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07 Jan

Zupee- Jio Strategic Partnership

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Indiajio, Zupee

Zupee, India's largest skill-based casual gaming company, has announced a first-of-its-kind strategic partnership with Jio Platforms Limited. This will entail integration of products and strong synergies in user engagement and distribution in a future-ready ecosystem that will benefit over 450 million users. Jio users will be provided access to Zupee’s rich repertoire of online skill-based games as well as other innovative products that Zupee develops. This strategic partnership firmly cements the trust in the incredible growth and vision that Zupee brings to the table with key strengths in cracking winning game formats and monetisation in the Indian market. Dilsher Singh,…

07 Jan

ICICI Pru iProtect Return of Premium

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Health, India‘ICICI Pru iProtect Return of Premium’

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has launched an innovative term insurance product ‘ICICI Pru iProtect Return of Premium’, a customer-centric proposition offering life-stage based cover wherein the quantum of life cover is automatically adjusted based on the customer’s life stages. The ICICI Pru iProtect Return of Premium offers return of 105% of all premiums paid on survival, besides providing cover against 64 critical illnesses, one of the highest in the industry. It offers two variants – Life Stage Cover and Level Cover.The Life-stage Cover is ideally suited for customers who seek adequate life cover across their life stages. Also, it offers…

07 Jan

Demand for CoviSelf test kit has increased

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, IndiaCoronavirus, CoviSelf

The demand for India’s first self-test antigen test kit CoviSelf by Mylab saw a sudden jump in demand in last few weeks. It is a comfortable, easy-to-use and accurate test method and it can detect major variants of coronavirus including Omicron. Designed as the mid-nasal swab test, it can detect positive results in just 15 mins. Each unit contains a testing kit, instructions to use (IFU) leaflet and a bag to safely dispose of after testing. The company has made the test available for online ordering on company website along with all major online channels.The MD & Co-founder of Mylab…

07 Jan

PM Modi and Mamata present at the opening of the second campus of the cancer institute in Kolkata

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, India

In the presence of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually inaugurated the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute's (CNCI) second campus in Kolkata on Friday. Banerjee thanked the PM for inviting her to the event and said the institute holds a special place in her soul because she spent her college days nearby. Modi said on Twitter a day ago that the CNCI campus's inauguration will take place at 1 p.m. The tweet further said, "This institute will augment healthcare capacities in eastern India and the northeast." The second campus of CNCI was constructed in accordance with…

07 Jan

Two killed and two rescued after house collapsed in Begumpur area – Delhi

editor0 CommentsLatestBegumpur, Death, Injured

Two people have died and two more have been rescued after a house collapsed in Delhi's Begumpur area in the early morning on Friday , informed Delhi Fire Service. As per the Delhi Fire Service, two people have died while two others have been rescued from the area. Out of the two who were rescued, one is severely injured while the other one has suffered minor bruises. "Fire services received information regarding the incident at around 4:15 am. After which, four vehicles were rushed to the spot," DFS said. The injured has been admitted to Ambedkar Hospital. Further details are…

07 Jan

New variant detected in France

editor0 CommentsInternationalB.1.640, covid, France, who

The new Covid-19 variant, B.1.640, was detected by French researchers and is probably of Cameroonian origin, is not "circulating widely at the moment" and has so far been identified in less than 1 per cent of the samples sequenced in France, the World Health Organization said. The strain is known as the 'IHU' variant because it was first identified by academics at the IHU Mediterranee Infection Institute in Marseille, France, reports Xinhua news agency. At a press meet on Thursday, Maria van Kerkhove the technical lead for the WHO's Health Emergencies Program, said that it was first detected in September…

07 Jan

South Africa captain Dean Elgar on winning over India in Johannesburg test

editor0 CommentsNorth East

Dean Elgar being the senior most batter said he took the responsibility to take his team over the line as he led from the front to ensure a famous seven-wicket win over India at the Wanderers in Johannesburg. The 34-year-old opener finished the match unbeaten on 96 off 188 balls, an innings spanning five hours and nine minutes, as they chased down 240 to level the three-match series. "I said to myself I'm going to be there till the end as a senior batter, someone who's been around for a long time. I needed to take the responsibility,” Dean Elgar said to the media. "It's…

06 Jan

Wacom Opens First Experience Centre in Kolkata

editor0 CommentsIndiakolkata, Wacom

Wacom has announced the opening of its First Experience Centre in the city of joy, Kolkata. The new Experience Centre will be a one-stop-shop and solution centre for everything Wacom and will have the full range of Wacom products on display including the recently launched Wacom One, One by Wacom, Intuos, and Intuos Pro. Celebrating the launch, the new Wacom Experience Centre is also running a contest where participants can get a chance to win a Wacom product during their visit. Wacom Experience Centre in Kolkata is started and will be managed by Vikas Info solution which is one of…

06 Jan

125 passengers onboard chartered flight from Italy test Covid positive upon arrival in Amritsar

editor0 CommentsCovid-19Italy, punjab

As many as 125 passengers that have arrived in Amritsar on a chartered Italy-Amritsar flight have tested positive for Covid-19, said airport authorities on Thursday. There were 179 passengers on the Italy-Amritsar flight, said VK Seth, Airport Director. Since Italy is one of the “at risk” countries according to the Union Health Ministry, all eligible passengers — 160 in this case — were tested for COVID-19 and 125 of them were found to be positive, they mentioned. Out of total 179 passengers, 19 were children or infant so they were exempt from on-arrival RT-PCR testing, they said. The charter flight…

06 Jan

Bindhu Ammini, who entered Sabarimala, assaulted in public. It’s not the first time

editor0 CommentsIndiaKerala

Activist Bindhu Ammini, who was one of the first women between the ages of 10 to 50 to enter the Sabarimala temple, was attacked by a man in Kozhikode on Wednesday, January 5. Videos and images of the brutal attack have come to light. In the visuals, a man in a shirt and mundu/veshti is seen grabbing her and beating her. He is seen trying to choke her and pushing her head to the ground while she tries to defend herself. At one point while he is attacking her, his veshti falls off, leaving him exposed, as he continues to…