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Now, one billion people use Facebook-owned WhatsApp
New York, Feb 2: Facebook-owned mobile messaging service WhatsApp has reached the milestone of one-billion users, with 42 billion messages being exchanged daily, its CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday. One billion people now use…
Indian stock markets caution ahead of monetary policy review
Mumbai, Feb 2: Hours ahead of the last scheduled monetary policy review before the unveiling of the national budget for the next fiscal, Indian equities appeared cautious, resulting in key Indices
The 30-share sensitive index (Sensx) of…
Manufacturing sector grows in January: PMI
New Delhi, Feb 1: India's manufacturing activity registered acceleration in January, Nikkei's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) data showed on Monday. As per the monthly Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) survey conducted by Nikkei and market…
Vice president Hamid Ansari leaves on Brunei, Thailand visit
New Delhi, Feb 1: Vice President Hamid Ansari left on Monday for a five-day visit to Brunei and Thailand. This will be the first visit by an Indian vice president to Brunei and the first in 50 years to Thailand. During his visit to Brunei…
Over 137 million foreign tourists expected to visit China in 2016
Beijing, Feb 1: Over 137 million foreign tourists will visit China in 2016, a jump of 2.5 percent from the previous year, authorities said on Monday. This would be the second year of growth in inbound tourism after the country saw years of…
Israel,Turkey sign gas deal worth $1.3 billion
Jerusalem, Feb 1: Israeli and Turkish energy firms signed an agreement on Sunday to sell $1.3 billion worth of gas to Edeltech, Israel's Leviathan natural gas field offshore partners announced.
The Leviathan natural gas field was…
India approves more projects in Afghanistan
New Delhi, Feb 1: India on Monday approved the third phase of 92 small development projects in Afghanistan. This was announced after External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met Afghan Chief Executive Officer and Head of the Council of…
21 arrested in China over $7.6 billion scam
Beijing, Feb 1: Chinese authorities have arrested 21 people involved in an online finance scheme in which some 900,000 investors lost about 50 billion yuan ($7.6 billion), the media reported on Monday.
The 21 worked for Ezubao, China's…
Markets open on a higher note on Monday
Mumbai, Feb 1: The 30-scrip Sensitive Index (Sensex) on Monday opened on a positive note during the morning session of the trade.
The Sensex of the S&P Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) after opening at 24,982.22 points touched a high of…
Haryana hoping Rs. 1 lakh crore worth investments from biz summit
Kolkata, Jan 30: The Haryana government is expecting to attract investments worth over Rs.one lakh crore in its first ever investors summit to be held in Gurgaon in March, a state minister said here on Saturday.
In the build-up to the…