(New York, NY – March 14, 2016) Battery Dance, New York City’s dance ambassador to the world, is proud to announce its 40th anniversary season lineup, which will feature the world premiere of “The Durga Project,” an original work […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): China has voiced support for India’s decision to file an appeal against a recent WTO ruling which held the government’s power purchase agreements with solar firms as “inconsistent” with international norms. Environment […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Seeking to cash in on the call drop menace, a Pune-based startup claims to have launched a mobile application that will alert caller about possibility of call drop after analysing a host […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Reddit has taken a stand against online harassment with the new block tool. To curb harassment on the “web’s front page”, Reddit’s “block user” option hopes to change Reddit’s reputation as a […]
AGRA (TIP): Rishu Anand is a business consultant working in Delhi and, like many excited over the launch of Gatimaan Express, took the train’s maiden trip to Agra on April 5. A frequent traveller to […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The cut in repo rate, measures to enhance liquidity in the banking system and the new methodology to calculate lending rates will give banks a freer hand in transmitting the reduction in […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government is considering setting up specified pharmaceutical zones to boost domestic manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), in order to reduce the country’s dependence on China for the raw material that […]
NEW YORK (TIP): US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer said Wednesday it was abandoning plans for a $160 billion merger with Allergan, citing new US rules cracking down on tie ups aimed at saving on taxes. The […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the Stand up India scheme to enable Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and women entrepreneurs to access loans, setting a target of creating 2.5 lakh such entrepreneurs across […]
NEW YORK (TIP): The Panama Papers is a global investigation into the sprawling, secretive industry of offshore that the world’s rich and powerful use to hide assets and skirt rules by setting up front companies […]
New Delhi, April 7 | The Supreme Court on Thursday directed beleaguered liquor baron Vijay Mallya to disclose to it all his assets—movable and immovable and tangible and intangible—and other interests in India and abroad by […]
BEIJING (TIP): China is looking at its recent deal on cross-border railway with Nepal as a starting point to tap the vast Indian market in future. It plans to extend the railway line from the […]
PROFILE At a time when majority of foreign banks in USA are struggling to cope with federal regulations, Bank of Baroda is forging ahead with innovative programs to help its customers. Not many banks can claim […]
SAN FRANCISCO (TIP): Google has unveiled a new landline telephone service aimed at helping consumers stay connected in the Internet cloud. The new Fiber Phone service will be made available to a few US markets […]
MUMBAI (TIP): Embattled liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s proposed ‘sweetener’ deal of Rs 4,000 crore has not gone down well with bankers. Mallya offered on Wednesday to repay more than half of the Rs 7,000 crore […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The government has decided to monitor the utilisation and management of capital expenditure by public sector units (PSUs) on a monthly basis. Besides, it is also keeping an eye on the investments of […]
BEIJING (TIP): China’s manufacturing activity expanded in March for the first time in nine months, official data showed on Friday. The official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which tracks activity in factories and workshops, rebounded to […]
CANBERRA (TIP): Pegging India’s GDP growth rate at 7.6 per cent for the fiscal 2015-16, finance minister Arun Jaitley today said it is “much less” than its potential and expressed hope for better numbers next […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank on Wednesday relaxed overseas borrowings norms to help companies raise funds for infrastructure projects in the country. The central bank said it has reviewed the extant external commercial borrowing (ECB) […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Beleaguered industrialist Vijay Mallya announced he will retire as chairman of Sanofi India and will not seek reelection as a director of the drug maker. Mallya, who has been the chairman of […]
MUMBAI (TIP): As banks close their books for the financial year, they are talking tough with stressed steelmakers and making clear their intent to classify them as defaulters. Banks have also asked the government to […]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday, March 29, allowed market regulator SEBI to go ahead with the sale of Sahara properties whose unencumbered title deeds are in its possession. The step is being taken to recover […]
The City of New York today announced that based on an analysis of seasonally adjusted job numbers for February 2016 provided by the New York State Department of Labor, New York City added 4,500 jobs […]
With the state budget due next week, the last remaining sticking point in negotiations is an increase in the state’s minimum wage. While Governor Cuomo has been pushing for $15 an hour, a compromise is […]
HOUSTON: Two Indian-American computer science students in the US have created an education app that helps college students connect with tutors in the locality. Described as “The Uber for Tutors”, the “Scholarly” app available as a […]
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