Bengaluru, Mar 17 (PTI) The Indian Institute of Science on Thursday entered into an MoU with Ajit Isaac, Founder and Chairman of Quess Corp, and Sarah Isaac, for establishing a Centre for Public Health at the IISc campus. "Mr and Mrs Isaac have committed a sum of Rs. 105 crore towards setting up this Centre, [...]
Islamabad, Mar 17 (PTI) In a first, a private trader in India has exported commercial goods to Uzbekistan through Pakistan and Afghanistan in a historic trade activity linking the four countries, according to a media report. Trucks carrying 140 tonnes of cargo, mostly sugar from India, departed Kabul on Wednesday for the Uzbek capital Tashkent, [...]
The Indian stock market has opened in the green today. The BSE Sensex is at 57888 points, 1.89% high, and the NSE Nifty is at 17,280.85 points, 1.80% higher than the previous close. The HDFC twins, i.e., Housing Development Finance Corp Ltd (HDFC Limited) and HDFC Bank Limited reached highs of ₹ 2,394.40 and ₹ [...]
Pune, Maharashtra, India – Business Wire India • ŠKODA AUTO India’s Service Challenge winners honoured • Part of ŠKODA AUTO’s endeavour to improve service quality and customer satisfaction • 2011 onwards ŠKODA AUTO India is evaluating and recognizing the dealer employees through Service Challenge In a glittering ceremony in Pune, ŠKODA AUTO India awarded, honoured [...]
Authenticated by Akshara Centre, the #SeeEqual and #ShareTheLoad list on Disney+ Hotstar features progressive content that represents women as Equal Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) Ariel India has been advocating for gender equality at home for seven years now, through its award-winning movement #ShareTheLoad. Their latest edition #SeeEqual has received phenomenal response from all quarters and [...]
Pune, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) Bajaj Housing Finance announces a milestone achievement, surpassing Rs. 50,000 Cr. worth of Assets Under Management. The Company started functioning as an independent entity in March 2018 and has touched this milestone number in just four years of operations. In the first year of operations, i.e., FY19, Bajaj Housing Finance touched [...]
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) India's gold mine production stood at a mere 1.6 tonnes in 2020 but could rise to 20 tonnes per year in the long-term, World Gold Council said on Thursday. The World Gold Council (WGC) launched a report titled ‘Gold Mining in India’, as part of a series of in-depth analysis [...]
Mumbai, Mar 17 (PTI) The BSE Sensex vaulted over 1,000 points for the second straight session on Thursday, tracking an overall bullish trend in global equities despite the US Federal Reserve hiking rates and signalling further policy tightening to tame inflation. A reversal in selling by foreign portfolio investors and sustained recovery in the rupee [...]
Chennai, Mar 17 (PTI) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, Incubation Cell on Thursday announced signing a memorandum of understanding with RBI Innovation Hub, a wholly owned subsidiary of Reserve Bank of India, to develop the ecosystem necessary to support and scale financial technology start-ups in the country.The two entities, under the association, would jointly provide [...]
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) High-end speciality chemicals and polymers producer Vikas EcoTech expects an improvement in its bottom line in the coming quarters as its solar power capacity will help reduce energy cost by around 33 per cent, the company said on Thursday.The New Delhi-based company is increasing its solar power generating capacity by [...]
Mumbai, Mar 17 (PTI) The rupee may depreciate to around 77.5 against the US dollar by March 2023, as the widening of current account deficit (CAD) due to higher energy prices and capital outflow as a result of rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve are likely to put pressure on the local unit, says [...]
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (NewsVoir) Blockchain is just a platform, and its technology allows those cryptocurrencies and their digital tokens to operate within it. Essentially, any transaction capable of being recorded can look to the use of blockchain, whether they be medical records, immigration information, birth certificates, insurance policies - all of that data can [...]
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) French electronics brand Thomson, which operates in India through its brand licensee Super Plastronics Pvt Ltd (SPPL), on Thursday said it is set to foray into the residential air condition segment this month.The company, which is expanding its presence into the home appliance category, will introduce a range of its [...]
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India (NewsVoir) Chennais Amirta International Institute of Hotel Management (CAIIHM), a premier hospitality education institution of South India, bagged the Times of India Group's, 'Times Education Icons 2021-2022 - Best Institution in Hotel Management’ award, under the 'Best in Academy and Institution' category. The award was given by renowned Indian Cricketer T. [...]
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) Healthcare services provider Manipal Hospitals on Thursday said it has tied up with ConnectedLife, built with Google Cloud, to use Fitbit’s wearable technology for monitoring patients' progress. The digital initiative aims to use wearable technology to stay connected with the patients post the surgeries like total knee replacement, angioplasty, cardiac [...]
Pune, Maharashtra, India – Business Wire India Miracle5 comes with a credible legacy of one and a half decades in the automotive industry, giving Pune its “first ever electric bike”. It is an eco-friendly brand in the domain of personal transport which is economical and has state-of-the-art features. The brand has carved its space as [...]
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (NewsVoir) • BPCL launches UPI 123PAY to enable cylinder bookings for non-internet users • Around 4 crore consumers of BharatGas in rural markets to benefit from this service • BPCL is the first company to enable voice-based payment for non-smart phone users Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), a ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune [...]
Mumbai, Mar 17 (PTI) Jindal Poly Films has signed a pact with Brookfield Asset Management to sell 25 per cent stake in its packaging films business that will be hived off as a separate unit as part of the Rs 2,000-crore transaction. The proposed investment, which values the hived off entity at Rs 8,000 crore, [...]
New Delhi, Mar 17 (PTI) The Twitter handle of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MOSPI) appeared to be hacked briefly on Thursday as it was showing a display picture of Tesla chief Elon Musk. However, the handle, which has over 40,000 followers, was restored later in the afternoon. Sources said the ministry got [...]
