JANUARY 19, 2021
Indian benchmark stock indices have nearly doubled since crashing in March 2020.
However, the economic situation might leave you confused if you compare it with the stock market performance.
But there is a reason why the stock markets are on a bull run while the economy hasn’t picked up pace yet.
Nilesh Shah, the managing director...
JANUARY 18, 2021
BENGALURU: Indian IT firms are getting bigger in continental Europe, winning large deals helped by the greater investments they are making in that geography, and the rising propensity of European players to outsource more of their technology work.
TCS, Infosys, Wipro and Mindtree have all reported positive growth in the last 5-6 quarters on constant currency even as...
JANAURY 18, 2021
US law enforcement is investigating whether a woman took a laptop computer or hard drive from US House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the January 6 siege of the Capitol and tried to sell the device to Russian intelligence, according to a court filing.
An FBI agent disclosed the detail in an affidavit released on Sunday...
JANUARY 18, 2021
President Donald Trump exits stage right this week, dethroned, denounced and, most painful to him perhaps, de-platformed.
But his unfinished business will outlast his physical presence, in the boot-falls of National Guard troops, the drumbeat of dark coronavirus news and in a proliferation of questions about his second impeachment and how his absence will change the power dynamics in...
JANUARY 18, 2021
Almost a year ago, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, stepped down as senior royals so as to seek more financial independence, away from UK's tabloid's culture. But since then, there have been rumours of a rift in the family, especially with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate...
JANUARY 18, 2021
China's city Wuhan has often been blamed for the origin of the deadly coronavirus. Now, after several scientists and health experts, the US Department of State has also accused China of establishing unjustified "secrecy" around the virus.
As per a new statement by the US Department of State, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a "deadly obsession with...
JANUARY 18, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Trump is expected to issue as many as 100 pardons and commutations on his final day in office, but is leaning against some of the more controversial grants of clemency at the urging of his advisers, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Mr. Trump discussed additional pardons and commutations with senior aides over...
JANUARY 18, 2021
Bonnie Cash Acting Defense secretary says 'no intelligence' indicating insider threat to inauguration
Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller said Monday that while law enforcement officials are vetting National Guard troops stationed in the nation's capital, authorities have "no intelligence indicating an insider threat" to President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration this week.
"As is normal for military support to large...
JANUARY 18, 2021
FILE PHOT: President Donald Trump shakes hands with James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), during an Inaugural Law Enforcement Officers and First Responders Reception in the Blue Room of the White House on Jan. 22, 2017. - Andrew Harrer/Pool via Getty Images
In the days before President Donald Trump fired James Comey as FBI...
JANUARY 18, 2021
The Department of Telecommunications (DoT) has sought inputs from telcos and other industry experts on the sale and use of radio frequency spectrum over the next 10 years, including the 5G bands.
What is 5G technology and how is it different?
5G or fifth generation is the latest upgrade in the long-term evolution (LTE) mobile broadband networks. 5G mainly...
