Indians may think they have a relatively free press, but in fact India ranks an abysmally low 133 among 180 countries in the latest annual World Press Freedom Index

Javadekar tells developed world to tax coal to raise $100 bn for climate fund

21 Apr 2016

Visa, Wal-Mart to make chip-enabled card transactions faster

21 Apr 2016

India to appeal WTO’s adverse ruling on solar PPAs

20 Apr 2016

The SS7 flaw: all a hacker needs is your phone number

20 Apr 2016

Every person with a cellphone necessarily uses SS7 to make calls or send messages – but it has a protocol flaw that can allow hackers to record your calls, read your texts, view your contacts, or track your location even with GPS disabled

Telcos seek further cut in spectrum usage charges to 1%

19 Apr 2016

Tirupati temple deposits 1,311 kg gold with PNB under gold monetisation scheme

19 Apr 2016

Tirumala temple gets about one tonne of gold every year as offerings from devotees, which is typically sent to refineries or the government mint for conversion to gold bars, which are then deposited in banks

‘Revolutionary’ blood-tester Theranos admits criminal probe

19 Apr 2016

Govt likely to sell 202 MH of spectrum in July, raise around Rs5,36,000 cr

18 Apr 2016

Stent prices fall as `Made in India’ boosts supplies: report

18 Apr 2016

Oil continues to tumble as Opec talks collapse

18 Apr 2016

With post-sanctions Iran looking to boost oil sales, its tensions with Saudi Arabia has left Opec in tatters, with a crucial meeting in Doha failing to reach an agreement on curtailing production

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