Washington, Aug 9 (IANS) Amazon chief Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin is among the six companies NASA has selected for developing 10 “tipping point” technologies that have the potential to significantly benefit commercial space economy and…
San Francisco, Aug 9 (IANS) Owing to severe decline in monthly page visits, from 8.5 billion to 4.7 billion in the last two years, Facebook is set to cede its long-held second position among the…
Mumbai, Aug 9 (IANS) Taking a cue from global markets, the key Indian equity market indices on Thursday opened higher. The Sensitive Index (Sensex) of the BSE, which had closed at 37,887.56 points on Wednesday,…
San Francisco, Aug 9 (IANS) US top electric auto maker Tesla has said some members of its Board of Directors discussed the possibility of making Tesla private with its CEO Elon Musk last week. In…
London, Aug 9 (IANS) The pound has fallen below $1.29 for the first time in almost a year on continuing worries Britain will leave the EU without a trade deal. Sterling also hit a nine-month…
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) The US dollar index decreased against most other major currencies as investors monitored the latest development of US-China trade conflicts. In late New York trading on Wednesday, the euro increased…
London, Aug 9 (IANS) London’s population has been rising steadily since the mid-1980s but evidence has emerged that Brexit and the high cost of buying and renting homes is deterring new people from coming to…
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) US stocks closed mixed as investors monitored the latest development of US-China trade conflicts. The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Wednesday was down 45.16 points, or 0.18 per cent, to…
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Pharma major Cipla on Wednesday reported an increase of 4.86 per cent in its consolidated net profit during the first quarter (Q1) of 2018-19. According to the company, net profit during…
Hyderabad, Aug 8 (IANS) After leading Swedish home furnishing company IKEA, Danube Home of United Arab Emirates (UAE) is also entering India. Like IKEA, Danube Home, the home furnishing arm of Danube Group, is also…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The installed power generation capacity in India has risen to 344 GigaWatts (GW) and its energy deficit, which stood at over 4 per cent in 2014, has shrunk to less…
Bengaluru, Aug 8 (IANS) Leading online payment system provider PhonePe raised Rs 452 crore from Flipkart Payments Ltd by allotting 21 lakh shares at a premium under a rights issue, said Chennai-based business intelligence platform…
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) Over 10.5 kg of smuggled gold and Rs 1.74 crore in cash were seized from three places in the city and four persons were arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence,…
Kolkata, Aug 8 (IANS) Kolkata Police on Wednesday said three Mumbai residents have been arrested on charge of involvement in an ATM fraud case reported in the metropolis and seized skimming machines and pinhole cameras…
Mumbai, Aug 8 (IANS) Pharma major Lupin Limited on Wednesday reported a 43.4 per cent fall in its consolidated net profit at Rs 202.8 crore for the quarter ended June 30. The consolidated net profit…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) Fair trade watchdog Competition Commission of India (CCI) has approved the acquisition of e-commerce major Flipkart by Wal-Mart International Holdings. However, a traders’ body said that it will move the…
Islamabad, Aug 8 (IANS) The Supreme Court of Pakistan has ordered slashing of the taxes on the locally-assembled cars and this will bring the down the prices, the media reported on Wednesday. A three-member bench…
Washington, Aug 8 (IANS) Observing that India’a near-term macroeconomic outlook is “broadly favorable”, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the country is on course to hold its position as one of the fastest…
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IANS) The National Investigation (NIA) on Wednesday said it had seized fake notes in Rs 2,000 denomination with a total face value of nearly Rs 7 lakh in Bengaluru, Karnataka, and…
Hyderabad, Aug 8 (IANS) Buoyed by the rapid growth of the retail sector, leading Swedish home furnishings retailer IKEA plans to increase its investments in the country. On the eve of the launch of the…