The Union government will launch awards under the Lucky Grahak Yojana and Digi-Dhan Vyapar Yojana-- twin schemes incentivising digital payments-- in 100 cities over 100 days, the NITI Aayog said on Saturday. ...
Union Finance Minsiter Arun Jaitley on Saturday said that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council has made "significant progress" on the provisions relating to the indirect tax regime and resolution of the "one difficult issue" of dual control or cross empowerment that deals with assessee jurisdiction is not far off....
In keeping with the global trend, the Indian government requested social networking giant Facebook for data 6,324 times in the first half of 2016 -- up from 5,561 requests in the earlier July-December 2015 period, Facebook's latest Government Requests Report revealed on Saturday. Facebook restricted access to 2,034 piece...
Domestic social shopping platform LimeRoad on Saturday announced its partnership with the Madhya Pradesh government for an exclusive range of handicrafts and apparel to be made available on its platform. Towards this, LimeRoad has signed an MoU with the "Madhya Pradesh Laghu Udyog Nigam". "Platform provided by LimeRoad to our art...
Amid the escalating patents row with Finnish smartphone maker Nokia, Apple has reportedly pulled all products made by Withings -- a French company and now a Nokia subsidiary -- from Apple Stores, be it online or retail. Several Withings iOS-compatible products -- mostly health-related connected accessories -- have been available a...
Aiming to raise awareness about online safety, Google India in collaboration with Ministry of Consumer Affairs on Saturday announced a nationwide ‘Digitally Safe Consumer campaign, as part of a larger effort to help better protect consumer interest online. As part of this collaboration, Google along with the ...
Leader of the Opposition of Assam Debrata Saikia has appealed to the Central government to make arrangements for disbursing a portion of the wages of tea garden workers in cash so that they can cope up with crisis triggered by demonetisation. Saikia's appeal after the November 8 move to demonetise the economy and imposed restrictions on h...
The Delhi Congress on Saturday took out a protest march here highlighting the plight of migrant workers due to demonetisation. Led by Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken, party activists marched from Jantar Mantar to Parliament asking the Centre to stop the exodus of migrant labourers from the national capital. Holding placards the party worker...
Thousands of holiday-makers are heading to hill destinations across Himachal Pradesh to enjoy the Yuletide spirit amidst snow but the weather bureau on Saturday forecast no White Christmas. According to the Met office, mellow sunshine with long sunny days will greet the visitors at most of the tourist destinations till December 29. Temperat...
Chief of Army Staff General Dalbir Singh is on a visit to Manipur and Assam to review security situation, an official said. "General Dalbir Singh visits Manipur and Assam to review security situation (in the states)," the Indian Army said in a tweet on Saturday. The United Naga Council has imposed an economic blockade in the state since November 1 to denounce ...
