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Australian stocks lower amid global worr | Sydney, Dec 17 (TIWN / IANS) The Australian share market was lower on Monday with mixed results across the sectors and financials weighing the heaviest. | 16-Dec-2018 |
Chinese yuan declines to 6.8908 against | Beijing, Dec 17 (TIWN / IANS) The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 158 basis points to 6.8908 against the US dollar Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. | 16-Dec-2018 |
Petrol prices remain unchanged on Sunday | New Delhi, Dec 16 (TIWN / IANS) Petrol prices across the four metropolitan cities remained unchanged on Sunday, while the cost of diesel continued to decline. | 16-Dec-2018 |
YouTube influencers rarely disclose mark | New York, Dec 16 (TIWN / IANS) Even as social media has started playing a very significant role in our decisions, many people who create content to promote products on popular platforms such as YouTube and Pinterest do not always disclose their marketing relationships with the companies, reveals new research. | 16-Dec-2018 |
Global stock markets likely to strengthe | New York, Dec 16 (TIWN / IANS) Global Equity markets are more likely to advance than fall in the next six months amid low risk of recession and attractive valuations, UBS Global Wealth Management has said. | 15-Dec-2018 |
Wall Street collapses, S&P 500 ends at l | New York, Dec 15 (TIWN / IANS) US stocks fell sharply on Friday as investors grew concerns over a possible slowdown of the global economy and a slew of corporate news. | 14-Dec-2018 |
India's forex reserves rise by over $16 | Mumbai, Dec 15 (TIWN / IANS) India's foreign exchange (forex) reserves marginally rose by $16.6 million during the week ended December 7, official data showed on Friday. | 14-Dec-2018 |
Political rhetoric to be critical for In | New Delhi, Dec 15 (TIWN / IANS) Urging various stakeholders of the economy to avoid adding a domestic problem to the global crisis, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday said political rhetoric in the coming months will be critical for Indian economy. | 14-Dec-2018 |
State-run banks have no plan to shut ATM | New Delhi, Dec 14 (TIWN / IANS) The public Sector banks (PSB) have no plans to shut down 50 per cent of their ATMs in the country, Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla told the Lok Sabha on Friday. | 14-Dec-2018 |
India to create innovative AI models for | New Delhi, Dec 14 (TIWN / IANS) India is at the forefront of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) surge and next year will see more local innovations from the country with broader adoptions across various sectors globally, a top IBM executive said on Friday. | 14-Dec-2018 |
Onion farmer shocked over 'misuse' of lo | Nashik (Maharashtra), Dec 14 (TIWN / IANS) Onion farmer Sanjay Sathe, who made national news by sending his meagre income to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Thursday expressed shock over the misuse of the issue he raised. | 13-Dec-2018 |
20 trains cancelled for 2 months in UP | Lucknow, Dec 13 (TIWN / IANS) The North-Eastern Railways (NER) has cancelled 20 trains, including eight trains plying in Uttar Pradesh's Gorakhpur and Basti divisions, due to fog and inclement weather, an official said on Thursday. | 12-Dec-2018 |
Railways sanction Rs 3,700 crore for CCT | New Delhi, Dec 12 (TIWN / IANS) The government on Wednesday said the railways had sanctioned Rs 3,771 crore to set up CCTV cameras at railways stations and train coaches to enhance safety and security of passengers. | 12-Dec-2018 |
Sensex jumps 629 points, Nifty settles a | Mumbai, Dec 12 (TIWN / IANS) Buying at lower levels and hopes of an easing monitory policy with the appointment of Shaktikanta Das as the new RBI Governor pushed the key equity indices 1.8 per cent higher on Wednesday. | 12-Dec-2018 |
Reliance Jio to create separate fibre, t | Mumbai, Dec 12 (TIWN / IANS) Reliance Jio on Tuesday said its Board of Directors has decided to hive off its fibre and tower businesses and form two separate companies. | 11-Dec-2018 |
Air India calls bids to sell Nariman Poi | Mumbai, Dec 11 (TIWN / IANS) Debt-ridden national carrier Air India has called for bids to sell the iconic 23-storey -- Air India Building -- located at Nariman Point in Mumbai. | 11-Dec-2018 |
Government agency probing Jaipur-Kolkata | New Delhi, Dec 11 (TIWN / IANS) The Central government on Tuesday said that Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) is probing the incident in which a Jaipur-Kolkata IndiGo flight had to make an emergency landing at Kolkata due to smoke inside the cabin and cockpit area. | 11-Dec-2018 |
