New York, August 9 (IANS): US stocks closed higher as concerns for global economic slowdown eased after global bond yields stabilised. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 371.12 points, or 1.43 per cent, to 26,378.19 on Thursday. The S&P 500 rose 54.11 points, or 1.88 per cent, to 2,938.09. The Nasdaq Composite Index rallied 176.33 points, or 2.24 per cent, to 8,039.16, Xinhua reported. The US Benchmark 10-year Treasury note yield traded at around 1.72 per cent on Th

New Delhi, August 8 (IANS): Kitchenware and culinary brand Tupperware here on Thursday announced their foray into the brick and mortar and e-commerce business channels in India. The company, which was using only the direct selling route, would effectively adopt the multi-channel strategy this month. Consultants and distributors, working for Tupperware, can now become Tupperware authorised sellers on the e-commerce platforms, or take charge of 'exclusive Tupperware ou

New Delhi, August 8 (IANS): India Inc has sought a stimulus package of Rs 1 lakh crore to push investment and demand and take the economy and industry out of slowdown. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday met industry captains to seek consultations for boosting industrial growth in which India Inc placed a demand for stimulus package of over Rs 1 lakh crore to beat the slowdown. Industry top officials said the government has assured them to take steps soon to boost

New Delhi, August 8 (IANS): Even as rumours on WhatsApp have been linked to dozens of deaths in India, the Facebook-owned messaging app is yet to address a security flaw pointed out a year ago by Check Point, an Israeli security software firm. According to security researchers, this vulnerability could be exploited in three ways, all of which involve social engineering tactics to fool end-users.  First, a bad actor could use the "quote" feature in a group conver

Mumbai, August 8 (IANS): Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL) is set to bring Tiffany & Company to India, as RIL-arm Reliance Brands and Tiffany have announced a joint venture to open stores of the US-based luxury jeweller in the country. Tiffany in a statement said that it wants to open stores in Delhi in the second half of the financial year 2019-20, and in Mumbai during the second half of the next fiscal. Commenting on the partnership, Tiffany's Executi

New York, August 8 (IANS): Taking productivity and creativity to the next level, Samsung has unveiled its most powerful line-up of Galaxy Note10 smartphones with an enhanced S (Stylus) Pen experience. The 6.3-inch FHD+ Galaxy Note10 houses 8GB RAM with 256GB internal storage (4G model) while 12GB RAM with 256GB internal storage will be 5G-ready. The Galaxy Note 10+ has a mammoth 12GB RAM (with 256GB internal storage) and another 5G-ready variant of 12GB RAM with 512G

An employee sprays water on a pile of cotton at a cotton processing unit at Kadi town, in the western Indian state of Gujarat on April 5, 2018. (REUTERS File Photo)   CHENNAI, August 6 (Thomson Reuters Foundation): A top cotton producing state in India is to start mapping its entire supply chain as part of a unique collaboration with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) to weed out child labour and slavery from its fields and factories.   The southern state

San Francisco, August 6 (IANS): Google's virtual assistant is reportedly getting the ability to read messages from non-Google apps like WhatsApp, Slack and Telegram.   Google Assistant has long had the option to read outs SMS messages aloud, but that has not done much good if for conversations lived in third-party apps.   If the feature is rolled-out widely, it would let users dictate their replies to messages for these non-Google apps as well, Engadget reported o

Beijing, August 6 (Reuters):- Most Asian currencies regained some of their footing on Tuesday, as signs Beijing is keen to stem the yuan’s slide soothed markets unnerved by the Trump administration’s labelling of China as a currency manipulator.   People’s Bank of China’s firmer-than-expected yuan fixing helped pull the currency from the lows it touched on Monday, but it still held beyond the 7-per-dollar level that it broke for the first time since the global financ

BENGALURU, August 6 (Reuters): A co-founder of India’s biggest airline IndiGo, Rakesh Gangwal, said reports that a truce had been brokered between him and another co-founder Rahul Bhatia over disagreements on corporate governance were “false and misleading.”   In a letter here dated Aug. 5, Gangwal told the board of IndiGo's parent InterGlobe Aviation Ltd that issues between him and Bhatia remained unresolved.   Gangwal last month alleged violations of corpo

