Sonipat, March 2, 2022: The Jindal School of International Affairs (JSIA) of O.P.Jindal Global University (JGU) has been awarded two significant grants from the governments of the United States of America and Australia to further training and research that enhance India’s strategic partnerships. In February 2021, JSIA successfully bid and won a competitive andprestigious Grant [...]

MILAN and NEW DELHI, March 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- United Colors of Benetton will transform its Corso Vittorio Emanuele store during Milan Fashion Week, aligning it with the brand's new shop in the metaverse, which will open at the same time with the same experiential look and feel. The term metaverse denotes a new generation [...]

New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Bajaj Auto on Wednesday reported a 16 per cent drop in its total sales to 3,16,020 units in February.The company had sold 3,75,017 units in February 2021.Domestic sales last month stood at 1,12,747 units as against 1,64,811 units, down 32 per cent, Bajaj Auto said in a regulatory filing.Total two-wheeler [...]

New Delhi, Mar 2 (PTI) Singapore-based fintech firm Volopay will invest USD 15 million (about Rs 113 crore) over the next 12 months to start operations in India, a senior startup official said on Wednesday.The company has raised USD 29 million from Winklevoss twins - Cameron and Tyler, a global decacorn and others to expand [...]

Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India (NewsVoir) TVS Motor Company registered sales of 281,714 units in February 2022 as against sales of 297,747 units in the month of February 2021. Two-Wheeler Total two-wheelers registered sales of 267,625 units in February 2022 as against sales of 284,581 units in February 2021. Domestic two-wheeler registered sales of 173,198 units [...]

California Pistachios Partners with TV Celebrity Nakuul Mehta and also Creates a Viral Dance Challenge on Instagram to Celebrate New Delhi, Delhi, India (NewsVoir) California Pistachios by The Wonderful Company has always spearheaded the conversations and benefits of healthy snacking. California Pistachios is celebrating its favorite holiday, World Pistachio Day on February 26, with its [...]

Bangalore, Karnataka, India (NewsVoir) On the occasion of National Science Day, the Institution of Engineering and Technology, India announced Dhivakar Kumararaja Malarvizhi, a 4th year Student of Electronics Engineering at The National Institute of Technology, Trichy as the national winner of the prestigious IET India National Scholarship Awards, 2021. He will receive a cash prize [...]

New Delhi, Delhi, India (NewsVoir) An exciting journey of discovery and collaboration has just begun for the brightest startups in India - the third largest startup ecosystem in the world. AkzoNobel’s Paint the Future India startup challenge officially opens today for submission of solutions! In partnership with NASSCOM Industry Partnership Program (NIPP), the India startup [...]

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) • The Francis and Dionne Najafi Thunderbird ASU Global Initiative will offer online Certificates in Global Management and Entrepreneurship consisting of five courses at no cost to learners in 40 languages worldwide • Thunderbird to open the Center of Excellence in Mumbai The Thunderbird School of Global Management (Thunderbird) at Arizona [...]

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India – Business Wire India A fully integrated real estate company, BHADRA Group has launched a boutique luxury project ‘BHADRA LANDMARK – Jayanagar’, in one of South Bengaluru’s most beautiful, cosmopolitan residential areas. This is the newest addition in the Group’s existing bouquet of real estate projects in Bengaluru. Speaking on the latest [...]

MUMBAI, India, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- STL (NSE: STLTECH), an industry-leading integrator of digital networks, today announced the launch of Firebird, a path-breaking line of ORAN-based macro radios for dense, wide area 5G coverage. The announcement was made at Mobile World Congress 2022, Barcelona, where the company showcased its All-In 5G solutions. STL Firebird [...]

MUMBAI, India, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoetis India, an affiliate of the global animal health company, has been recently awarded the best place to work certification for 2022. During the company assessment, 89% of employees recommended the organization in recognition of its culture fueled by transparency, trust and collaboration to encourage the employees to [...]

MUMBAI, India, Feb. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- STL (NSE: STLTECH), an industry-leading integrator of digital networks, today announced a collaboration with Analog Devices, Inc. to develop 5G Open RAN radio units (O-RU). Together, the two companies will build 5G-ready solutions to expand the diversity of commercially available O-RUs and facilitate the growth of Open RAN [...]

MUMBAI, India, Feb. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Accion Labs has been Great Place to Work®-Certified in India from February 2022 to February 2023! Great Place to Work® is the global authority on workplace culture. Since 1992, they have surveyed more than 100 million employees worldwide and used those deep insights to define what makes a [...]

