New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Riding on the success of its OnePlus 6 device, Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus captured 40 per cent of the premium segment in India in the second quarter of 2018, a…
Madrid, July 31 (IANS) Nokia Corp. on Monday said that it has been awarded a $3.5 billion contract from T-Mobile US Inc. to accelerate the deployment of a nationwide fifth-generation network. As part of the…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) The Congress continued to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his speeches in Lucknow last week, saying he should “stop dramatising” poverty. Congress leader Anand Sharma told reporters here that…
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) An amount of Rs 41,127.86 lakh (Rs 411.27 crore) was allocated for conservation of 3,687 protected monuments during 2018-19 under the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI), parliament was told on…
Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Global ratings agency Moody’s on Monday said that the recent cut in goods and services tax (GST) rates on consumer goods will weigh on the Central government’s revenue collections and fiscal…
Madrid, July 30 (IANS) Taxi drivers across Spain have joined a strike against ride-hailing companies like Uber, demanding the government restrict their numbers. The striking taxi drivers, some of whom have been camping out for…
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) The Border Security Force (BSF) on Monday seized 16 gold biscuits valued at Rs 52.30 lakh from West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district, a BSF officer said. Acting on a tip-off,…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday, acknowledging the piles of junked vehicles lying around several police stations across the capital, asked Delhi Police Commissioner to frame a policy to dispose of…
Bengaluru, July 30 (IANS) Global aircraft maker Boeing would provide its innovative platform to promote Indian start-ups in the aerospace sector with disruptive ideas, an official said here on Monday. “Boeing is providing a platform…
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) BEML and Heavy Engineering Corporation (HEC) on Monday signed an MoU to manufacture and supply products to cater to the needs of the mining industry. The two engineering majors, under the…
Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Diversified conglomerate Piramal Enterprises on Monday reported a consolidated net loss of Rs 70 crore in the first quarter due to a one-time accounting charge related to the sale of imaging…
Milawaukee/Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) US-based motorcycle major Harley-Davidson on Monday said that it is developing a “small-displacement motorcycle” for India and other Asia markets. According to the details of its growth plan through 2022 –…
Amaravati, July 30 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Monday asked officials to use drones to spray pesticides to protect the standing crops. He gave the direction at a meeting to review…
Mumbai, July 30 (IANS) Lending major Axis Bank on Monday reported a decline of 46 per cent in its year-on-year stand alone net profit for the first quarter of 2018-19 due to higher net non-performing…
Bhubaneswar, July 30 (IANS) The Odisha cabinet on Monday approved the state government’s own food security scheme to cover 34.44 lakh people, who have been left out under the National Food Security Act (NFSA). The…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court that the Joint Secretary of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and the Commissioner of the Agra Division are…
Beijing, July 30 (IANS) As permanent members of the UN Security Council, China and Britain should strongly uphold multilateralism, as well as the free trade regime and WTO rules, Chinese State Councillor and Foreign Minister…
Hyderabad, July 30 (IANS) Disruptive business ideas on extended reality, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technology and Internet of Things (IoT) by Indian startups at the “Demo Day” of the Boeing HorizonX India Innovation Challenge on…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The government has not made any assessment of the direct impact on small traders of the US retail giant Walmart’s stake purchase in Flipkart, Parliament was informed on Monday. In…
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The government on Monday finally approved the implementation of guidelines for the defence Strategic Partnership model that incentivises domestic private as well as foreign firms in military manufacturing in the…