Archive Detail
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Facebook to rank comments to make conver | San Francisco, June 15 (TIWN) In a move to make conversations on public posts more meaningful, Facebook has rolled out an update where it will rank comments to promote those that are most relevant to users. | 15-Jun-2019 |
Fuels, manufactured items ease India's M | New Delhi, June 14 (TIWN) Lower prices of manufactured items and key transportation fuels eased India's annual rate of inflation based on wholesale prices to 2.45 per cent in May from 3.07 per cent in April, official data showed on Friday. | 14-Jun-2019 |
Tata Comm divests 26% stakes in Singapor | Mumbai, June 14 (TIWN) Tata Communications has divested its remaining 26 per cent stake in its Singapore-based subsidiary engaged in the data centre business. | 14-Jun-2019 |
Shutting down casinos not practical, say | Panaji, June 14 (TIWN) A month after Goa BJP president Vinay Tendulkar said that the party had urged the BJP-led state government to consider shutting down casinos, state Environment Minister Nilesh Cabral on Friday said that this step was "not practical" because of the employment they generate and ancillary businesses which the industry feeds off. | 14-Jun-2019 |
Private operators' plan for aircraft sec | New Delhi, June 14 (TIWN) The plan of private airport operators to hire staff from the grounded Jet Airways for security-related work has hit an air pocket with the Civil Aviation Ministry mulling the issue of a clarification to its March 2019 notification that reserves these functions only for airlines. | 14-Jun-2019 |
Facebook will remove messages mocking de | Menlo Park (California), June 14 (TIWN) "I am so glad she's dead" or "That's what she gets" will no longer be up on your Facebook page as the social network giant will now remove such scurrilous comments about users who have passed away and has tweaked community standards for memoralised profiles to make it more bearable for the grieving families. | 14-Jun-2019 |
Mizoram CM presents tax-free Rs 10,692.3 | Aizawl, June 13 (TIWN) Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga on Thursday tabled the Rs 10,692.30 crore tax-free budget for 2019-20 in the state Assembly and emphasised on the implementation of the Socio-Economic Development Policy (SEDP). | 13-Jun-2019 |
Sensex ends marginally lower, Brent jump | Mumbai, June 13 (TIWN) The Sensex on Thursday closed marginally lower after trading in the red throughout the session. | 13-Jun-2019 |
Jet stocks plunge 16% as surveillance me | Mumbai, June 13 (IANS) After hitting an all-time low of Rs 84.80 per share, Jet Airways' scrips closed 16 per cent lower on Thursday, a day after the exchanges decided to shift the security from Rolling Segment to Trade for Trade Segment. | 13-Jun-2019 |
Oil prices jump nearly 4% over attack on | Mumbai, June 13 (TIWN) The benchmark Brent Crude on Thursday logged a steep jump of nearly 4 per cent over reports of attack on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. | 13-Jun-2019 |
FDI in India grew by 6% to $42bn in 2019 | United Nations, June 13 (TIWN) Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in India grew by 6 per cent to $42 billion last year, according to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). | 13-Jun-2019 |
UP sand mining scam: ex-Minister's home | Lucknow, June 12 (TIWN) The CBI on Wednesday carried out searches at over 21 locations in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh, including the residence of former state Minister Gayatri Prajapati in connection with a case of illegal sand mining between 2012 and 2016, officials said. | 12-Jun-2019 |
FB will pay to track phone usage pattern | San Francisco, June 12 (TIWN) After facing flak for using unethical and discreet ways of collecting user-information, Facebook has decided to pay Android users in India and the US just to monitor how they use their phones. | 12-Jun-2019 |
PNB admits staggering loan defaults of R | Mumbai, June 12 (TIWN) The beleaguered public sector Punjab National Bank (PNB) has admitted to 1,142 big and small defaulters all over India who have defaulted a stupendous Rs 25,090.3 crore. | 12-Jun-2019 |
Markets open in red: Sensex down 160 poi | Mumbai, June 12 (TIWN) The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a negative note during the morning session of the trade. | 12-Jun-2019 |
US stocks close lower | New York, June 12 (TIWN) US equities erased their earlier gains and closed slightly lower as Wall Street digested a slew of economic data. | 12-Jun-2019 |
SBI SO recruitment 2019: State Bank of I | New Delhi, June 11 : Under the SBI SO recruitment 2019, the State Bank of India (SBI) is inviting application forms for the post of specialist officers’ (SO). Candidates who are interested to apply for the post should note that tomorrow (June 12) is the last date to apply. | 11-Jun-2019 |