SHENZHEN, China, Feb. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, today announced that under the theme "Inspire the Digital World" it is showcasing "Simple, Fast and Green" innovative ICT solutions and practices for B2C, B2B and Business to [...]

SHENZHEN, China, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, today has released a series of new 5G products and solutions at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. The new products and solutions showcase ZTE's great commitment [...]

SHENZHEN, China, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, today announced that its 5G FWA & MBB series has reached the million-shipment milestone globally and officially unveiled the 4th Gen of ZTE 5G FWA & MBB family [...]

SHENZHEN, China, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, today has announced the release of a carbon neutrality white paper and a green end-to-end future-oriented solution GreenPilot at the MWC 2022, strengthening its commitment to carbon reduction [...]

SHENZHEN, China, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile internet, released the new ZTE Blade V40 series at the Mobile World Congress 2022 (MWC 2022) on February 28, 2022, local time in Barcelona. The exciting new hero series [...]

Infidigit bags two Gold Awards for Spinny & ICICI in The Drivers of Digital Awards and Summit MUMBAI, India, March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Infidigit Consultants, a prominent Search Engine Marketing company based out of Mumbai, has proved its mettle yet again by bagging the highly coveted awards for two categories—the 'Best Use of Digital [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Tech giant Microsoft on Tuesday announced that its Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella's son Zain Nadella, who was born with cerebral palsy, has died. He was 26. "Very sadly Satya's son Zain Nadella has passed away. The Nadellas are taking time to grieve privately as a family," a Microsoft spokesperson [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) State-owned Canara Bank on Tuesday raised interest rates on fixed deposits across various maturities by up to 25 basis points. The revised rates are effective from March 1, 2022, Canara Bank said in a statement. Interest rate on fixed deposits for tenure 1 year has been increased to 5.1 per cent [...]

Mumbai, Mar 1 (PTI) Shriram Automall India Ltd (SAMIL) on Tuesday said it auctioned over 7,900 pre-owned vehicles and other assets in a single day and processed transactions worth over Rs 215 crore from over 14,500 listings at its annual auction event, SAMIL utsav. SAMIL Utsav is a one-of-its-kind phygital format auction, conducted by the platform [...]

Mumbai, Mar 1 (PTI) Suzuki Motorcycle India on Tuesday reported almost flat growth in its total vehicle sales at 72,200 units in February over the same month a year ago. The domestic arm of Japan's Suzuki Motor Corporation sold a total of 71,662 vehicles in February 2021. Suzuki Motorcycle India Pvt Ltd (SMIPL) sold 58,603 [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Chinese telecom gear maker Huawei understands the current business situation in India but it has a long-term strategy for the country as it is a big market and has huge potential for growth, a senior company official said on Tuesday. Huawei Asia Pacific Vice President Jay Chen, in a virtual [...]

Kochi, Mar 1 (PTI) Dubai-based Checkout Point, a provider of fin-tech solutions to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has opened a new office at Infopark here. Checkout Point offers services in key verticals like POS software, enterprise solutions, marketing and customer engagement, payment gateway, digital wallet, merchant debit card, marketplace and agency banking. The new [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Two-wheeler market leader Hero MotoCorp on Tuesday reported a 29 per cent decline in total wholesales at 3,58,254 units in February. The company had dispatched 5,05,467 units in the same month in 2021, Hero MotoCorp said in a statement. Domestic sales were also down 31.57 per cent at 3,31,462 units last [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) State-run SJVN Ltd on Tuesday said that its capital expenditure is likely to reach Rs 5,500 crore in 2021-22 against the targetted Rs 5,000 crore. The company has planned Rs 8,000 crore capex in 2022-23. SJVN CMD Nand Lal Sharma in a statement said, "By registering over 100 per cent [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate has forayed into the media business, buying an unspecified minority stake in Raghav Bahl-curated digital business news platform Quintillion Business Media Pvt Ltd for an undisclosed sum. Adani Group has entered into a binding term sheet with BSE-listed Quint Digital Media Ltd to acquire a minority [...]

Islamabad, Mar 1 (PTI) Officials from India and Pakistan met here on Monday as part of the annual meeting of the Permanent Commission on Indus Waters (PCIW) and the two sides are expected to discuss among other topics arrangements about flood flow information during the current season and finalise future programmes, meetings and inspections.A 10-member [...]

