Archive Detail
| Title | Description | Posted Date |
|---|---|---|
| Jet assurance to pilots to ward off mass | Mumbai, March 31 (IANS) In a bid to stave off a proposed mass leave by a section of pilots and aircraft maintenance engineer, Jet Airways on Saturday said it will soon pay the remaining December salaries to employees. | 30-Mar-2019 |
| Sony to slash smartphone workforce by ha | Tokyo, March 30 (IANS) Once an iconic brand, Sony is now going to slash its mobile division workforce by half by 2020 in the wake of stiff competition and poor sales. | 30-Mar-2019 |
| Have enough pilots, operations won't be | Mumbai, March 30 (IANS) Even as it tries to stave-off a proposed mass leave by a section of pilots, Jet Airways on Saturday said it has the requisite number of aviators to man its fleet currently under operation. | 30-Mar-2019 |
| Nirav Modi's bail plea rejected | London/New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) The Westminster Magistrates' Court on Friday rejected the bail plea of fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi suspecting he could "flee" Britain and "interfere with witnesses", said sources. | 29-Mar-2019 |
| US stocks end week on high note | New York, March 30 (IANS) US stocks ended higher as investors continued to keep a close eye on global trade updates and digested a batch of encouraging economic data. | 29-Mar-2019 |
| PNB to sell stake in housing finance arm | New Delhi, March 30 (IANS) State-run Punjab National Bank (PNB) on Friday said it will sell part of its stake in PNB Housing Finance (PNBHFL) to global equity firms General Atlantic Group and Varde Partners for a total of Rs 1,851.60 crore. | 30-Mar-2019 |
| Nepal unveils projects worth $30 billion | Kathmandu, March 30 (IANS) Nepal on Friday unveiled dozens of private and public projects worth $30 billion at the start of a two-day investment forum. | 30-Mar-2019 |
| Sydney Airport planes grounded after smo | Sydney, March 29 (TIWN / IANS) The Sydney Airport's control tower was evacuated on Friday after a computer battery back-up system overheated, initially preventing all planes at the airport from departing and significantly delaying inbound flights from landing. | 29-Mar-2019 |
| Jet delays ECB repayment due to liquidit | Mumbai, March 29 (IANS) Financially troubled Jet Airways on Thursday said that the repayment of the External Commercial Borrowing (ECB) availed by the company for working capital purposes has been delayed. | 28-Mar-2019 |
| N.Korean cyberattack looted $13.5mn from | United Nations, March 29 (IANS) Starved for foreign funds due to UN sanctions, North Korea carried out a $13.5 million cyber heist of Cosmos Bank using a network across 28 countries by breaking its internal safety measures, according to the world body. | 28-Mar-2019 |
| Bandhan Bank to focus on affordable hous | Kolkata, March 28 (IANS) After the completion of the proposed merger of Gruh Finance into the lender, Bandhan Bank is looking to give a big push to affordable housing sector and has plans to further dilute the promoter's holding in it to 40 per cent, an official said on Thursday. | 28-Mar-2019 |
| Malware attacks rose 53% in India in 201 | New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) While ransomware attacks were down 49 per cent in India in 2018, the country experienced 53 per cent rise in malware attacks last year, according to a new report from cybersecurity firm SonicWall. | 28-Mar-2019 |
| Infosys arm to buy 75% stake in Dutch ba | Bengaluru, March 28 (IANS) Global software major Infosys on Thursday said its consulting arm would buy 75 per cent equity stake in Starter N.V., a subsidiary of the Dutch-based ABN AMRO Bank for Rs 999 crore ($144 million) in cash for strategic partnership in The Netherlands. | 28-Mar-2019 |
| Jio's usage as primary voice SIM increas | New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The use of Reliance Jio SIM cards as the primary network for voice calls by multi-SIM holders increased in 2018, a UBS report said. | 27-Mar-2019 |
| US stocks fall amid economic slowdown wo | New York, March 28 (IANS) US stocks closed lower, as investor sentiment continued to be dampened by persistent inverted yield curve, as long-term US Treasury bills kept falling throughout the day. | 27-Mar-2019 |
| Markets in green: Sensex up 200 pts, Nif | Mumbai, March 27 (IANS) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note up 200 points, while the Nifty crossed the 11,500 mark. | 27-Mar-2019 |
| Huawei eyes 10% premium smartphone share | Paris, March 27 (IANS) Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is aiming to make a serious dent into the growing premium smartphone market in India with its newly-launched P30 and P30 Pro devices. | 27-Mar-2019 |
