A record 34 per cent more Indian tourists visited Israel between January-...
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley is visiting Singapore to showcase a slew of i...
South Korea's rice production hit a 37-year low in 2017 due to continued fall in...
The government on Monday launched Phase II of BharatNet project through which it aims to provide high-speed broadband connections to all panchayats by the end of 2019. Major telecom players like Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Idea Cellular and Vodafone India have given cheques to the government to hire infrastruc...
Pyongyang's ruling Workers' Party of Korea on Monday pushed for improved production in various sectors, including agriculture, livestock and fishery, in response to sanctions imposed by the UN. In an article on the state-run Rodong Sinmun daily, the party said that unlike the US which banks on its military assets, North Korea depends on...
Toshiba Digital Solutions and Tech Mahindra on Monday joined hands to help manufacturers adopt integrated smart factory solutions across production lines. The two companies will synergise group manufacturing heritage, domain expertise and existing customer base to expand business in the smart factory market. "Our integrati...
Using a composite 3D-printed mask, a team of Vietnamese researchers claims to have fooled Apple's Face ID authentication system in the "super-premium" iPhone X, stressing that face recognition is "not mature enough" to guarantee security for smartphones. At an iPhone X launch event recently, Apple's Senior Vice President Phil Schiller claimed that Face ID c...
Indian Railways has decided to send its staff members for "skill-based training" to enhance their productivity and efficiency levels. The massive exercise for all its employees -- Project Saksham -- will continue for the next one year. Employees in each zone will be put through a week's training in skills and knowledge relevant to their wo...
Buoyed by the transition of the banking sector into a cashless society, IT spending in the banking and securities firms in India will hit $9.1 billion -- an increase of 11.7 per cent -- this year, Gartner said on Monday. Several top banks in India are investing heavily into contactless payment that uses near-field communication (NFC) mechanisms...
Broadly negative Asian markets, coupled with profit booking in capital goods, oil and gas and consumer durables stocks, pulled the key Indian equity indices lower to trade in the red during the mid-afternoon session on Monday. According to market observers, domestic macro-industrial output data point released on Friday and heavy se...
