Bangkok, Jan 8 (IANS) A Thai commercial touting white skin as a ticket to success has come under fire on Friday from social media users. The commercial for Snowz, a skin whitening product, was uploaded…
Sukna: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during a press conference at Sukna of Darjeeling District, West Bengal on Nov. 5, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Kolkata, Jan 8 (IANS) Projecting West Bengal as an ideal investment…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (PTI) As many as 1,500 domestic and foreign delegates from 37 countries including the US, UK and China will participate in the three-day partnership summit in Visakhapatnam. “This summit is very…
Chennai, Jan 7 (IANS) German car maker Volkswagen said on Thursday that it will not buy back any car models as its models and others sold under SKODA and Audi brands do not violate the…
Montreal, Jan 7 (AFP) TransCanada will sue the US government for USD 15 billion for blocking its controversial project for an oil pipeline linking Canada with the Gulf of Mexico, the firm has said. TransCanada…
San Francisco, Jan 6 (AP) Netflix has begun streaming its Internet video service in 130 more countries, nearly completing its expansion a year ahead of schedule. CEO Reed Hastings made the surprise announcement at the…
Chennai, Jan 6 (IANS) Torn notebook recording deficiencies, lack of batch manufacturing records, use of unofficial notebooks, lack of audit trails on the operation of computer systems, product mix-ups due to manufacturing deficiencies are some…
New Delhi: Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley addressing the annual general meeting of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in New Delhi on Dec. 19, 2015. (Phote: Sunil Majumdar/IANS) New Delhi,…
New Delhi/Bengaluru, Jan 6 (IANS) The government on Wednesday approved closure of three Hindustan Machine Tools (HMT) companies – HMT Watches, HMT Chinar Watches and HMT Bearings, ending the era of the once “Timekeeper of…
New York, Jan 6 (IANS) Panasonic, a Japanese multinational electronics company, has said it will commercialise the Blu-ray discs technology that is used by Facebook to archive data that users upload on the social networking…
Patna, Jan 6 (IANS) A private company engaged in construction of Ganga Expressway in Patna has sought security following killing of two engineers in Darbhanga district last month, an official said on Wednesday. “We have…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) Facebook is ready with a contingency plan should Google ever pull its Android app from the Play Store, according to a media report. Facebook and Google are at odds with…
New York, Jan 5 (IANS) No one wants to knowingly buy products made with child labour or those that harm the environment, but we also don’t want to work too hard to find out whether…
New Delhi: GM CEO Mary Barra at the of launch the Chevrolet Trailblazer in New Delhi, on July 29, 2015. (Photo: IANS) Chicago, Jan 5 (IANS) The General Motors Board of Directors unanimously elected Mary…
Beijing, Jan 5 (IANS) China’s commerce regulator on Tuesday launched a further probe into Microsoft’s alleged anti-monopoly case, in a display of the country’s latest effort to enforce its Anti-Monopoly Law. State Administration for Industry…
San Francisco, Jan 5 (IANS) Ride-hailing application startup Lyft Inc. has received a $500 million investment from General Motors to build a fleet of driverless cars. Lyft, based in San Francisco, on Monday said GM’s…
Agra, Jan 4 (IANS) Gulf-based company LuLu Group International on Monday pledged to invest Rs.1,000 crore to set up an international convention centre, a five-star hotel, and a mall in Uttar Pradesh capital Lucknow, if…
Hyderabad, Jan 4 (IANS) Novo Nordisk, world’s leading diabetes care company, on Monday announced cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar would be the brand ambassador for ‘changing diabetes’, its programme in India to fight against the lifestyle…
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…