New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) The captive power plants in various sectors including steel and aluminium are facing coal shortages and if the situation does not improve soon, then it might lead to closure of several industrial units, creating unemployment on a large scale, INTUC National General Secretary Sanjay Kumar Singh said on Wednesday. "The [...]
New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) The government is open to looking into the restaurant industry demands of going back to a higher GST rate, along with the benefit of the tax credit on their inputs, Revenue Secretary Tarun Bajaj said on Wednesday. Currently, a 5 per cent tax is levied on restaurant services, irrespective of [...]
New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) Tata Motors on Wednesday said it has launched the 'DARK' edition of its premium hatchback Altroz, priced at Rs 7.96 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi), to mark two years of launch of the model in the country. The company said it has added the DARK edition to its XT and XZ+ (diesel) [...]
New Delhi, Delhi, India (NewsVoir) Blockchain has been making waves for the past few years and its applications, be it cryptocurrencies, smart contracts or NFTs have taken the world by storm. Eikowa (www.eikowa.com), one of India's most progressive and leading contemporary art galleries, is now harnessing the power of blockchain for provenance in art, revolutionzing [...]
New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) Indian literature in translation needs to be more visible to Anglophone publishers, and this also requires promoting writers and translators, and inviting publishers to India to engage with the publishing and literary ecosystem, according to a new study.The "India Literature and Publishing Sector Study" also stressed on the urgent need [...]
Kolkata, Feb 9 (PTI) In a bid toward greater digital focus and keeping pace with the dynamically changing consumer preferences, hospitality major ITC Hotels has launched an app for one-stop destination of guests for room reservations, gourmet food delivery, restaurant table reservations and loyalty membership management, the hotel said on Wednesday. The hotel said it [...]
The film ‘BounceBack Batch’ highlights the importance of financial planning along with the support of loved ones in overcoming challenges Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) HDFC Life, one of India’s leading life insurers, has delivered thoughtful brand campaigns over the years that drive positivity and empower individuals to consider living their lives with financial security that [...]
Our heart beats approximately forty-two million times in a year, without a break. But our lifestyle choices many-a-times affect the functioning of our heart, which leads us to a condition of heart failure. Heart failure is one of the most common cause of deaths worldwide. What do we mean by heart failure? Heartfailure does not [...]
Mumbai, Feb 9 (PTI) Digital coaching platform Peakperformer has closed a USD 3-million seed funding round led by Sequoia Capital India's Surge fund, along with Antler India, Blume Founders Fund, and angel investors. Peakperformer, founded in Bengaluru by Aishwarya Goel and Nilesh Agarwal in September 2020 to offer leadership coaching for managers at all levels, [...]
Equity mutual funds attracted a net sum of Rs 14,888 crore in January, making it the 11th consecutive monthly net inflow. However, this was much lower than the net inflow of Rs 25,077 crore witnessed in December, data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) showed on Wednesday. Equity schemes have been witnessing [...]
