The Uttar Pradesh government suspended Internet services in “sensitive” districts and beefed up security deployment ahead of Friday prayers, a week after violence erupted over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in parts of the state. Internet connectivity has been snapped in districts including Agra, Bulandshahr, Bijnor, Mathura, Saharanpur, Firozabad, Ghaziabad, […]
Archives for December 2019
Quikr India’s income up 48% to Rs 201.5 cr, Losses decline too
Quikr India‘s total income for the 2019 fiscal year rose 48% to Rs 201.5 crore, with losses down marginally to Rs 228.8 crore, regulatory filings showed. Net revenue from operations rose 75% to Rs 191 crore, while the company’s cash balance at the end of the fiscal year stood at Rs 87 crore. The company […]
Indians consumed less groceries but shelled out more
India’s grocery consumption basket shrank by an average 5 kg per household in the 12 months ended September from the year earlier, although they spent slightly more overall. Consumers shopped more often but bought less each time, spreading their budgets to ease the financial pinch amid the slowdown, according to a study by Kantar Worldpanel, […]
Indian techies take up pen to write against CAA
Indian and Indian-origin employees of technology companies — including Google, Uber, Salesforce, Amazon, Facebook, Accenture, Microsoft, Tata Consultancy Services, HCL, and Wipro — have signed up in an open letter against India’s new Citizenship law and a planned national citizenship register. The letter – ‘TechAgainstFascism’ on online publishing platform Medium – comes at a time […]
Wikimedia Foundation raises concerns over proposed intermediary rule changes
Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit that hosts and operates Wikipedia along with other free and collaborative projects, has expressed concerns over proposed changes to the IT intermediary rules. Wikimedia wrote to the Union minister for electronics and IT, Ravi Shankar Prasad, on issues around automated filtering of content, setting up of a local entity and traceability […]
Baby boomers and millennials have more in common than they think
Welcome to Retirement Scan, our daily roundup of retirement news your clients may be talking about. Boomers and millennials have more in common than they thinkDespite the many differences between baby boomers and millennials, workers from both generations share more similarities — and financial pressures — when planning for retirement, writes an expert in MarketWatch. […]
‘Home Alone 2’ TV version was edited years before Trump’s election, CBC says after right-wing outrage
Donald Trump in Home Alone 2 Source: YouTube The Canadian Broadcasting Corp. said Thursday that a TV version of the Christmas movie “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York,” which erased a cameo from President Donald Trump, was edited years before Trump became president. The Trump-free version of the 1992 film, which aired on the […]
Best of the Blog 2019: Part II
We hope you got everything on your wish list this holiday season and that your credit card is starting to cool down from all that shopping. We got what we wanted this year—lots of great content from our writers. Here is a continuation of the top 10 most-read posts of 2019. In case you forgot […]
5 blockchain trends to watch in 2020 – Accounting Today
As 2019 rapidly wraps up and 2020 looms on the horizon, it seems an appropriate time to take a step back and reflect on the many changes that have occurred in the blockchain and cryptoasset spaces. There certainly have been a lot of headlines and market coverage during the year, so trying to go back […]
Record online sales give US holiday shopping season a boost: Report
U.S. shoppers spent more online during this year’s holiday shopping season, a report by Mastercard showed on Wednesday, with e-commerce sales hitting a record high. The holiday shopping season is a crucial period for retailers and can account for up to 40% of annual sales. But this year, Thanksgiving, which traditionally starts the U.S. holiday […]