India

  • UN warns food security a risk to Asia-Pacific
    ULAN BATOR: The world must increase its food production by 60 percent by mid-century or risk serious food shortages that could bring social unrest and civil wars, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO
  • Hero to launch Disney-branded bicycles in India
    NEW Delhi: World’s largest cycle maker Hero Cycles has launched a range of Disney- and Marvel-branded bicycles featuring characters like Mickey Mouse and Spiderman for kids aged 3-12 years. As part of the
  • India to have 4th highest number of billionaires by 2023: Report
    NEW YORK: India is projected to be home to the fourth highest number of billionaires in the world by 2023, according to a report which said wealth creation will accelerate in the country over the next decade.Th
  • ‘India is the most difficult country to do business’
    New Delhi: New Delhi has emerged as the most difficult country to do business, followed by Indonesia and the Philippines, says a study by marketing firm SPAG Asia. Thailand and Malaysia have emerged as the easi
  • ‘Mumbai least expensive major city for expatriates’
    London: Singapore has outstripped Tokyo as the world’s most expensive city for expatriates, according to annual rankings by the Economist Intelligence Unit released on Tuesday. Mumbai was the least expens
  • Mukest Ambani richest Indian but global rank tumbles to 40’
    New York: Business tycoon Mukesh Ambani may have retained his title as India’s richest person for 7th year in a row, but his place among the world’s richest people has dropped to lowest in 8 years.A
  • SMS alert service for waitlisted rail passengers launched
    New Delhi: Now you will no longer have to dial 139 or visit the rail website to check the status of your waitlisted ticket as the railways will now send booking status messages to passengers on mobile phones, i
  • Apple launches iPhone voice control for drivers
    Frankfurt: Apple makes its next move in hands-free smartphone technology for car drivers when it unveils a new, integrated iPhone voice-control system at the Geneva Motor Show this week.The U.S. company’s
  • India home to 70 billionaires
    NEW DELHI: India is home to the fifth largest group of billionaires in the world and Mukesh Ambani, chairman of Reliance Industries, is the country’s richest man with a personal fortune of $18 billion, sa
  • China emerges as India’s top trading partner: study
    New Delhi: India’s eastern neighbour China has emerged as its biggest trading partner in the current fiscal replacing the UAE and pushing it to the third spot, according to a study conducted by PHD Chambe
  • Microsoft to give upgraded Windows for free?
    California: As Microsoft plans to wind up Windows 8.1 operating system next month, the firm plans to announce a free version of Windows in a bid to persuade customers to upgrade to latest versions. A new versio
  • India is third largest market for Vodafone
    CHENNAI: India, which has seen over Rs 59,000 crore in investments from Vodafone since 2007, has grown to become the third largest market for the company globally by revenue, said Suresh Kumar, operations direc
  • India smartphone sales surge almost 3-fold to 44 million in 2013
    New Delhi: Smartphone sales in the country grew almost three-fold to over 44 million in 2013, buoyed by a strong uptake of affordable devices made by local firms such as Micromax and Karbonn, research firm IDC
  • Bajaj to launch four-wheel vehicle but it's not a car
    Bajaj's four-wheeled RE60 is pictured in New Delhi in this January 3, 2012 photo. (REUTERS Photo/File) MUMBAI: It's got four wheels and seatbelts, but Bajaj Auto(BAJA.NS: Quote, Profile, Research), the cre
  • Super summer sale: SpiceJet slashes fares by 75%
    MUMBAI: In yet another bonanza to air travellers at the onset of the summer season, budget carrier SpiceJet on Monday reduced its fares by up to a whopping 75 percent under a special offer.This is the third tim
  • Why Facebook is buying WhatsApp for a whopping $19bn
    SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook is betting huge on mobile with an eye-popping cash-and-stock deal worth up to $19 billion for Internet Age smartphone messaging service WhatsApp.The surprise, mega-deal announced on Wedn
  • Google asks Internet-connected eyewear fans not to be “Glassholes”
    San Francisco, February 19: Google gave early adopters of its Internet-connected eyewear a bit of advice: don’t be “Glassholes.” It was the final suggestion in a recommended code of conduct po
  • SBI may slow hiring in next few years
    Hyderabad, February 19: State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender, may go slow on recruitments during the next 2-3 years. According to Managing Director A Krishna Kumar, the PSU bank will try to m
  • India reclaims 31 coal blocks from private firms
    New Delhi/ Bhubaneshwar, February 19: The coal ministry is taking back 31 coal blocks allocated to private firms including the Tata group and Jindal Steel and Power over delays in developing them, jeopardising
  • Mahindra Reva slashes e2o price
    NEW DELHI: Mahindra Reva Electric Vehicles, a part of the Mahindra Group, today slashed the price of its electric car e2o by up to Rs 1.7 lakh by introducing a scheme under which a consumer pays a rental fee fo
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