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Lebanon Says will not Force Syrian Refugees to Return
More than a million Syrians fled into neighbouring Lebanon after war broke out in their country in 2011 and now account for about a quarter of its population.
Union Budget 2018: Technology Industry Reacts to The Budget
Here is what the top executives of various technology companies feel about the union budget 2018.
EBay Shares Head For Record High on Results, PayPal Split
Little-known Dutch firm Adyen will become eBay's primary payments processor under the scheme, which seeks to see more transactions conducted directly on eBay's sites.
Bitcoin Skids to Two-month Low After Facebook Ad Ban Unnerves Investors
Other cryptocurrencies, including Ripple, the third-largest by market value, and Bitcoin Cash, have also fallen by at least 10 percent in the last 24 hours of trading.
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Planning to Develop 'Silicon Valley Asia' in Kolkata
"Many industries are interested and proposals are coming in. The government along with other industrial partners will do that. This will be a gateway of Asia," she said.
EA Postpones 'Anthem' Launch to Make Way For 'Battlefield'
EA has postponed the release date of its much anticipated co-op action game - "Anthem".
Trinamool Congress Wins Both Uluberia Lok Sabha and Naopara Assembly Seats by a Big Margin
The by-election results of Uluberia Lok Sabha and Noapara Assembly seats has come as a shot in the arm for West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee ahead of the upcoming local body elections.
Gold Monetisation Scheme to be Revamped: FM Arun Jaitley
The scheme allows a bank's customers to deposit their idle gold holdings for a fixed period in return for the interest in the range of 2.25 percent to 2.50 percent.
FM Jaitley Failed Fiscal Consolidation Test, Says Chidambaram
The former finance minister said the fiscal deficit limit of 3.2 percent in 2017-18 had been breached and was estimated at 3.5 percent.
Google's G Suite is no Match For Microsoft Office But is Still Winning Converts
Schools and startups had been Google's top business suite users since the package debuted in 2006. They liked the low prices and collaborative features such as the ability for multiple users to edit a single document simultaneously.
No Personal Income Tax Relief in Union Budget 2018
The government, however, introduced a standard deduction worth Rs 40,000 per annum for transport and medical reimbursements.
FM Arun Jaitley Breaks Tradition, Presents Union Budget In Hindi For First Time
The Union Budget 2018-19 is not just the Narendra Modi government’s last full-fledged budget ahead of 2019 General Elections, it is also its last chance to fulfill a promise it made before the previous elections — higher tax relief to families caring for...
Google Flights Can Now Predict Flight Delays
Using historic flight status data, Google's machine learning algorithms can predict some delays even when this information is not available from airlines yet.
Raja Todarmal, India's First Finance Minister, Presented The 'Union' Budget 400 Years Ago
Even as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley presents the Union Budget 2018 today, we look at how Raja Todarmal created the first written budgets and budget speeches more than four centuries ago.
Light Chopper Flown With Own Flight Control for First Time
The chopper is powered by two Shakti engines and has many features of the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) christened Dhruv.
Ahead of Budget, Sensex Regains 36,000 Mark, Nifty Above 11,050
Ahead of Arun Jaitley presenting Budget 2018, The 30-share BSE index, which had lost 318.23 points in the previous two sessions, recovered 171.38 points, or 0.47 percent, to 36,136.40.