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Trade deal with China in the offing, says President Donald Trump

A trade agreement between the US and China is likely to happen either before or immediately after the American elections, President Donald Trump has...

Harsh Vardhan: “India to generate 175 GW of clean energy”

The Union Minister for Science and Technology, in Government on India, Harsh Vardhan on Monday said, “The Government of India is planning to generate...

Cash-strapped Pakistan to miss IMF’s Rs 75 billion tax refund condition

Cash-strapped Pakistan is set to miss the International Monetary Fund's condition to refund Rs 75 billion to taxpayers in the first quarter despite an...

Ex-PM Manmohan Singh says, “No, hope of becoming a $5 trillion economy, if the growth keeps going down.”

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on September 12 said there was no hope of Modi government's promise of $5 trillion economy becoming a reality...

Govt Of India to allow tech companies like Facebook, Google, Amazon to sell users public data

The Government of India is planning to make it mandatory for the tech companies like, “Facebook, Google, Amazon, and others, to sell public or...

Italy’s new government to use special powers on 5G supply deals

Italy’s new government on Thursday approved its use of special powers in supply deals for fifth-generation (5G) telecom services by a number of domestic...

Cisco partners with Google to roll out public WiFi service in Bengaluru.

US networking giant Cisco on July 29 said it is collaborating with Google for its 'gStation' offering that provides access to free and high-speed...

Australia Govt considers more regulation of Google and Facebook

The Australian government released a report Friday recommending tighter oversight over multinational digital platforms including Google and Facebook, to ensure fairness for other media...

UK Finance Minister Philip Hammond may resign, over no-deal Brexit

Finance Minister Philip Hammond said on Sunday he would resign if Boris Johnson became Britain’s new prime minister because he could not support a...

Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of Bank of Japan, denounced Morden Economic Philosophy

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda on July 19 denounced an economic philosophy that encourages the use of government spending as a primary policy...

France to introduce eco-tax on outbound flights

France will introduce an eco-tax on airlines flying out of France, which is expected to raise around 180 million euros ($201.67 million) from 2020,...

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner made as much as $135 million in revenue

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner took in as much as USD 135 million in revenue during their second year as aides to President Donald...

United Technologies, Raytheon partnered for $120 billion aerospace and defense business

United Technologies Corp agreed on June 9 to combine its aerospace business with US contractor Raytheon Co and create a new company worth about...

Sino-US trade war offers Europe’s chance to bank more Chinese reserves: Analysis

Should European countries want the euro to replace the dollar as the world's dominant reserve currency, the Sino-US trade war may offer a window...

Yoshihide Suga: Japan’s Government already planning steps to ease pain from sales tax hike

Japan's government is already planning to take sufficient steps to mitigate the pain a scheduled sales tax hike in October could inflict on the...

UAE, Saudi Arabia commits $3 billion as financial aid to Sudan

Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates said they had agreed to send Sudan $3 billion worth of aid, throwing a lifeline to the...

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...

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