Sensex ends 190 points up amid volatilit | Mumbai, Dec 11 (TIWN / IANS) Short-covering, along with supportive global cues and chances of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) retaining power in Madhya Pradesh buoyed the Indian stock exchanges on Tuesday after a volatile trade session, with the S&P BSE Sensex closing 190 points higher. | 11-Dec-2018 |
BJP backs Karnataka farmers' stir on the | Belagavi (Karnataka), Dec 11 (TIWN / IANS) Main opposition BJP on Monday supported Karnataka farmers' agitation here for meeting their demands by the state government and provide them relief from the fallout of drought in 17 districts across the state. | 10-Dec-2018 |
RBI Governor quits | Mumbai, Dec 10 (TIWN / IANS) Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Urjit Patel on Monday resigned from his post with immediate effect, citing "personal reasons". | 10-Dec-2018 |
JioVio, Ethereal Machines win ITC Infote | Bengaluru, Dec 10 (TIWN / IANS) Bengaluru-based Ethereal Machines and med tech company JioVio have won the top honours among start-ups competing at ITC Infotech's flagship co-creation and technology innovation platform "iTech 2018". | 10-Dec-2018 |
Shell India unveils 'OX' all terrain tru | New Delhi, Dec 10 (TIWN / IANS) Anglo-Dutch oil major Shell's Indian arm on Sunday announced the launching of fourth generation ‘flat-pack all-terrain truck ‘The Ox for carrying goods, especially for people in remote areas. | 09-Dec-2018 |
Twitter CEO under fire for Myanmar tweet | San Francisco, Dec 10 (TIWN / IANS) Twitter's chief executive Jack Dorsey, who faces a lawsuit for hurting Hindu sentiments during his visit to India in November, now faces criticism for promoting Myanmar as a tourist destination despite widespread allegations of human rights abuses in the country. | 09-Dec-2018 |
Facebook must end far right's fundraisin | London, Dec 9 (TIWN / IANS) Facebook CEO must put an end to far-right activists' fundraising on the social networking platform, said British Labour leader Tom Watson, while criticising Mark Zuckerberg for having a "contempt for social responsibility", the media reported. | 09-Dec-2018 |
Kannur airport inaugurated | Kannur (Kerala) Dec 9 (TIWN / IANS) Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday inaugurated the Kannur International Airport Ltd (KIAL) and expressed confidence that it will change the fortune of the state with all towns within four hours of drive from an international airport. | 09-Dec-2018 |
Privacy at high risk in compiling users' | San Francisco, Dec 9 (TIWN / IANS) Scientists have found that people's privacy is at high risk as there is a growing practice of compiling massive, anonymised datasets about their movement patterns, mentioned a report. | 09-Dec-2018 |
India expected to receive total remittan | Washington, Dec 9 (TIWN / IANS) India is expected to receive a total remittance of $80 billion in 2018, said the latest edition of the World Bank's Migration and Development Brief, released on Saturday. | 09-Dec-2018 |
ITC Infotech's start-ups initiative to g | Bengaluru, Dec 8 (TIWN / IANS) In an effort to help start-ups showcase their solutions to a wider audience, ITC Infotech, the IT services arm of diversified conglomerate ITC Ltd, will make its flagship co-creation and technology innovation platform "iTech" an international event from 2019, a top executive said here on Saturday. | 08-Dec-2018 |
Uber India to double down on hiring engi | Bengaluru, Dec 8 (TIWN / IANS) Online ride-hailing platform Uber on Saturday announced to double its workforce in the product and engineering departments -- from over 500 to more than 1,000 'technologists' -- at its Bengaluru and Hyderabad facilities next year. | 08-Dec-2018 |
US stocks close sharply lower amid soft | New York, Dec 8 (TIWN / IANS) US stocks closed sharply lower on Friday as investors digested a batch of economic data. | 07-Dec-2018 |
World food prices fall to two-year low: | Rome, Dec 7 (IANS/AKI) Global food prices declined in November, led by abundant inventories and sharp drops for palm oil and other vegetable oils, as well as declines in dairy products and cereals, the UN Food and Agriculture of the UN said. | 07-Dec-2018 |
Facebook tightens political ads in India | New Delhi, Dec 7 (TIWN / IANS) Facing intense scrutiny over the misuse of its platform globally during elections, Facebook has announced fresh steps to increase ad transparency and defend against foreign interference ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in India. | 06-Dec-2018 |
Equity indices open in green, Sensex up | Mumbai, Dec 7 (TIWN / IANS) The Indian equity indices opened on a positive note on Friday tracking broadly positive Asian markets. | 06-Dec-2018 |
