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Renault plans on entering used car busin...

Renault plans on entering used car business next year in India

French carmaker Renault gained a lot of popularity in the Indian market post launch of the Duster compact SUV in the country. Apart from launching new cars in the country, reports have also been flowing in hinting on company’s plans to enter into used car business. At the Paris Motor Show Bernard... read more »

Yahoo! acquires MessageMe chat app

Yahoo! acquires MessageMe chat app

Tech giant Yahoo has acquired mobile messaging app MessageMe, with hopes to chip into the WhatsApp dominated messaging app market. The deal is reported to be in the double digit millions and some reports peg it at $11.9 million. MessageMe is the brainchild of Arjun Sethi and Justin Rosenthal. Yahoo... read more »

Forex reserves fall $1.4 bn to $314 bn

Forex reserves fall $1.4 bn to $314 bn

Falling for the fourth week in a row, India’s foreign exchange reserves fell by $1.415 billion to $314.181 billion in the week to September 26 on account of a hefty drop in non-US currency assets. In the previous week, the reserves had fallen by $101.3 million to $315.596 billion. During the... read more »

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos meets PM Narendra ...

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos meets PM Narendra Modi

Jeffrey P. Bezos, chief executive officer of Amazon.com, Friday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, an official statement said. Bezos, who is in India for a visit, had earlier termed India an amazing country, which is full of opportunities and boasts of people who are hard-working, vibrant and have a... read more »

Amritsar street food that will make your mouth water

A visit to Amritsar invariably includes two things—paying your respects at the Golden Temple, and gorging on all the delicacies the city dishes up. The locals here love their street food,... read more »

Iraq crisis: France to deliver arms to Iraqi Kurds

France will supply arms to Iraq’s Kurds “in the coming hours”, French President Francois Hollande has announced. France has received approval from authorities in Baghdad... read more »

Girl lost in Siberian wilderness rescued by her puppy

A young girl was rescued from an area of the Siberian wilderness roamed by bears and wolves when her puppy guided search teams to her, eleven days after she disappeared. Rescuers say... read more »

First female winner for Fields maths medal

An Iranian mathematician working in the US has become the first ever female winner of the celebrated Fields Medal. In a landmark hailed as “long overdue”, Prof Maryam Mirzakhani... read more »

Suicide bomber attacks checkpoint near new Iraq PM’s house

BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber attacked a checkpoint near the Baghdad home of new Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Tuesday, two police sources and local media said. “The suicide bomber blew... read more »