NEW DELHI (TIP): The consumer affairs ministry is keen to set up a regulator for the over Rs 7,000 crore direct marketing industry and on Thursday minister Ram Vilas Paswan added his stamp of approval […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Reliance Industries has signed an agreement with Mexican state-owned company, Petroleos Mexicanos (PEMEX) for cooperation in upstream oil and gas production as well as in refining business. As per the Memorandum of […]
SINGAPORE (TIP): Oil fell in Asia today after major producer Saudi Arabia slashed the price of the crude that it sells to Asia and the United States, analysts said. US benchmark West Texas Intermediate (WTI) […]
MUMBAI (TIP): In a bid to improve efficiency of banks and to bring down their operational costs, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked banks to make all possible efforts to enable customers to […]
MUMBAI (TIP): The city’s second-biggest ever office purchase marks stunning recovery from lows for its beleaguered commercial property market and may portend a period of rapid growth amidst rising demand and shrinking inventory. In one […]
Opportunity to use American money and technology Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s diplomatic coup in inviting President Barack Obama, and securing his assent, to be the chief guest at next year’s Republic Day parade has obscured […]
Actress Angelina Jolie says she is now looking to focus on her directing career. “I’ve never been comfortable as an actor — I’ve never loved being in front of the camera. I didn’t ever think […]
Actress Jennifer Lawrence has credited Liam Hemsworth, her co-star in the film ‘The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1’, for ‘toughening her up’. The 24-year-old said in an interview to Nylon magazine that she was […]
Cast: [voices] Tom McGrath, Chris Miller, Conrad Vernon, John Malkovich, Benedict Cumberbatch, Ken Jeong, Annet Mahendru, Peter Stormare Direction: Eric Darnell, Simon J. Smith Genre: Animation Duration: 1 hour 32 minutes STORY: Four penguins break […]
NEW DELHI: The government on November 28 removed restrictions on gold imports, scrapping the controversial 80:20 scheme amid allegation of misuse by half a dozen companies. Bowing to pressure from jewellers, the previous UPA government […]
KOLKATA: Cookies, the new darling of the Indian biscuit market, look all set to see a big corporate battle between Britannia and ITC for leadership. The Rs 6,800-crore segment is the fastest-growing among different segments […]
New Delhi (TIP): Notwithstanding the improved business sentiment by the Modi government, improvement in economic activity on the ground is yet gradual with GDP growth for the July-September quarter coming in at 5.3%, lower than […]
BOGOTA (TIP): Colombia’s food industry conglomerate Grupo Nutresa has paid 830 billion pesos ($383.3 million) to buy the country’s largest fast food chain, El Corral, as the producer of pasta, chocolate and coffee expands into […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): The government plans to raise about 891.2 billion rupees ($14.4 billion) by reducing its stakes in state-run banks to 52 per cent, minister of state for finance Jayant Sinha said on Friday, […]
The very first verse in Quran reads, “1:2 (Asad) All praise is due to God alone, the Sustainer of all the worlds (that exist),” and the very last chapter opens with this line, “114:1 (Ali) […]
Model-turned-actress Brooke Shields says that soon after her marriage to former tennis star Andre Agassi, she realised it was a mistake. The actress and Agassi split in 1999 after being married for two years, but […]
Jennifer Aniston has recently admitted that her character in the movie ‘Cake’ was the hardest job she has ever taken on. The 45-year-old artist said that although the role required her to go out of […]
Cast: Vincent Cassel, Léa Seydoux, André Dussollier, Eduardo Noriega, Myriam Charleins Audrey Lamy Direction: Christophe Gans Genre: Fantasy Duration: 1 hour 52 minutes Story: The classic fairytale of love between an unlikely pair – the […]
NEW DELHI (TIP): Listed fund activity turned negative in the Indian market during October on the back of redemptions or exits by exchange traded funds (ETFs). Overseas funds withdrew $454 million from Indian equities during […]
AUS court has denied a request by drugmaker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd to stop competitors from launching copies of AstraZeneca Plc’s heartburn pill Nexium and Roche’s antiviral Valcyte, a court filing showed. Ranbaxy had sought the […]
BEIJING (TIP): China has linked up the two stock markets of Shanghai and Hong Kong, which will make cross border investment possible for people living in Mainland China and in Hong Kong. They were not […]
TOKYO (TIP): There will only be a few hundred, and they won’t be cheap, but Toyota is about to take its first small step into the unproven market for emissions-free, hydrogenpowered vehicles. The world’s largest […]
MUMBAI (TIP): NFC or ‘contactless’ payment cards, which can complete a payment transaction in one-tenth of the time traditionally taken to conduct electronic transactions, will soon be available in India. ICICI Bank has finalised launch […]
By James Vincent The Philae lander has become the firstever spacecraft to land safely on a comet after traveling through space for more than 10 years and covering a distance of some 4 billion miles. […]
Actress Gwyneth Paltrow has transformed into late star Marilyn Monroe for the latest installment of her Max Factor campaign. As part of the campaign, she had earlier channelled icons Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Farrah Fawcett […]
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