Govt plans to boost pulses supplies to check rising prices

Last Updated: Monday, May 25, 2015, 18:31

With pulses prices rising by up to 64 percent in the last one year, the government plans to increase supplies to rein in prices as it looks at steps to keep inflation down amid forecast of deficit monsoon.

Uber CFO Brent Callinicos steps down

Last Updated: Tuesday, March 17, 2015, 08:34

Uber Technologies Inc`s Chief Financial Officer Brent Callinicos is stepping down, the online taxi service`s CEO said in an email to investors.

Core sector growth slows to 13-month low of 1.8% in January

Last Updated: Monday, March 2, 2015, 21:11

Growth in eight core industries slowed in 1.8 percent in January, the lowest in 13 months, which along with a slowdown in the manufacturing sector has raised hopes of a rate cut by RBI.

Facebook, Instagram suffer brief outage

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 27, 2015, 12:38

Popular social networking site Facebook went down for over 40 minutes Tuesday, the longest in the website`s history, though the site was later up and running.

Brent holds above $60, but heads for 5th weekly drop

Last Updated: Friday, December 26, 2014, 10:21

Brent is down more than a percent for the week, while U.S. crude was heading for a smaller 0.7 percent drop.

Tokyo stocks down 1.31% by noon

Last Updated: Monday, December 15, 2014, 10:10

Tokyo stocks dropped 1.31 percent Monday morning as investors shrugged off Prime Minister Shinzo Abe`s widely expected weekend election win and focussed on drops on Wall Street and lower oil prices.

Crude Oil prices hit fresh five-year-lows after lacklustre Chinese trade data

Last Updated: Monday, December 8, 2014, 09:57

Crude hit fresh five-year-lows Monday following another weak batch of trade data out of China, while prices were also pressured by the strengthening dollar, analysts said.

Infosys shares down over 2% at close

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 2, 2014, 13:19

Shares of IT major Infosys Tuesday ended over 2 percent lower as the stock price factored in the issuance of bonus shares to existing investors from tomorrow.

General Motors sales down 33% at 4,157 units in Nov

Last Updated: Monday, December 1, 2014, 13:51

General Motors India on Monday reported a 33.1 percent decline in sales at 4,157 units in November as against 6,214 units in the same month last year.

Who will stop Serena at Australian Open?

Last Updated: Monday, January 13, 2014, 09:30

World No.1 Serena Williams went 78-4 and won 11 titles in 2013. She also beat Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka back-to-back last week to win in Brisbane without dropping a single set.

Touring England lost again in Australia, trail 0-1 in ODI series

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 20:15

Touring English cricket team continues their poor form Down Under. After the whipping they received in the Ashes debacle, Alaister Cook`s side got yet another thrashing from the hosts in their first One Day International meeting of the tour. For the Aussies, Aaron Finch led the charge with a purposeful century.

Finch ton secures Australia win, more misery for England

Last Updated: Sunday, January 12, 2014, 18:36

Aaron Finch struck his second 50-over hundred as Australia maintained their dominance over England with a six-wicket victory in the first one-day international on Sunday.