Centre relaxes curbs, allows farmers to buy seeds with old Rs. 500 notes.
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Rs. 35,000 cr. to ease rural cash crunch
Manojit Saha Vikas Vasudeva Centre relaxes curbs, allows farmers to buy seeds with old Rs. 500 notes.- 2hrs
India and China reiterate call for border peace
Atul Aneja Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Dalbir Singh, who is on a visit to China, and top Chinese military officials, on Monday, reiterated their call to maintain peace along the India-China border, and keep up the momentum of high-level military exchanges between the two countries.General Dalbir Singh met General Xu Qiliang, the vice-chairman of Central Military Commission (CMC). Earlier, he had been welcomed by General Li Zuocheng, of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), with a guard of honour. “Du- 1hr
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Cement consumption won’t go away, says India Cements’ Srinivasan
K. T. Jagannathan Cement consumption won’t go away, asserted N. Srinivasan, Vice-Chairman and Managing Director, The India Cements Ltd. Answering questions on the impact of withdrawal of higher denomination currency notes, Mr. Srinivasan said that cement demand would not be abandoned. “If at all, it will get slightly postponed by a few months. Once the liquidity is restored in the system and more new currency notes come into circulation, it will ease the situation in the market and help the trade do business wi- 3hrs
Demonetisation won’t have lasting benefits: Larry Summers
Internet Desk “Most sweeping change in currency policy that has occurred anywhere in the world in decades,” he says.- 3hrs
Equities erase all of 2016 gains
Special Correspondent Concerns about the economic slowdown due to demonetisation, coupled with increasing foreign exchange outflows and an expected rate hike by the Fed in December, led to the benchmark indices erasing all the gains made in 2016 with the Sensex losing 385 points on Monday.Banks, auto and real estate stocks were the worst hit.The 30-share Sensex lost 385.10 points or 1.47 per cent – its sixth consecutive loss-making session – to close at 25,765.14. The index had lost 1,753 points in these six session- 3hrs
Discovery of special stem cells in fruit flies to help study diseases
R. Prasad IISER team says model will come in handy as it shares similarities with humans.- 55mins
Pluto’s frozen surface may hide a vast liquid ocean
IANS Researchers suspect that the ocean is mostly water with some kind of antifreeze in it, probably ammonia.
Pune researchers fabricate a flexible nanogenerator for wearable electronics
R. Prasad The device produced 14 volts when thumb pressure was applied on it.
Discovery of special stem cells in fruit flies to help study diseases
R. Prasad IISER team says model will come in handy as it shares similarities with humans.- 55mins
Lenovo partners with Paytm for cashless purchases
IANS Chinese technology company Lenovo has partnered with Paytm to ensure hassle-free cashless transactions that will benefit laptop buyers who are facing cash crunch after demonetisation.The company’s entire notebook portfolio is covered under this initiative and is currently rolled out in 40 cities covering 350 retail partners of Lenovo.“We have designed these schemes specially for our consumers and channel partners so that they can have a convenient and comfortable buying experience,” said Rajesh
Vodafone ties up with Google Cloud
IANS Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India, on Thursday announced it has tied up with Google Cloud to offer G Suite to bring people together and help them work smarter.The “G Suite” has a set of intelligent apps — Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Hangouts designed with real-time collaboration and machine intelligence. Vodafone enterprise customers can conveniently and securely access G Suite in a pay-per-use, software as a service (SaaS) model, the company said in a stat
Twitter launches Android TV app to stream videos
IANS Micro-blogging website Twitter has launched Android TV app allowing users to stream National Football League (NFL) and other live videos available on its platform.“Users can also watch a feed of curated tweets and a live broadcast side-by-side, and there is no need to log in or even have a Twitter account to access live streams through the app,” entertainment website Variety reported on Thursday. Earlier this year, Twitter launched a new version of its app for digital media players — Apple TV, A
Indian varsities should aspire to be among top 100: Narendra Modi
PTI The Prime Minister also urged the students to actively participate in sports and aim for gold medals in Tokyo Olympics in 2020.