App gets kids moving with fun, immersive educational games covering topics in English and Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) New Delhi (India), Feburary 28: The World Health Organization recommends 60 minutes of exercise daily, yet 76% of American kids are falling short of that goal. To help families, schools and out-of-school time programs address [...]

28 February, 2022: O.P. Jindal Global University (JGU) in Sonipat, Haryana is excited to welcome its faculty members and students back to the campus after two years. The campus has physically reopened on February 27,2022 as per its institutional plans in compliance with directives of the Government of Haryana. The campus was closed on 6 [...]

New Delhi, Feb 28 (PTI) Google on Monday announced the launch of Play Pass section in Play store to offer over 1,000 apps and games without advertisement and provide access to their premium features on a fixed monthly or annual charge.The Play Pass collection will include titles from sports, puzzles, or action games like Jungle [...]

Hyderabad, Telangana, India (NewsVoir) In a recently held ceremony at Taj Deccan in Hyderabad, a Jury headed by the Former Chief Justice of India & Former Chairman NHRC, Justice K.G Balakrishnan selected and conferred the Champions of Change awards to a few eminent personalities for promoting the values of courage, community service and inclusive social [...]

NEW YORK and BRISTOL, England and BANGALORE, India, Feb. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Torry Harris Integration Solutions (THIS), a recognized leader in integration strategy, API Management and delivery, today announced their nomination as finalists in the DevOps Excellence Awards 2022. The initiatives delivered by THIS under these five categories include: 1. Best AIOps/MLOps Tool – [...]

Jammu, Jammu and Kashmir, India – Business Wire India Virat Ambuja TMT Bars has appointed Kashmir Steel Rolling Mills as a conversion agent in Jammu and Kashmir. After the launch of Virat Ambuja brand TMT Bars in the North Indian states of Punjab, Himachal and Jammu & Kashmir UT, the brand has proudly appointed Kashmir [...]

Avail of discounts & cashback offers on the purchase of Aquaguard water purifiers from the Bajaj Finserv EMI Store Pune, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) Bring home the goodness of clean drinking water with an Aquaguard water purifier. Customers can buy Aquaguard water purifiers from the Bajaj Finserv EMI Store on EMIs starting from Rs. 940. Also, [...]

Global Indian physicians congress brings together doctors from 53 countries New Delhi, Delhi, India (NewsVoir) The Global Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (GAPIO), a non-profit organization that aims to bring together 1.4 million physicians of Indian Origin on one platform organized its XII Annual Congress virtually on 26th and 27th February. The congress has [...]

NEW DELHI, Feb. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- DeHaat, India's fastest growing full-stack AgriTech platform, has recently announced that it has been certified as a Great Place to Work. This recognition comes as another feather in the company's cap on its journey towards creating value for the agriculture industry at large through tech-infused solutions. Great Place [...]

HYDERABAD, India, Feb. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Woxsen's Placement Drive 2022 for its Flagship MBA Programs recorded 100% Track yet again. With the return of Global Corporations such as IBM, KPMG, DELL, Deloitte, Tech Mahindra, Standard Chartered Bank, UBS, Aditya Birla Group, IHS Markit, Divi's Laboratories and College Dunia, over 124 leading corporates across sectors [...]

BENGALURU, India, Feb. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bengaluru-based full stack customer engagement platform Exotel announced that they secured the Unified License for Virtual Network Operator (UL VNO Access Service) from the Department of Telecommunications (DoT). With the license, Exotel, in partnership with telecom operators, offers the most flexible, affordable, and fully compliant internet calling solution [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The country's largest carrier IndiGo will operate flights to Budapest and Bucharest to bring back Indians who are stranded in Ukraine, according to an airline official. For now, the airline has decided to operate one flight each to Budapest (Hungary) and Bucharest (Romania). The flights will be operated through Istanbul. [...]

