Mumbai: Previous governments inadequately regulated critical sectors such as telecom, amid massive scams, but our approach in creating a framework of regulation has been open and transparent, Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has said. During a discussion at the 'Mumbai...
Chandigarh: E-commerce company Amazon Tuesday said it has started delivery service in Gajoli, a remote village in Uttarkashi district of Uttarakhand. According to the company, it has become the first and only e-commerce company to deliver packages to Maharishi Ashram at Gajoli, situated at 4,500...
Singapore: An Indian government delegation has visited Singapore to bolster trade relations and attract investment to the country. The delegation, led by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, engaged in productive discussions with high-ranking government officials in Singapore...
New Delhi: Government think tank NITI Aayog has pitched for tax reforms, mandatory saving plan and housing plan for elderly in India, as the population of senior citizens is projected to reach 19.5 per cent of the country's population by 2050. In a report titled...
Mumbai: Stock markets closed higher for the fifth consecutive day Monday with the benchmark Sensex rising 281 points and Nifty scaling its fresh lifetime high driven by gains in financial and FMCG shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose by 281.52 points or 0.39 per cent...
New Delhi: The government is still waiting for a clear reply from iPhone maker Apple on iPhone alert sent to opposition political leaders around five months back on alleged hacking of their devices by state-backed hackers. In an interview to PTI, Minister of State for...
New Delhi: Edtech major Think and Learn, which operates under Byju’s brand name, is learnt to have received a commitment of $300 million from investors for its ongoing rights issue which will close by the end of February, sources aware of the development said. Byju’s...
New Delhi: As generative artificial intelligence (AI) begins to threaten certain jobs, Sandip Patel, Managing Director, IBM India/South Asia, has said that AI will actually create more job options than it destroys. Speaking to IANS, Patel said that he has seen technology and multiple innovations...
New Delhi: Indian stock markets are expected to be driven mostly by global factors this week amid a lack of local triggers and earnings season largely coming to an end, say analysts. Crude oil prices, rupee movement and US Federal Reserve meeting minutes to be...
Bhubaneswar: Commercial production at the Sapigen Biologix vaccine plant in Odisha, the first such facility in the state, will commence by May this year, officials said Sunday. The plant at the Biotech Park in Andharua near here will have a capacity to produce 2.4 crore...
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