Maldives president escapes speedboat blast, wife injured
Maldives president Abdulla Yameen was saved from an explosion on his speedboat unhurt but his wife and two aides were injured on board when the boat approached the capital Male on Monday, a senior aide told Reuters. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear, but it was witnessed by several... read more »
China’s Didi Kuaidi Firms Up Anti-Uber Alliance, Invests in Ola
China’s most popular ride-hailing app Didi Kuaidi said on Monday it has invested in Indian peer Ola, forging a new alliance within a network of companies challenging US rival Uber Technologies Inc. Didi joins existing investors including SoftBank Corp, Falcon Edge, Singapore sovereign wealth... read more »
Ola Opens Up API for Mobile Apps, Individual Developers
Taxi aggregator Ola Saturday announced the public release of its API, allowing major mobile apps as well as individual developers to integrate the company’s offering with their platforms. “The public release of our API to developers is a giant leap in collaborative technology. With this... read more »
Dr Reddy’s climbs as drug maker launches Nexium’s generic
NEW DELHI: Shares of Dr Reddy’s Laboratories surged over 6 per cent in Monday’s trade after the drugmaker launched a generic version of Nexium following approval from the United States Food & Drug Administration (USFDA). Nexium is the world’s second most selling drug. It... read more »
SBI Launches Mobile Wallet App Buddy
Mumbai: The country’s largest lender State Bank of India on Tuesday launched a mobile wallet app, SBI Buddy, in collaboration with Accenture and MasterCard. The service will be also... read more »
Indonesian Crash Searchers Recover Black Boxes From Plane
Low-lying clouds and rugged terrain on Tuesday were hindering efforts to remove bodies from the crash site, officials said. Search teams hastily built a makeshift helipad in hopes that a... read more »
Small explosive thrown from bridge over river in Bangkok
Aug 18 A man threw a small explosive from a bridge in central Bangkok on Tuesday, police said, but it caused no injuries, a day after a bomb at a city shrine killed 22 people, including... read more »
Indonesia Plane Crash: Relatives Mourn The Dead As Plane Crash Wreckage Found With No Surv...
People walk outside the terminal at Sentani Airport in Jayapura, Papua province, Indonesia, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2015, after a Trigana Air Service flight originating from there went missing. An... read more »
Watch: PM Modi announces Rs 1.25 lakh crore package for Bihar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday presented a package of Rs 1.25 lakh crore for poll-bound Bihar saying it will change the fate of the state. “I promise you I will implement this package... read more »
