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All-women crew on first non-stop Air India San Francisco to Bengaluru non-stop flight [details]

Air India is starting its first non-stop service between San Francisco and Bengaluru which is longest non-stop flight by any Indian airline.

Jan 9, 2021

Beer hug in times of distancing; Japanese Kirin bets $30mn on Indian Bira

The investment will allow Bira to break even from the losses registered due to pandemic, said Bira CEO Ankur Jain

Jan 5, 2021

J&K may soon be power surplus; Mega hydropower projects in offing [details]

To make J&K a power surplus region in the country, Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) were signed for implementation of much awaited Mega Hydro Power projects. L-G Manoj Sinha said, "J&K is taking a quantum leap from power deficit to power surplus in the next four years."

Jan 4, 2021

Centre to miss the deadline as Air India privatisation to spill into next fiscal year

The government has sweetened the deal by giving prospective suitors flexibility to determine how much of the airline's debt they want to take on as part of the sale, with previous attempts getting cold responses.

Dec 20, 2020

Bengaluru's iconic landmark Vidhan Soudha and strong Mysore connection

Bengaluru to have its own '50-storey twin-tower' coming up at Anand Rao Circle

The upcoming twin towers will be used by the Central Government offices and the state government at 40:60 ratio

Dec 11, 2020

Trump's another surgical strike on H-1B visas; how Indians bear the brunt [details]

The lawsuit says that Facebook refused to recruit, consider, or hire qualified and available U.S workers for over 2,600 positions that it, instead, reserved for temporary visa holders.

Dec 5, 2020

RBI keeps repo rate unchanged at 4%, projects real GDP growth for 2021 at -7.5%

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has revised the real GDP growth projection for FY21 upwards to (-) 7.5 per cent on the back signs of faster recovery after the narrowing of the GDP contraction for the July-September, along with hopes of Covid-19 vaccines.

Dec 4, 2020

'Bad signal' for Vodafone Idea customers as beleaguered firm hikes tariff

Analysts have argued that VI urgently need a tariff hike as the company's finances are not faring well and it may file bankruptcy if such stern measures are not taken.

Dec 2, 2020

India's Q2FY21 GDP contracts 7.5%, technical recession confirmed | All you need to know

Even though India's economic recovery accelerated in Q2FY21 from the lows of the pandemic-induced lockdown, the country, for the very first time since Independence, entered into a technical recession.

Nov 28, 2020

Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries sign world's biggest free trade deal, India opts out; here's why

Asia Pacific nations including China, Japan and South Korea on Sunday signed the world's largest regional free-trade agreement, encompassing nearly a third of the world's population and gross domestic product.

Nov 15, 2020

Thousands of km away from US, TN villagers ecstatic over Kamala's win

As the news of Kamala Harris' election as the new US Vice President began to pour in, villagers thousands of km away in Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu celebrated the occasion by bursting crackers and distributing sweets.

Nov 9, 2020

US Election: Georgia to recount votes as Biden leads over Trump by thin margin

Recounting of votes will take place in Georgia where Democrat Joe Biden is leading over Republican Donald Trump with a small margin in the US presidential race, Georgia's Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said.

Nov 7, 2020

Biden gains ground on Trump in Georgia and Pennsylvania, edges closer to White House

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden gained more ground on President Donald Trump in the battleground states of Georgia and Pennsylvania on Friday, edging closer to the White House hours.

Nov 6, 2020

To woo investment, PM Modi to meet top global pension, wealth funds leaders | All you need to know

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with the top officials of top 20 global pension and sovereign wealth funds in a virtual conference today. The move is aimed at accelerating foreign direct investment flow in India.

Nov 5, 2020

Day after bypolls, Karnataka hikes power tariff by 40 paise

Just 24 hours after polling ended for two Assembly seats in the state, the KERC announced a hike in power tariff by 40 paise per unit with an average increase of 5.4 per cent against the Electrical Supply Companies' (Escoms)