Tag: IM
Alibaba's Singles' Day Fest Sale Hits $25bn
The Chinese e-commerce major Alibaba grossed over $25 billion in its 24-hour long 11.11 Global Shopping Festival on Saturday. ....
Climate Progress In India Brightens Hopes For Bonn
Just a few years ago, India relied almost exclusively on coal to fuel its rapid development, opening new coal-burning power plants and increasing coal mining and imports. This year, however, in a remarkable turnaround, India cancelled plans for an additional 14 gigawatts of coal power and announced that it won't build any new coal plants for at least a decade -- thanks to a rapid rise in renewable energy.....
Sonia Hits Out At Modi Over Delay In Winter Session, Making 'false Promises'
Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for delaying the Winter Session of Parliament on "flimsy grounds", Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday warned the NDA regime that it can not escape constitutional accountability by "locking the temple of democracy". ....
Not Upset With Tharoor's Tongue-in-cheek Remark: Manushi Chhillar
Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar on Monday said she is not upset that Congress leader Shashi Tharoor referred to her as "chillar", which means small change.....
BSES' App For Consumers To Verify ID Of Visiting Staff
To check the menace of imposters extorting money posing as electricity distribution company (discom) officials, BSES on Monday announced the launch of an app to verify the identity of its inspection staff.....
Pakistani Graft Court Declares Finance Minister An Absconder
Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was declared an absconder by an accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday in a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). ....
Emmerson Mnangagwa To Take Oath As New President Of Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe's former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa returned to the country on Wednesday and will be sworn in as President on Friday, succeeding friend-turned-foe Robert Mugabe.....
AAP Needs To Find Right Way Forward: Kumar Vishwas
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) founder-member Kumar Vishwas on Sunday said the party had moved away from the path it set out on and has to find the right way forward.....
L&T's Hyderabad Metro Project Delay Ups Cost By Over 30%
Amidst reports that engineering major Larsen & Toubro (L&T) has sought more than two years for completion of the Hyderabad Metro project, industry sources said the delay has increased the cost of the project from over Rs 14,100 crore to an estimated Rs 18,800 crore. ....
Internet Services Should Be Non-discriminatory: TRAI On Net Neutrality
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) on Tuesday came out with its much-awaited recommendations on Net Neutrality holding that Internet services should be non-discriminatory and also suggested the government set up a body to monitor activities. ....
