JULY 30, 2018
Reliance Retail, India's largest brick-and-mortar retail chain is now vying for a slice of the country's red-hot online retail market, where sales are expected to touch $32.70 billion this year.
According to The Economic Times, Reliance Retail has launched an online shop front for its smartphones and consumer electronics format Reliance Digital, which is the country's largest electronics...
JULY 30, 2018
A homeless man in Mountain View, California, is reportedly sifting through hundreds of job offers mere days after passing out his resume alongside a highway.
Wearing a suit and tie on Friday, 26-year-old David Casarez held up a sign at a median that read: “HOMELESS. HUNGRY 4 SUCCESS. TAKE A RESUME.”
“This is my make it or break it...
JULY 30, 2018
TO GO WITH AFP STORY "Australia-animals-kangaroo-cull" by Elodie Raitiere This photo taken on May 31, 2012 in Canberra shows eastern grey kangaroos grazing near Canberra as marksmen plan to shoot dead more than 2,000 of the animals. The government says they threaten the biodiversity of nature reserves and their numbers need to be kept in check, with...
JULY 30, 2018
US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the APEC leaders' summit on November 11, 2017.
The Russian government, previously considered a "major" holder of U.S. debt, has been steadily — and sharply — paring down the vast majority of its holdings of U.S. Treasury securities.
Russian holdings of Treasury securities declined 84 percent between...
JULY 30, 2018
Family members arrive for an MH370 briefing in Putrajaya
Investigators released a report on missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 on Monday, saying the Boeing 777's controls were likely deliberately manipulated to take it off course but they were not able to determine who was responsible.
They had no conclusion about what happened aboard the plane that vanished with 239...
JULY 27, 2018
Domestic stock markets opened at fresh record highs yet again on Friday. The Sensex opened at 37,253.86 while the Nifty50 at 11,232.75. ITC, Bajaj Auto, Kotak Mahindra Bank led Sensex's gains.
In global markets, Asian stocks struggled to gain traction, following a mixed Wall Street finish and as the worsening Sino-US trade dispute kept investors in the region...
JULY 26, 2018
Bengaluru: The government has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to probe political consultancy Cambridge Analytica’s misuse of Facebook user data, law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad told parliament on Thursday.
“It is suspected that Cambridge Analytica may have been involved in illegally obtaining data of Indians which could be misused,” Prasad said.
The consultancy allegedly used...
JULY 26, 2018
West Bengal is a step closer to becoming "Bangla", with all parties in the state approving the name-change in the assembly today. The new name needs the Centre's clearance.
It will be "Bangla" in all languages, according to a leader of the state's ruling Trinamool Congress. On this at least, the ruling party concurs with its rival Left,...
JULY 21, 2018
The standoff between Apple and the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been on for several months. While the regulator wanting Apple to install a DND app to report spam calls, Apple refuses to do so to ensure privacy to its users. However, a new mandate may force the Cupertino-based company to comply or risk losing...
July 21, 2018
President Trump’s pursuit of warmer relations with Russia has grown increasingly at odds with his administration’s policies of isolating Moscow. - Al Drago for The New York Times
WASHINGTON — When President Trump directed aides to ask President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to the White House this fall, the invitation was his latest attempt to use personal...
