Q-comm’s discount push, startup hiring picks upQuick commerce firms are offering record-high discounts at a time when cash burn and competition continue to rise. This and more in today’s...
16 Jun, 2025, 08.14 AM IST
Fed's Powell may have made US monetary policy boring againFor much of the past 17 years the Federal Reserve has been the central player in U.S. economic policy, throwing multi-trillion-dollar safet...
02 Dec, 2024, 05.24 PM IST
- Religion and neuroscience
Scientists began exploring the links between faith, religion, spirituality, and neural activity. Spiritual practices like yoga and meditati...
24 Jul, 2024, 11.51 PM IST
TikTok copycats on a hot tin roof: why Indian short video apps have pivoted, merged or simply disappearedThe average monthly active users (MAUs) of these apps have declined year-on-year, and so have their app installs, according to data sourced...
23 Jul, 2023, 11.06 AM IST
Dow, S&P close at record highs as Omicron worries easeThe Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 90.42 points, or 0.25%, to 36,488.63, the S&P 500 gained 6.71 points, or 0.14%, to 4,793.06 and the N...
30 Dec, 2021, 08.28 AM IST
Somali opposition fighters cordon off parts of tense MogadishuThe fragile nation has not had an effective central government since the collapse of a military regime in 1991 led to decades of civil war ...
27 Apr, 2021, 02.06 PM IST
70 years of independence, but a passport remains out of reach for 95 per centThe average number of days to complete the mandatory police verification has dropped to 29 days pan India in 2016 from 34 days in 2015 and ...
24 Jul, 2017, 10.16 AM IST
Quikr shuts down office of rental roommate-finding application FlatchatMajority of the people have quit the firm. Reportedly, Quikr did not give severance package but just a month's notice before the move.
02 Aug, 2016, 11.08 AM IST
The Maggi effect: How buyers of popular brands like Parle, KFC, Wendy's & others are turning into activistsAfter the intense scrutiny that Maggi noodles was subjected to, overseas and local food cos are preparing to limit any collateral damage.
29 Jun, 2015, 01.11 AM IST
- Panel for landmark changes in Motor Vehicle Act
The government is all set to introduce landmark changes in Motor Vehicle Act 1988, the legislation that governs licnesing rules and offence...
02 Jan, 2011, 02.59 AM IST
- 16-year-olds may get two-wheeler licences
Expert Committee proposes to amend Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, in sync with changing times.
08 Oct, 2010, 03.45 AM IST
- Oil falls below $37 as demand for crude wanes
Oil prices fell below $37 a barrel on Tuesday in Asia as a deepening global slowdown weighed on expectations for crude demand.
17 Feb, 2009, 09.55 AM IST
- Oil ends worst year in Nymex history below $44
Oil jumped 14%, capping a year that saw prices soar to unprecedented heights only to give up 4 years of gains in just 5 months. World's lar...
01 Jan, 2009, 03.20 AM IST
- Oil hovers near 4 1/2-year low despite OPEC cut
Oil prices continued falling Thursday to levels last seen over 4 years ago as persistent investor pessimism over global crude demand outwei...
18 Dec, 2008, 08.33 PM IST
- Fraud plagues prepaid calling card market
Imagine a card that offers hundred minutes of calling time, but begins deducting minutes if they are not used in a single call. In Pics: No...
06 Oct, 2008, 02.30 AM IST
- What exactly do kids do on the Net?
Many of them arrived after the Net. But they are today a curiously powerful presence on the Web.
29 Jul, 2007, 05.12 AM IST
- Clients arm-twist BPOs
Indian BPOs are being forced into signing harsh contracts which have zero termination notice periods.
13 Mar, 2007, 01.38 AM IST