October 11, 2021 12:38 IST
One of the main goals of the Indian Space Organisation is to supplement the government's efforts towards making India a global leader in commercial space-based excursions.
Wed, Oct 13, 2021October 10, 2021 03:08 IST
On Friday, the government announced that the Tata Group was the highest bidder in the airline’s disinvestment process, having placed a bid of Rs 18,000 crore, of which Rs 2,700 crore will be paid to the Centre in cash and the remaining will be absorbed as debt from the airline.
Sun, Oct 10, 2021October 09, 2021 06:43 IST
For much of its lifetime, Jet Airways competed directly with Air India in the premium segment, and near-endless supply of taxpayer money at regular intervals for the state-run carrier meant Jet and other Indian airlines had to contend against an airline that constantly had its losses subsidised.
Sat, Oct 09, 2021October 09, 2021 03:51 IST
Senior officials said the Air India sale will help push other tough decisions the government is keen on taking.
Sat, Oct 09, 2021October 08, 2021 16:11 IST
The Tata Group placed a winning bid of Rs 18,000 crore. Along with the assets, the new owner will also take on around Rs 15,300 crore of debt, Secretary, Department of Investment and Public Asset Management Tuhin Kanta Pandey said.
Sat, Oct 09, 2021October 07, 2021 15:42 IST
According to a statement by Reliance Retail, the company has entered into a master agreement with 7-Eleven Inc for the launch of 7-Eleven convenience stores in India.
Wed, Oct 13, 2021October 07, 2021 04:08 IST
Classifiers refer to Facebook’s hate-speech detection algorithms. According to Facebook, it added hate speech classifiers in Hindi starting early 2020 and introduced Bengali later that year. Classifiers for violence and incitement in Hindi and Bengali first came online in early 2021.
Thu, Oct 07, 2021October 05, 2021 13:03 IST
Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram outage: Shortly after 9 pm IST on Monday, Facebook’s services including WhatsApp, Instagram and Oculus VR went down and did not come up till early morning on Tuesday.
Wed, Oct 06, 2021October 04, 2021 21:23 IST
The outage potentially prevented billions of users of these apps across the globe from accessing, sending or receiving messages, on these platforms.
Tue, Oct 05, 2021October 03, 2021 03:42 IST
The draft rules published on June 28 seek to tighten the regulation on online marketplaces. The Consumer Affairs Department had given time till July 21 for various stakeholders to submit their comments.
Sun, Oct 03, 2021October 01, 2021 12:22 IST
Representatives of both bidders were called for meetings on two occasions earlier this week, during which the share-purchase agreement was discussed to help them take a long-term view of Air India's various liabilities, and plan the funding accordingly.
Sat, Oct 02, 2021October 01, 2021 11:55 IST
Australia travel ban: Reopening of the 18-month travel ban will be linked to individual states and territories, resulting in some parts opening up sooner than others.
Fri, Oct 01, 2021October 01, 2021 04:00 IST
Records show that the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has flagged several anomalies, questioned some provisions and suggested remedial tweaks in an office memorandum sent to the Department of Consumer Affairs, which had issued the draft rules in June.
Fri, Oct 01, 2021September 29, 2021 16:50 IST
In case the report of a drug test is "non-negative", the employee will be immediately removed from duty till a confirmatory report is received.
Thu, Sep 30, 2021September 29, 2021 13:22 IST
When contacted by The Indian Express, DGCA chief Arun Kumar confirmed receiving a letter from the Afghanistan government, and said the Ministry of Civil Aviation will take a call on the matter as it was a policy issue.
Thu, Sep 30, 2021September 27, 2021 11:44 IST
The airspace map shows red, yellow and green zones across India, allowing civilian drone operators to check the demarcated no-fly zones or where they need to undergo certain formalities before flying one.
Tue, Sep 28, 2021September 26, 2021 03:10 IST
The executive arm of the European Union (EU) has proposed that USB Type-C will be the common port, and this move is expected to hit iPhone maker Apple the most.
Wed, Oct 13, 2021September 22, 2021 14:47 IST
The two companies have entered into a non-binding term sheet to combine both companies' linear networks, digital assets, production operations and program libraries.
Thu, Dec 09, 2021September 22, 2021 08:28 IST
As part of the proposed deal, Zee shareholders will hold about 47.07% stake and the rest of the merged entity will be owned by Sony Pictures Networks India shareholders
Thu, Sep 23, 2021September 21, 2021 13:28 IST
As the world gets vaccinated against the novel coronavirus, a number of countries are allowing Indian travellers. Here's a list of places you can travel to, and the Covid-19 guidelines in place.
Wed, Sep 22, 2021September 18, 2021 10:44 IST
The GST Council has approved a proposal to make food-delivery platforms like Zomato and Swiggy responsible for collecting and depositing the 5 per cent GST applicable on food with the government, effective January 1.
Sat, Sep 18, 2021September 18, 2021 03:53 IST
The reports were flagged by the World Bank for certain “improper data changes” made in case of four countries — China, Azerbaijan, Saudi Arabia and the UAE — at the behest of senior executives at the bank.
Sat, Sep 18, 2021September 18, 2021 03:43 IST
Even as the move may push tax collections from restaurants, it may cause an increase in compliance burden for restaurants as well as the food-aggregators.
Sat, Sep 18, 2021September 17, 2021 04:01 IST
According to analyst estimates, the government could theoretically end up with a major chunk of share in a company like Vodafone Idea should it choose to avail the moratorium and is unable to repay its dues in the four-year period.
Fri, Sep 17, 2021September 16, 2021 04:00 IST
Most things that are now ‘normal’ at airports and in aircraft were not experienced by flyers before 2001: pat-downs, body scans, screening of baggage, and the prohibition on taking certain items on board.
Thu, Sep 16, 2021