| Tibet's GDP rose 191% since Dalai Lama f | Beijing, March 27 (IANS) Tibet's 2018 GDP has reached $22 billion -- about 191 times more than the 1959 figure calculated at comparable prices, said a white paper released on Wednesday by China. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| US principal ally, but Italy 'independen | Rome, March 27 (IANS/AKI) Italy views America as its chief ally, but is "an independent country" that will seize new trade opportunities like the multi-billion dollar Belt and Road infrastructure project with China, Industry and Welfare minister Luigi Di Maio said on Tuesday as he began a three-day US visit. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| Bomb scare on Mumbai-Singapore flight, F | Mumbai/Singapore, March 27 (IANS) Singapore Airlines' Mumbai-Singapore flight landed safely at the Changi Airport on Tuesday, with two F-16s of the Singapore Air Force escorting it, after a call warning that there was a bomb on board. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| Optimistic about Jet Airways' future: CE | New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) Jet Airways CEO Vinay Dube on Tuesday said that the stakeholders of the cash-strapped airline were optimistic about the airline's future. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| Sensex jumps 400 pts, Bank Nifty up 2.39 | Mumbai, March 26 (IANS) Both Sensex and Nifty advanced over 1 per cent each during the afternoon session of trade on Tuesday owing to a recovery in the Asian markets. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| Mining dependents in Karnataka protest j | Bengaluru, March 26 (IANS) Around 6,000 mining dependents from Bellary and Chitradurga districts, as well as surrounding mining belts, protested here on Tuesday against the bad condition of the mining industry in Karnataka and appealed to the government to save their livelihoods. | 26-Mar-2019 |
| Rahul's Rs 3.6-lakh cr 'Nyay' may hit fi | New Delhi, March 26 (IANS) In an age when fiscal profligacy is out and fiscal prudence is the norm, Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday resorted to apparent populism and announced minimum income guarantee scheme 'Nyay' that is expected to cost the exchequer Rs 3.6 lakh crore annually. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| Congress' minimum guarantee to benefit 2 | New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday said nearly 25 crore poor people in the country will get financial assistance of Rs 72,000 per annum if the party is voted to power. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| Number of Indian workers in Kuwait over | Kuwait City, March 25 (IANS) The number of Indian workers in Kuwait has soared over 889,000, the highest amongst all other expat workers in this Arab country, media reports said. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| HWB to supply heavy water in India for n | Chennai, March 25 (IANS) India's Heavy Water Board (HWD) plans to supply heavy water to Indian companies to produce deuterated compounds within the country, said a top official. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| Jet Airways' Chairman Naresh Goyal resig | Mumbai, March 25 (IANS) Jet Airways promoter and founder Naresh Goyal on Monday resigned from the company's board. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| ED files chargesheet against Gautam Khai | New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday filed a chargesheet against lawyer Gautam Khaitan before a special Delhi court in a money laundering and black money case. | 25-Mar-2019 |
| India may step up oil imports from Brazi | New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) India may increase oil imports from Brazil and Mexico to offset the loss of Venezuelan oil in the wake of US sanctions on that country. | 24-Mar-2019 |
| PNB sets recovery target of Rs 10K cr fo | New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) After returning to black in the last quarter, lending major Punjab National Bank (PNB) has set a recovery target of Rs 10,000 crore for the concluding Q4, said the company's Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Sunil Mehta. | 24-Mar-2019 |
| India not the sixth largest economy, say | Kolkata, March 24 (TIWN / IANS) Senior BJP MP Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said India is the third largest economy, not the sixth, as mentioned by Prime Minister Narendra Modi hinting that he and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley do not know economics. | 24-Mar-2019 |
| Pilots of crashed Ethiopian jet used fli | Addis Ababa, March 24 (IANS) The pilots of the Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 that crashed on March 10, killing all 189 people on board, used a flight simulator to learn how to fly the Boeing 737 Max 8 plane, the flag carrier told CNN. | 24-Mar-2019 |
