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India, UAE sign 7 Agreements across Various Sectors
India and the UAE signed seven agreements across various sectors on Thursday, the second day of the three-day visit to India of Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Commander of the UAE Armed Forces.…
Procuring 120 crore litres ethanol to blend petrol 5 percent: Pradhan
New Delhi, Feb 11: State-run oil marketing companies will procure 120 crore litres of ethanol to reach the mandated target of 5 percent blending for petrol with bio-fuel by end of the sugarcane crop year in September 2016, Petroleum…
Facebook withdraws Free Basics from India
New Delhi, Feb 11: Facebook had cut off its Free Basics service for India three days after the country's telecom watchdog said no to discriminatory pricing of data content.
"Free Basics is no longer available to people in India," a…
Le 1s to go all silver in next flash sale on Feb 16
New Delhi, Feb 11: After receiving a tremendous response to its Rs.10,999 Le 1s smartphones in the first two flash sales, Chinese smartphone maker LeEco will launch the device in silver colour in its next flash sale which is slated for…
Key Indian equity indices continue their downslide
Mumbai, Feb 11: Continuing with their downslide for the fourth day in a row, key Indian equity indices again opened weak on Thursday, with weakness in other Asian markets adding more fuel to the battered sentiments.
The 30-share…
France posts record wine sales in 2015
Paris, Feb 11: France posted record-breaking sales of wine and other spirits that earned the country a whooping 11 billion euros ($13 billion) in 2015, the media reported on Thursday.
Sales increased by 8.7 percent over 2014. The rise…
RBI had rejected Headley’s application to open business account
Mumbai, Feb 11: The Reserve Bank of India had rejected an application by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist-turned-approver David Coleman Headley seeking clearance to open a business account in June 2007, a Mumbai special court was informed on…
Shrinking user base triggers sharp fall in Twitter shares
New York, Feb 11: A sequential decline in its monthly active users (MAUs) base triggered a sharp fall for Twitter shares in the after-hours trade, as the company announced its fourth quarter results on Wednesday.
The micro-blogging site…
Zuckerberg slams Facebook director over offensive Tweet
New York, Feb 11: Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday disowned his colleagues's controversial statement that Free Basics was same as colonialism, saying it was "deeply upsetting".
Zuckerberg came down heavily on Facebook…
US stocks end mixed amid Yellen’s comments
New York, Feb 11: US stocks closed mixed on Wednesday, as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen signalled that the Fed still keeps door open to further interest rate hikes, but flagging risks could delay any further moves.
The Dow Jones…