Beijing : The central parity rate of the Chinese currency renminbi, or the yuan, weakened 414 basis points to 6.7495 against the US dollar on Monday, according to the China Foreign Exchange Trade System. In China's spot foreign exchange market, the yuan is allowed to...
New Delhi : Honda Motorcycle & Scooter India on Friday entered into the growing middle-weight motorcycle segment with launch of CB300R. According to the company, CB300R is its third 'Make in India' model under CKD (Completely Knocked Down) line-up. "With strategic...
San Francisco : Microsoft has said it has acquired open-source company Citus Data to bolster the competitiveness of its Cloud computing business. Citus Data is a company dedicated to the open-source database software PostgreSQL. Microsoft did not disclose detailed...
By Nishant Arora, New Delhi : Once the darling of Indian smartphone users, desi brands like Micromax, Karbonn, Lava, Intex and few others have nearly been decimated by affordable-yet-powerful devices from the Chinese vendors that have flooded both online and offline...
San Francisco : A revised iPod touch and USB-C cables for iPhones could be on Apple's list of offerings in 2019, according to a report from Macotakara -- a Japan-based supply chain blog. "Details on what changes a new iPod touch might feature are unclear at this...
New Delhi : Lower production in the manufacturing sector sharply decelerated India's industrial output growth rate to 0.5 per cent in November from a rise of 8.4 per cent in October and 8.5 per cent during the corresponding period of the previous fiscal. According to...
By Nishant Arora, New Delhi : In a society that is increasingly becoming paperless, a home printer is still top on a parent's mind -- both for homework as well as the experiential learning needs of their children. Beyond facilitating homework prints, a consumer-grade...
Las Vegas : Dell subsidiary Alienware unveiled at CES 2019 here its thinnest and lightest 17-inch notebook with Alienware m17. Alienware m17 is 40 per cent lighter than its predecessor, weighing only 2.6 kgs. Available in epic silver and nebula red colours, the m17...
New Delhi : Automobile major Hyundai Motor India on Tuesday reported a 4.8 per cent rise in its overall sales, including exports, for December 2018. According to the company, the overall sales rose to 42,093 units from 40,158 units sold during the corresponding month...
Kolkata : Despite subdued demand for gold jewellery during the current fiscal, the outlook for the retail industry of jewellery made of the yellow metal remained positive, and over the medium to long term the gold jewellery demand growth is projected at 6-7 per cent,...