Month: January 2019

Jet Airways shares sink over 8% amid uncertainty over open offer

New Delhi :  Shares of Jet Airways came under selling pressure Wednesday and slumped over 8 per cent amid uncertainty over an open offer. The scrip tanked 8.28 per cent to Rs 270 on BSE. On NSE, shares of the company cracked 8.39 per cent to Rs 269.05. According […]

Ghosn appeals against Japan bail rejection

Tokyo : Lawyers for former Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn on Thursday appealed against a decision by a Tokyo court to refuse him bail, as he faces charges on three counts of financial misconduct. Since his stunning arrest on November 19 the auto tycoon has languished in a Tokyo detention […]

BizzSecure Launches EAID Solution

SILICON VALLEY :  /PRNewswire/ — Today, BizzSecure announced the availability of their EAID solution for information security (InfoSec) peace of mind. EAID is the first solution to include a platform of tools and a team of experts to design security infrastructure based on various compliance requirements. EAID also […]

Microsoft pledges USD 500 mn to ease local housing crunch

San Francisco :  Microsoft on Wednesday pledged USD 500 million for loans and grants aimed at ramping up construction of affordable housing in the Puget Sound area of Washington state where the US technology giant has its home. “In recent years, our region hasn’t built enough housing for the […]

Jaitley accuses ‘compulsive contrarians’ of subverting democracy

New Delhi : Terming opposition parties as ‘Compulsive Contrarians’, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley Thursday accused them of manufacturing falsehood and subverting democracy by weakening an elected government. Nations are built by those with positive mindsets and a national vigor, not by the ‘Compulsive Contrarians’, he said in a Facebook […]

UN chief hails ‘historic’ moment as Palestine takes over reins of G77

United Nations :  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed the “historic leadership” of Palestine which assumed the chairmanship of G77, the global body’s largest intergovernmental organisation of developing countries including India. Egypt was the previous Chair of the Group of 77 (G77), a coalition of 134 members, along with China […]

Sri Lanka considers big China loan to repay foreign debts

Colombo :  Sri Lanka is considering a USD 300 million loan offer from the Bank of China as it prepares to repay foreign debts this year, a Finance Ministry official said. The government has appointed a three-member committee to negotiate the deal, according to Finance Ministry spokesman M R […]

Paraguayan firefighters get naked in calendar to raise funds

San Roque Gonzalez  : Fatima Olmedo was first to pose naked for the calendar, holding a rolled-up hose in her hands that barely covered her pregnant belly. Other volunteer firefighters then followed. There’s Jorge Leiva, who used a chain saw to cover the area south of his navel and […]

Pak SC asks Imran Khan govt to lift travel ban on opposition leaders

Islamabad :  Pakistan’s Supreme Court Thursday ordered the government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan to lift the travel ban imposed on opposition leader Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and the Sindh Chief Minister, and asked the country’s anti-corruption body to probe their involvement in Rs 35 billion ‘fake accounts case’. As […]

Gulab Chand Kataria appointed leader of opposition in Rajasthan Assembly

Jaipur : Senior BJP legislator Gulab Chand Kataria was on Thursday appointed the leader of opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly. Speaker C P Joshi informed the House that the BJP’s proposal to appoint Kataria as the leader of opposition has been accepted. The 74-year-old Kataria is an eight-time MLA. […]

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