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Reliance Industries said Qualcomm Incs investment arm will buy a 0.15% stake in its digital unit Jio Platforms. (PTI Photo)

Qualcomm-Jio deal: 5G wireless tech company to invest Rs 730 crore in...

The partnership will help Jio Platforms to roll out advanced 5G infrastructure and services for Indian customers ,...

13 July 2020 9:56 AM IST

A Mumbai Municipal Corp. worker fumigates a street in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, June 10, 2020. While 2019 was the worst year on record for global dengue cases, experts fear an even bigger surge is possible because their efforts to combat it were hampered by restrictions imposed during the coronavirus pandemic. (AP)

Dengue prevention efforts worldwide stifled by coronavirus pandemic

With healthcare systems crumbling in countries around the world, experts say they aren't sure how world would be able to...

13 July 2020 9:36 AM IST

Gold prices edged higher on Monday, holding above the key $1,800-per-ounce level. (PTI Photo)

Gold ticks higher on worries over rising COVID-19 cases

Physical gold sold at a premium in India driven by plunging imports and a near halt in smuggling that offset impact of...

13 July 2020 9:04 AM IST

Oil slipped in early Asian trade on Monday as traders eyed an OPEC technical meeting this week. (AFP Photo)

Oil slips as traders eye supply cut easing at OPEC meeting

Oil prices have recovered sharply in April after OPEC+ cut output by a record 9.7 million barrels per day for three...

13 July 2020 9:02 AM IST

File image made from video, Brenton Harrison Tarrant appears in a screen via video link in Christchurch, New Zealand. (via AP)

New Zealand's christchurch gunman to represent himself at sentencing

The Christchurch mosque shootings were a shock to the world, which prompted immediate action for stricter gun laws in...

13 July 2020 8:53 AM IST

Indias nascent EV industry needs to import components and tech from China as it works out cheaper, but some companies hope to become self reliant in the next five to six years. (Photo | FotonPMI.com)

Geopolitics prompts electric bus maker to start work on own tech to...

PMI Electro Mobility Solutions is also starting a battery assembling plant in Haryana to localise components.

12 July 2020 9:30 PM IST

Vietnam-based startups made up 18 percentor $741 millionof the capital invested in Southeast Asia in 2019, up from four percent in 2018, according to a report by Cento Ventures.

Vietnam's huge pool of software engineers makes Ho Chi Minh City a...

Vietnamese e-commerce and e-payment companies have been flooded with private equity in the past couple of years.

12 July 2020 8:48 PM IST

Photo source: Instragram

Sara Ali Khan ventures into the city with brother Ibrahim

The Khan kids put on their masks and went to the city for a cycle ride

12 July 2020 8:06 PM IST

One Chinese companys loss maybe anothers gain as Times Groups Gaana, backed by Tencent, looks to mop up users left behind when ByteDances TikTok was forced to exit the Indian market. (Photo | Gaana.com)

Despite competition from Chingari, Roposo, Gaana hopes to get TikTok's...

Hotshots by Gaana gives Indian users tools to create and share short viral videos and stories like on TikTok.

12 July 2020 7:22 PM IST

Unless companies are willing to invest in continuous development, and selling of such applications across borders, many may not go beyond infancy and not see the light of the day, an industry expert says.

User engagement essential for desi apps to beat the banned Chinese...

An app is only as good as its active user base, so it's not downloads but active users that make it a hit.

12 July 2020 6:33 PM IST

Health workers conduct a swab test on civilians, some of 28 living in the compounds of the Indonesian armys Officer Candidate School in Bandung.(AFP)

Indonesia military academy hit by virus outbreak

Of the 1,280 confirmed infections, 991 were cadets and the rest were staff and their family members

12 July 2020 6:12 PM IST

Global giants Ericsson, Nokia and Samsung, as well as Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE are the large players in the Indian telecom market where rapid digitisation and massive data needs are driving network scale-up.

Ericsson India hopes to fill Telecom space that might not be open to...

Apart from 4G infrastructure, telecom firms are keenly interested in being a part of 5G trials and mega 5G networks...

12 July 2020 5:37 PM IST