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Aadhaar gets face recognition feature to boost security
India will build facial recognition into its national identity card in addition to fingerprints after a series of breaches in ......
Finance
India's wholesale price inflation eases to 3.58% in December
India’s annual wholesale price inflation eased in December from an eight-month high touched in November, driven by slower rises in ......
TMT
SoftBank plans $18 bn IPO of mobile phone unit
SoftBank Group Corp plans to list its mobile-phone business and raise some $18 billion, the Nikkei newspaper said, a spin-off ......
Finance
IDFC Bank, Warburg-backed Capital First to merge in $1.5 bn deal
IDFC Bank Ltd, one of India’s two newest banks, will acquire non-bank financial firm Capital First Ltd in a share ......
Finance
India industrial growth hit two-yr high in November; inflation more than expected
Rising food prices pushed India's retail inflation to a 17-month high in December, breaching the central bank's medium-term target for ......
Markets
Energy, financial stocks help markets post record close
Indian shares edged higher on Friday to a record close, boosted by surging financial and energy stocks, while investors awaited ......
TMT
Facebook revamps News Feed to promote content from friends and family
Facebook Inc on Thursday began to change the way it filters posts and videos on its centerpiece News Feed, the ......
People
Berkshire's Warren Buffett elevates Ajit Jain, Greg Abel in move toward succession
Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Wednesday promoted two of its top executives, Gregory Abel and Ajit Jain, adding them to its ......
TMT
Bitcoin slumps on South Korea's plan to ban cryptocurrency trading
South Korea’s government said on Thursday it plans to ban cryptocurrency trading, sending bitcoin prices plummeting and throwing the virtual ......
TMT
Security flaws: Cloud companies consider Intel rivals; Nvidia updates software
Some of Intel Corp’s data center customers, whose thousands of computers run cloud networks, are exploring using microchips from the ......