Kathmandu, Feb 27 (PTI) Nepal's Parliament on Sunday ratified a contentious US-funded USD 500 million grant agreement a day ahead of the February 28 deadline set by Washington, ending months of debates, protests and polarisation in the Himalayan nation.Finance Minister Janardhan Sharma presented the proposal in the House of Representatives for endorsement of the Millennium [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) on Sunday said it has urged the government to lift the export ban on bamboo charcoal for optimum utilisation of raw bamboo and higher profitability in the industry. KVIC Chairman Vinai Kumar Saxena has written to Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal, seeking removal [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The Power Ministry on Sunday stated that the central government has specified technical qualification for power and irrigation members of Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB) in the new rules following the directions of the high court. The statement came after some opposition leaders reportedly attacked the central government for notifying [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) Export of guavas has risen to USD 2.09 million in April-January 2021-22 against USD 0.58 million in April-January 2013-14, the commerce ministry said on Sunday. India's export of fresh fruits has also witnessed considerable growth. Major exporting destinations of fresh fruits include Bangladesh, the Netherlands, the UAE, the UK, Nepal, [...]

Mumbai, Feb 27 (PTI) A major power outage hit pockets of the financial capital on Sunday, halting the city lifeline local trains for over an hour and inconveniencing residents on a weekend. Taking serious note of the power disruption in Mumbai, a rare occurrence, the Maharashtra government has ordered a high-level probe. The state-run Maharashtra [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The compensation to the kin of hit-and-run victims will be increased sharply by eight-fold to Rs 2 lakh in case of death from April 1, according to a notification by the Road Transport and Highways Ministry. The solatium to a person sustaining grievous injuries in a hit-and-run case will increase [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) IndiGo will operate two flights to Budapest to bring back Indians who are stranded in Ukraine, according to an official. The flights will be operated on Monday and Tuesday from Delhi. They will first fly to Istanbul and then to Budapest in Hungary. In the return leg, the flights will [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) Jeep India on Sunday launched the all new Jeep Compass Trailhawk in the country priced at an introductory price of Rs 30.72 lakh (ex-showroom). The model is the off-road-focused version of the Jeep Compass and has been fine-tuned to provide the best blend of on-road and off-road ride comfort and [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The compensation to the kin of hit-and-run victims will be increased sharply by eight-fold to Rs 2 lakh in case of death from April 1, according to a notification by the Road Transport and Highways Ministry. The solatium to a person sustaining grievous injuries in a hit-and-run case will increase [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) State-owned Bharat Broadband Nigam Ltd has cancelled a Rs 19,000-crore tender that was floated for connecting villages across 16 states with an optical fibre-based high-speed broadband network, following the lack of participation of eligible bidders. The project was approved in June last year to roll out an optical fibre network [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The Delhi Metro has set the ball rolling on a visionary project that seeks to integrate its regular services with e-commerce via cutting-edge digital platforms, with the DMRC hiring a top consulting firm to work on the plan, official sources said. According to the vision, for instance, a rider may [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The Supreme Court has held that an individual facing any deficiency in telecom services can approach consumer forums directly with his complaint against the company. The fact that the remedy of arbitration under the Indian Telegraph Act of 1885 is of a statutory nature would not oust the jurisdiction of [...]

Jaipur, Feb 27 (PTI) HMT Machine Tools Ajmer, a wholly-owned subsidiary of state-run HMT Limited, has developed a highly-productive grinding machine for railway axles which would cost less than half of similar imported equipment, the company said on Sunday. Indian Railways was importing these machines from European countries as such equipment was not being manufactured [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The commerce ministry has made it mandatory for exporters to file registration-cum-membership certificate (RCMC) applications through a common digital portal, a move aimed at promoting ease of doing business for the trading community. According to the Foreign Trade Policy, a Registration-cum-Membership Certificate (RCMC) is required for exporters in order to [...]

Mumbai, Feb 27 (PTI) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is proposing to assess the impact of the multi-media awareness campaigns launched by it to promote financial literacy and also safe banking practices. The RBI runs the 'RBI Kehta Hai' campaign to educate and empower the public about banking regulations, and also to make them [...]

Washington, Feb 27 (PTI) An Indian Institute of Technology campus in the UAE, the funding of an Aadhaar-like citizenry identification in Sri Lanka or the launch of UPI payment system in Nepal are not unconnected events, but are tell-tale signs that India in the next decade will rise as a major global player, a top [...]

