Finance
Rupee plummets to all-time low against dollar due to Ukraine war

NEW DELHI, India: On 7th March, the rupee plunged 84 paise, closing at an all-time low of 77.01 against the U.S. dollar, due to the geopolitical risks caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which pushed investors to safe-haven assets. According to Forex traders, escalating tensions between Russia and Ukraine kept crude oil prices high and […]

Updated: Mar 10, 2022
ED attaches properties worth Rs 1984 crore in Karvy Stock Broking scam

New Delhi [India], March 9 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday it has attached immovable and movable properties in the form of lands, buildings and shareholdings worth Rs 1984 crore belonging to Karvy Stock Broking and its chairman C Parathasarathy and others in a money laundering case. ED initiated a money-laundering investigation on […]

Updated: Mar 9, 2022
Tesla factory in Germany expected to assemble 500,000 cars per year

BERLIN, Germany: The German government has approved plans for Tesla to begin assembling autos at its new factory near Berlin, German officials have confirmed. The Berlin site will also manufacture batteries for electric vehicles. While the approval is technically conditional, plans are moving forward for full operations at Tesla’s new Brandenburg plant. The Tesla plant […]

Updated: Mar 8, 2022
Amazon closing its 68 bookstores after posting low sales

SEATTLE, Washington: Amazon.com has announced that it plans to close all 68 of its brick-and-mortar bookstores, pop-ups and shops carrying toys and home goods in the U.S. and UK so it could focus more on its grocery markets and a department store concept. The move marks a turning point for a company that began as […]

Updated: Mar 7, 2022
Showing different types of COVID-19 data influences pandemic behaviour, suggests study

Toronto [Canada] March 6 (ANI): The reaction of people to the pandemic has a lot of influence on how well they can hold up in stressful situations. In this light, a new U of T Scarborough study found that showing COVID-19 data in a certain way can influence how seriously people viewed the pandemic, which […]

Updated: Mar 6, 2022
Tillman talks Combine, Hester, new/old Bears defense

Larry Mayer INDIANAPOLIS – Former Bears star Charles Tillman is in Indianapolis this week on behalf of the NFL mentoring prospects who are participating in the Combine. “You’re really just trying to be a resource for them as they go through this process,” Tillman told ChicagoBears.com. “It’s a lot to take in, the media and […]

Updated: Mar 5, 2022
Indian stocks dip for third straight day; Sensex sinks 769 points

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], March 4 (ANI): The Indian stock markets key indices tumbled for the third straight day on Friday with Sensex and Nifty slumping by around one-and-a-half per cent due to heavy selling pressure in auto, consumer durables, and banking stocks. The Indian stocks have tumbled for the third straight day on negative cues […]

Updated: Mar 4, 2022
China over exploiting Sierra Leone’s marine resources, adversely affecting economy

Freetown [Sierra Leone], March 3 (ANI) Chinese overfishing is marginalising Sierra Leone fishermen, a country in West Africa that has one of the richest fisheries in the continent. Presently, China accounts for 75 per cent of Sierra Leone’s industrialised fishing fleet, reported European Times. According to one of the advisers to Sierra Leone’s Ministry of […]

Updated: Mar 3, 2022
Barco ClickShare Global Hybrid Meeting Survey

New Delhi [India], March 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): Two years into the global pandemic, hybrid work, or a flexible corporate environment that enables employees to operate both remotely and in a physical office, has become a permanent professional fixture. Now with now hybrid work the norm, employees have begun to expect new levels of flexibility and demand […]

Updated: Mar 2, 2022
Truecaller partners with Tanla to improve efficiency for business messaging

Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Truecaller is pleased to announce an exclusive partnership with Tanla at MWC’22, Barcelona. Truecaller Business Messaging will be exclusively powered by Tanla’s Wisely CPaaS platform. Wisely is one of the world’s largest blockchain-enabled CPaaS platforms, secured by e2e cryptographic encryption. Truecaller, as the leading global platform for verifying contacts […]

Updated: Mar 1, 2022