Bengaluru, Jan 4 (IANS) Software major Wipro on Monday announced it had elevated its chief executive T.K. Kurien to vice-chairman and promoted chief operating officer Abidali Z. Neemuchwala to fill his place from February 1….
New York, Jan 4 (IANS) South Korean electronics giant Samsung got a patent application published by the US Patent and Trademark Office related to foldable phones that may have features like a hologram and a…
Hyderabad, Jan 4 (IANS) Hyderabad-based startup Bulbulapps, which develops apps for pre-schoolers, on Monday, announced successful funding of its Kickstarter project. Tuk-Tuk goes to Hyderabad, a travel app for kids, has received $2,000 from over…
Islamabad, Jan 4 (IANS) The Pakistani government has planned to build a motorway from its Peshawar city to Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, the media reported. The four-lane road via Jalalabad and Torkham covers 265 km and…
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) The IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd. will construct southeast Asia’s longest tunnel at Zozi La, spanning 14.08 km, in Jammu and Kashmir, an official said here on Monday. It has been issued…
Detroit (US), Jan 4 (AP) Honda Motor Company says a defective air bag made by Takata Corporation was responsible for the death of a driver near Pittsburgh. It’s the ninth death worldwide attributed to Takata…
Mumbai: Actor Salman Khan during the Big Star Entertainment Awards 2015 in Mumbai on Dec 13, 2015. (Photo: IANS) New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) on Sunday asked actor…
London, Jan 3 (IANS) Following years of hype, 2016 looks to be the year that Virtual Reality (VR) actually becomes real as firms like HTC, Sony and Samsung propose to launch equipment this year to…
Melbourne, Jan 3 (IANS) If you are a “Seinfeld” fan, you might consider visiting George’s Bar here, a newly opened facility named after Jason Alexander’s famous character George Costanza from the TV show. The bar…
Kolkata, Jan 2 (IANS) Instead of adopting large-scale technologies from big corporate players, India’s smart city plan should incorporate “appropriate technologies” that are smaller in scale and can evolve with new innovations at minimum cost,…
Beijing, Jan 2 (IANS) The first nuclear power plant located in one of China’s ethnic autonomous regions has begun commercial operations of its first reactor, the media reported on Saturday. The No.1 reactor of the…
Big Data is increasingly being used by prominent companies to outpace the competition. Be it established companies or start-ups, they are embracing data-focussed strategies to outpace the competition. In healthcare, clinical data can be reviewed…
Kolkata, Jan 1 (IANS) The Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur on Friday inked a deal with Japan’s Nikken Sekkei Research Institute (NSRI) to plan, design and implement smart technologies to develop sustainable habitats for India’s smart…
Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 1 (IANS) A neutral treatment of all content on the internet is an essential pre-requisite for fostering permission-less innovation which is one of the guiding principles of the internet, an IT expert said…
New York, Dec 31 (AFP) General Electric announced today that it had won a contract worth nearly USD 1 billion from the Saudi Electricity Company to build and supply a power plant in northern Saudi…
Berlin, Dec 31 (AP) Online retailer Amazon has pledged to donate its share of revenues from the sale of a song by the anti-Islam group PEGIDA to refugees, undermining the cause of the far-right movement….
Cairo, Dec 31 (IANS) As the debate over Free Basics and net neutrality entered an interesting phase in India, Egypt has decided to shut down Facebook’s controversial free internet service, media reported on Thursday. Although…
Paris, Dec 31 (AFP) French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo said it would release nearly a million copies of a special issue to mark a year since jihadists killed a dozen people in its Paris offices….
New Delhi, Dec 30 (PTI) Patanjali Ayurved, promoted by yoga guru Ramdev, today said it uses cow urine only in five products out of up to 700 items it manufactures, a day after a ‘fatwa’…
Mumbai, Dec 30 (PTI) Sighting of a rat in a London-bound Air India plane by passengers on Wednesday forced the pilot to abort take off at the city airport, leaving the airline red-faced. The Air…