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Students protest against new preferential rule in Visvesvaraya Technological University

The old college rule had said that students who haven't cleared their first and second-year papers will not be allowed to move on to the final year. At the moment, the rule has been relaxed only for a select students

Oct 11, 2018

Google drops out of bidding for $10 billion Pentagon cloud computing contract

The principles bar use of Google's artificial intelligence (AI) software in weapons as well as services that violate international norms for surveillance and human rights.

Oct 10, 2018

WhatsApp builds system to comply with India's payments data storage norms

WhatsApp's move to comply with storage norms could potentially threaten entrenched players such as SoftBank and Alibaba-backed Paytm.

Oct 9, 2018

Asia stocks at 17-month low amid China concerns

Japan's Nikkei fell 1.2 percent, hurt in part by a rise in the safe-harbour yen.

Oct 9, 2018

NBFCs shares plunge as RBI plans to strengthen sector norms

The RBI left key policy rates unchanged on Friday and urged all financial firms to use long-term funds rather than rely on short-term funding.

Oct 8, 2018

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Immigration woes continue as US stops issuing visas to same-sex partners of foreign diplomats

This G-4 regulation came into effect on Monday, October 1, and will only same sex partners and not marriages. The norm applies to partners of UN officials, embassy and consulate staff, ambassadors, and foreign military members posted at US military bases.

Oct 4, 2018

Walmart-Flipkart deal: 7 crore traders call Bharat bandh against FDI in retail

The traders' body also claimed that a 'Trade Bandh' will be observed by Delhi traders in which all wholesale and retail markets will remain closed as part of their participation in the 'Bharat Trade Bandh'.

Sep 28, 2018

2018 Mercedes-Benz C-Class facelift; price, features, specs, variants and all you need to know

Mercedes-Benz launched mildly facelifted C-Class sedan on Thursday in India. If you are confused about the changes brought in, don't worry because we have all the details here.

Sep 22, 2018

Pakistan 'deeply disappointed' after India calls off foreign ministers' meet in New York

Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi were scheduled to meet on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly (UNGA) session next week.

Sep 22, 2018

Confident of meeting fiscal deficit target, says Arun Jaitley

Jaitley's message comes a day after he outlined a slew of measures aimed at stemming a decline in the rupee - the worst-performing Asian currency this year.

Sep 16, 2018

Uttar Pradesh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma addresses a press conference in Lucknow on Jan 8, 2017

UP govt to set up special research centres in memory of former PM Vajpayee: Deputy CM

The government has also set up Deen Dayal Upadhyay Research Centre in 15 state universities and a decision has been taken to establish Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath Research Centre in Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University.

Sep 15, 2018

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley outlines measures to stem fall in rupee

The moves follow sharp declines in the rupee, the worst-performing Asian currency this year. Despite strong GDP growth, the rupee has weakened about 11 percent this year amid higher oil prices and an emerging markets sell-off.

Sep 15, 2018

Indian Air Force chief calls Rafale 'beautiful aircraft'; says government's decision will strengthen force

The IAF chief said that the Rafale squadron is necessary to the depleting fleet. He also added that the squadron will help India match the level with it adversaries. These comments were made at the seminar on 'IAF's force structure, 2035'.

Sep 12, 2018

Rupee depreciation may benefit the IT companies

The Indian IT companies are expected to witness an improvement in margins by as much as 100 basis points in their second quarter on the current fiscal year.

Sep 11, 2018

Google agrees to comply with RBI's data storage rules

Last month Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Law & IT Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had met in California.