New York: Samsung Electronics Co. was sued on Friday by a Florida man who said he suffered severe burns after his Galaxy Note 7 smartphone exploded in his front pants pocket. The lawsuit by Jonathan Strobel may be the first in the United States by a Samsung phone user...
Shimla, (IANS) : Himachal Pradesh Congress Committee chief Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu on Sunday criticised the central government for not fulfilling its promise of hiking apple import duty that is hitting the state's apple industry most. Addressing party workers here, he...
Mumbai, (IANS) : Short covering, coupled with expectations of major economic legislation getting parliament's approval, buoyed the Indian equity markets on Monday. The two benchmark indices provisionally closed the day's trade with substantial gains as healthy buying...
New Delhi, (IANS) By 2020, 60 per cent of digital businesses will suffer major service failures due to the inability of IT security teams to manage digital risk, said a special report by market research firm Gartner. "Cybersecurity is a critical part of digital...
Las Vegas, (IANS) Mumbai-based internet start-up GEMKonnect has launched a global online network for the gems industry here, a company statement said. "Information and analysis are key in today’s marketplace. GEMKonnect plugs an essential gap for many in the...
Hyderabad, (IANS) Rays Power Infra Pvt. Ltd., one of the leading solar energy companies, on Tuesday announced the commissioning of its latest solar photovoltaic project in Telangana. The 11.5 Megawatt project's execution work had commenced in January this year and was...
New Delhi : (IANS) The Delhi government on Monday presented an annual budget of Rs.46,600 crore for 2016-17 -- an increase of Rs.8,850 crore over last year. Presenting the budget, Delhi Finance Minister and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the planned...
New Delhi : (IANS) Communications and Information Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said on Tuesday that the government is taking BPOs to small towns to create job opportunities in rural areas of India. "We are taking BPOs (business process outsourcing) to small...
New Delhi : (IANS) Monitoring the progress of various rural development schemes, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has instructed officials to also monitor loans extended to rural self-help groups (SHGs) through the Aadhaar scheme. Three crore households have so far been...
Bengaluru : (IANS) App-based cab aggregator Uber still does not have the requisite permission to offer two-wheeler taxi service uberMOTO and did not consult the government, said Karnataka transport commissioner Rame Gowda on Saturday. "Why you (Uber) are not going to...