| 87,000 groups on WhatsApp targeting vote | New Delhi, March 24 (IANS) The first phase of voting begins from April 11 and WhatsApp - and not its parent company Facebook - has turned out to be the biggest social media platform for more than 87,000 groups to target millions with political messaging. | 24-Mar-2019 |
| British Airways to launch its shortest f | London, March 23 (IANS) British Airways is launching its shortest flight till date, a 54-mile, 50-minute flight from Bahrain International Airport to Dammam, Saudi Arabia, the media reported on Saturday. | 23-Mar-2019 |
| Tour operators woo foreigners as they ge | Kolkata, March 23 (IANS) Bolstered by an encouraging trend in the last general elections and subsequent state assembly polls, many tour operators and travel companies are gearing up for poll tourism, mainly targeting foreign tourists as political parties gear up for the April-May Lok Sabha contest. | 23-Mar-2019 |
| Higher taxes for foreign investors from | Mumbai, March 23 (IANS) Changes in the SEBI listing and prevention of insider-trading regulations, revisions in the double-taxation avoidance agreements (DTAAs) with Mauritius and Singapore are set to come into effect from April 1. | 23-Mar-2019 |
| BJP's vow of jobless growth creating hav | Lucknow, March 23 (IANS) Former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Saturday attacked the BJP-led Central government over unemployment in the country, saying that the government's vow of jobless growth is causing havoc. | 23-Mar-2019 |
| Trump offers Fed board seat to Stephen M | Washington, March 23 (IANS) US President Donald Trump on Friday said he would nominate his former campaign adviser Stephen Moore to serve on the Federal Reserve's Board of Governors. | 22-Mar-2019 |
| Lenders to take over Jet Airways: Minist | New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) Lenders of cash-strapped Jet Airways are in the process of securing "substantial stake" in the ailing airline to try and revive it to a manageable state before selling it to new promoters, a senior Finance Ministry source said on Friday. | 22-Mar-2019 |
| Ola cabs banned in Bengaluru for licence | Bengaluru, March 22 (IANS) The Karnataka Transport Department on Friday suspended the licence of online cab aggregator Ola for six months in Bengaluru for running its bike taxis while possessing a licence for only four-wheelers, an official statement said. | 22-Mar-2019 |
| Jet needs around Rs 10,000 cr worth of i | New Delhi/Mumbai, March 22 (IANS) A proposed infusion of Rs 1,000 crore into Jet Airways may prove to be "too little too late" to save the airline as it might require at least Rs 10,000 crore to stay afloat, industry observers said on Friday. | 22-Mar-2019 |
| March GST collection may touch Rs 1 lakh | New Delhi, March 22 (TIWN / IANS) With nine more days to go, the GST collection trends look good and could slightly exceed Rs 1 lakh crore, informed sources said. | 22-Mar-2019 |
| Car deliveries priority for Tesla: Elon | San Francisco, March 22 (IANS) Tesla CEO Elon Musk is prioritizing on meeting its first quarter goal of car deliveries before March 31. | 22-Mar-2019 |
| China says more trade talks with US to b | Beijing, March 21 (IANS) The next round of negotiations to end a trade war between China and the United States will take place in Beijing on March 28 and 29, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced on Thursday. | 21-Mar-2019 |
| Samsung 5G phone to hit the market on Ap | Seoul, March 21 (IANS) Samsung on Thursday said it will release its first 5G smartphone in the first week of April in South Korea, making it the world's first mobile device with the next-generation network capability. | 21-Mar-2019 |
| Over Rs 13 cr unaccounted cash seized in | Chennai, March 21 (IANS) Cash amounting to Rs 13.90 crore, being transported without proper papers, has been seized by flying squads across Tamil Nadu, a poll official said on Thursday. | 21-Mar-2019 |
| Elle and HP: Giving personalised content | Houston, March 21 (IANS) In the Instagram era you have to be photo-ready, is what Nina Garcia, Editor-in-Chief of Elle Magazine said about her meeting with Enrique Lores, HP's president imaging and printing. | 21-Mar-2019 |
| US stocks close mixed amid Fed announcem | New York, March 21 (IANS) US stocks ended mixed amid the Federal Reserve's latest monetary policy announcement. | 20-Mar-2019 |
| Government enters cockpit to curb air fa | New Delhi, March 21 (IANS) The government on Wednesday said it was working with the airlines to increase capacity across sectors to keep a check on spiralling air fares. | 20-Mar-2019 |