPs forced to deal with up to 70 patients every day

(News Agencies) GPs are carrying out up to 70 consultations a day – nearly three times the safe level, a major study has found. Th...

Apple's $350billion windfall for the US economy

(News Agencies) Apple plans to inject more than $350billion into the US economy over the next five years by creating 20,000 jobs, ...

In the age of Amazon, Walmart is changing its legal name

(News Agencies)Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is changing its legal name effective Feb. 1 as it shifts away from physical stores in the age ...

Chinese lenders plan to pursue Reliance Communications in insolvency court

(News Agencies) Two major Chinese lenders plan to support a move by China Development Bank to put Indian wireless carrier Reliance...

Bitcoin hit a fresh record of $15,000 as investors pile in

(News Agencies) Bitcoin ploughed past USD 15,000 to a fresh record today, triggering a warning the cryptocurrency was “like a char...

Audi offers discounts of up to ₹ 8.85 lakh

German luxury carmaker Audi announced discounts of up to ₹ 8.85 lakh on select models as part of its year-end sales drive. ...

Govt. eases mine auction rules

More than two years after it introduced auctions as a means to allot mining rights for major minerals, the Centre on Thursday ...

BSE creates history, stock lists at 34.61% premium on NSE

Asia's oldest bourse BSE listed on rival NSE at a record premium price on Friday. The IPO was subscribed 51 times at a price band of Rs 805-Rs 806 per...

Payments Bank: What does it mean for you?

Airtel Payments Bank- a joint venture between Bharti Airtel and Kotak Mahindra Bank offers you an interest rate of 7.25 per cent on their savings acc...

Tata Motors Reveals India's First Hydrogen Fuel Cell Bus

Tata Motors launched the future of mass public transportation at its Pune facility and took another step in the direction of green technology and mobi...

Microsoft chief Satya Nadella to visit India later this month

Microsoft's India-born chief Satya Nadella will be in India later this month to address a conference on Future Decoded in Mumbai. While Nadella has...

Next week, RBI policy and global cues to dictate the trend in the market

With the Union Budget behind us, the focus would be on the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) monetary policy on Wednesday, 8th February 2017. While most of ...

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Exit polls show close contest in MP, Chhattisgarh; give Rajasthan to Congress