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London: Apple's next CEO John Ternus is a company veteran who rose through the iPhone maker's hardware engineering ranks but until now has maintained a low profile. Ternus will take over as chief executive in September for Tim Cook, who turned Apple into a USD...

New Delhi: The defence ministry Tuesday signed contracts worth nearly Rs 975 crore for the procurement of critical equipment for T-72 and T-90 tanks of the Army, which will enhance the minefield breaching capability of the force. The contracts were inked in the presence of...

San Francisco: Apple CEO Tim Cook is stepping down from the job that he inherited from the late Steve Jobs, ending a 15-year reign that saw the company’s market value soar by more than $3.6 trillion during an iphone-fueled era of prosperity. Cook, 65, will turn...

United Nations: India's economy is projected to grow at 6.4 per cent this year and 6.6 per cent in 2027, according to a report by the United Nations. The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) said in the report...

New Delhi: Sajjan Jindal-led JSW Steel has entered into a joint venture agreement with South Korean steel major POSCO to set up a 6 million tonnes per annum steel plant in Odisha, a statement said Monday. The announcement was made at the India-Korea Business Forum...

New Delhi: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal Monday said that the first tranche of the India-US bilateral trade agreement has almost been finalised, and a team of his ministry officials is in Washington for the discussions. "We have almost finalised the free trade agreement,...

New Delhi: India and South Korea Monday pledged to nearly double their bilateral annual trade to USD 50 billion by 2030 and committed to upgrading their comprehensive economic partnership agreement within the next year, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi observed that both nations radiate a...

New Delhi: Namita Thapar, judge on Shark Tank India and Executive Director of Emcure Pharmaceuticals, Monday hit back at trolls after facing online backlash over her remarks on the health benefits of namaz posted on Instagram in March. Thapar said she and her mother were...

Kathmandu: Government employees in Nepal will now receive their salaries every 15 days, breaking the long-held tradition of monthly salary payments. As per a Finance Minister-level decision taken April 17, government employees will be paid on a fortnightly basis (twice a month), and a circular...

New Delhi: Legal verification of the New Zealand-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been completed, with both countries agreeing to its signing in New Delhi April 27 in the presence of a large contingent of representatives of businesses from the two countries, Trade and Investment...