Beijing, China's economy grew 6.6 per cent in 2018, the weakest annual performance since 1990, confirming a slowdown in the world's second-largest economy that could threaten global growth, according to official data on Monday.

China's growth in 2018 was down from 6.8 per cent growth in 2017.

The country's economy grew 6.4 per cent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, levels last seen in early 2009 at the height of the global financial crisis.

Mumbai, Telecom major Reliance Jio Infocomm on Thursday reported a 65 per cent increase in its standalone net profit for the October-December 2018 period.

Its standalone net profit stood at Rs 831 crore in the third quarter of the financial year 2018-19, against Rs 504 crore reported in October-December 2017-18, the company said in a statement.

Chandigarh After 100 per cent sale out of Dream Homes at Wave City in Ghaziabad, Wave Infratech on Monday said it has invested Rs 200 crore to bring the same economical housing under Wave Estate for the real estate market of Punjab.

"Posed picturesquely at the foothills of the Shivalik Range, Wave Estate is a distinguished address located advantageously at the heart of Mohali in Sectors 85 and 99," the real estate company said in a statement.

New Delhi, Beginning his Twitter tirade in New Year, Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk has criticized Singapore, saying the government there has been "unwelcome" to his electric car plans for the city state.

Responding to one of his follower's question on why Tesla was not yet in Singapore, Musk tweeted late Thursday: "Government has been unwelcome."

Mumbai, Key Indian equity indices opened flat on Tuesday as index pivotals -- finance and banking stocks -- witnessed selling pressure.

However, oil and gas sector gained.

The S&P BSE Sensex opened at 36,161.80 from its previous close of 36,068.33 on Monday. At 9.25 a.m., the Sensex traded 64.82 points or 0.18 per cent lower at 36,003.51.

New York, US stocks ended mixed in another wild trading session as volatility continued to rattle investors amid economic data.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average on Friday fell 76.42 points, or 0.33 per cent, to 23,062.40. The S&P 500 was down 3.09 points, or 0.12 per cent, to 2,485.74, Xinhua news agency reported.

The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 5.03 points, or 0.08 per cent, to 6,584.52.

Seven of the 11 primary S&P 500 sectors closed lower, as losses in energy and materials outweighed gains in consumer discretionary and real estate.

New Delhi, As smartphones went through a couple of noticeable innovations in the hardware department in 2018 -- especially Artificial Intelligence (AI)-driven cameras and improved battery -- the rise of 5G-ready and foldable devices stole the limelight.

While players like Huawei, LG, Motorola and Apple secured patents on foldable devices, South Korean giant Samsung took a definitive lead, showcasing a real one in November when Justin Dennison, Senior Vice President of Mobile Marketing, took out a foldable smartphone from his jacket at a New York event.

New Delhi, As India accelerates in its journey towards digital transformation, there will inevitably be a data deluge and the country needs to devise a solid strategy to succeed in the data age, a top executive from global data storage company Seagate Technology said here on Thursday.

Mumbai, The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Tuesday said it has received security market regulator SEBI's approval to start weekly options contracts on the Nifty50 index.

The weekly options will have seven consecutive weekly expiry contracts, excluding the week where monthly contracts expire, the NSE said in a statement.

Mumbai, The key equity indices extended its fifth straight session of gains as Sensex advanced over 250 points and the Nifty traded over 10,850 on Monday.

Finance stocks, the index pivotal, traded higher. Oil and gas metal, power and energy stocks gained over 1 per cent.

At 1.28 p.m., the Sensex traded 255.46 points higher at 36,218.39 points and the Nifty50 traded 61.60 points higher at 10,867.05 points, from the previous close