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Walmart is committed to Indian market says Walmart CEO Doug McMillon

Almost a year into writing a USD 16 billion cheque for Flipkart, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon Tuesday said the retail giant continues to be...

NTT Docomo, KKDI, SoftBank and Rakuten receives 5G Spectrum of 1.7 trillion Yen from telecom ministry

Japan's telcos were formally allocated 5G spectrum by regulators on Wednesday, a major milestone ahead of the launch of high-speed wireless services next spring. The...

Two out of three hotel websites inadvertently leak customers booking details to third party sites.

Two out of three hotel websites inadvertently leak guests' booking details and personal data to third-party sites, including advertisers and analytics companies, according to...

IoT in healthcare is likely to come under cyber attacks

While the healthcare industry is rapidly adopting new-age technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to improve access and...

EU antitrust regulators charge Volkswagen, Daimler, and BMW on emissions collusion

EU antitrust regulators charged BMW cars, Daimler, and Volkswagen on April 5 for hindering competition on emission cleaning technology between 2006 to 2014. The European...

Google to sign MoU with Cuba for connectivity improvement

Alphabet Inc's Google plans to announce a memorandum of understanding with Cuban telecoms monopoly ETECSA on Thursday to explore ways of improving connectivity on...

SEBI exempts the government from issuing an open offer for Union Bank shareholders

Markets regulator SEBI on Friday exempted the central government from making an open offer for the shareholders of Union Bank of India following capital...

Exim Bank grants $83 million in loans to Congo to finance three solar power projects in Central Africa

Exim Bank on March 19 said it has given a loan of $83.11 million to Congo to finance three solar power projects in the...

Indian Govt setups inter-ministerial panel for monitoring, sanctioning and implementation of Rs 10,000 crore FAME-ll project

The government has constituted an inter-ministerial panel for monitoring, sanctioning and implementation of projects under the Rs 10,000-crore FAME-II programme, aimed at incentivising clean...

Doors are open for India to bring serious trade deal on the table, US says

Observing that trade has been an area of frustration in bilateral ties, the US has said that the door is open if India is...

Finance Minister Asad Umar: Pakistan fails to lock $3.2 billion oil payment facility from UAE

Cash-strapped Pakistan has failed to secure a USD 3.2 billion oil on deferred payments facility from the UAE, a media report Thursday quoted Finance...

Snapdeal, ShopClues, and few other partners to launch a new trade association called “TECI”

E-Commerce players, including Snapdeal, ShopClues, UrbanClap, and Shop101, have joined hands to launch a new trade association, The E-Commerce Council of India (TECI). The...

Ginni Rometty: IBM to teach one million female students in India

IT company IBM Monday said it will collaborate with with Central and state governments to upskill around one million female students in science technology,...

ED investigates Philip Morris International and Godfrey Philips on violation of Country’s laws charge

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating Philip Morris International Inc and its Indian partner Godfrey Phillips for alleged violation of the country's laws, a...

Suresh Prabhu: The Government is confident of meeting $100 billion in FDI by 2020

Commerce and Industry minister Suresh Prabhu said on March 9 the government has set a target of attracting $100 billion in foreign direct investments...

RBI: No data on demonetised notes used at the petrol pump

The RBI in reply to an RTI query said it has no data on the old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes used to pay...

Indian railways signs MoU with RailTel for digitizing work of national transporter

An MoU was signed on March 8 between Indian Railways and public sector telecom firm RailTel for implementing the e-office system aimed at digitizing...

Huawei urges governments and telecom industries to work together to create common sets for cybersecurity standards

Huawei, in the spotlight over the security risks of its telecom equipment gear, urged governments, the telecoms industry, and regulators on Tuesday to work...

E-tail giants: Comprehensive policy on e-commerce is a welcome move

E-commerce giants Amazon and Walmart-backed Flipkart on February 23 said they are reviewing the draft national e-commerce policy and will share their inputs on...

Google wants the US govt to make rules on AI

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the next-big-thing, which is partly useful and partly creepy. Having machines learn human behaviour to predict the needs is something...

Government e-marketplace saw Rs 17,500 crore as a transaction in 2 years

Transactions worth Rs 17,500 crore have taken place through the public procurement online platform Government e-marketplace (GeM) in the last two years, resulting in...

The Union Ministry of Housing Affairs asks IISc to design data site for Smart cities

The Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Wednesday has asked the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) to design a data site for...

Startups, Regulations, and Tech Colonization in India

While the surplus population in India provides the right platform to the emerging entrepreneurs to brainstorm innovative ideas and disrupt the market, the GoI...

India to generate $100 bn from telephonic investments

India expects to attract $100 billion in investments in the telecom sector, a union minister said on Wednesday after the cabinet approved a new...

Is the world ready for Blockchain?

Blockchain, the buzzword of the tech world, the messiah that is supposed to lift all our security worries is often confused with Bitcoin and...

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