Business

Beyond 280 Characters: Twitter Boss Who Loved Beanie, Beard, All-Black, Says Goodbye As CEO

NEW DELHI: Jack Dorsey, the billionaire Silicon Valley coder who dabbled in facial-hair and came close to becoming a masseur and drawing pencil-skirts, before he snubbed lakhs when he boldly banned then US president Donald Trump from the micro-blogging site, has called it a day at Twitter, the company he co-founded in 2006. Jack, who […]

Tharoor-led Parliament Panel Summons Facebook Today Over Women Safety

NEW DELHI: The parliamentary standing Committee on Information Technology (IT) led by MP Shashi Tharoor has summoned representatives of social media giant Facebook today in the wake of growing issues involving protection of citizens’ rights and safety of women in digital social and online news media platforms. “To hear the views of representatives of Facebook, […]

Ease Of Doing Business: Goyal Focuses On Entrepreneurship And Reducing Burdensome Compliance

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Saturday said the government’s aim has been to promote ease of doing business in the country by eliminating burdensome compliances and minimise the need for licensing and also rationalise the renewal process. Speaking at the CII National Conference on Ease of Doing Business for […]

WTO Postpones Ministerial Conference Amid Concerns Over New Covid Variant ‘Omicron’

GENEVA: The World Trade Organization postponed the 12TH Ministerial Conference (MC12) in Geneva, Switzerland on Saturday following the discovery of ‘Omicron’, a new strain of the coronavirus. The conference was scheduled to take place from 30 November 2021 to 3 December 2021. *ANNOUNCEMENT* The imminent Ministerial Conference is postponed after an outbreak of a new strain […]

Govt To Introduce New Law To Ban Private Crypto; Bring In Official Crypto Regulated By RBI

NEW DELHI: This winter session, the Indian government is all set to introduce a bill banning private crypto players and set a framework for an official crypto currency regulated by the RBI. The government has been considering this ban for some time now. ALSO READ: PM Modi Chairs High-Level Meeting On Cryptocurrency & Its Linkage […]