US dollar falls amid downbeat data, lowe | New York, Dec 7 (TIWN / IANS) The US dollar extended losses in late trading on Thursday, as a batch of negative economic data cast a poll over investors sentiment. | 06-Dec-2018 |
Fitch Ratings lowers India's FY19 growth | Mumbai, Dec 6 (TIWN / IANS) Global ratings agency Fitch Ratings on Thursday lowered India's growth forecasts to 7.2 per cent from an earlier projection of 7.8 per cent rise for fiscal year ending March 2019. | 06-Dec-2018 |
Sensex tanks 572 points over oil output | Mumbai, Dec 6 (TIWN/ IANS) Fears over possible crude oil production cut by the OPEC group as well as broadly negative Asians stock markets pulled the barometer S&P BSE Sensex index lower by over 570 points on Thursday. | 06-Dec-2018 |
Nokia unveils 8.1 with 'PureDisplay' scr | Dubai, Dec 6 (TIWN / IANS) HMD Global that makes and sells Nokia phones has launched Nokia 8.1 in its value flagship smartphone line-up with "PureDisplay" screen technology at an event here. | 06-Dec-2018 |
Infosys opens innovation hub in US' Hart | Bengaluru, Dec 6 (TIWN / IANS) Global software major Infosys on Thursday said it has opened its technology-cum-innovation hub at Hartford in Connecticut in the US to work for its clients in the region. | 06-Dec-2018 |
US dollar rebounds amid market expectati | New York, Dec 6 (TIWN / IANS) The US dollar pared losses in late trading on Wednesday, as investors widely expected the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates in December following sharp losses of the dollar on Tuesday. | 05-Dec-2018 |
India's central bank keeps key lending r | Mumbai, Dec 5 (TIWN / IANS) In its penultimate monetary policy review of the current fiscal, the RBI on Wednesday kept its key lending rate for commercial banks unchanged at 6.5 per cent for the second time in succession. | 05-Dec-2018 |
US dollar falls on economic growth fears | New York, Dec 5 (TIWN / IANS) The US dollar slid in late trading on Tuesday as an inverted US Treasury yield curve sparked general concerns about a slowdown in US economic growth. | 04-Dec-2018 |
November GST revenue falls short, will m | New Delhi, Dec 5 (TIWN / IANS) Despite falling short in the GST collections for last month, the government on Tuesday said it is confident of meeting the collection target for the current fiscal. | 04-Dec-2018 |
Google brings eSIM to Pixel 3 in India w | New Delhi, Dec 4 (TIWN / IANS) Google on Tuesday announced eSIM wireless service on its Pixel 3 smartphone with Reliance Jio and Airtel telecom carriers in India. | 04-Dec-2018 |
Sensex, Nifty marginally lower, finance | Mumbai, Dec 4 (TIWN / IANS) Selling pressure in finance and banking sectors and a slight rise in global crude oil prices dragged the key equity indices lower during the afternoon session of the trade on Tuesday. | 04-Dec-2018 |
OPPO tests WeChat video call on 5G smart | Shenzhen (China), Dec 3 (TIWN / IANS) Chinese smartphone maker OPPO has said it successfully completed a multi-party video call on a smartphone via 5G network using WeChat, a popular social media app. | 03-Dec-2018 |
Bank strike on December 26 against merge | Chennai, Dec 3 (TIWN / IANS) A day after the Indian Banks' Association (IBA) raised its wage hike offer to 8 per cent from 6 per cent, the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) on Saturday called a nationwide strike on December 26 against bank mergers and pay revision. | 02-Dec-2018 |
Microsoft may release foldable smartphon | San Francisco, Dec 3 (TIWN / IANS) Microsoft's much talked-about foldable Surface device, codenamed "Andromeda", may hit the market in 2019, according to a new book titled "Beneath a Surface". | 02-Dec-2018 |
Fuel prices continue to fall amid report | New Delhi, Dec 2 (TIWN / IANS) Amid reports of a deal between Saudi Arabia and Russia to cut crude production, Indian state-run oil firms continued to lower transport fuel prices for the eleventh straight day on Sunday, with petrol prices touching the lowest level in the ongoing fiscal across the major metros. | 02-Dec-2018 |
G-20 for WTO reform, use of tech for gro | Buenos Aires, Dec 2 (TIWN / IANS) The G-20 group of the world's largest economies have pledged here on the final day of a two-day summit in the Argentine capital to strive to maximise the possibilities for enhanced growth and productivity offered by technology | 02-Dec-2018 |
Trump to end Nafta before vote to revise | Washington, Dec 2 (TIWN / IANS) President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One after the G-20 summit in Argentina that he will formally notify Congress of the termination of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in the "near future", according to a Dow Jones Newswires report made available to Efe on Sunday. | 02-Dec-2018 |