Tata-Singapore Airlines owned Vistara is likely to become the first domestic airline to launch in-flight Wifi connectivity services. According to a top government official, Vistara has tied up with NELCO – a group Tata which is a VSAT solutions provider — for the VSAT link and the airline has also been allocated spectrum from the […]
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A decade of Obamacare: How health care went from wrecking to boosting Democrats
U.S. President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Health Care for America Act during a ceremony with fellow Democrats in the East Room of the White House March 23, 2010 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lost her gavel and regained it in this decade. Obamacare played a major role […]
Strategic Hiring in Today’s Changing Technology Landscape
CIOs, CTOs and hiring managers should apply these four elements when assessing tech candidates. Image: Olivier LeMoal – stockadobe.com Hiring in today’s IT world is as complicated as ever. With changing technologies and decentralized architecture, along with cloud-focused, software-defined life cycles, how should chief information officers and chief technology officers look for good resources? First […]
Son of Dalian Wanda’s chairman has settled debts, says Chinese court
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – A Chinese court has lifted restrictions on the only son of Chinese billionaire Wang Jianlin, the chairman of private conglomerate Dalian Wanda, who hit headlines last month after reports that he owed at least $20 million to creditors. Wang Sicong, a well-known name in China thanks to his high-profile social media displays […]
Internet cut in parts of UP ahead of Friday prayers
The Uttar Pradesh government suspended Internet services in “sensitive” districts and beefed up security deployment ahead of Friday prayers, a week after violence erupted over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in parts of the state. Internet connectivity has been snapped in districts including Agra, Bulandshahr, Bijnor, Mathura, Saharanpur, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, […]
Quikr India’s income up 48% to Rs 201.5 cr, Losses decline too
Quikr India‘s total income for the 2019 fiscal year rose 48% to Rs 201.5 crore, with losses down marginally to Rs 228.8 crore, regulatory filings showed. Net revenue from operations rose 75% to Rs 191 crore, while the company’s cash balance at the end of the fiscal year stood at Rs 87 crore. The company […]
Indians consumed less groceries but shelled out more
India’s grocery consumption basket shrank by an average 5 kg per household in the 12 months ended September from the year earlier, although they spent slightly more overall. Consumers shopped more often but bought less each time, spreading their budgets to ease the financial pinch amid the slowdown, according to a study by Kantar Worldpanel, […]
Indian techies take up pen to write against CAA
Indian and Indian-origin employees of technology companies — including Google, Uber, Salesforce, Amazon, Facebook, Accenture, Microsoft, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL, and Wipro — have signed up in an open letter against India’s new Citizenship law and a planned national citizenship register. The letter – ‘TechAgainstFascism’ on online publishing platform Medium – comes at a time […]
Wikimedia Foundation raises concerns over proposed intermediary rule changes
Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit that hosts and operates Wikipedia along with other free and collaborative projects, has expressed concerns over proposed changes to the IT intermediary rules. Wikimedia wrote to the Union minister for electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on issues around automated filtering of content, setting up of a local entity and traceability […]
Record online sales give US holiday shopping season a boost: Report
U.S. shoppers spent more online during this year’s holiday shopping season, a report by Mastercard showed on Wednesday, with e-commerce sales hitting a record high. The holiday shopping season is a crucial period for retailers and can account for up to 40% of annual sales. But this year, Thanksgiving, which traditionally starts the U.S. holiday […]