Washington/Beijing China’s top trade envoy is preparing to travel to the US for crucial talks, a senior Chinese official said today despite President Donald Trump’s surprise announcement, threatening to impose more punishing taxes on $200 billion worth of Chinese products due to slow progress in negotiations. The brief statement fromRead More

Mumbai Ratan Tata, the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons, has invested in domestic ride-sharing company Ola’s newly-launched electric vehicle (EV) arm Ola Electric Mobility Pvt Ltd (OEMPL) as part of its Series A round of funding, the cab aggregator announced on Monday. A leading investor in start-ups, Tata was alsoRead More

Mumbai The benchmark BSE Sensex cracked over 400 points on Monday tracking carnage in Asian equities after US President Donald Trump threatened to hike tariffs on Chinese goods this week. In a Tweet on Sunday, Trump turned up the heat by saying he would raise import taxes on USD 200Read More

Sangrur In a huge embarrassment for Sangrur Congress, cane farmers have been chasing party supporters away in various villages and raising slogans against the Punjab Government for allegedly not helping them get their dues of Rs 74.46 crore from a private sugar mill of Dhuri. Meanwhile, Congress leaders have informedRead More

New York Uber’s CEO is barring his predecessor from taking part in the opening-bell ceremony at the New York Stock Exchange next week, when the ride-hailing company is expected to make its hotly anticipated stock market debut. In a report published Friday, The New York Times cites unnamed sources whoRead More

San Francisco Facebook is working hard to launch its own bitcoin for cryptocurrency-based payments on its platform that has 2.38 billion users. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal on Friday, the social media giant is “recruiting dozens of financial firms and online merchants” towards this goal. TheRead More

Chandigarh The Election Commission has issued a notice, seeking reply of BJP’s Chandigarh candidate Kirron Kher after she shared a video on Twitter in which children were seen campaigning for her. The poll panel has asked the actor-turned-politician to reply within 24 hours. “You have shared a video on yourRead More

London London emerged as the top choice for Indian investors ahead of other cities such as Dubai and Singapore, with investments by Indian companies in the British capital reaching an all-time high last year, according to a new analysis. The UK emerged as the topmost country to attract Indian FDIRead More

Washington A group of 25 influential American lawmakers has urged the US Trade Representative not to terminate the GSP programme with India after the expiry of the 60-day notice on Friday, saying the country’s companies seeking to expand their exports to India could be affected. The Generalised System of PreferenceRead More

Chandigarh Punjabis may be reluctant to buy smartphones online, but when it comes to accessing Internet or social media, over 70% of population use Internet on phone. The state is ranked second in terms of Internet subscribers on mobile after Delhi. In Delhi, it is 150 subscribers per 100 peopleRead More