Over 3 million people are actively using WhatsApp Business app, says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He said this during the social media giant's Q1 2018 earnings call, the VentureBeat reported late on Wednesday. WhatsApp Business, a standalone app separate from the other version of WhatsApp used by 1.5 billion people, was launched in January f...
Key Indian equity indices on Thursday traded with moderate gains during the mid-afternoon session with healthy buying observed in IT, FMCG and consumer durables stocks. Index heavyweights like Tata Consultancy Services, IndusInd Bank, Tata Motors, Reliance Industries and ITC were the top gainers on the BSE. According to market observers, mixed tr...
The Philippines' Boracay island has been closed to the public for six months starting from Thursday for sanitation and development work at the famous tourist destination. Beginning midnight, authorities banned visitors entry to the island, located about 300 km south of Manila, according to the Department of Environment and Natural R...
A voluntary code of conduct for industry towards greater transparency and better corporate governance is on high priority for the new CII President Rakesh Bharti Mittal in the wake of scams afflicating the banking sector regarding corporate loans. "We will be bring out voluntary codes of corporate governance for industry co...
In a bid to give parents more control, YouTube Kids on Thursday announced three new features around the content available in the app. The new features include ‘Collections' that will allow parents to choose only the channel collection and subjects they want their kids to view. The ‘Parent Approved Content' feature empowers par...
China is working on what will be a "substantial" tariff reduction for imported cars, an official said on Wednesday, as the country is making more efforts to boost imports and further open up domestic markets. "We will publish (the new tariffs) as soon as possible after finalizing the details," Chen Yin, chief engineer of the Ministry of ...
Highlighting the fact that JioPhone is already a meaningful contributor Reliance Jio's growth, a recent survey estimates that total JioPhones sold so far could be close to around 40 million. A survey by Credit Suisse on the Indian Telecom Sector said as suggested by recent media reports, JioPhone had 36 per cent share of the feature phone market ...
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Wednesday increased the Minimum Support Price (MSP) of raw jute from Rs 3,500 to Rs 3,700 per quintal for the present fiscal. The decision was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "The MSP for Fair Average Quality (FAQ) of raw jute has been increased to Rs 3,700 per quinta...
The Board of Directors of Reliance Nippon Life Asset Management (RNAM) and Reliance Home Finance (RHF) have appointed Anmol Ambani onto their respective boards. Anmol Ambani, 26, the eldest son of Reliance Group Chairman Anil Dhirubhai Ambani, is currently Executive Director of Reliance Capital, the hold...
Bharti Airtel has approved the merger of Bharti Infratel and Indus Towers to create the largest mobile tower entity worldwide with 1.63 lakh towers across 22 circles in India, a company statement said here on Wednesday. Before merger, Indus Towers was jointly owned by Bharti Infratel (42 per cent), Vodafone (42 per cent), Idea Group (1...
