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India’s Air Crisis Needs a Deeptech Answer, Not a Consumer Gadget

Twenty years ago, an air conditioner in an Indian home was a luxury. Today it is infrastructure. Indoor air quality is on the same...

Why Resume-Based Hiring Is Failing India’s Workforce

India needs a shift from credential-first hiring to skill-first validation

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Chinese President Xi Jinping to meet with US top trade officials

Chinese President Xi Jinping plans to meet with top US officials in Beijing this week, a report said on February 13, as the world's...

Reports: The U.S. considers withdrawal of zero tariffs for India amid e-comm rules & data localisation row

India could lose a vital U.S. trade concession, under which it enjoys zero tariffs on $5.6 billion of exports to the United States, amid...

General Motors to cut jobs of 4,000 salaried employees

General Motors is expected to lay off about 4,000 salaried workers under a reorganisation announced late last year, a person familiar with the matter...

In a reversal, Donald Trump now says he and intel chiefs are on the same page.

A day after he lashed out at U.S. intelligence agency chiefs over their assessments of global threats, President Donald Trump abruptly reversed course and...

AIIB is likely to invest $1.4 billion in Pakistan

According to the media report, A China-based Asian Infrastructure Investments Bank (AIIB) is planning to invest $1.4 billion in Pakistan's development projects. the Express Tribune...

Fazle Kabir: Bangladesh sues Manila Bank over $81 million cyber-heist

Bangladesh will file a lawsuit in a US court on January 30 against Philippine bank Rizal Commercial Banking Corp (RCBC) over its role in...

Rajiv Mishra: Clean Ganga projects will not affect IL&FS crisis

At a time when the financial market is facing huge liquidity crisis, the Rs 10,000 crore worth PPP projects under the Namami Gange programme...

Avast: Over 55% of apps running on PC are obsolete software

More than half (55 per cent) of the personal computer (PC) applications installed worldwide are obsolete, thus making the users and their personal data...

Over 800 workers to lose their jobs in Verizon media unit

Verizon Communications Inc is cutting about 7 percent, or about 800 jobs, at its media unit, it said on Wednesday. The cuts are in addition...

IIT Kharagpur sign MoU with Japan’s AOTS for setting up a research center in India

IIT Kharagpur (IIT KGP) and Japan's Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS) have signed an MoU to explore opportunities for a...

Google, Facebook, and Microsoft spend big on U.S. lobbying in 2018

Alphabet Inc’s Google disclosed in a quarterly filing on Tuesday that it spent a company-record $21.2 million on lobbying the U.S. government in 2018,...

Foxconn: There is a need to hire 50,000 people before the first quarter after job cuts reports

Taiwan's Foxconn, assembler of Apple Inc's iPhones, on Tuesday said it still has a need to hire 50,000 people in the first quarter, amid...

Chinese nationalist accused, McDonald’s for running YouTube Ads in Taiwan

Chinese nationalists are accusing a McDonald's advertisement in Taiwan of supporting independence for the self-ruled island. The advertisement for a breakfast sandwich, broadcast only in...

Foxconn cuts 50,000 contract jobs in China

Apple Inc's biggest iPhone assembler Foxconn Technology Group has let go around 50,000 contract workers in China since October, months earlier than normal, Nikkei...

European Union is ready to discuss new Brexit if UK changes its ‘Red lines’

The European Union told Britain it could have a different kind of Brexit deal after its parliament overwhelmingly rejected the one negotiated by Prime...

Billionaire Jeff Bezos and his wife Mackenzie announced a divorce, sparks new debate inside Amazon investors

The world richest person and Founder of Amazon Inc, a U.S. e-commerce giant, Jeff Bezos, and his wife Mackenzie Bezos on Wednesday announced their...

Hetero introduces generic breast cancer treatment drug in India

Drug firm Hetero Friday said it has launched generic Lapatinib tablets, used in the treatment of advanced or metastatic breast cancer in the country....

Federal Reserve chief Jerome Powell says, extending the Govt shutdowns will hit the U.S. economy

The U.S federal reserve system chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday said that "The united state's economy may face a big dent if the government...

OYO Rooms: Boycott of booking by hotels may face legal action

Hospitality firm OYO Rooms said it would take strict legal action for breach of contract against any hotel on its platform that boycotts bookings...

EU opens in-depth investigation in Nike’s tax deals in the Netherlands

The EU launched an in-depth probe into Nike's tax affairs in the Netherlands, following revelations in the "Paradise Papers" scandal that exposed low tax...

Congress fails to bring back Net Neutrality, Ajit Pai celebrates

Net Neutrality a concept brought by the United States, which stated that all websites and services used by the citizens must be treated equally...

Canada says 13 citizens detained in China after Huawei CFO arrested in Toronto

A man walks past flags of Canada and China in front of Tiananmen Gate in Beijing, 21 October 2003, hoisted ahead of a four-day...

China’s box office revenue increased to $8.87 billion in 2018

China’s movie box office revenue rose 9 percent in 2018 to 60.98 billion yuan ($8.87 billion), state media reported a slower pace than the...

RBI is looking for smartphone based solution to help visually impaired peoples to identify banknotes

The Reserve Bank of India is looking at a mobile phone-based solution to help visually impaired people easily identify Indian currency notes. Currently, intaglio...

US offers job security to Afghan Taliban

According to the media reports, "The United States is planning to encourage Afghan Taliban to join the peace process in Afghanistan by offering them...

Indian IT sectors and startups to hire five lakh people in 2019

India's information technology (IT) services sector and startups together are expected to hire up to five lakh people in 2019 as demand for freshers...

Chinese companies to grant subsidies to its employees for not using iPhone device.

using usingExtending support to Huawei which is facing immense pressure from the US, Chinese companies have rallied behind the tech giant, offering hefty discounts...

Tokyo court granted bail to Nissan’s Greg Kelly

Former Nissan Motor Co Representative Director Greg Kelly was granted bail by the Tokyo District Court on December 25, the court said, raising the...

Huawei Gets Major Setback From European Telecoms On Security Concerns continues

The US dispute with China over a ban on tech giant Huawei is spilling over to Europe, the company's biggest foreign market, where some...

TRAI fines Rs 57 lakh on telecom companies for call drop

Telecom regulator Trai has imposed penalty of Rs 56 lakh on telecom operators in the first half of this year for failing to meet...

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