Tata Communications hits 52-week high after decent Q2 earningsTata Communic...
Tata Communications rose 2.42% to Rs 412.25 at 10:42 IST on BSE after consolidated net profit rose 14.97% to Rs 92.39 crore on 4.87% growth in total income to Rs 5235.06 crore in Q2 September 2014 over Q2 September 2013. The Q2 result was announced on Saturday, 1 November 2014. Meanwhile, the... read more »
Flipkart, Snapdeal Emerge Favourites in Campus Placements: Report
E-tailors such as Flipkart, Snapdeal and Amazon have emerged as the new favourites among thousands of engineering and B-Schools graduates looking for their first placement, a survey by industry body Assocham has found. More than 71 per cent of respondents in the survey, carried among 500 students... read more »
Amazon India sales rise but loss widens
Bengaluru: Amazon Seller Services Pvt. Ltd, the Indian unit of the world’s largest online retailer, reported a 50.2% jump in sales to Rs.168.9 crore for the year ended 31 March, as the company quickly expanded its India marketplace platform to emerge as the biggest threat to local rivals Flipkart... read more »
Bangladesh SC upholds death sentence of Jamaat leader Muhammad Quamaruzzama...
Dhaka: Bangladesh’s Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death sentence handed down to a fundamentalist Jamaat-e-Islami stalwart for committing mass murder and crimes against humanity during the 1971 liberation war against Pakistan. The four-member Appellate Division of the Supreme Court headed... read more »
Maharashtra polls: Congress fields 27 women candidates; BJP 21
Mumbai: Ex-Chief Minister Ashok Chavan’s wife Ameeta, who is making her electoral debut in Maharashtra Assembly polls, and late BJP leader Gopinath Munde’s daughter Pankaja... read more »
Afghans prepare to sign deal with U.S. allowing troops to stay
Afghanistan’s new government led by President Ashraf Ghani was on Tuesday due to sign a long-delayed bilateral security agreement with the United States that will allow U.S. troops to... read more »
Fresh eruption fears halt Japan volcano search
Volcanic tremors and fears over a fresh eruption forced rescuers with gas masks to halt operations to recover bodies from a Japanese mountain on Tuesday, 72 hours after its... read more »
Hamas, Islamic State group ‘branches of same poisonous tree’: Netanyahu
In a blistering speech to the United Nations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned on Monday that Hamas and the Islamic State group are “branches of the same poisonous... read more »
Protestors ignore Hong Kong leader’s call to end demo
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s embattled leader called Tuesday for an immediate end to street demonstrations that have drawn tens of thousands and paralyzed the city, but protesters refused to move... read more »
