Smartphones and tablets would be much more useful if they allowed us to multitask the way desktop and laptop computers do.

When I'm watching video, for instance, I have to pause it to read an email or text that comes in. When I'm composing a message to make plans, I have to leave the app to check the weather forecast. For the most part, I'm not able to do more than one thing at a time on a single screen.

Glaxosmithkline Pharma Ltd today reported 14.56 per cent decline in net profit to Rs 98.29 crore for the quarter ended June 30 as the company continued to be impacted by the revamped price control order.

The company had reported a net profit of Rs 115.04 crore during the same period last year.

State-run lender IDBI Bank Ltd said on Tuesday it is not being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) over a Rs 950-crore loan to the now-grounded carrier Kingfisher Airlines Ltd.

The CBI has launched an initial probe over the Rs 950 crore alleged loan given by IDBI Bank to the airline, a spokeswoman for the agency said on Saturday.

We’re starting to understand what’s next for Windows. Considering the most recent leaks involving the Charms Bar, desktop improvements, and the like, it’s becoming plain that some of what Windows 8 emphasized and introduced will be scaled back in Microsoft’s next Windows build.

Hyundai Motor India, the country's biggest car exporter, has decided to shift focus from exports to the domestic market, which is showing signs of recovery after nearly two years of falling sales. The local unit of Seoulbased Hyundai Motor Company has stopped shipments from its Chennai plant to Europe, which will now be catered by the parent's plants in Turkey and the Czech Republic.

The Union finance minister in his budget speech on July 10 proposed several industrial corridors. He announced a Chennai-Bangalore industrial corridor, a Bangalore-Mumbai eco-corridor, a biotechnology cluster, and industrial smart cities to be developed in the proposed Chennai-Bangalore Economic Corridor region. He also declared that the perspective plan for the Bangalore-Mumbai Economic Corridor would be completed in this fiscal year.

The benchmark BSE Sensex today spurted over 225 points in early trade, led by auto, infra and oil and gas stocks amid expectations of encouraging IIP data for June to be released later in the day. The 30-share index shot up by 225.27 points, or 0.88 per cent, to 25,744.51 with stocks of auto, realty, consumer durables, power and healthcare sectors leading the rally.

A move that may attract more private investments and bring in greater transparency in the coal sector, the government is likely to auction mines through international competitive bidding route currently adopted for awarding ultra mega power projects.

LEH(Jammu & Kashmir): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated two hydroelectric power projects in the Ladakh region and praised the people of the region for extending support to him.

Centre will extend all possible help for the development of Leh and Ladakh region, Modi said addressing a gathering in Leh.

A yet another strong show by Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) helped city-based Tata Motors, India’s biggest automobile manufacturer, report a 213 per cent jump in consolidated net profit for the quarter ended June at Rs 5,398 crore, against Rs 1,726 crore in the corresponding quarter last year.

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