Iran nuclear deal: With deadline looming, US tells Iran to consider extendi...
The U.S. told Iran on Sunday that it’s time to consider extending nuclear talks, in the first formal recognition by Washington that frenzied last-minute diplomacy may not be enough to seal a deal by a rapidly approaching deadline. A senior U.S. official said that with the Monday evening cutoff... read more »
Kenya Says It Has Killed Around 100 al-Shabaab Fighters
Extremists hit in retaliation for the slaying of 28 travelers on Saturday Kenya says it has killed around 100 al-Shabaab militants after pursuing them into Somalian territory. The deaths are in reprisal for the slaying of 28 people on Saturday, when the extremist group stopped a bus in Kenya’s... read more »
Adani Power buys Avantha’s 600 MW plant for Rs 4,200 crore
MUMBAI: India’s largest e-commerce player Flipkart has closed a $500-600 million fresh financing round led by its existing large investors at a massive pre-money valuation of $10 billion, giving it further ammunition to fight out rivals Amazon and Snapdeal. Tiger Global, South Africa’s... read more »
Flipkart raises $600 million in fresh funding at pre-money valuation of $10...
MUMBAI: India’s largest e-commerce player Flipkart has closed a $500-600 million fresh financing round led by its existing large investors at a massive pre-money valuation of $10 billion, giving it further ammunition to fight out rivals Amazon and Snapdeal. Tiger Global, South Africa’s... read more »
US-led air strikes hit Qaida branch in Syria: Monitor
BEIRUT: US-led coalition air strikes hit al-Qaida’s Syrian branch overnight, expanding the raids to jihadists outside the Islamic State group for only the second time, a monitoring... read more »
Hope to make India power surplus by 2019: Piyush Goyal
NEW DELHI: The government is working towards making India a power surplus country by 2019, minister of state for power, coal and renewable energy Piyush Goyal said on Thursday. He said that... read more »
Airtel to woo data users through free internet
NEW DELHI: Bharti Airtel, the country’s biggest telecom operator, is set to offer free internet to subscribers for trial as the company looks to convert more users into... read more »
Coal block winners may have to pay 10% upfront
NEW DELHI: Winners of coal blocks for steel, sponge iron and captive power plants would have to pay 10% of the floor price upfront. Subsequently, they would have to pay on a per-tonne basis... read more »
PM asks Varanasi weavers to utilize growing e-commerce market
VARANASI: Pitching for modernization of the textile sector, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday asked the weavers to utilize the growing e-commerce market to reach out to global consumers even as... read more »
