Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) Worldwide IT spending is forecast to total $3.54 trillion in 2016, barely a 0.6 percent increase over 2015 spending of $3.52 trillion, according to world’s leading information technology research company Gartner,…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) Energy-starved India, which imports around 75 percent of its crude oil needs, is looking afresh at Africa to tap the continent’s vast and yet unexplored hydrocarbon assets, for both exploration…
Mumbai, Jan 19 (IANS) Exactly a month after Facebook allowed live streaming of commercial events, Reliance Industries on Tuesday took to the social networking site to announce its results for the third quarter of this…
New Delhi, Jan 19 (IANS) UAE-based digital platform for beauty and wellness services Beawel launched its operation in India here on Tuesday. Beawel aims to make spa, salon and fitness centres accessible to everyone through…
Gangtok, Jan 19 (IANS) Sikkim’s famed black cardamom has of late been giving its farmers a major economic boost. The price of the crop has soared more than six-fold in five years owing to intelligent…
Bengaluru, Jan 19 (IANS) Leading e-tailer Flipkart on Tuesday announced investing an undisclosed amount as seed capital in Tinystep startup, a parenting social network startup. “The startup will use the seed fund to develop the…
Guenter Butschek was Chief Operating Officer of Airbus Mumbai, Jan 18 (IANS) Leading Indian automobile manufacturer Tata Motors on Monday announced the appointment of Guenter Butschek as CEO and managing director. “Butschek’s appointment comes at…
Kolkata, Jan 18 (IANS) The lack of an adequate number of mobile towers was one of the reasons for deteriorating the quality of mobile services, officials of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) said…
Nellore (Andhra Pradesh), Jan 18 (IANS) Hyderabad-based CVR group said on Monday that its subsidiary Krishnapatnam Power Corporation has signed an MoU with the Andhra Pradesh government to build 2,780 MW capacity of thermal power…
Hyderabad, Jan 18 (IANS) Nasscom on Monday said it has partnered with the Telangana government and other entities to create a “startup warehouse” here that will provide an affordable co-working space to the young entrepreneurs….
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) With international nuclear sanctions on Iran being lifted on Sunday, India will resume its unrestricted import of oil from the Persian Gulf nation. State-run Indian Oil Corp (IOC) here told…
Kochi, Jan 17 (IANS) Shrimp farming in Kerala is all set to touch new heights with an institute for ocean studies securing a licence to set up the first hatchery in the state for the…
Dubai/Kochi, Jan 17 (IANS) The first phase of Kerala’s much-delayed Kochi Smart City will be inaugurated next month, a meeting of the project’s board of directors in Dubai decided on Sunday. According to Kerala IT…
New Delhi, Jan 17 (IANS) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) claimed on Sunday that it recycled about 8.80 tonnes of waste paper over a period of five months in order to contribute its bit…
Following are major policy highlights of Start-ups Action Plan Prime Minister Narendra Modi unveiled on Saturday in New Delhi while launching the ambitious ‘Start-up India’ campaign to boost digital entrepreneurship at the grass-root level: *…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) At a time when India is trying to make its mark in the start-up arena, Uber founder Travis Kalanick said research and development and innovation are about the three Bs…
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a three-year income tax holiday for start-ups and exemption of capital gains tax for venture capital investments in them, as part of a…
Dubai, Jan 16 (IANS) Imagine a carpet with a colour palette of 173 colours and 1 kg of gold! Priced at a whopping $2.2 million, this marvel from Iran is a key attraction at an…
New Delhi, January 16 (IANS) Four hashtags involving Reliance Jio and the group’s devices brand LFY trended at No.1 on Twitter in the past month, setting the benchmark for a more aggressive campaign when the…
New Delhi: SoftBank Chairman and Chief Executive Masayoshi Son and President Nikesh Arora during the opening session of launch of “Start Up India“ in New Delhi on Jan 16, 2016. (Photo: Amlan Paliwal/IANS) New Delhi,…