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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

Resul has tentatively titled the film Piharwa, meaning beloved

Oscar winning sound designer Resul Pookutty dons the director's hat

The script is based on Captain Baba' Harbhajan Singh, an Indian army soldier who served between June 30, 1965 and...

12 July 2020 8:27 PM IST

Jitendra Singh Gurjar

The patriotic penman

For the last 20 years, a 41-year old security guard has been writing letters to the families of martyred soldiers to...

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

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is said to be furious over the damage to Indias position and the embarrassment it has caused him personally. PTI Photo

Waqyanawis | Challenged at LAC, PM unhappy with corps commander, CDS

The PM is said to have given General Rawat a piece of his mind at a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security

12 July 2020 7:06 PM IST

Dr Sunitha Acharya from Sivananda Yogalaya

To stay centred in hope amidst the pervading gloom of the pandemic is...

People are turning to video-calling apps and other modern technology to get guidance on tried-and-tested techniques to...

12 July 2020 7:06 PM IST

The extended lockdown period has affected the production of contraceptives all over the world. PTI Photo

Sweta Dash | How the pandemic has hurt the health and rights of women

It would not be a far stretch to say that India never really demonstrated a very commendable progress in sexual and...

12 July 2020 6:40 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