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Telegram Hints Starting Premium Services In 2021

Sending an alert to WhatsApp, Telegram Founder Pavel Durov on Wednesday said that the instant messaging app will start generating revenue starting next year as the platform is close to hitting the

December 24, 2020

Business·Tech LITE

China To Probe Alibaba On Unfair Practices

“The State Administration of Market Supervision, based on reports, filed investigations into Alibaba Group Holdings Co., Ltd. for suspected monopolistic conduct such as ‘choose one out of two,'” the Chinese market watchdog

December 24, 2020

Business·China·Economy·World News

GOI To Give Extra Push For Divestment In 2021

The very asset monetisation and disinvestment have been in the government’s plans for long but the plans have been severely delayed, and the pandemic has worsened the situation…reports Asian Lite News The

December 24, 2020

Business·Economy·India News

Samsung To Retain Global TV Sales Lead: Report

Samsung Electronics is expected to remain the world’s leading TV vendor for the fifteenth straight year in 2020 on brisk demand caused by Covid-19 pandemic, a report said on Wednesday. According to

December 23, 2020

Business·Tech LITE·World News

India Govt Set To Challenge Vodafone, Cairn Arb Awards

The Indian government may mount a challenge against the arbitration awards passed against it over retrospective taxation levy on Cairn Energy and Vodafone Group. Sources privy to the development said that as

December 23, 2020

Business·Economy·India News·UK News

India To See Huge Boost In Home Sales In 2021: Report

Around 82 per cent of the people across the major cities plan to buy a residential property in 2021, according to a report by NoBroker.com. The purchase sentiment among the people last

December 23, 2020

Business·Economy·India News

Int’l Tribunal Rejects India’s Rs 10K Cr Claim Against Cairn

British energy major Cairn Energy has won an international arbitration case against the Indian government over a tax dispute. An international arbitration tribunal ruled that India’s tax claim of Rs 10,247 crore

December 23, 2020

Business·Economy·India News·UK News·World News

A Whopping $5,600 Tip Left Restaurant Staffs In Tears

A customer left a whopping $5,600 (over four lakh rupees) tip at a restaurant in the US state of Ohio, which allowed the establishment’s 28-person staff to take home $200 each, a

December 22, 2020

Business·Lifestyle·USA

Emerging Economies Expect Benefits From $900 Bn US Stimulus

After a massive plunge in global equities due to renewed Covid fears, market insiders pinned hopes on the $900 billion US stimulus bonanza re-igniting a torrent of foreign fund inflows into emerging

December 22, 2020

Business·Economy·USA

IBM Takes Over Eurpean Cloud Firm Nordcloud

Tech giant IBM has announced to acquire Nordcloud, a European leader in cloud implementation, application transformation and managed services, for an undisclosed sum. Helsinki-based Nordcloud is triple certified in Amazon Web Services

December 22, 2020

Business·EU News

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