Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday that software patches released to guard against microchip security threats slowed down some personal computers and servers, with systems running on older Intel Corp processors seeing a noticeable decrease in performance. The comments in a blog post were the clearest signal from Microsoft that the microchip flaws for Intel and other chipmakers described last week could meaningfully degrade performance.

The Core Group of Secretaries on Disinvestment (CGD) headed by the Cabinet secretary has approved the broad contours of Oil and Natural Gas Corporation’s proposed acquisition of the government’s 51.11% stake in Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, paving the way for the transaction later this month, sources said. The deal would boost non-tax revenues of the Centre considerably as proceeds from disinvestment alone would be about Rs 1 lakh crore as against the Budget target of Rs 72,500 crore this year.

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will attend the World Economic Forum in Davos later this month, opening up a distinct possibility of a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

This would be for the first time in 18 years that a US president would be addressing the World Economic Forum - which is an annual gathering of global economic leaders.

HYDERABAD: State Bank of IndiaBSE 0.18 % (SBIBSE 0.18 %) has moved the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) against independent power producer East Coast Energy Pvt Ltd (ECEPL), which suffered project execution delays owing to funds constraints.

The Andhra Pradesh-based power producer had defaulted loans of over Rs 5,000 crore to many lenders led by Power Finance Corporation (PFC), which is also said to be preparing to move the Tribunal with an insolvency petition.

In a bid to woo business class passengers on its international flights Air India is considering providing laptops to its premium travellers, its Chairman and Managing Director Pradeep Singh Kharola said on Monday.

The move is geared towards improving the airline's passenger load factor or seat occupancy in business class which often sees almost half the seats going empty.

Coal India (CIL) has raised non-coking coal prices by an average of nine per cent to stave off the impact of increasing wages of around 0.3 million employees.

This is expected to cover the increased expenses, while providing the company headroom to step up capital expenditure for mining operations. CIL’s annual expenses increased by an estimated Rs 64 billion after it decided to revise wages for executive and non-executive employees.

Infosys on Tuesday has signed an Advance Pricing Agreement (APA) with the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS), reducing its tax burden in the US by one percentage point till 2021 and giving clarity on tax obligations in the country.

Under the APA, Infosys and the IRS have agreed on the methodology to allocate revenues and compute the taxable income of the company’s US operations.

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Tuesday revoked its interim order on mandatory playing of national anthem before movie screenings in cinema halls after multiple instances of vigilante patriotism.

This comes a day after the Centre filed an affidavit informing the top court that it was in favour of modification of the November 2016 order, a complete turnabout from its previous stand on the issue.

Delhi-National Capital Region (NCR) is likely to generate about 1,50,000 metric tonnes (MT) of e-waste per annum by 2020 from the current level of 85,000 metric tonnes, according to industry body Assocham. E-waste is expected to be generated at compounded annual growth rate (CAGR) of about 25 per cent in the Delhi-NCR region, the industry body said. The chamber attributed factors like low organised recycling, cross-border flow of waste equipment into the country, limited reach out and awareness regarding disposal, and lack of coordination between various authorities for non-involvement of municipalities in E-waste management.

Ola and ICICI Bank to take hold of the ever-growing travel market on Tuesday signed a MoU to bring forth a range of integrated offers for their customers and driver partners. Through this alliance, both the companies will bring together their respective technology platforms to offer Ola booking facility on the bank’s mobile banking platform.

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