Category Archives: Business

Jordan king doubles down on sedition claims against his brother

King Abdullah II of Jordan addressed for the first time, the unprecedented public rift within the Royal Family, depicting it as tentative sedition involving his half-brother torn in the bud, but provoking anger, pain, and shock. The monarch seemed to be reassuring the Jordanians of the allegations of a former Crown Prince Hamzah, that the people […]

With six new Nokia smartphones, HMD Global hopes to capture the budget phone market

HMD Global, the manufacturer of Nokia-branded smartphones, is betting on the budget phone market as the company continues to face tough competition in the mid-to-premium segment from Chinese handset makers. The Finland-based company unveiled six new smartphones under new branding on Thursday, claiming that the change would help simplify its phone line-up. The new smartphone […]

India’s fuel utilization contracts 9.1 percent in FY21; first since 1998-99

India’s fuel request shrunk by a gigantic 9.1 percent in the monetary year finished March 31, the first in over twenty years, as a severe lockdown forced to check the spread of the pandemic wallop financial movement, government information appeared on Friday. India consumed  194.63 million tons of oil-based goods in 2020-21, as compared with […]

Despite A Low Base, Vehicle Registrations Fell 28.64 % Year Over Year In March: FADA

The Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (FADA) announced on Thursday, that total vehicle registrations in March were down 28.64 % year over year. Despite last year’s low base, the decline continues. Due to a seven-day lockdown in March of last year, auto sales came to a halt. The registration numbers contrast sharply with the wholesale […]

Top lawyers rake it in, as courts move online

Top lawyers are prospering as many businesses – their major clients – are still suffering from the disruption caused by the epidemic. By the time, the courts went online and senior counsels could have gone to four to five cases in different cities as a treaty, their income had already come up. Top Shots have […]

The United States provides recommendations for improving ties with Taiwan

The US State Department released new guidelines on Friday, that will enable the US officials to communicate more openly with Taiwanese officials, a move that deepens ties with Taipei, in the face of increased Chinese military activity across the island. In a tweet, State Department spokesman Ned Price said, “These new guidelines liberalise advice on […]

L&T Bags Major Solar Panel Order from Saudi Arabia

The renewable arm of Larsen & Toubro’s Power transmission and distribution business has bagged a turnkey EPC (engineering, procurement and construction) contract from the consortium of ACWA Power and the Water and Electricity Holding Company (a subsidiary of the Public Investments Fund of Saudi Arabia), for Sudair solar PV project of 1.5GW capacity. This mega […]

Following Facebook’s Scraping of Data From Over 500 Million LinkedIn Users, The Data Was Sold On The Internet

Following Facebook, LinkedIn has been the latest victim of a data breach, with scrap data from over 500 million users being sold on a common hacking site. Email addresses, cell phone numbers, job records, full names, account numbers, social media profiles, and gender information were among the information leaked. LinkedIn has confirmed the news, claiming […]

Egyptologists have discovered a ‘hidden golden settlement’ underneath the sands

CAIRO – Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an ancient city in the desert outside of Luxor, which they say are the “largest” ever discovered in Egypt, and date back to the pharaohs’ golden age 3,000 years ago. The “lost golden city” was discovered near Luxor, the birthplace of the legendary Valley of the Kings, […]

Astronomers discover 12 rare quadruple quasars that can better tell the rate of universe expansion

In 1985, the first quadruple quasar image was captured. Since then, till today only 50 such quasars have been identified. There has been an increase in the total confirmed Einstein’s crosses by 25 per cent. 12 rare quasars, each offering four distinct quadruple images, commonly called Einstein’s cross was discovered by a group of scientists. […]