New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Brands now rely more on digital influencers as many of these ambassadors have more social media subscribers than venture capital funded start-ups, listed corporates, and even popular filmstars, says a new book.In "Booming Digital Stars: 11 Inspiring Journeys from India's Creator Economy", brand experts Harsh Pamnani & Manish Pandey, focus [...]
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Chemicals major GHCL on Saturday said it has completed the divestment process of its home textiles business for Rs 608.30 crore and formally transferred the business to Indo Count Industries. Besides, Grace Home Fashions LLC (GHF), a US subsidiary of GHCL, has completed the sale of specified assets (inventory and [...]
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Assets worth Rs 2.14 crore of a deputy general manager of Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd (MRPL) and his wife have been attached under the anti-money laundering law in a case linked to alleged possession of disproportionate assets, the ED said on Saturday.The official has been identified as Niranjan Gupta [...]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (NewsVoir) ICT Academy, in association with Autodesk, launched the India Design Week (IDW) 2022, a unique initiative for future designers to learn, explore, innovate, and design products for different social problems using Autodesk Technology (Autodesk Fusion 360 software). The third edition of the IDW 2022 event was open for ICT Academy [...]
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) India and Australia on Saturday signed an economic cooperation and trade agreement under which Canberra would provide duty-free access in its market for over 6,000 broad sectors of India, including textiles, leather, furniture, jewellery and machinery. The agreement is likely to be implemented in about four months. The India-Australia Economic [...]
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) The economic cooperation and trade agreement signed between India and Australia will enable the two countries to fully leverage the existing opportunities, besides facilitating the exchange of students, professionals and tourists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday. The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement (IndAus ECTA) was signed by [...]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) Indian Music Composer and Grammy Winner Ricky Kej and Rock-legend Stewart Copeland (The Police) have been nominated for their latest album ‘Divine Tides’ at the 64th Annual Grammy Awards. South India’s largest label Lahari Music is the producer for this album. Ricky Kej’s previous Grammy Award win came in 2015 for [...]
Three scholarships of about Rs. 1 Crore each per student will be offered New Delhi, Delhi, India (NewsVoir) Australia’s University of Canberra (UC) has opened applications to its VC’s Social Champion Scholarships starting, 01st April 2022. Three scholarships will be offered to international students intending to commence at UC in Semester One, 2023. Applications open [...]
Colombo, Apr 2 (PTI) Sri Lanka’s former president Maithripala Sirisena’s Freedom Party has called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to form an all-party government to tide over the worst economic crisis in the island nation and said that it may leave the alliance if its request was ignored. Sri Lanka is currently experiencing its worst economic [...]
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Motorcycle maker Royal Enfield on Saturday reported a 2.45 per cent increase in total sales at 67,677 units in March 2022. The company had sold 66,058 units in the same month last year, the company said in a statement. Domestic sales last month were at 58,477 units as against 60,173 [...]
Colombo, Apr 2 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a nationwide public emergency amidst a spate of protests, including outside his house, over the worst economic crisis in the island nation. Rajapaksa issued a special gazette notification late on Friday night, declaring a public emergency in Sri Lanka with immediate effect from April [...]
The sales of cars in India have been low for some companies this year despite a high buying sentiment among consumers. However, many carmakers registered a significant sales growth in India last month as compared to March 2021. Tata Motors, Skoda and Kia India posted their highest ever monthly wholesales last month, while Maruti Suzuki [...]
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) India and Australia on Saturday signed an economic cooperation and trade agreement under which Canberra would provide duty free access in its market for over 95 per cent of Indian goods such as textiles, leather, jewellery and sports products. The India-Australia Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement was inked by Commerce [...]
Hosur, Tamil Nadu, India (NewsVoir) TVS Motor Company registers sales of 307,954 units in March 2022 as against sales of 322,643 units in the month of March 2021. Two-Wheeler Total two-wheelers registered sales of 292,918 units in March 2022 as against sales of 307,397 units in March 2021. Domestic two-wheeler sales registered sales of 196,956 [...]
Colombo, Apr 2 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared a public emergency amidst a spate of protests over the worst economic crisis in the country. Rajapaksa issued a special gazette notification on Friday, declaring a public emergency in Sri Lanka with effect from April 1. On the President's command, Secretary to the President [...]
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Friday said it has inked a pact with Novartis AG to acquire the cardiovascular medicine brand Cidmus in India for USD 61 million (about Rs 463 crore). Under the agreement, Dr Reddy's will be assigned and transferred the Cidmus trademark in India from Novartis AG for [...]
Aurangabad, Apr 1 (PTI) The Maharashtra chapter of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has decided to work on four aspects of innovation, growth, sustainability and technology (IGST) in the state to contribute in growth of the country's economy, a top official of the trade body said on Friday.Talking to reporters here, CII Maharashtra chapter [...]