Law on E-Commerce Needed to Protect Online Consumers: IIM Study
Ahmedabad: In the era of increased online shopping, a study conducted by the Indian Institute of Management-Ahmedabad (IIM-A) has stressed on a need for a separate law for e-commerce with a view to protect rights of web consumers in India. “To effectively protect a consumer buying goods or... read more »
Toshiba logs $317.7 million net loss in FY 2014
Japan’s Toshiba Corporation logged 37.83 billion yen (about $317.7 million) group net loss for the past fiscal year through March due to asset impairment charges and other losses, local media reported on Monday. The high-tech giant had planned to release earnings on August 31, however, a... read more »
Crude oil slump hits Indian shores
The plunge in global oil prices may have brought cheer to consumers, but it is hurting the companies involved in oil exploration and production locally. Cairn India, country’s second-largest private sector oil & gas explorer, has de-hired majority of its developmental oil rigs from its... read more »
IndusInd Bank up over 2% as RBI allows FIIs to buy shares
Shares of IndusInd Bank on Monday surged over 2 percent in morning trade on the bourses after the Reserve Bank on Friday removed the lender from its caution list. RBI in a release on September 4 said it has removed IndusInd Bank from its caution list, allowing foreign investors to buy further... read more »
Despite doubts over STF, Chouhan continues to resist CBI probe
A condescending Shivraj Singh Chouhan has offered to hand the enquiry into the deaths of persons connected with the Vyapam scam to a special investigation team under high court’s... read more »
Jim Carrey apologises for tweeting autistic boy’s pic without permit
Jim Carrey, whose good deed took a wrong turn, has recently apologised for posting the photo of an autistic boy without permission in his anti-vaccination Twitter rant. Making an apology,... read more »
No Party Has Mechanism to Check Education Degrees
With one of its MLAs arrested in an alleged fake degree case, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) today said there is no mechanism with any political party to examine the degrees of its party... read more »
Bangladeshi family from UK traced to ISIS
A Bangladeshi family of 12 from England, who went missing on the way back from a holiday in Dhaka, have confirmed in a statement issued by ISIS terrorists that they are in the... read more »
Syrians increasingly desperate for healthcare as barrel bombs str...
in southwestern Syria with barrel bombs last month was only the latest episode in a long series of attacks by the Assad regime on medical facilities across the country. It was one of 10 medical... read more »
