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SpaceX successfully tests Falcon Heavy rocket

Miami: SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket took off from Cape Canaveral, Florida, and successfully completed its first commercial mission by deploying the communications satellite Arabsat-6A...

NASA’s twins’ study reveals the effect of the human body in space

NASA's landmark twins study has revealed surprising and reassuring data about how one human body adapted to -- and recovered from -- the extreme...

EU to hit back on US tariffs over Airbus-Boeing subsidies dispute

French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire has warned that Europe was ready to hit back at any US tariffs over Airbus subsidies as he...

Mike Pompeo defends sanctions, says the US won’t quit fight in Venezuela

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday defended sanctions on Venezuela and said the United States would not "quit the fight" in the...

China’s economic growth in 2019 is expected to slow by 6.2% despite policy support

China's economic growth is expected to slow to a near 30-year low of 6.2 percent this year, a Reuters poll showed on April 12,...

Crude oil falls 0.87 percent amid weakens in overseas trend

Crude oil prices plunged 0.87 percent to Rs 4,435 per barrel on April 11 as speculators reduced bets amid a weakening trend overseas. On...

Yahoo to pay $117.5 million in latest data breach settlement

Nearly 200 million people who had sensitive information snatched from their Yahoo accounts will receive two years of free credit-monitoring services and other potential...

“Absolutely not,” says Saudi on changes in oil trading policy in dollars.

Saudi Arabia's Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih said that "there is no change in the Kingdom's long-standing policy." Speaking with the media on Monday, Khalid al-Falih...

‘Stupid Trade’ says Donald Trump on 100% tariffs imposed by India on US products

India charges America over 100 percent tariffs on a large number of products while the US imposes nothing on the similar or same items,...

Ecuador govt rejects the imminently expel reports of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from the embassy

Ecuador's government said late on April 5 that it rejected reports that it would imminently expel Wikileaks founder Julian Assange from its London embassy,...

MIT cancels its partnership with Huawei and ZTE

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has severed ties with Huawei Technologies and ZTE Corp as U.S. authorities investigate the Chinese firms for alleged...

Snap launches ‘Snap game’ a multiplayer gaming platform for Snapchat app

Messaging app Snapchat, which is widely popular among younger users but has struggled to turn a profit since its creation in 2011, on April...

Over waste, violation cost $86,000 to Tesla in a settlement with EPA

Reaching a settlement with US-based Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over waste violation has cost electric vehicle maker Tesla $86,000. Tesla will have to shell out...

HCL Technologies completes acquisition of Strong-Bridge Envision

IT major HCL Technologies said on Tuesday that its acquisition of US-based Strong-Bridge Envision has been completed. HCL had recently agreed to acquire the Seattle-based...

Oil jumps Five months high on firmer China data, prospect of fresh supply crubs

Oil prices climbed to nearly five-month highs on Tuesday, supported by firm Chinese economic data that eased demand concerns, the possibility of more sanctions...

U.S. VP Mike Pence wants Americans back on Moon

US Vice President Mike Pence announced an accelerated goal of putting Americans back on the moon within five years "by any means necessary," and...

China refuses to accept US demands on ease curbs on US tech companies

Ahead of fresh high-level trade talks this week, China is not conceding to US demands to ease curbs on technology companies, the Financial Times...

Top U.S. military officers to meet with Google on business security concerns with China

The top U.S. military officer will meet with Google representatives next week amid growing concerns that American companies doing business in China are helping...

Donald Trump’s effect: General Motors to invest $1.8 billion in the United States

Facing a barrage of attacks from President Donald Trump over plant closures, General Motors announced on March 22 a USD 1.8 billion investment and...

Wall Street dips after the global economic slowdown report

Wall Street stocks sold off sharply on Friday, with all three major US stock indexes posting their biggest one-day percentage declines since Jan. 3,...

Caplin Point Labs gets USFDA approval for its new anticholinergic drug

India based mid-cap pharmaceutical company. Caplin Point Laboratories has announced that "One of its subsidiaries received an anticholinergic drug approval from US health regulator." The...

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...

Pentagon officials: Google is partnering with Chinese state-owned companies who has “direct pipeline” with the military

Google is partnering with China, where the state-owned companies have a "direct pipeline" with the military, but the Internet search engine giant has shown...

Jury Finds Apple violated three patents of Qualcomm

Mobile phone chip supplier Qualcomm Inc on Friday won a legal victory against iPhone maker Apple Inc, with a jury in federal court in...

Scientists develop solar-power technology for clean water from the air

In a "breakthrough," scientists have developed a novel solar-powered harvesting system that absorbs moisture from the air and converts it into clean, usable water....

US threatens Germany over Huawei’s 5G tech use

"No end to the tension between Trump Administrations and Chinese tech giant Huawei technologies over the 5G technology use," which has now brought Germany...

US Ambassador: China is applying ‘Pay-day loan’ diplomacy to influence Pacific

China's is using "pay-day loan diplomacy" to exert influence in the Pacific, the new US ambassador to Australia said on March 13, comments that...

Mike Pompeo says China is blocking ASEAN members from accessing $2.5 trillion recoverable energy reserves

The US has accused China of blocking the ASEAN members accessing more than USD 2.5 trillion in recoverable energy reserves in the South China...

Nvidia acquires Mellanox Technologies for $6.8 billion

US chipmaker Nvidia Corp said on Monday it will buy Israeli chip designer Mellanox Technologies Ltd for $6.8 billion, beating rival Intel Corp in...

The US and its allies will not use Huawei equipment for a national security-related telecom system

The US and its allies have decided not to procure Huawei equipment for national security-related telecommunication system, National Security Advisor John Bolton said Sunday...

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