United States of America: News

27 Aug 2016

Instagram

Report uncovers 'money-flipping' Instagram scam

A report published by ZeroFox, an online security company specializing in social media, uncovered how Instagram is being used by 'money-flipping' scammers to leech money off their victims.

27 Aug 2016

Bangalore

Indian start-up GoZoomo decides to shut shop, returns investors' money

GoZoomo, founded in 2014, set-out to tackle the issue of mistrust in used-car maketplace space.

26 Aug 2016

NBC

Lochte charged with filing false report

Brazilian police charged US Olympic swimmer and gold medallist Ryan Lochte with filing a false report about an armed robbery incident.

25 Aug 2016

China

China unveils its 2020 Mars Mission probe and rover

China has given a glimpse of its design for the space probe and rover to the world in Beijing, which would be used in its first Mars mission.

24 Aug 2016

World

Study shows Ramen noodles is most valuable in US prisons

Michael Gibson-Light, a doctoral candidate from the University of Arizona School of Sociology, presented a study on prison currencies in the American Sociological Association's annual meeting on 22nd August.

21 Aug 2016

US Army

US Army committed $6.5 trillion accounting fraud

The Inspector General of the United States Department of Defense submitted a report in June 2016 stating that the US Army's financial statements for 2015 were "materially misstated".

20 Aug 2016

Technology

Comcast expands gigabit internet services to Chicago

Comcast launched its gigabit internet services to residents of Chicago on Wednesday, as part of its trial across various cities.

19 Aug 2016

Climate Change

Environmentalist McKibben says Climate Change is WW-III

Environmental activist Bill McKibben, in his article on climate change published in 'The New Republic', wrote that the world was under attack from climate change.

19 Aug 2016

United Nations (UN)

US announces handing over of the internet domain name system

On Tuesday, the US government approved the transition of managing the internet domain naming system in October to a non-profit organisation, ICANN, essentially privatizing the process under a multinational, multi-stakeholder model.

18 Aug 2016

China

China's ODI outshines FDI

China, the second largest economy in the world, saw itself being touted as a net capital exporter, when its Outward Direct Investment (ODI) surpassed its Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) levels.

16 Aug 2016

India

Reliance Industries penalised $250 million

India's Reliance Industries faced a penalty of $250 million from the Oil Ministry for failing to scale up the company's productions to meet the production target in the Krishna-Godavari basin.

16 Aug 2016

KPMG

PwC sued for $5.5billion for negligence in mortgage fraud case

The bankruptcy trustee for Taylor, Bean & Whitaker sued PricewaterhouseCooper as the auditor of Colonial Bank, seeking $5.5 billion in damages.

14 Aug 2016

India

Cipla boss calls Subhanu Saxena quits; cites family reasons

Cipla chief executive Subhanu Saxena confirmed that he would no longer be serving as the head of the company.

13 Aug 2016

India

Rural Internet consumers to jump to 350 million by 2020

US-based business and management consultancy Boston Consulting Group surveyed 4,000 rural Indians in 27 villages in 14 states to understand their Internet usage pattern.

13 Aug 2016

iOS

SimplyE, an app for borrowing E-books

The New York Public Library launched a mobile app called SimplyE, bringing almost 300,000 books from the library to your smartphone.

13 Aug 2016

Flipkart

Flipkart launches office in Palo Alto

On 12th August, 2016, Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart established an office in the United States of America.

12 Aug 2016

Shah Rukh Khan

Shahrukh Khan's run-ins with US immigration

Shahrukh Khan was detained at the Los Angeles airport by US immigration officials on a trip to the United States on Friday.

10 Aug 2016

India

India, US agree on a $30 million Energy-Storage Research Initiative

India and the US have pushed for a $30 million public-private, 5 year joint research initiative on smart grid and energy storage technology.

10 Aug 2016

ISIS

Swedish church to drop Bibles in ISIS-controlled areas

A church group from Sweden plans to drop mini electronic Bibles in Iraq over ISIS-controlled regions.

Now, convert Diesel/Petrol cars into Hybrid Electric ones

The bans on diesel vehicles imposed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has mostly received vehement reactions.

Iran executes nuclear scientist on the charge of treason

Government sources confirmed on Sunday that Iranian nuclear scientist Shahram Amiri was hanged for treason for providing "vital information" to the US.

08 Aug 2016

India

Pakistan's Syed Sulahuddin intimidates India with a nuclear war

According to Syed Salahuddin of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen, a nuclear war is likely to take place between India and Pakistan over Kashmir.

06 Aug 2016

Barack Obama

71 years since Hiroshima & Nagasaki bombings

Today marks 71 years of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima by the United States.

06 Aug 2016

San Francisco

Mayogate: Hampton Creek accused of buying back its vegan mayo

Food tech start-up Hampton Creek is facing the music for buying back its own vegan "Just Mayo" under a large-scale undercover operation.

06 Aug 2016

ISIS

Indonesia foils attack on Singapore

Six Indonesian militants were arrested for planning to attack Singapore's Marina bay with missiles.

06 Aug 2016

India

Lockheed Martin proposes to shift F-16 production line to India

On Thursday, American defence major Lockheed Martin offered to move its lone F-16 fighter aircraft production-line, Block 70, to India as part of the 'Make in India' program.

03 Aug 2016

India

JM Financial's chief Nimesh Kampani resigns

One of India's leading investment banker, Nimesh Kamapani, stepped down as Chairman and Managing Director of JM Financial group of companies, of which he was the founder.

02 Aug 2016

India

Indian companies set to trump Chinese counterparts

Credit rating company, S & P Global, studied top 200 Indian companies against its Chinese peers.

01 Aug 2016

United Kingdom

China supplies nuclear reactors to Pakistan, contradicts NPT

The Arms Control Association on 15th July, 2016 released a report which assessed progress on non-proliferation.