AFP, SAN FRANCISCO:  Facebook yesterday took direct aim at video-loving adolescents, and Snapchat, with the release of a new iPhone app that allows…

AFP, LONDON: Midnight at bustling Oxford Circus Underground station in the heart of London, a band is playing and weekend revelry is only just beginning…

AFP, LUCKNOW: Coca-Cola has temporarily halted operations at a bottling plant in northern India over alleged environmental violations, an ongoing controversy…

Prime Minister's Power, Energy and Mineral Resources Affairs Adviser Dr Tawfiq-e-Elahi Chowdhury yesterday urged local entrepreneurs to come forward with investment for oil and gas exploration in the country's deep sea area, report agencies. "We are now working with some foreign companies…

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal (BBIN) have planned to work together to enforce a joint vigil against terrorist activities using cyber space, State…

AFP, SAN FRANCISCO: Twitter announced on Thursday that it had cut off 235,000 accounts during the past six months in a heightened crackdown on use of the global messaging service to promote violent extremist causes. The suspensions raised to 360,000 the total number of accounts sidelined since…

AFP, JAKARTA: Indonesia’s central bank on Friday began using a new benchmark interest rate it hopes will transmit changes in borrowing costs more quickly, as policymakers seeks fresh ways to boost the economy. Bank Indonesia left the new benchmark, called the seven-day reverse repo rate, unchanged…

Samsung Electronics has secured top position globally selling highest number of TV sets. A report named “TV sets Intelligence service - Premium” has been published by IHS which stated the worldwide TV market share data based on annual unit and revenue from 2006 to 2015 along with the…

RealVU, the first “Direct-to-Home” (DTH) service provider in the country, added NEWS24, country’s new 24/7satellite TV channel, in its channel bouquet, a press statement said yesterday.   With the newly addition of NEWS24, the RealVU subscribers will now be able…