Business

Storms Strand Passengers In Dallas, Thousands Without Power

World News | Reuters | Monday June 24, 2019

About 1,000 flights were canceled or delayed in Dallas on Sunday night and more than 80,000 homes and businesses left without power early Monday, after a line of thunderstorms rolled across a northeastern swath of Texas before heading east.

Neeti Mohan On Life After Marriage And Career As A Singer In Bollywood

Entertainment | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday June 24, 2019

Neeti Mohan has several top Bollywood tracks to her credit and she has toured the world with artistes like AR Rahman and Shankar Mahadevan.

Google Says Fighting Fake Business Profiles on Maps

Indo-Asian News Service | Monday June 24, 2019

Admitting that fake business profiles were lurking people on Google Maps, the company has said it was working hard to remove bad actors.

Parliament Live Updates: Amit Shah's First Bill Today On Jammu And Kashmir Quotas

India News | Edited by Niharika Banerjee | Monday June 24, 2019

Union Minister Amit Shah will table the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Amendment Bill in the Lok Sabha today, the first legislative business of the BJP president in parliament after he was elected to the lower house in the national polls last month, followed by his cabinet appointment.

Amit Shah's First Bill In Parliament Today On Jammu And Kashmir Quotas

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Monday June 24, 2019

Jammu and Kashmir Reservation Amendment Bill will be the first legislative business of the BJP president in parliament after his election to the lower house and cabinet appointment following the party's decisive win in national polls last month.

"I May Be Killed, But Want To Return": IMA Jewels Scam Accused Releases Video

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Sunday June 23, 2019

Nearly two weeks after news of the multi-crore IMA Jewels scam first broke, company founder Mansoor Khan on Sundayreleased a video message telling Bengaluru commissioner Alok Kumar that he was willing to return to India and expose those responsible for the downfall of his business venture.

Kabir Singh Box Office Collection Day 2: Shahid Kapoor And Kiara Advani's Film Is 'Unstoppable'

Entertainment | Sunday June 23, 2019

Kabir Singh's business was not even affected by India vs Afghanistan's cricket World Cup match

Aadhaar Number To Be Accepted For GST Registration: Here Are 5 Things To Know

Business | NDTV Profit Team | Saturday June 22, 2019

"It has been decided to allow the use of Aadhaar by businesses to register with GST-Network," Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said addressing a press conference after the 35th GST Council meeting.

These Siblings Will Walk 25 Stories High For Death-Defying Highwire Stunt

Offbeat | Reuters | Friday June 21, 2019

Nik Wallenda and his sister Lijana plan to walk 1,300 feet across New York's busy Times Square on Sunday in a live television event that has been six years in the making.

Walmart To Pay Over $282 Million To Close Probe Into Its Business In India, Other Countries

Business | Press Trust of India | Friday June 21, 2019

Walmart agreed to pay more than $144 million to settle the SEC's charges and approximately $138 million to resolve parallel criminal charges by the Department of Justice, for a combined total of more than $282 million, the US agency said.

United States Has No Plans To Cap H-1B Work Visa Programme: State Department

Business | Thomson Reuters | Friday June 21, 2019

There is no country-specific limit on the 85,000 H-1B work visas the United States issues every year, and an estimated 70 per centof them go to Indians.

S&P 500 Hits Record High As Federal Reserve Signals Rate Cuts

Business | Thomson Reuters | Thursday June 20, 2019

The benchmark S&P 500 index, which has risen 7% so far in June and is on track to recoup its previous month's losses, hit an intraday record high of 2,956.20 on Thursday

India Says In Talks With United States On H-1B Visas, No Official Word On Limits

Business | Thomson Reuters | Thursday June 20, 2019

India is also working on a broad data protection law that would impose strict rules for domestic processing of data it considers sensitive.

US Work Visa Caps To Squeeze Businesses, Jobs: Nasscom 

India News | Reuters | Thursday June 20, 2019

The United States' plans to cap H1-B work visas, used by Indian IT firms to send employees there, would imply a "further crunch" for businesses to access skilled workforce, industry lobby group Nasscom said on Thursday.

H1-B Visa Caps To Squeeze Businesses, Jobs, Says Nasscom

Business | Thomson Reuters | Thursday June 20, 2019

US Visa: The United States told India it is considering caps on H-1B visas for nations that force foreign companies to store data locally.