I-T raids on Srinagar Deputy Mayor's bus | Srinagar, June 11 (TIWN) Close on the heels of raids by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) at the corporate headquarters of J&K Bank in Srinagar, of the Income Tax (I-T) Department on Tuesday raided 10 business premises of Srinagar Deputy Mayor Sheikh Imran who owes Rs 120 crore to the bank. | 11-Jun-2019 |
Piped water coverage to increase from 18 | New Delhi, June 11 (TIWN) The Central government has decided to increase coverage of piped water to households from current 18 per cent to 100 per cent by 2024, said Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat here on Tuesday. | 11-Jun-2019 |
Equity indices turn flat after opening i | Mumbai, June 11 (TIWN) The key Indian equity indices traded on a flat note on Tuesday after opening in the positive territory. | 11-Jun-2019 |
Domestic passenger cars sales down 26% i | New Delhi, June 11 (TIWN) Domestic passenger cars' sales continued to decline in May, the segment's off-take fell 26.03 per cent. | 11-Jun-2019 |
Facebook to launch updated 'Portal' devi | San Francisco, June 11 (TIWN) Social networking giant Facebook is set to launch updated version of its video chat device 'Portal' later in 2019. | 11-Jun-2019 |
Commerce Minister emphasizes on reciproc | New Delhi, June 10 (PTI): Union Minister of Commerce & Industry and Railways, Piyush Goyal, held a series of bilateral talks with a number of countries on the side lines of the two day G20 Ministerial on Trade and Digital Economy in Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan on 8-9 June, 2019. | 10-Jun-2019 |
Videocon loan case: Chanda Kochhar skips | New Delhi, June 10 (TIWN) Former ICICI Bank CEO and managing director Chanda Kochhar on Monday skipped questioning by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a Rs 1,875-crore Videocon loan case citing poor health. | 10-Jun-2019 |
RBI's revised NPA circular credit positi | Mumbai, June 10 (TIWN) Moody's Investors Service has termed the RBI's revised framework for the resolution of stressed assets a credit positive move while suggesting the country's insolvency code mechanism to speed up resolution process. | 10-Jun-2019 |
Banks can vote against NBCC's Jaypee Inf | New Delhi, June 10 (TIWN) The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) on Monday clarified that the lenders of Jaypee Infratech (JIL) can vote against the NBCC's bid to acquire the insolvent real estate company. | 10-Jun-2019 |
SJM asks government not to disinvest Air | New Delhi, June 10 (TIWN) The Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM) has asked the Union government to rethink its plan to disinvest Air India along with 92 other central public sector enterprises. | 10-Jun-2019 |
G20 Ministers issue joint statement on d | Tokyo, June 9 (TIWN) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors from the Group of 20 economies on Sunday issued a joint statement in the Japanese city of Fukuoka after a two-day meeting on trade and digital economy. | 09-Jun-2019 |
3 bogies of stationary Silchar-Trivandru | Silchar (Assam), June 9 (TIWN) A major fire on Sunday burnt three coaches of the Silchar-Trivandrum Express train while stationary at station in Silchar, the main city in southern Assam adjoining Tripura, officials said. | 09-Jun-2019 |
Goa airport services suspended for 2 hou | Panaji, June 8 (TIWN) All flight operations at Goa's Dabolim International Airport have been suspended for two hours on Saturday afternoon after a detachable fuel tank attached to a MiG-29K aircraft fell on the runway, spilling fuel and causing minor damage to the landing and take-off strip, an AAI spokesperson said. | 08-Jun-2019 |
Videocon loan case: ED summons Chanda Ko | New Delhi, June 8 (TIWN) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday summoned former ICICI bank Managing Director and CEO on June 10 in connection with the Rs 1,875 crore Videocon loan case, a official said. | 08-Jun-2019 |
MCA hints at RBI inaction on non-complia | New Delhi, June 7 (TIWN) The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) has hinted at the indifference of RBI on the IL&FS's financial services arm (IFIN) for not meeting the basic criteria on CRAR (Capital-to-risky Asset ratio) and NOF (Net owned Funds) and the company's auditors' taking refuge in such lack of response from the apex bank in taking action on time against the company. | 07-Jun-2019 |
Amazon Alexa to talk to you in impeccabl | Las Vegas, June 7 (TIWN) India is a key growth market for Alexa's global team at Amazon and witnessing the potential, the team is working on to introduce more regional language capabilities in the voice-based assistant that has stormed the living rooms in the country. | 07-Jun-2019 |
SriLankan Airlines named world's most pu | Colombo, June 7 (TIWN) SriLankan Airlines, the flag carrier of the island nation, has been named the 'World's Most Punctual Airline' for the second consecutive time with over 90 per cent of its flights in May being "on time", authorities said here Friday. | 07-Jun-2019 |
