United States of America: News
27 Aug 2016
InstagramReport uncovers 'money-flipping' Instagram scam
A report published by ZeroFox, an online security company specializing in social media, uncovered how Instagram is being used by 'money-flipping' scammers to leech money off their victims.
27 Aug 2016
BangaloreIndian start-up GoZoomo decides to shut shop, returns investors' money
GoZoomo, founded in 2014, set-out to tackle the issue of mistrust in used-car maketplace space.
26 Aug 2016
NBCLochte charged with filing false report
Brazilian police charged US Olympic swimmer and gold medallist Ryan Lochte with filing a false report about an armed robbery incident.
25 Aug 2016
ChinaChina unveils its 2020 Mars Mission probe and rover
China has given a glimpse of its design for the space probe and rover to the world in Beijing, which would be used in its first Mars mission.
24 Aug 2016
WorldStudy shows Ramen noodles is most valuable in US prisons
Michael Gibson-Light, a doctoral candidate from the University of Arizona School of Sociology, presented a study on prison currencies in the American Sociological Association's annual meeting on 22nd August.
21 Aug 2016
US ArmyUS Army committed $6.5 trillion accounting fraud
The Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense submitted a report in June 2016 stating that the US Army's financial statements for 2015 were "materially misstated".
20 Aug 2016
TechnologyComcast expands gigabit internet services to Chicago
Comcast launched its gigabit internet services to residents of Chicago on Wednesday, as part of its trial across various cities.
19 Aug 2016
Climate ChangeEnvironmentalist McKibben says Climate Change is WW-III
Environmental activist Bill McKibben, in his article on climate change published in 'The New Republic', wrote that the world was under attack from climate change.
19 Aug 2016
United Nations (UN)US announces handing over of the internet domain name system
On Tuesday, the US government approved the transition of managing the internet domain naming system in October to a non-profit organisation, ICANN, essentially privatizing the process under a multinational, multi-stakeholder model.
18 Aug 2016
ChinaChina's ODI outshines FDI
China, the second largest economy in the world, saw itself being touted as a net capital exporter, when its Outward Direct Investment (ODI) surpassed its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) levels.
16 Aug 2016
IndiaReliance Industries penalised $250 million
India's Reliance Industries faced a penalty of $250 million from the Oil Ministry for failing to scale up the company's productions to meet the production target in the Krishna-Godavari basin.
16 Aug 2016
KPMGPwC sued for $5.5billion for negligence in mortgage fraud case
The bankruptcy trustee for Taylor, Bean & Whitaker sued PricewaterhouseCooper as the auditor of Colonial Bank, seeking $5.5 billion in damages.
14 Aug 2016
IndiaCipla boss calls Subhanu Saxena quits; cites family reasons
Cipla chief executive Subhanu Saxena confirmed that he would no longer be serving as the head of the company.
13 Aug 2016
IndiaRural Internet consumers to jump to 350 million by 2020
US-based business and management consultancy Boston Consulting Group surveyed 4,000 rural Indians in 27 villages in 14 states to understand their Internet usage pattern.
13 Aug 2016
iOSSimplyE, an app for borrowing E-books
The New York Public Library launched a mobile app called SimplyE, bringing almost 300,000 books from the library to your smartphone.
13 Aug 2016
FlipkartFlipkart launches office in Palo Alto
On 12th August, 2016, Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart established an office in the United States of America.
12 Aug 2016
Shah Rukh KhanShahrukh Khan's run-ins with US immigration
Shahrukh Khan was detained at the Los Angeles airport by US immigration officials on a trip to the United States on Friday.
10 Aug 2016
IndiaIndia, US agree on a $30 million Energy-Storage Research Initiative
India and the US have pushed for a $30 million public-private, 5 year joint research initiative on smart grid and energy storage technology.
10 Aug 2016
ISISSwedish church to drop Bibles in ISIS-controlled areas
A church group from Sweden plans to drop mini electronic Bibles in Iraq over ISIS-controlled regions.
08 Aug 2016
National Green Tribunal (NGT)Now, convert Diesel/Petrol cars into Hybrid Electric ones
The bans on diesel vehicles imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has mostly received vehement reactions.
08 Aug 2016
Supreme Court Of IndiaIran executes nuclear scientist on the charge of treason
Government sources confirmed on Sunday that Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri was hanged for treason for providing "vital information" to the US.
08 Aug 2016
IndiaPakistan's Syed Sulahuddin intimidates India with a nuclear war
According to Syed Salahuddin of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, a nuclear war is likely to take place between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.
06 Aug 2016
Barack Obama71 years since Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings
Today marks 71 years of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the United States.
06 Aug 2016
San FranciscoMayogate: Hampton Creek accused of buying back its vegan mayo
Food tech start-up Hampton Creek is facing the music for buying back its own vegan "Just Mayo" under a large-scale undercover operation.
06 Aug 2016
ISISIndonesia foils attack on Singapore
Six Indonesian militants were arrested for planning to attack Singapore's Marina bay with missiles.
06 Aug 2016
IndiaLockheed Martin proposes to shift F-16 production line to India
On Thursday, American defence major Lockheed Martin offered to move its lone F-16 fighter aircraft production-line, Block 70, to India as part of the 'Make in India' program.
03 Aug 2016
IndiaJM Financial's chief Nimesh Kampani resigns
One of India's leading investment banker, Nimesh Kamapani, stepped down as Chairman and Managing Director of JM Financial group of companies, of which he was the founder.
02 Aug 2016
IndiaIndian companies set to trump Chinese counterparts
Credit rating company, S & P Global, studied top 200 Indian companies against its Chinese peers.
01 Aug 2016
United KingdomChina supplies nuclear reactors to Pakistan, contradicts NPT
The Arms Control Association on 15th July, 2016 released a report which assessed progress on non-proliferation.