Mumbai, Mar 1 (PTI) Vivriti Asset Management, an alternative investment fund specialising in extending credit to unrated companies, is eyeing to grow assets under its management to USD 3 billion over the next three years as it plans to launch more debt funds to widen its reach as well as investor base. An arm of [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Leading carmakers Maruti Suzuki, Hyundai, Toyota and Honda witnessed a drop in vehicle dispatches to dealers last month as the global semiconductor shortage continued to impact production. Tata Motors, Mahindra & Mahindra, Skoda and MG Motor, on the other hand, reported an increase in wholesales in February as compared to [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) VE Commercial Vehicles (VECV), a joint venture between Volvo Group and Eicher Motors, on Tuesday reported a 7.3 per cent jump in sales to 5,856 units in February. The company had sold 5,457 units in February 2021, VECV said in a statement. Total domestic sales of Eicher-branded commercial vehicles (CV) [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Embassy Office Parks REIT, the country's first publicly-listed real estate investment trust, on Tuesday said it has opened Hilton Garden Inn Hotel in Bengaluru with 335 keys. The hotel is located at Embassy Manyata Business Park. This 353-key hotel is part of the upcoming Hilton Hotels Embassy Manyata complex comprising [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Indian ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWI), those having net worth of USD 30 million (about Rs 226 crore) and above, allocated 11 per cent of their investable wealth towards luxury items like art, jewellery, classic cars, watches and handbags, according to Knight Frank. "11 per cent of the investable wealth [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Tech giant Microsoft on Tuesday announced that its Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella's son Zain Nadella, who was born with cerebral palsy, has died. He was 26."Very sadly Satya's son Zain Nadella has passed away. The Nadellas are taking time to grieve privately as a family," a Microsoft spokesperson said [...]

Mumbai, Mar 1 (PTI) Nasdaq-listed Concentrix Corporation, which provides customer experience solutions and technology, will double its headcount here to over 5,000 this year.Concentrix Catalyst, the local arm of the US parent, already employs 2,500 here, having hired more than 300 in the last quarter alone at the newly-created experience design and engineering team, it [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) India's cashless retail transactions on UPI platform were worth Rs 8.27 lakh crore in February, slightly lower than the amount recorded in the previous month, data from the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) showed on Tuesday. There were a total of 452 crore (4.52 billion) transactions in February 2022. [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Nearly 30 per cent wealth of Indian ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) was allocated towards purchase of principal and second housing properties last year, according to Knight Frank. In its attitude survey, part of the Wealth Report 2022, property consultant Knight Frank India said that 29 per cent wealth of Indian UHNWIs, [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Tech giant Microsoft has said its Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella's son Zain Nadella has died.Zain was 26 and was born with cerebral palsy."Very sadly Satya’s son Zain Nadella has passed away. The Nadellas are taking time to grieve privately as a family," a Microsoft spokesperson said in response to [...]

Mumbai, Mar 1 (PTI) The US-based Tarsadia Foundation has tied up with Dasra to launch a 'resilience fund' to help communities impacted by the pandemic by supporting non-profits with a financial aid of over Rs 500 crore over 10 years. Maya Patel, executive chair of the foundation, said with the third wave of the pandemic [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Hyundai Motor India on Tuesday reported a 14 per cent decline in total sales at 53,159 units in February. The company had sold 61,800 units in the same month last year, Hyundai Motor India said in a statement. Domestic sales were down 14.6 per cent to 44,050 units last month [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Fintech firm BharatPe's managing director Ashneer Grover has resigned minutes after receiving an upcoming board meeting agenda, which included consideration of action against him based on the report submitted by advisory firm PwC."Ashneer Grover resigned as Managing Director and from the Board Director of BharatPe minutes after receiving the agenda [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) IIFL Asset Management Ltd on Tuesday said it has acquired a minority stake in OmniActive Health Technologies, which offers a wide range of natural nutraceutical ingredients. Financial details were not disclosed. The investment has been made through IIFL Asset Management Ltd (IIFL AMC)Special Opportunities Fund series, according to a statement. Established in 2005, [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Niti Aayog is in the process of developing a National Gender Index to measure the progress and identify the persisting gaps in gender equality to make informed policy decisions. In its latest annual report, Niti Aayog said the index will serve as a tool to map the progress of states [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Toyota Kirloskar Motor on Tuesday said its sales declined by 38 per cent to 8,745 units in February.The company had dispatched 14,075 units to dealers in the domestic market in February 2021."The overall sentiment in the market continues to remain positive as we witness a steady surge in demand trends. [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Tata Motors on Tuesday said its total domestic sales increased by 27 per cent year-on-year to 73,875 units in February.The company had dispatched 58,366 units in February 2021.The auto major said its passenger vehicle sales in the domestic market last month rose by 47 per cent to 39,981 units compared [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Nissan India on Tuesday said its total wholesales grew 57 per cent to 6,662 vehicles in February.The company sold 2,456 units in the domestic market and exported 4,206 units last month.The automaker had dispatched 4,244 units in the same month last year."While the demand for the game-changer SUV Nissan Magnite [...]

