India: News
05 Oct 2016
Vishwanathan AnandAakanksha Hagawane creates history, wins under-16 World Chess Championship
India's Aakanksha Hagawane created history as she won the Under-16 World Youth Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
05 Oct 2016
GoogleGoogle launches its smartphone Pixel
Google unveiled two smartphones - the Pixel and the Pixel-XL which will be pitted against iPhone 7.
05 Oct 2016
Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE)Piramal Enterprises fined Rs.6 lakh for insider trading
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), which serves as the country's market regulator, slapped a fine of Rs.6 lakh on Piramal Enterprises for breaching insider trading norms.
04 Oct 2016
Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)RBI cuts repo rate to 6.25%, markets rally
The Reserve Bank of India cut its repo rate by 25 basis points to lower it to 6.25%.
03 Oct 2016
FlipkartOnline marketplace giants look to bag $1.5 billion in sales
With India's biggest e-commerce giants launching their nationwide sales this week, Amazon announced its sale numbers at 1.5 million units.
03 Oct 2016
WikipediaWhat made news last week?
India's "surgical strike" inside PoK came as a surprise to the world and even Pakistan, who continues to deny that India killed 38 terrorists in 7 terror camps overnight.
02 Oct 2016
United States of AmericaLiquor ban: Gandhi Jayanti observed as dry day
The government said the occasion of Gandhi Jayanti will be observed as a dry day across Indian states.
02 Oct 2016
Narendra Modi2-year old 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' evaluated by survey
LocalCircles, the citizen engagement platform conducted a survey evaluating the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan (Clean India Mission).
02 Oct 2016
IndiaUnemployment in India highest in 5 years
The rate of unemployment in India has shot up to 5% in fiscal year 2015-16 and is the highest it has ever been in 5 years.
01 Oct 2016
BalochistanIran surprises Pakistan; fires mortar shells on Balochistan
As India carried out a surgical strike on Pakistan, its "brotherly" neighbor Iran surprised it by attacking the Iran-Pak border.
30 Sep 2016
Indian ArmyPakistan's attacks and India's counterstrikes create vulnerable situation
Rising tensions between India and Pakistan led to fears the two countries could be heading toward a fifth Indo-Pak war.
29 Sep 2016
Binny BansalWalmart set to invest up to $1 billion in Flipkart
American retail giant Walmart Store Inc. is in talks to invest up to $1 billion in the Indian e-commerce website Flipkart.
28 Sep 2016
FacebookCensorship by Facebook? The story so far
In the most recent development to the Facebook censorship issue, seven Palestinian journalists had their accounts blocked without explanation.
28 Sep 2016
National Crime Records BureauViolent crime rate of the US increased, says FBI
The Federal Bureau of Investigation released its annual report, which revealed the crime rate of the US in 2015 increased compared to that of 2014.
27 Sep 2016
Reserve Bank Of India (RBI)RBI seeks regulator for spot exchanges
RBI has requested the Finance Ministry to appoint a regulator for monitoring spot exchanges in the country.
26 Sep 2016
United KingdomTata Steel begins talks with unions on asset sale
Tata Steel will begin talks with British steelworks' trade union to discuss the impasse over its £15 billion pension plan for the company's workers.
26 Sep 2016
NoidaJubilant FoodWorks' stocks slump, loses Rs.6,200 in market value
With one of India's biggest fast-food company facing the departure of the CEO next year, Jubilant FoodWorks' market value took a hit and its shares slumped.
