Business Bureau

Paytm, India’s leading payments and financial services company and the pioneer of QR and mobile payments, has announced a partnership with West Bengal Transport Corporation Ltd (WBTCL) for online bus ticket booking. With this partnership, the company has added another state-owned transport company for more convenience of bus ticket bookings for its users. Paytm has empowered users to book online tickets across 40 routes that are operated by WBTCL across both AC and non-AC buses. Through the app, WBTCL bus tickets for across major cities including Kolkata, Digha, Barasat, Haldia, Purulia, Durgapur, Habra, Asansol, Bolpur, Mayapur and Malda can be…

India’s homegrown Paytm Payments Bank is currently the only platform to exclusively offer UPI LITE payments, which enables faster real-time transactions with a single tap on the Paytm app. Paytm UPI LITE will never fail even during peak transaction hours, even when banks have success rate issues. Paytm UPI LITE, enabled by NPCI, enables users to carry out small-value UPI transactions without using a PIN. It provides a superfast, convenient, and hassle-free transaction experience as users don't have to enter a PIN every time they make a payment. Users can transfer UPI balance back to the same bank account anytime,…

Tata Motors, India's leading automobile manufacturer, is taking its electric SUV Nexon EV on a challenging journey from Srinagar to Kanyakumari Starting 25th February. The Nexon EV will cover 4000 kms in 4 days in a non-stop drive, setting a record for the fastest K2K drives by an EV. Tata Motors has enhanced the range of the Nexon EV to 453 kms, while Tata Power has enhanced highway charging infrastructure across the country, making public charging omnipresent and easily accessible. The Nexon EV will travel across the Indian subcontinent to showcase its capabilities in high speed and long distance travel,…

SBI Mutual Fund announced the launch of SBI Dividend Yield Fund, an open-ended equity scheme investing predominantly in a well-diversified portfolio of equity and equity related instruments of dividend yielding companies. The new fund offer would open on February 20, 2023, and close on March 6, 2023. The first-tier benchmark of the fund is the NIFTY 500 TRI. The investment objective of the scheme is to provide investors with opportunities for capital appreciation and/or dividend distribution by investing in a well-diversified portfolio of equity and equity related instruments of dividend yielding companies. The scheme will consider dividend-paying stocks that have…

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (“KMBL”/Kotak) has announced that it has opened 100 Gold Loan branches, in this financial year, so far.  As of March 31, 2022, the Bank was offering Gold Loans through its 400 branches. With the addition of 100 Gold Loan branches in this FY, Kotak Mahindra Bank now offers Gold Loans through its500 branches spread over253 cities across the country. The Bank plans to expand its Gold Loans branch network by opening 50 branches in the ongoing financial year, offering instant Gold Loans, minimal documentation, easy repayment options, attractive interest rates, and both existing and non-existing customers.…

Kotak Mahindra Bank (KMBL) went live with Kotak fyn, a holistic digital platform developed specifically for business banking and corporate clients. The new integrated portal will offer Kotak Bank customers comprehensive digital banking and value-added services across all products, including trade & services, account services, payments, and collections.  Kotak fyn is a single platform that eliminates the need for multiple logins and user interfaces, making trade and service transactions seamless and convenient for customers. It unifies data across product-specific portals and back-office systems to create a single view of transactions, positions and balances, enabling self-service and driving operational efficiency. The…

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) organised a seminar on Building Capacities through skill training and New Generation of Entrepreneurs in Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Partner Nations towards usage and set up of digital IT platforms. At the seminar, India presented its best practices on digital transformation across different sectors in areas of health, education, skilling, IT and more, with a special focus on sectors that helped cater to the welfare challenges faced by the masses during the pandemic. The sessions were attended by eight member countries and 50 delegates from SCO member states, observer states and dialogue…

ITC Ltd.'s Sunrise Spices has launched HaahSalkumura Masala in Assam, a unique blend of spices to recreate the authentic flavors of duck curry. It is an easy-to-use blend that uses a distinctive spice combination to make the dish more enjoyable. Being one of Assam’s most loved delicacies, duck curry is often made and served on special occasions and requires a unique blend of spices to recreatethe taste and bring out the authentic flavours. Sunrise HaahSalkumura is a dish prepared with a complex set of spices to bring out the unique flavour of duck meat. Sunrise has recreated the spices and…

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IMDb (http://www.imdb.com), the world's most popular and authoritative source for information on movies, TV shows, and celebrities, today announced the launch of the Popular Indian Celebrities feature, a new way for fans to track trending stars and filmmakers in Indian movies and web series. The Popular Indian Celebrities feature on the IMDb app highlights the top trending Indian entertainers and filmmakers each week, based on visits from more than 200 million monthly visitors. Fans can follow their favorite entertainers and discover new breakout talent.  This week, the Popular Indian Celebrities feature spotlights talent from trending titles like Farzi (Prime Video),…