Equity indices turn red after opening in | Mumbai, June 7 (TIWN) The key Indian equity indices turned to negative territory minutes on Friday after opening higher, with the Sensex trading over around 140 points lower. | 07-Jun-2019 |
RBI removes charges on NEFT, RTGS transa | NEW DELHI, June 6 (TIWN): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday decided to remove charges on RTGS (Real Time Gross Settlement System) and NEFT (National Electronic Funds Transfer) transactions. | 06-Jun-2019 |
Punjab Cabinet approves 994 posts for me | Chandigarh, June 6 (TIWN) The Punjab Cabinet on Thursday approved the creation of 994 posts of teaching faculty, para-medical staff and multi-task workers for the upcoming Government Medical College in Mohali, with an intake capacity of 100 MBBS seats. | 06-Jun-2019 |
Markets disappointed over lower rate cut | Mumbai, June 6 (TIWN) Disappointment over a lower-than-expected lending rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) dragged the key indices of the Indian equity market down during Thursday's afternoon session. | 06-Jun-2019 |
YouTube to expand ties with ticketing pr | San Francisco, June 6 (IANS) After covering more than 90 per cent of the US ticketing market, YouTube now appears set to expand these partnerships globally to help artists engage directly with fans and sell tickets for upcoming tours. | 06-Jun-2019 |
Bihar, MP excel on FPI, rich states lag | New Delhi, June 5 (TIWN) While the low-income states, like Bihar, have done well on the overall fiscal performance index (FPI) over the years, high-income states, such as Maharashtra, Gujarat and Haryana, figure among laggards, says a Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) discussion paper. | 05-Jun-2019 |
Air India letter surfaces to haunt UPA | New Delhi, June 5 (TIWN) Amid enquiry into alleged role of a middleman in higher bilateral seat quota with Gulf countries during UPA era, it has now emerged that national carrier Air India had repeatedly warned against such move. | 05-Jun-2019 |
Employment in rural area to stop migrati | New Delhi, June 4 (TIWN) Union Food Processing Industries Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Tuesday said that employment will be created in rural areas so children of farmers would need not to migrate for work. | 05-Jun-2019 |
RBI to go for another rate cut to spur g | New Delhi/Mumbai, June 5 (TIWN) A booster dose in the form of further rate cut is expected from the Reserve Bank to rekindle economic growth which has been stunted by low demand, receding production and stagnant wages. | 05-Jun-2019 |
Huawei denies cutting back production am | Shenzhen, June 4 (TIWN) Chinese tech giant Huawei has denied reports that it has cut down smartphone manufacture, thus suspending a number of production lines at its major supplier Foxconn. | 04-Jun-2019 |
MCA indicts RBI for being asleep on the | New Delhi, June 4 (TIWN) A top secret Ministry of Corporate Affairs report has launched a salvo across RBI's bows. Fulminating in a a no-holds-barred manner against the central bank, it wants the RBI to conduct an internal investigation for the reasons for the delay in allowing IFIN (IL&FS Financial Services) to flagrantly disregard CAR (capital adequacy ratio) norms. | 04-Jun-2019 |
Budget may usher in timeline to fast tra | New Delhi, June 4 (TIWN): The upcoming Budget is likely to provide a timeline roadmap for the long pending merger of the three general insurance PSUs for speeding up the process which was first announced in 2018 Budget. | 04-Jun-2019 |
Arvind Kejriwal announces free metro, bu | New Delhi, June 4 (TIWN): With an eye on the Assembly elections, the Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government cleared Monday the proposal to make metro and bus travel free for women in the national capital. If the proposal is implemented this year, the move will cost the state government around Rs 700-800 crore, the Chief Minister said. | 04-Jun-2019 |
Won’t be surprised if Rahul Gandh | New Delhi, June 3 (TIWN): Senior Shiv Sena leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said it would not be a surprise if Rahul Gandhi leaves the country following the Lok Sabha results. | 03-Jun-2019 |
Dadri Remains Tense Days After Arrest of | Dadri, June 4 (TIWN): The situation in Uttar Pradesh's Dadri reportedly remained tense days after the police arrested two men from Noorpur village for allegedly killing a stray cattle and storing its meat. Zahid (25) and Yakub (65) were arrested on May 24. | 04-Jun-2019 |
Narada tapes: ED issues summons to estra | New Delhi, June 3 (TIWN): In the Narada sting operation case, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to four people, including Ratna Chatterjee, estranged wife of former Kolkata mayor Sovan Chatterjee, and Shreya Pandey, daughter of State Consumer Affairs Minister Sadhan Pandey. | 03-Jun-2019 |