Washington, Feb 27 (PTI) An Indian Institute of Technology campus in the UAE, the funding of an Aadhaar-like citizenry identification in Sri Lanka or the launch of UPI payment system in Nepal are not unconnected events, but are tell-tale signs that India in the next decade will rise as a major global player, a top [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) The government has for the second time extended till March 14 the deadline for prospective buyers to submit EoIs for strategic sale-bound HLL Lifecare. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) had initially on December 14 invited preliminary bids for selling the government's 100 per cent stake in the [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) India can take actions such as taxation of foods high on sugar, fat and salt and front-of-the pack labelling to tackle rising obesity in the population, according to teh annual report of Niti Aayog. The government think-tank is reviewing the evidence available to understand the actions India can take to [...]

New Delhi, Feb 27 (PTI) Leading homegrown drug makers Aurobindo Pharma and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries are recalling different products in the US market due to deviation from standard manufacturing norms. According to the latest enforcement report issued by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA), the US-based arm of Aurobindo Pharma is recalling 1,15,776 bottles [...]

Gondia, Feb 26 (PTI) Fly Big Airlines is all set to commence the flight operations on Indore-Gondia-Hyderabad route from here next month, the chairman and managing director of the airline, Sanjay Mandviya, said on Saturday. Mandviya said that all the formalities have been completed and the company is all set to commence the operations from [...]

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) Religare Finvest Ltd (RFL) has defaulted on interest payment to the bond holders due on February 25 due to asset liability mismatch arising out of siphoning and misappropriation of funds by erstwhile promoters of its parent company Religare Enterprises Ltd, a regulatory filing said on Saturday. RFL, a subsidiary of [...]

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) Union Steel Minister Ram Chandra Prasad Singh on Saturday said the consumption of steel will continue to rise due to various programmes and schemes of the government and stressed that a mission to develop the secondary steel sector is in the making. The minister also lauded the government and the [...]

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) With imports of sunflower oil getting affected due to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, industry body SEA on Saturday said it is weighing options to source cooking oils from other countries to maintain domestic supply and keep retail prices under check. Industry players expect prices of cooking oils to [...]

Jammu, Feb 26 (PTI) The newly-appointed Managing Director of National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation Limited (NHIDCL), Chanchal Kumar, reviewed ongoing projects in Jammu and Kashmir, and exhorted the contractors to complete their projects within the stipulated timelines. Kumar reviewed the projects during his three-day tour to the Union Territory during which he also called [...]

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd (RGICL) and SBI General on Saturday said they have participated in the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana's nationwide doorstep crop insurance policy distribution mega drive -- 'Meri Policy Mere Hath' under Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav campaign. Reliance General Insurance Company Ltd (RGICL) said it has [...]

Mumbai, Feb 26 (PTI) The campaign to repatriate Indian nationals from Ukraine has commenced as the first Air India flight, AIC-1944, from Bucharest in Romania carrying 219 Indian evacuees from Ukraine, is expected to arrive in the city late evening, an official statement said on Saturday. The Air India flight had departed from Mumbai at [...]

Andhra Pradesh, India (NewsVoir) Aadigyan, the flagship initiative of the International Relations and Higher Studies office at SRM University-AP, has been launched in a grand ceremony held at the auditorium in hybrid mode on February 26, 2022. Chief Guest Shri G Kishan Reddy, Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Development of the North Eastern Region of [...]

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd has taken over the operations of at least 200 stores of Future Retail and has offered jobs to its employees after the Kishore Biyani-led group failed to make lease payments to landlords, sources said on Saturday. Reliance Retail, the retail arm of the oil-to-telecom [...]

London, Feb 26 (PTI) The UK government is leading the charge in Europe to exclude Russia from the worldwide SWIFT banking network, as part of tough sanctions designed to deliver a financial blow to President Vladimir Putin over his invasion of Ukraine.The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) is the world’s main banking messaging [...]

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) Telecom operator Vodafone Idea is re-aligning and streamlining its consumer digital resources to sharpen focus on driving operational scale and pace of delivery. VIL is proposing to bring all digital resources from different functions under a more 'holistic and integrated' consumer digital product curation and delivery organisation, according to an [...]

