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Coolpad to invest Rs.300 million for Phone Manufacturing
New Delhi, Oct 9: Chinese handset-maker Coolpad will invest over Rs.300 million in the country in manufacturing, research and development (R&D) and design as it launched a new smartphone -- Coolpad Note 3 -- priced at Rs.8,999 on…
Google launches public transport app in Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 9: Internet giant Google on Thursday launched a new app -- Delhi Public Transport App -- which aims to make it easier for the residents of the national capital to get around on public transport. The new experimental app will…
Asian Development Bank approves $15 mn grant for quake-hit Nepal
Kathmandu, Oct 9: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $15 million grant to rebuild schools, provide micro-loans to help restore livelihoods, and to boost disasters awareness in quake-ravaged Nepal, said a statement issued on…
SC for Environment Cess on Commercial Vehicles entering Delhi
New Delhi, Oct 9: The Supreme Court on Friday indicated that it will impose an environment compensatory charge (ECC) ranging from Rs.700 to Rs.1,300 on commercial vehicles entering Delhi as a transit route for their onward journey.
The…
Sixth Tata Literature Fest to begin from Oct 29
Mumbai, Oct 9: The sixth edition of the 'Tata Literature Live! The Mumbai LitFest' will be held in the city from October 29 - November 1, with 120 celebrated authors and thinkers from over 14 countries participating.
The festival will be…
Migration, an engine of Economic Growth: World Bank
Lima, Oct 9: The World Bank, in its 2015/2016 Global Monitoring Report, has said migration is presently a permanent feature of the global economy and could be an engine of growth. In the report, the institution's President Jim Yong Kim on…
Key Indian Equity Market indices soar after previous day Profit-taking
Mumbai, Oct 9: In line with positive global cues, notably from Asia, key Indian equity market indices were in an upswing on Friday, after a bout of profit-taking the day before had arrested a six-day gaining streak.
The sensitive index…
India-US Cooperation in Governance of Mega-Cities growing: Indian Envoy
Washington, Oct 9: India-US cooperation in governance of mega-cities is part of a whole new paradigm of working together and forming habits of cooperation between the world's two largest democracies, according to the Indian ambassador Arun…
Germany’s benchmark DAX Index ends at nearly 10,000 Points
Frankfurt, Oct 9: The benchmark DAX index at Frankfurt Stock Exchange kept on the track of recovery and closed at nearly 10,000 points. Though four leading economic institutes in Germany lowered their forecast for that country's growth in…
Profit Booking arrests Markets’ gaining streak, BSE Sensex down 190 Points
Mumbai, Oct 8: Profit booking, coupled with weak global cues and caution over the upcoming quarterly results, arrested the six-day upward streak of an Indian equities' barometer which closed 190 points or 0.70 percent down on Thursday.
The…