November 5, 2015
Sonipat: Asserting that infrastructure could play a pivotal role in bolstering India's economic growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday said concerted efforts have led to rolling out of stuck projects worth Rs 4 lakh crore.
November 4, 2015
Discounts offered by e-commerce firms in the form of a cash-back offer could add up to Rs 2,500-3,000 crore in the current year, accounting for about a fourth of the total discounts of Rs 10,000-12,000 crore, according to industry players.
November 4, 2015
NEW DELHI – Government on Wednesday dismissed a recent report attributed to Moody’s Analytics, saying it was the personal opinion of a junior analyst which was passed off as a commentary on India “by the media to buttress the narrative it wants to portray”.
November 3, 2015
NEW YORK – An enterprising 11-year-old Indian-origin girl in the US has started her own business selling cryptographically secure passwords generated by dice rolls.
A sixth-grade Indian-origin girl sells secure passwords generated by dice rolls (Source: Dicewarepasswords.com)
November 3, 2015
NEW DELHI – Union finance minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday that India has always been a tolerant nation and there is an atmosphere of complete peace in the country, reacting to allegations of growing religious tensions.
November 3, 2015
Washington: Stating that India has "one of the largest nuclear power programmes" among developing nations, a US-based think-tank on Monday said by the end of 2014 India had enough weapon-grade plutonium to possess an estimated stock of atomic weapons in the range of 75-125.
November 2, 2015
According to data from Pew Research, 14.6 million Americans were self-employed in 2014, which represents about 10% of the workforce. Studies show that self-employed individuals are not only happier than they were before leaving their jobs, but also tend to make more money and have a generally positive outlook about their business.
November 2, 2015
Mafia don Dawood Ibrahim Kaskar has reportedly stopped travelling out of Pakistan since August after Indian intelligence agents tailed him while he was on a trip to Europe.
Dawood appeared resigned to staying holed up in his heavily guarded house at Clifton Park in Karachi after his close shave, according to sources in the Indian security establishment.
November 2, 2015
The first plane produced by a Chinese government initiative to compete in the market for large passenger jetliners has been unveiled in Shanghai.
State-owned Comac's first 158-seated narrow body jet is meant to rival similar plane models by Airbus and Boeing.
October 31, 2015
Mumbai: Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi on Friday said intolerance is on the rise and there is a "dialogue deficit" between the government and its people. "There is significant intolerance in our society. Not only intolerance but fear and apathy has also risen in the society at large which is dividing it.
