It was a year of double delight for Tripura. The border state emerged as an island of peace in the otherwise violence-prone northeastern India with no incident of militancy reported in 2016 -- and also topped India's literacy map with a nearly 97 per cent rate, beating Kerala at 94 per cent....
People in the national capital and adjoining Noida and Gurugram satellite towns continued to suffer the pangs of cashlessness on Thursday -- the 44th day of demonetisation -- as most of the ATMS in the region remained dry....
Japanese car manufacturer Honda has begun negotiations with Waymo, a Google subsidiary that builds self-driven vehicles, to collaborate on developing the technology further, the company said on Thursday....
The US has included Chinese e-commerce portal Taobao of the Alibaba group, in a list of markets that promote counterfeiting and piracy, a decision which the company hinted Thursday could be motivated by political reasons....
An organisation largely speaking for Keralites within the country and abroad has urged the Kerala government to sanction a new international airport at one of three locations, saying it will bring in the required funds....
As the deadline to exchange demonetised Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 Indian currency notes looms, the expatriates in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have expressed their concerns that they might not be able to exchange the notes before the deadline....
Ahead of the Tata Motors Extra-ordinary General Meeting (EGM) on Thursday, industrialist Nusli Wadia, an independent director of the company, has written a letter to its shareholders asking them to vote with their "conscience" and for what is right....
The key Indian equity market indices that opened flat on Thursday plunged into red during the afternoon session due to heavy selling by retail investors. ...
In a sharp U-turn, the RBI on Wednesday partially withdrew its order barring people with KYC-compliant bank accounts from depositing over Rs 5,000 in old currency more than once until December 30 after a massive public outrage and criticism by the opposition....
While the year witnessed next-generation innovations like Artificial Intelligence (AI), Virtual Reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) being introduced into daily lives and into smartphones at a mass level, some flagship failures dented the image of some tech companies....
