A day after returning to India from Pakistan where she was stranded for years, speech and hearing impaired Geeta met President Pranab Mukherjee — who called her “a symbol of India-Pakistan unity” — and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and took a ride on Delhi Metro. “You are the daughter of both our countries, a symbol […]
Beijing, Chinese ride-hailing app Didi Chuxing has added an online bus-booking service to its platform, the company announced on Monday. The bus-booking service has attracted over 500,000 subscribers and offers more than 700 routes following tests in Beijing and Shenzhen in July, Xinhua news agency reported. Didi Chuxing, formerly known as Didi Kuaidi, already provides […]
Frankfurt, Oct 20 (IANS) Germany’s Hesse province Economics Minister Tarek Al-Wazir will be visiting India next month with a business delegation of more than 30 German companies, India’s consulate general here said on Tuesday. “Hessian Minister of Economics Tarek Al-Wazir will be visiting the cities of Mumbai, Bengaluru and New Delhi along with a business […]
Washington, Tech giant Apple has been told to pay $234 million to the intellectual property arm of Wisconsin University, Madison, for using without permission patented technology developed by its team, including two Indian-American engineers. The award amount a federal jury in Madison asked to Apple to pay Friday was about $165 million less than what […]
Officials of India and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will hold a high-level meeting to discuss workers’ issues during Overseas Indian Affairs ministry secretary A.K. Agarwal’s visit to the Gulf nation beginning on Wednesday. The secretary during his four-day visit will discuss with senior officials of the UAE’s labour ministry issues pertaining to recruitment and […]
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has said he’s happy to see that under Narendra Modi’s leadership, India has taken steps to renew focus on building its economy, and called for closer ties between the two countries. In an email interview here, Key said closer economic and political ties between New Zealand and India would […]
The NSW Caravan and Camping Industry Association today celebrated the best of what the industry offers with the announcement of the winners of the 2015 Awards of Excellence. The awards showcase amazing holiday parks and residential communities, quality dealerships and service providers, and NSW manufacturing excellence. “NSW is the most popular caravan and camping destination […]
Islamabad, Air China announced on Tuesday launch of its new routes connecting Chinese capital Beijing with Pakistan’s capital Islamabad and port city Karachi. The launching ceremony themed Silk Road in the Air was organised in Islamabad and attended by Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Chinese Ambassador Sun Weidong, representatives of corporate sector and other […]
If you feel that your fifth grader is brimming with creative ideas but you can’t find him or her a platform to make those happen, an innovation kit from BiBox may help. The kit helps your kids to build simple toys from robots to a working replica of Delhi Metro’s signalling system. Brainchild of a […]
Trade between India and the Latin American and Caribbean region has shown impressive growth – standing at $46 billion – up from $2 billion in 2000, said External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj but said while the growth in impressive, it is not commensurate with the potential that exists. In an address to Latin American dignitaries, […]