Panaji, Aug 3 (IANS) Native Goans would be banned from entering casinos from 2019, after the state government appoints a gaming commissioner to regulate the industry, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said on Friday. The Chief…
Panaji, Aug 3 (IANS) The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) in its report has faulted the Goa government’s industrial corporation for dishing out gold coins as mementos to its employees in commemoration of the golden…
Hyderabad, Aug 3 (IANS) Tech Mahindra, a leading provider of digital transformation, consulting and business re-engineering services and solutions, on Friday announced a strategic partnership with Nucleus Vision (NV), India’s biggest blockchain company. Under the…
San Francisco, Aug 3 (IANS) One of the most popular instant messaging platforms in the world — WhatsApp — is working on a much anticipated “picture-in-picture mode” for Android platform. The feature, once rolled out,…
Bengaluru, Aug 3 (IANS) To provide relief to a choked Bengaluru busting at seams, Karnataka Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy on Friday told investors to set up their manufacturing units or services centres in tier-2 cities…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Fugitive Indian jeweller Mehul Choksi, wanted in a Rs 13,500 crore bank fraud, was given Antiguan citizenship after “stringent background checks” and a clearance certificate from the Indian authorities, the…
Singapore, Aug 3 (IANS) China and the EU agreed here on Friday to join hands to promote multilateralism and support free trade. The agreement came as Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi met…
Hyderabad, Aug 3 (IANS) The government of Telangana on Friday signed MoUs with Tech Mahindra, Nucleus Vision and Eleven01 Foundation to launch India’s first Blockchain District, which will provide a complete ecosystem for the growth…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Union Ministry for Corporate Affairs Secretary Injeti Srinivas on Friday said the government is ready to further amend the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), a game changer in creating a…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Favourable demand conditions accelerated the growth of India’s service sector in July, key economic data showed on Friday. Accordingly, the seasonally adjusted Nikkei India Services Business Activity Index rose from…
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) The key Indian equity indices — S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50 — rose over one per cent on Friday supported by a healthy macro economic data and firm buying activity…
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Film director Vijay R. Gutte, son of a leading Maharashtra businessman close to the BJP, has been arrested in a case of alleged Rs 34-crore GST fraud committed through fake documents,…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Friday restrained the Enforcement Directorate from taking coercive action against Nalini Chidambaram, wife of former Union Minister P. Chidambaram, in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam….
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) After posting robust growth in its smartphone and wearables shipments in the first half of this year, a top executive of Chinese tech conglomerate Huawei on Friday said the company…
San Francisco, Aug 3 (IANS) Microsoft’s recently launched portable and affordable surface tablet “Surface Go” is now shipping. Starting at $399, the “Surface Go” features integrated kickstand, Windows 10 and a similar design to the…
Astana, Aug 3 (IANS) India and Kazakhstan agreed to strengthen cooperation in the areas of trade and defence and security following delegation-level talks headed by Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Kazakh Foreign Minister…
San Francisco, Aug 3 (IANS) Google has announced adding a nifty feature to its Google Maps users that includes the battery level (of the user’s phone) in the set of information that they share. “When…
New Delhi, Aug 3 (IANS) Silicon Valley-based online education platform Udacity on Friday partnered with US-based investment management firm WorldQuant to launch its new AI for “Trading Nanodegree programme”. In this programme, the candidates will…
Mumbai, Aug 3 (IANS) Positive global cues along with healthy quarterly results and value buying pushed the key Indian equity indices — NSE Nifty50 and S&P BSE Sensex — higher during the afternoon trade session…
By Bappaditya Chatterjee Kolkata, Aug 3 (IANS) Despite challenges in procuring quality raw jute, exports of diversified products made of the golden fibre are expected to grow over 10 per cent to cross the Rs…