Four persons, including three students, were killed when their autorickshaw overturned and collided with a lorry at a village in Guntur district, police said on Monday. The students were going for their SSC examination when the driver of the autorickshaw, in a bid to save a dog running across the road, ... Read More »
Manufacturing sector in India continued with its uptrend and hit a four-month high in July, backed by stronger upturn in new business orders, while subdued inflationary pressure may prompt RBI to reduce key policy rate, a monthly survey said. The Nikkei Markit India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) – a ... Read More »
Even as deadline for their crucial meeting with the Justice Lodha panel is approaching, the bigwigs of BCCI are to meet here on Tuesday to discuss the Supreme Court verdict upholding most of its appointed committee’s recommendations for sweeping reforms in the Board. The Working Committee of the Board has been convened urgently to discuss this ... Read More »
Uber has decieded to do away with the dependence on Google Maps for route tracking, and will invest $500 million in a global mapping project. This step by Uber is to pave a way for driverless cars, according to a Financial Times report. Uber is available in 60 countries providing ... Read More »
A woman and her two minor children were killed when a portion of roof collapsed in their flat in a multi-storeyed building in west Delhi’s Uttam Nagar area in the wee hours on Monday. The deceased have been identified as Manju (26), Daksh (5) and Tannu (2). Another member of ... Read More »
Locals in Gilgit took to streets protesting against growing Chinese presence in Gilgit-Baltistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, reported news agency ANI. People got together and took out a march raising slogans portraying an elevation in resentment over the situation. Recently, protests were witnessed in Pakistan occupied Kashmir as locals in Neelum ... Read More »
Country’s largest car-maker Maruti Suzuki India (MSI) on Monday posted a 12.7 per cent rise in its total sales in July at 1,37,116 units as against 1,21,712 units in the same month a year ago. The company posted its best ever monthly domestic sales at 1,25,778 units, up 13.9 per ... Read More »
Nico Rosberg completed a clean sweep of practice for his home German Formula One Grand Prix by topping the timesheets ahead of Mercedes team mate Lewis Hamilton in Saturday’s final session. Hamilton, who set a time just 0.057 seconds slower thanRosberg’s best of one minute 15.783, was summoned to see ... Read More »
The European Commission said on Friday that Italy’s Monte dei Paschi di Siena (BMPS.MI) plan for a privately funded capital increase was in line with EU rules. “The Commission takes note of the bank’s announcement that it plans to launch a private capital raising exercise,” a Commission spokesman said in ... Read More »
Germany’s Commerzbank AG (CBKG.DE) on Friday said an EU test of banks’ financial health showed its capital is robust, after it posted a weaker reading than most of its European peers under an “adverse” financial stress scenario. Germany’s second biggest bank showed a capital strength measure that was eighth from ... Read More »
