BJP mastered WhatsApp elections in India: Shashi Tharoor

New Delhi (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mastered the art of influencing voters via social media platforms in Lok Sabha elections and WhatsApp has been their favourite medium simply because of its massive reach, Congress Party leader…

State of economy: Job crisis continues to worsen

New Delhi (IANS) The ruling NDA government won a landslide in 2014 on a promise that it will produce jobs. Five years down the line, India is staring at one of the worst job crisis ever.

A report citing National Sample Survey Office's…

Clarity on Jet Airways expected in a week: SBI chief

New Delhi (IANS) It may not be over till it is over. Even as some industry veterans believe that grounded Jet Airways may have hit the end of the road, State Bank of India (SBI) Chairman Rajnish Kumar remains optimistic that clarity over the future…

India's Forex reserve rises to over $420 billion

Mumbai (IANS) India's foreign exchange reserves increased by $1.368 billion during the week ended May 10, official data showed on Friday.

According to the Reserve Bank of India's weekly statistical supplement, the overall…

ED questions Kochhars for 5th consecutive day

New Delhi (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) questioned former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar for a fifth consecutive day on Friday in connection with the Rs 1,875-crore Videocon loan case.

The…

'OYO Lite' app launched for Android users globally

New Delhi (IANS) India's largest hotel chain OYO on Thursday announced the global launch of a lighter version of its app -- "Oyo Lite" -- for the Android users.

Designed to work in areas of low connectivity, the…

Jindal Global Law School breaks new ground in campus placements

Sonipat (IANS) The 2019 graduating class of the Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) has broken a new record with offers from over 57 corporate law firms, 24 litigation offers, and 30 higher education offers from world-class universities.

AWS announces 3rd availability zone in Mumbai Cloud region

Mumbai (IANS) In a bid to add more customers in the growing Indian market, Amazon Web Services (AWS), the Cloud arm of retail giant Amazon, on Wednesday announced the third availability zone in its Mumbai Cloud Region.

The company launched…

State of Economy-I: Vital economic indicators suggest a longer slowdown

New Delhi (IANS) The political discourse this election season has grabbed the attention of the voters, but it offers little to soothe them as the Indian economy is far from being in good shape.

The economy, which braved a global…

Air India gets Jet's unused foreign traffic rights

New Delhi (IANS) State-run Air India seems to be finally getting its preferential rights in the allocation of traffic rights over foreign routes after losing it to private carriers in the previous UPA government.

The government…