India

HungerBox raises $2.5 million in pre-series A funding led by Lionrock Capital and Kris Gopalakrishnan

HungerBox announced the closing of $2.5 million in pre-series A funding led by Lionrock Capital and Kris Gopalakrishnan, co-founder of Infosys.

Jan 22, 2018

SpiceJet joins Republic Day sale bandwagon: Fly at Rs 769

SpiceJet has announced the Great Republic Day Sale, offering domestic fares starting at Rs 769 and international fares starting at Rs 2,469, all-inclusive.

Jan 22, 2018

Fuel gets dearer again: Petrol price crosses Rs 80 per litre mark in Mumbai

In Mumbai, the price of a litre of petrol stood at Rs 80.10 while diesel cost Rs 67.10 on Monday.

Jan 22, 2018

Pune shocker! 39-year-old techie beaten to death for objecting to parking vehicles in front of his gate

The police said that the three accused had been parking their vehicles in front of the victim's house for many days.

Jan 22, 2018

Mumbai: Seventh incident of fire in a month; 2 injured as fire breaks out in Marol on Monday

This is the second incident of fire reported from Marol in Mumbai. On January 4, at least four people had died and over seven were injured after a fire had engulfed the Maimoon building in Marol.

Jan 22, 2018

Robots to join armed forces much earlier? India, Japan team up to use AI and robotics in defence

The joint efforts of the two Asian giants on the use of AI and robotics in the defence sector are expected to start by the end of January.

Jan 22, 2018

Union Budget 2018: What middle class and salaried people can expect?

In Budget 2018, the government may consider hiking the tax exemption limit from present Rs 2.5 lakh per annum to Rs 3 lakh per annum.

Jan 22, 2018

How Union Budget 2018-19 can help revive the Indian real estate industry

The Indian real estate sector certainly hopes for some decisive policy pushes and amplifications which will boost it out of the ongoing slowdown.

Jan 22, 2018

State Bank of India initiates largest recruitment drive since 2013, to fill 9,500 roles post-merger

The introduction of digital banking has pushed SBI to reduce the requirement of administrative staff and hire for more customer-facing employees.

Jan 22, 2018

President Kovind gives nod to EC on disqualification of 20 AAP MLAs, all things to know

AAP leader Gopal Rai claimed,"Will knock the doors of HC and even SC if need be."

Jan 21, 2018

2 students from Chhattisgarh's tribal communities beat the odds to make it to IIT-Delhi

Deepak Kumar and Nitesh Painkra from tribal villages of Kudekela and Jargum have been selected to study in IIT-Delhi's textile department.

Jan 21, 2018

Child marriage thwarted: 9-year-old girl rescued from being married off to a 39-year-old man in TN

The minor girl is said to be under the safe custody of Child Welfare Committee.

Jan 21, 2018

Bawana Fire: BJP defends NDMC Mayor over viral video, slams Kejriwal for 'low-level politics'

The video allegedly shows Preeti Aggarwal alerting her aides from revealing anything over the fire as NDMC had issued the license to the factory which caught fire on Saturday.

Jan 21, 2018

ONGC set to acquire 51.1% stake in HPCL, likely to help govt achieve Rs 72,500 cr disinvestment target

According to the deal agreement, ONGC will pay the government Rs 473.97 for each share, a premium of over 10 percent of the 60-days' HPCL average share price.

Jan 21, 2018

Who is Satyapal Singh? Meet the Union minister who says Darwin is wrong as no one saw apes evolve into humans

Union Minister of State for HRD Satyapal Singh was trying to explain why the theory of evolution should not be taught in schools and colleges.

Jan 21, 2018