Chennai, Feb 26 (PTI): Brakes India, engaged in the manufacturing of braking equipment for automotive and non-automotive applications, recently unveiled high-performance braking pads that offer enhanced braking at high speeds and in hilly train regions, the company said on Saturday. The new 'Elite' brake pads, launched under the TVS Apache brand are stripe coated with [...]

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) With an aim to enhance the ease of accessibility and usability of data disseminated in public by various data sources in securities market, Sebi has asked market intermediaries to make available such data to users, 'free of charge' both for 'viewing' and for download. Financial markets are traditionally data-rich and data-driven [...]

Washington, Feb 26 (PTI) The World Bank's India head, Junaid Kamal Ahmad, has been appointed as one of the vice presidents of the global lending institution. Ahmad -- who as Vice President, Operations would head the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) -- is the second Bangladeshi national to be appointed to such a high position [...]

New Delhi, Feb 26 (PTI) The government on Saturday approved offering of dry-fuel by coal companies, including state-owned CIL, through a common e-auction window instead of sector specific auctions. The approval was given during a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In a statement, the coal [...]

Bring home a comfortable Peps mattress on No Cost EMI and also avail of other exciting deals at the Bajaj Finserv EMI Store Pune, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) The perfect balance of comfort and support makes Peps mattresses the perfect solution for a sound sleep. Customers can now bring home Peps mattresses at affordable prices as [...]

Sunjay Sudhir, Indian Ambassador to the UAE launches The Book ‘A Nation to Protect’, showcasing India’s COVID-19 response under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in the UAE at India Pavilion, EXPO2020 Dubai, United Arab Emirates (NewsVoir) India Pavilion yesterday witnessed the release of “A Nation to Protect: Leading India Through the COVID Crisis” [...]

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) Tatiana, more popularly known by her stage name T8iana (‘Tay-tiana’), an Australian transgender singer-songwriter of Mauritian-Indian-French descent, has dropped her first dance/pop single “What have you gotta say now?” from her debut album ‘Celebrat8ion’. The single has been produced by Clarence Jey, the LA based, Grammy winning record producer of Rebecca [...]

New Delhi, February 25, 2022: Coding Ninjas, India’s leading platform to learn coding and get placement assistance, is elated to announce the commencement of CodeKaze, India’s biggest coding competition. Team Coding Ninjas is geared up to receive up to 200,000+ registrations from across the country and has partnered with CoinDCX, Tokopedia & 100+ heavy weights [...]

Pune, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) The Bajaj Finserv EMI Store has announced cashback offers of up to Rs. 3,000 on the purchase of Sony TVs. Shoppers can now purchase top-notch TVs at the lowest EMIs starting Rs. 1,024 on the EMI Store. Sony TVs have delivered unparalleled immersive audio-visual experiences to the viewers for decades. Known [...]

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (NewsVoir) Devendra Jaiswal, Director and CEO of KidsChaupal Infotech Pvt. Ltd. welcomes Dhiraj Singh as the Director and Co-CEO of the company. Dhiraj Singh, an Alumni of MNNIT, Allahabad, is a seasoned technophile with experience of over 22 years in leading engineering teams to success, majorly in his tenure with Cisco Systems [...]

Dubai, United Arab Emirates (NewsVoir) India’s Lok Sabha Speaker Shri Om Birla along with a parliamentary delegation visited the India Pavilion at EXPO2020 yesterday. The delegation included Rajya Sabha members Shri M V Shreyams Kumar, Shri Sushil Kumar Modi, Smt. Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan, Dr. M.K. Vishnu Prasad and Lok Sabha members, Shri P. Ravindranath, [...]

RESTON, Va., Feb. 25, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- CirrusLabs, today announced its selection for Trade Winds, a U.S. Trade led mission to the Middle East from March 2nd to March 11th. Trade Winds is the largest U.S. government-led trade mission and business development forum organized by the U.S. Commercial Service to promote trade globally. "After months [...]

After Sneha Group in 2021, the Shalimar Group supports the ‘Soy Fed’ label with its adoption in packaging material to help consumers identify high-quality protein foods Mumbai, Maharashtra, India – Business Wire India Following the launch of India's first feed label, 'Soy Fed,' by Right To Protein, a nationwide public health initiative last year, Shalimar [...]