Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said the country will need a "boom period" like during 2003 to 2008 in order to achieve a 10 per cent growth, which is a "challenging figure". "A 10 per cent growth is a very challenging figure and a 10 per cent growth will not depend merely on domestic factors. It will also depend on how the world...
TiE Global in partnership with the US Embassy on Thursday announced launch of AIRSWEE 2.0, its marquee programme for economic empowerment of women through entrepreneurship in 30 Tier 2 and 3 cities in India. The objective of All India Road Show for Women's Economic Empowerment through Entrepreneurship (AIRSWEE) is to educate, ment...
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister K. Palaniswami has told the central government that the state is of the view that there is no need for setting up a Permanent Water Disputes Tribunal (PWDT) as each and every inter-state water dispute is unique and complex. "I have examined the matter in detail and once again reiterate the decision of ...
The main airport on the Indonesian island of Bali re-opened on Wednesday after remaining shut for two days due to a volcanic eruption which blanketed parts of the island in ash forcing thousands of evacuations. Flights resumed at Ngurah Rai International Airport from 3 p.m. after the Volcano Observatory Notice for Aviation was downgraded from a Red al...
With the digitisation drive gaining momentum, India has been ranked seventh on the list of target countries for Web Application Attacks globally in the third quarter this year, indicating an urgent need to beef up application and infrastructure security in the country, a new report said on Wednesday. When it comes to cyber attacks originating ...
As wearables begin to gain a foothold in the country, Samsung India has captured 50 per cent of the premium smartwatch market (in value terms) in the first half of 2017 which was driven by its flagship smartwatch Gear S3, a top company executive said here on Wednesday. "Samsung Gear S3 smartwatch has given us phenomenal growth this ...
US President Donald Trump's daughter and his advisor Ivanka Trump on Wednesday called for closing the gender gap in workforce by providing women better access to capital and ensuring better representation in high-value industries. She underlined the need for more progressive policies to address the stagnation which set in a deca...
When it comes to online browsing, two-thirds of Indian users do not wait for even five seconds for a web page to load and move on to next website, a survey said on Wednesday. According to the survey by global digital content provider Limelight Networks, Indians are the most demanding Internet users and 54 per cent would move to a different sit...
Tracking broadly positive global cues, key Indian equity indices traded in the green -- with marginal gains -- during the mid-afternoon session on Wednesday. The gains were led by healthy buying in consumer durables, capital goods, auto and healthcare stocks on the BSE market breadth. According to market observers, investors traded with caution ahead o...
Leading non-banking finance company Muthoot Finance on Tuesday said it would provide gold loans to Small and Medium Enterprises at lower interest rate for their working capital....