Islamabad, Mar 1 (PTI) A 10-member Indian delegation has arrived in Pakistan for the annual meeting of the Permanent Commission on Indus Waters (PCIW) and the two sides will discuss among other topics arrangements about flood flow information during the current season and finalise future programmes, meetings and inspections.The delegation, headed by the Indian Commissioner [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Skoda Auto India on Tuesday reported an over five-fold surge in sales to 4,503 units last month, riding on the success of its mid-sized SUV Kushaq.The company had sold 853 units in the same month last year.The sales in February 2022 were driven primarily by Kushaq SUV, Skoda Auto India [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Hero Electric on Tuesday unveiled a new two-wheeler Hero Eddy for the domestic market.The electric scooter is easy to manoeuver product that strikes a perfect balance between technology and convenience to fulfil the need for short-distance commutes to next-door coffee shops, golf courses and gymnasium etc, the company said in [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) MG Motor India on Tuesday said its retail sales increased 5 per cent year-on-year to 4,528 units in February.The automaker had retailed 4,329 units in February 2021."The demand remains robust as the company has garnered a healthy booking pace and is experiencing a promising growth momentum while working its way [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) Fintech firm BharatPe's managing director Ashneer Grover has resigned minutes after receiving an upcoming board meeting agenda, which included consideration of action against him based on the report submitted by advisory firm PwC."Ashneer Grover resigned as Managing Director and from the Board Director of BharatPe minutes after receiving the agenda [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) India's power consumption growth remained subdued at 2.2 per cent year-on-year in February to 105.54 billion units (BU), showing the impact of local restrictions imposed by the states due to the third wave of COVID-19.Power consumption in February 2021 was 103.25 BU, a tad lower than 103.81 BU in the [...]

New Delhi, Mar 1 (PTI) A detailed disclosure framework for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) spending by companies notified by the government is a "positive step" as it brings transparency, HCL Foundation Director Nidhi Pundhir has said.Speaking to PTI, Pundhir said HCL Foundation -- CSR arm of HCL Technologies -- had been disclosing the details of [...]

Mumbai, Mar 1 (PTI) Domestic stock, bond, commodity and forex markets will remain closed on Tuesday on account of 'Mahashivratri'. PTI BAL BAL

New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI) Semiconductor plant gear maker Lam Research India has signed a memorandum of understanding with CeNSE and the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru to offer a sponsored fellowship program for second-year Master of Technology (MTech) students, starting in the 2022-23 academic year. Lam India has been a part of CeNSE's (Centre [...]

New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI) Defence Expo 2022 will have an event called Invest4iDEX, where startups will be able to pitch their ideas in front of a live audience, which will have reputed investors and venture capitalists, the defence ministry said on Monday.  Defence Expo 2022 will be held in Gujarat's Gandhinagar from March 10 [...]

Union Bank of India in co-lending tie-up with Ambit Finvest Mumbai, Feb 28 (PTI) State-run Union Bank of India on Monday announced a co-lending tie-up with Ambit Finvest aimed at serving small business borrowers. Under co-lending a bank typically depends on a smaller financial services player's network or underwriting to help target segments. ****** Tata [...]

Mumbai, Feb 28 (PTI) Air India Express, the low-cost international budget arm of Air India, has said it is operating a flight to Bucharest in Romania to fly back Indian evacuees from war-torn Ukraine.              Air India Express flight, IX-1201, which departed from the city's Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport at 1.50 pm on Monday, is [...]

New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI) An individual has settled with markets regulator Sebi a case related to alleged violation of insider trading norms while dealing in the shares of HDFC Bank. Samrat Dasgupta has settled the case by paying a settlement amount of nearly Rs 24 lakh to the Securities and Exchange Board of India [...]

New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI) D B Realty on Tuesday said it has won a legal case regarding the title of a land owned by the company in Mumbai and will now develop a 2 million square feet office complex. In a regulatory filing, D B Realty informed that its subsidiary Esteem Properties owns about [...]