The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Union Budget without any debate amid din, leading to a walkout by members of the Congress and Trinamool, while the TDP, YSR Congress, AIADMK and SP protested near the Speaker's podium. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley moved the Finance Bill 2018, as well as the Appropriation Bill amid the din, which were passed by voice vote. T...
Wholesale price-indexed (WPI) inflation in India during February softened marginally at 2.48 per cent from 2.84 per cent in the previous month, official data showed on Wednesday. According to the Commerce Ministry data, the WPI inflation in February 2017 was more than double at 5.1 per cent. Wednesday's wholesale inflation data...
Digital Age: What Challenges Await Project Managers? Jiju (Jay) Nair, PMP Originally published in projectmanagement.com In the new brave world of digital startups causing market disruption and driving phenomenal growth, it is no secret that, project managers are looked up to for providing situational leadership and guidance in ste...
Country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has substantially reduced charges for non-maintenance of average monthly balance (AMB) in savings accounts, which would benefit 25 crore banks' customers, an official statement said here on Tuesday. The revised charges would be effective from April 1, 2018. This step is taken keeping in view the...
A day after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation's (DGCA) directed grounding of 11 A320neo aircraft, budget carrier Indigo cancelled 47 flights on various routes, according to the information available on the airline's website. While accepting that there were cancellation of flights, the company said that passengers were given t...
New Delhi, March 13 When it comes to fixed broadband speed in Indian cities, Chennai topped the chart with over 32.67 Mbps speed -- 57.7 per cent faster than the country's average speed (20.72 Mbps) -- broadband speed tester Ookla revealed on Tuesday. Overall, cities in the southern part of the country averaged better when it cam...
Taiwan-based electronics major Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS) on Tuesday brought what is touted as the world's smallest Windows-based mini-PC called "LIVA Q" to India. Priced at Rs 15,500 (sans taxes), the pocket-sized device features the latest Intel Apollo Lake SOC processors along with 4GB RAM and 32GB eMMC storage and HDMI 2.0. It runs Windows 10 ...
San Francisco, March 13 (IANS) With Microsoft Teams completing one year this week, the company is set to unveil new features, including Cortana integration and inline message translation for Teams -- the company's answer to business communication service rival Slack. "This week marks the first anniversary of the worldwide launch of Micr...
Healthy macro-economic data, along with healthy buying in banking, consumer durables, oil and gas and healthcare stocks lifted the key Indian equity indices during the mid-afternoon trade session on Tuesday. The BSE Sensex reclaimed the 34,000-mark in the course. According to market observers, data released post market hours on Mond...
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Monday alleged that Finance Minister Arun Jaitley was silent on the Rs 12,600 crore PNB fraud case to "protect his lawyer daughter" and asked why her firm was not "raided". "It's now revealed that our Finance Minister's silence on the PNB (Punjab National Bank) scam was to protect his lawyer daughter,...
