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17 Mar 2021
Facebook has been indirectly instrumental in serious human rights abuses across the world. The company has now responded by pledging to publicly share annual report focusing on human rights.
16 Mar 2021
Walmart-owned UPI app PhonePe processed 975.53 million transactions amounting to Rs. 1,89,517 crore in February alone. This makes it the country's most popular UPI app, with Google Pay coming in at second place, and Paytm a distant third.
16 Mar 2021
Bengaluru's two-year-old fintech start-up CRED is in advanced stages of talks to raise around $200 million. This will reportedly increase the company's valuation to about $2 billion.
15 Mar 2021
Bollywood actor Deepika Padukone, 35, has been signed on as the brand ambassador for the plant-based nutrition brand OZiva.
15 Mar 2021
In June 2020, Google was slapped with a $5 billion lawsuit for allegedly tracking users activity in the Chrome browser's incognito mode.
15 Mar 2021
Several key banking services across India would be affected on March 15 (today) and March 16 (tomorrow) as the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU)—an umbrella body of nine bank unions—has given a call for a two-day nationwide strike.
12 Mar 2021
Rival ride hailing services Uber and Lyft have teamed up to create a database of drivers who've been accused of sexual assault and other crimes.
12 Mar 2021
Equity benchmark Sensex rallied over 500 points in opening trade on Friday, buoyed by gains in financial and IT stocks amid positive global cues.
11 Mar 2021
YouTube creators outside of US, including those in India, will soon find themselves paying taxes to Uncle Sam.
11 Mar 2021
The meteoric rise of online gaming platform and game creation system Roblox shows no signs of abating. The company went public on Wednesday at a reference price of $45, which valued it at $45 billion.
10 Mar 2021
In a report that studies the link between cybersecurity and its impact on brand value, Infosys and Interbrand said that the world's top 100 brands stand to lose $223 billion in the event of a data breach.
10 Mar 2021
US file hosting service Dropbox announced that it plans to acquire DocSend for $165 million. The latter's services allow people to share files via secure links instead of attachments.
10 Mar 2021
Equity benchmark Sensex jumped over 300 points in opening trade on Wednesday tracking gains in index majors Infosys, HDFC, and Reliance Industries amid positive cues from global markets and fresh foreign fund inflow.
09 Mar 2021
Apple will soon start manufacturing its flagship iPhone 12 model in India for the local customers, the company said, giving a big boost to the government's 'Make in India' initiative.
09 Mar 2021
Not long after Ola Electric showed off teaser photos of its upcoming electric scooter, we have a glimpse of its massive electric vehicle factory. The manufacturing facility dedicated for electric vehicles is spread across 500 acres in the Krishnagiri district of Tamil Nadu.
09 Mar 2021
Equity benchmark Sensex surged over 500 points in opening trade on Tuesday tracking gains in index majors HDFC twins, ICICI Bank and Reliance Industries amid mixed cues from global markets.
08 Mar 2021
E-commerce giant Amazon said that more than 50,000 offline stores and neighborhood kirana shops across 450 cities in the country are now a part of its 'Local Shops' program.
08 Mar 2021
Daimler Truck AG and Volvo Group have formalized the transaction to form a fuel-cell joint venture (JV).
08 Mar 2021
Shares of Muthoot Finance, a non-banking financial corporation, fell to its lowest in nearly two months on Monday after the death of its chairperson, MG George Muthoot.
08 Mar 2021
Flipkart has kicked off its 'Smartphone Carnival' sale today with attractive discounts available on a wide range of mobiles.
08 Mar 2021
Reddit, the internet discussion platform riding high on unprecedented growth, has roped in former Snap Inc. executive Drew Vollero as its first Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
05 Mar 2021
Ashutosh Kumar is the CEO and co-founder of Testbook.com, a Mumbai-based Education Technology (ed-tech) start-up. The platform claims it has seven million monthly active users and attracts around 900,000 new users each month.
05 Mar 2021
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Limited (RIL) will bear the full cost of vaccinating its employees and the members of their immediate family, reportedly totaling an estimated 12.2 lakh, the company said in an internal communication.
05 Mar 2021
The BSE benchmark Sensex tumbled over 440 points and the NSE Nifty cracked below the key 15,000-level in early trade on Friday in line with a slump in other Asian markets as US bond market turmoil continued to fan investor worries globally.
04 Mar 2021
B2B startup Bijnis on Thursday announced that it had concluded a secondary funding round raising an undisclosed amount. The deal saw shares owned by early investors sold to industry stalwarts Deepinder Goyal, Asish Mohapatra, Sarvbir Singh, and Manish Vij.
04 Mar 2021
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation will maintain the interest rates on provident fund deposits at 8.5% for the financial year 2020-21, the same as the previous fiscal.
03 Mar 2021
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) has reportedly proposed restrictions on the early withdrawal of pension contributions by formal sector workers.
03 Mar 2021
Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari has said that India is ready to offer incentives to US automaker Tesla to ensure that its production cost here is cheaper than China.
03 Mar 2021
Amazon.com Inc has been sued for "systemic" discrimination against Black and female workers, especially for corporate roles. The lawsuit filed in federal court by Charlotte Newman alleges that Amazon hires Black people for lower positions and promotes them slower than White workers with similar qualifications.
02 Mar 2021
In the Hurun Global Rich List published on Tuesday, Mukesh Ambani ranked eighth, while Tesla CEO Elon Musk is on the top. The list ranked 3,228 billionaires from 68 countries.
02 Mar 2021
The BSE Sensex zoomed 447 points to settle above the psychological 50,000 mark on Tuesday, buoyed by hectic buying in auto, banking and IT counters amid positive domestic and global cues.
02 Mar 2021
If you are planning to buy a latest mid-range smartphone, this might be a good deal for you. Flipkart is offering the Samsung Galaxy F62 model with Rs. 2,500 instant cashback on transactions via ICICI Bank Credit and Debit cards.
01 Mar 2021
British pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca Plc has sold its 7.7 percent stake in Moderna Inc., the American pharmaceutical giant, for more than $1 billion, according to a report in The Times.
26 Feb 2021
India's economy grew by 0.4% in the third quarter of the financial year 2020-21, government data released on Friday showed.
26 Feb 2021
On Thursday, social media giant Facebook launched a campaign called "Good Ideas Deserve To Be Found" attempting to explain to users how small businesses rely on targeted advertising. Facebook will air commercials on radio and on TV, including during the Golden Globe Awards on Sunday.
26 Feb 2021
Domestic equity markets witnessed a strong downward trend on Friday, mirroring losses in other global markets.
26 Feb 2021
In a virtual briefing on Thursday, Chinese conglomerate Xiaomi announced that it is expanding manufacturing for smartphones and smart TVs in India.
26 Feb 2021
On Thursday, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said it will take necessary steps to rectify the causes for the four-hour long interruption in trading on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday.
26 Feb 2021
Equity benchmark Sensex tanked over 1,000 points in the opening session on Friday tracking losses in index majors ICICI Bank, HDFC twins, and Reliance Industries amid a negative trend in global markets.
25 Feb 2021
The Centre on Thursday released a set of new guidelines to regulate digital content.
