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Indian Government: Centre mulls ways to block mobile apps
AUGUST 6, 2018
Istanbul, Turkey - January 16, 2016: Paper cubes with Popular social media services icons, including Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Twitter and a Macbook...
Oscar winner Robert Redford announces retirement from acting
AUGUST 6, 2018
Robert Redford | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement
Veteran Hollywood star Robert Redford has announced his retirement from acting, saying The Old...
An IAS officer who quit to reform governance
AUGUST 6, 2018
Despite cracking down on corrupt road contractors, Vijay Pingale was shifted from Chennai Corporation
Vijay Maruti Pingale, a 2004 batch officer of the...
RBI must resume issuing LoUs, LoCs, says parliamentary panel
AUGUST 6, 2018
Knee-jerk reaction: Post-PNB scam, the RBI had banned LoUs and LoCs without much consideration, the panel said.
Discontinuation of the facility has resulted...
IIT-Madras powers up a desi chip
AUGUST 6, 2018
Team Shakti at work on the microprocessor project at IIT-Madras. | Photo Credit: M. Karunakaran
Microprocessor developed by the institute’s computer scientists...
Indra Nooyi to step down as PepsiCo CEO
AUGUST 6, 2018
PepsiCo Chief Executive Officer Indra Nooyi. | Photo Credit: Kamal Narang
Nooyi, 62, who has been with the company for 24 years,...
North Korea urges U.S. to drop sanctions as Seoul probes illicit coal shipments
AUGUST 6, 2018
FILE PHOTO - U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un shake hands during the signing of a document...
Cracks appear in ‘invincible’ Xi Jinping’s authority over China
AUGUST 5, 2018
Chinese President Xi Jinping attends a signing ceremony with King Abdullah II bin Al Hussein of Jordan at the Great Hall of...
This BMW S1000RR Just Broke the Record For Fastest BMW Motorcycle at 242 MPH
AUGUST 5, 2018
After a rather dramatic experience at Mike Cook’s Top Speed Shootout in Bolivia, the Hunter Sills Racing team is walking away with...
GST Council clears 20 per cent cashback on digital payments, with Rs 100 cap
AUGUST 5, 2018
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council on Saturday cleared a pilot project to offer digital incentives, in the form of cashback...
