Bhubaneswar:Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has urged Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to withdraw 18 per cent GST imposed on kendu leaves.

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has prohibited communications equipment and video surveillance technology from Chinese companies like Huawei, ZTE, Hikvision, Hytera, and Dahua to reach the country.

San Francisco:People spent $5.3 billion in online shopping on Thanksgiving Day in the U.S., up 2.8 per cent from last year.

NEW DELHI: India's leading digital payments and financial services company Paytm on Saturday shared an update with the exchanges about its 100 per cent subsidiary, Paytm Payments Services Limited (PPSL).

Bengaluru:Wipro 3D, a part of Wipro's strategic initiative into the future of manufacturing, on Friday launched its first indigenously-developed, industrial grade 3D printer.

NEW DELHI: Elon Musk on Friday said Twitter will tentatively relaunch 'Verified' service on Friday next week and all verified accounts will be "manually authenticated before check activates".

MUMBAI: Reliance Jio on Friday said Gujarat has become the first state to get 'True 5G' in each of the 33 district headquarters.

NEW DELHI: India and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Friday decided to expedite the legal and technical requirements for a formal resumption of the free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations.

NEW DELHI: Defending Jack Dorsey once again, his billionaire friend Elon Musk on Friday said that the former Twitter CEO has a "pure heart".

Thiruvananthapuram: PVR Cinemas, one of the premium cinema exhibition companies in the country, has opened its first 12-screen superplex at Lulu Mall in the state capital.

JAIPUR: Travellers from all across the world are keen to come to Udaipur and jodhpur due to its scenic beauty and architectural marvels exiting in the form of palaces, forts and havelis, however, now, the Rajasthan government is planning to turn these cities into business cities by promoting trade and export from here, confirmed officials.

NEW DELHI:The country's largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI) has warned customers against instant loan apps and even suggested measures to safeguard against the menace.

NEW DELHI: Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari has approved road projects of nearly Rs 1,322 crore in Haryana and worth Rs 573.13 Crore for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh ministers will travel to 19 cities across 17 countries between December 9 and 19, ahead of the Global Investors' Summit (GIS) scheduled early next year.

NEW DELHI: Domestic tax collections will exceed the budget estimate by nearly Rs 4 lakh crore in the current fiscal owing to higher income tax, customs duty, and GST collections, the government said on Wednesday.

NEW DELHI:Homegrown Paytm Payments Bank Limited (PPBL) on Wednesday said it supports and welcomes the proposed implementation of National Payments Council of India's (NPCI) UPI market cap.

NEW DELHI: Air India on Wednesday announced the strengthening and expansion of its global footprint with the launch of new flights connecting Mumbai with New York, Paris and Frankfurt, and the resumption of non-stop flights connecting Delhi with Copenhagen, Milan and Vienna.

Palo Alto (California): PC and printer major HP Inc is joining the ongoing tech layoff season and will lay off nearly 4,000-6,000 employees.

San Francisco:Meta (formerly Facebook) has denied reports that its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is resigning next year amid slow growth and massive layoffs at the social network.

BENGALURU: The Union Labour Ministry has summoned Amazon India to appear before the Deputy Chief Labour Commissioner in Bengaluru on Wednesday in connection with the alleged forced terminations by the company.

LUCKNOW: The Uttar Pradesh government will present its first supplementary budget for 2022-2023 in the state Assembly on the first day of the three-day winter session, commencing here on December 5.

San Francisco:Leading music streaming platform Spotify has announced that it has expanded its audiobooks in more countries.

San Francisco:Twitter boss Elon Musk has cut company perks for employees, including wellness, productivity, home internet, training and development, outschools, daycare and quarterly team activities, according to an internal memo seen by The Verge.

Bengaluru: Ultraviolette Automotive Pvt Ltd on Tuesday expanded its ongoing Series D round led by Qualcomm Ventures and Lingotto. According to sources, the company raised $24 million in the expanded round, taking the total funding in Series D to $34 million to date.

NEW DELHI: The concept of giving back to society is an age-old concept in India which has got prominence globally amid the rise of 'woke' culture.

NEW DELHI: The recent order by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in the Google case may appear developer friendly but in practice, it may have a practical and financial impact on the developers, especially the startups, legal experts said on Monday.

NEW DELHI: India cannot be just seen as a land for "making and taking" profits out of its geographic boundaries, Gautam Adani, Chairman of the Adani Group, said.

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) on Saturday achieved a major construction milestone in Phase IV of the project with the completion of tunneling work between Krishna Park Extension and Keshopur on the Janakpuri West - RK Ashram Marg corridor.

NEW DELHI: It looks like sunshine days for the Indian banking sector after having struggled with a seemingly never-ending gloom of rising non-performing assets (NPAs) and the Covid-19 pandemic, which hit their profits hard.

NEW DELHI: The Income Tax Department on Friday conducted a search operation at the office of MG Motor India in Gurugram. The firm has chinese connections.

NEW DELHI: Swadeshi Jagran Manch (SJM), the RSS' economic wing, has urged the food regulator FSSAI to take steps to revise the regulation on the issue of Front of Pack Label (FOPL) in such a way that it would provide health related risk warning caused by high sugar, salt of saturated fats.

NEW DELHI: Customer satisfaction is the key driver for a successful business. How can you make your consumer happy? Naturally, you have to deliver a product that lives up to or surpasses their expectations. But is that all?

NEW DELHI:With dreamy landscapes and the charm of the wilderness, Jim Corbett makes for a perfect bleisure destination. Far away from the hustle bustle of city life, located on a hill-top, spread over 3.5 acres of woodland forests, Welcomhotel by ITC Hotels, Jim Corbett is about 45 minutes away from India's premier National Park, home to over 600 different varieties of flora and fauna.

San Francisco:As Big Tech goes through the layoff season, e-commerce giant Amazon has confirmed job losses at the company, saying that in the current macroeconomic environment, some teams are "making adjustments" amid "consolidation of some teams and programmes".

San Francisco:Elon Musk has said that he does not want to be the CEO of any company, be it Tesla or Twitter.