The logo of Saudi Aramco is seen at Aramco headquarters in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia on May 23, 2018. (REUTERS File Photo)     NEW DELHI, August 6 (Reuters): India has increased the cost estimate of a giant refinery and petrochemical project to be jointly built with Saudi Aramco and Abu Dhabi National Oil Co by more than 36%, after protests by farmers forced the relocation of the plant, four sources said.   The 1.2 million barrels-per-day (bpd) coastal refiner

New Delhi, August 5 (IANS): The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) in the national capital has commenced its next phase of infrastructure expansion plan which will enable it to handle 100 million passenger per annum (MPPA) in the next three years.   The plan, unveiled by operator Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL) in a statement on Monday, envisages an enhanced airside capacity to handle 140 MPPA.   The overall development plan under Phase 3A is exp

A waiter arranges plates at a counter stacked with breakfast items at an Iranian Parsi restaurant in Mumbai on July 20, 2018. (REUTERS File Photo)   New Delhi, August 5 (Reuters): India’s services activity bounced back in July and expanded at the fastest pace in a year after contracting the previous month, driven largely by strong growth in international demand, a private survey showed on Monday.   The IHS Markit Services Purchasing Managers’ Index rose t

The State Bank of India (SBI) office building in Kolkata on February 9, 2018. (REUTERS File Photo)   MUMBAI, August 5 (Reuters): The State Bank of India has invited bids for overseas oil and gas assets of Videocon Industries Ltd, a newspaper advertisement showed on Monday, as India seeks to recover billions of dollars in loans from the beleaguered private firm.   Consumer electronics firm Videocon Industries is one of the most indebted companies in India, with out

The Suzuki logo is seen during the first press day of the Paris auto show, in Paris, France on October 2, 2018. (REUTERS File Photo)   TOKYO, August 5 (Reuters): Suzuki Motor Corp on Monday reported a 46.2% fall in first-quarter operating profit, hurt by lower output at home as it improves its inspection systems, and falling demand in India, its biggest market.   Japan’s fourth-largest automaker posted an operating profit of 62.7 billion yen ($592 million

San Francisco, August 5 (IANS): A few months before Microsoft ends support for its Windows 7 operating system (OS), the older OS experienced a large drop in July.   In July, user-base of Windows 7 dropped 3.6 per cent -- down to 31.8 per cent -- in the overall PC market, that led to a significant increase in the Windows 10 user-base, TechRadar on Sunday cited a report by analytics firm Net Applications as saying.   Windows 10 saw an increased user-share by 3.1 per

New York, August  5 (IANS): For the first time, Samsung Electronics is set to unveil two Galaxy Note devices -- Galaxy Note 10 and Galaxy Note10 Plus -- here on August 7 that would take performance and productivity on-the-go to the next level, while simultaneously positioning the brand strongly against Apple's forthcoming iPhones as holiday season inches closer.   Galaxy Note10 Plus is likely to come with 6.8-inch screen while the smaller one will have 6.3-inch screen,

New Delhi, August 5 (IANS): Xiaomi's recently launched smartphones under the Redmi sub-brand -- Redmi K20 and Redmi K20 Pro -- are on open sale in India across Mi.com and Flipkart starting on Monday.   The devices would also be available across all premium offline stores, the company said in a statement.   Redmi K20 Pro price in India starts from Rs 27,999 for the 6GB RAM + 128GB storage variant, going up to Rs 30,999 for its 8GB RAM + 256GB storage variant. While

San Francisco, August 5 (IANS): Users from different parts of the world took to Twitter on Sunday to report problems using Facebook and Instagram.   "So Facebook isn't uploading videos this morning? (at least it's not working here)," tweeted Sean Platter, Art Director at Universal Animation Studios, Los Angeles.   "Facebook share not working today," wrote another user.   While the problems that Facebook users reported are centred around use of media suc

Beijing, August 5 (IANS): Chinese smartphone manufacturer Huawei's foldable phone Mate X, which is expected to launch during Huawei Developer Conference in the coming days, is all set to go on sale from next month.   However, the company would be putting a limited quantity of devices on sale because of the production and supply chain concerns, news portal GizmoChina reported on Monday.   The Huawei Mate X smartphone was initially set to launch in June this year bu