1/6 This year’s grand prize for”RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK Versus the World” includes a signature crown and scepter. In addition, the winner earns a trip to Hollywood to record a single with RuPaul (pictured). File Photo by Gregg DeGuire/UPI | License Photo March 8 (UPI) — The first-ever season of RuPaul’s Drag Race: UK Versus the…Continue Reading

1/4 Rescue workers bring in a family through rising flood waters in the Cypress Station neighborhood as waters rise during Tropical Storm Harvey in Houston on August 28, 2017. File Photo by Jerome Hicks/UPI | License Photo March 8 (UPI) — A Texas agency discriminated against communities of color when it denied more than $1…Continue Reading

Mumbai: Credit Suisse has downgraded its India position to ‘underweight’ from ‘overweight’ due to high oil prices. Terming the downgrade as ‘tactical’, Credit Suisse said it will use the funds freed from India to raise its China and Australia position to ‘overweight’ from ‘market weight’. “Because of its strong structural prospects and robust earnings per…Continue Reading

SynopsisHigher crude price could also improve the earnings visibility of GAIL’s gas trading and downstream businesses, said Mittal.AgenciesThe risk for ONGC and OIL India is that the government might ask them to share a portion of the retail fuel subsidy burden.Mumbai: Shares of ONGC, Oil India and GAIL are poised for more upsides as rising…Continue Reading

SynopsisTatas have been in talks for some time with global investors, including some sovereign and pension money managers, to fund its digital foray.Mumbai: Tata Digital has sought additional funds from the holding company, Tata Sons to support the growth plans of its ambitious digital retail initiative as negotiations with global firms are somewhat delayed because…Continue Reading

Chennai: Twitter used contextualising trends as a key tool during the recently concluded state elections to fight misinformation on the platform, a senior executive said. The results of polls in five states – Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur, Punjab, and Uttarakhand – will be out on March 10. “Contextualising trends was a key tool for us…Continue Reading

Mumbai: Tata Consultancy Services’ (TCS) move to restructure its operations eyeing $50 billion in revenue could be replicated by other global and Indian peers in due course, analysts have said. ET reported last week that TCS – India’s largest software services provider by revenue – was restructuring the company into four new business groups –…Continue Reading

SynopsisOther investors include Amber Group, Hack VC, Circle Ventures, and angel investors including Balaji Srinivasan (former CTO of Coinbase) and Sandeep Nailwal (cofounder of Polygon).ETtechEthSign’s cofounders Xin Yan, Potter Li, Jack XuMumbai: EthSign has raised $12 million in stable coin, led by Sequoia Capital India and Mirana Ventures. Sequoia Capital (US) and Sequoia Capital China…Continue Reading

SynopsisThe centre will have a new team and will be a core part of Deliveroo’s central technology organisation.ETtechSashi Somavarapu, vice president of engineering, DeliverooMumbai/Bengaluru: Multinational food delivery company Deliveroo will set up an India Engineering Centre in Hyderabad, joining international players like Indonesia’s Gojek, Singapore’s Grab, and Japan’s Rakutan that have set up engineering offices…Continue Reading