Dutch consumer electronics company Ricatech, famous for making Amitabh Bachchan...
With tourist footfall going up by 23 per cent in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, the authorities have decided to heavily invest in the sector as well as in information technology (IT) to ensure holistic development of the islands, stakeholders say. "Tourism and It would be our prime focus. At least four lakh tourists come to the is...
Facebook on Wednesday introduced its digital training and start-up training hubs in India aimed at helping small businesses and people grow by giving them the digital skills they need to compete in today's digital economy. Facebook said it plans to train more than half a million people in the country by 2020 through these online training...
Key Indian equity indices on Wednesday traded in the green during the mid-afternoon session, extending gains for the fifth consecutive session, as positive Asian markets and higher auto stocks buoyed investors' sentiments. According to market observers, index heavyweights on the BSE like State Bank of India, Adani Ports, Mahindra and Mahindra, Tata Mot...
Facebook allowed housing advertisers to target audiences by race and exclude minorities, raising questions about whether the company is in compliance with federal fair housing rules that prohibit such discrimination, an investigation has found. ProPublica reporters last week bought dozens of rental housing ads on Facebook, but as...
Chief Minister Mukul Sangma has said the collection of revenue under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in Meghalaya could not be assessed properly due to the incapability of the system being put in place. Sangma, who is heading the Congress-led government, lashed out at the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government ...
Google's plan to de-rank two Russian media outlets -- RT and Sputnik -- in its search results has prompted Moscow's telecom regulator to threaten retaliatory action against the search giant, media reported. Speaking at the Halifax International Security Forum over the weekend, Eric Schmidt, the Executive Chairman of Google's parent company, ...
Struggling to meet the demand after production delays, Apple supplier Foxconn has reportedly employed thousands of students to assemble iPhone X who are being forced to work overtime, media reported. According to The Financial Times, students in the age group 17-19 were hired as interns in September and were told to work at the assembling...
The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Wednesday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade. The Sensex of the BSE after opening at 33,569.07 points, touched a high of 33,601.73 points and a low of 33,535.06 points. The Sensex is trading at 33,599.17 points up by 120.82 points or 0.36 per cent from its Tuesday's close at 33,4...
State Street Corporation, one of the world's leading providers of financial...
