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24 Sep

Flipkart strengthens its supply chain for the upcoming festive season

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Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, has strengthened and expanded its supply chain across the country in the run-up to the festive season to cater to the growing needs of millions of consumers coming online and to support market access for lakhs of MSMEs, sellers, artisans, and kiranas. Flipkart has also strengthened its last-mile reach with the addition of more than 1,000 new delivery hubs (DH) across the country. The complexity and scale of the Big Billion Days require investments for capacity, storage, sorting, packaging, human resources, training, and delivery. The festive season requires the supply chain to be scaled up…

24 Sep

Visa partnered with NASSCOM Foundation

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Visa and NASSCOM Foundation have jointly announced an initiative to upskill women entrepreneurs with digital skills and financial literacy. The training program is designed to help women from underserved communities build basic digital skills while sharpening business acumen. This initiative by Visa is part of its global recovery efforts announced last year to elevate 50 million small and micro businesses. The program will focus on training impacted entrepreneurs through a blended model. Online training will be delivered through the DigiSakshar portal and app, and all beneficiaries will receive a mobile phone with one year of internet connectivity to help them…

23 Sep

SC defers order on Pegasus snooping row; to set up probe panel

editor0 CommentsIndiapegasus, SUPREME COURT

The Supreme Court observed that it may set up a technical committee to investigate the allegations of snooping by using the Pegasus spyware and will pass an order on the matter next week. A bench headed by Chief Justice N V Ramana said the order, which was to be pronounced earlier, will now be delivered next week. Justice Ramana said that the court wanted to pass orders this week but the orders were deferred as some members, who the court had wanted to be part of the technical committee, had expressed personal difficulties to be on the committee. The top…

23 Sep

SJVN, HP University sign MoU for skill development

editor0 CommentsIndiaMoU, Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam, University Institute of Technology

Satluj Jal Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) and University Institute of Technology (UIT), HP University signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for skill development of the students and give them know how on the latest trends of engineering and technology. The MoU was signed by D P Kaushal, SJVN executive director and UIT director Professor P L Sharma. SJVN chairman and managing director N L Sharma said the MoU was in line with the vision of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for skill development and it will lead to capacity building and providing relevant industry exposure to the students. He stated that this…

23 Sep

AGIL eyes 100% growth in Exports in FY21-22

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India’s leading tiles brand Asian Granito India Limited (AGIL) is eyeing exponential growth from exports business in the current fiscal. Company expects to clock export business of around Rs. 350 - 400 crore in the current fiscal of FY21-22 and also aims to expand its business network in over 120 countries from 100 currently. For FY20-21, consolidated export sales for the company was reported at Rs. 216 crore. Anti-China sentiments, lower duties on export to USA, robust export orders from USA, Europe, UK and Middle East are driving the export business in the current fiscal and it is expected to…

23 Sep

5G trials: Vi Records top 5G speeds

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Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) is conducting 5G trials on Government allocated 5G spectrum in Pune (Maharashtra) and Gandhinagar (Gujarat), along with its technology vendors. In Pune city, Vi has deployed its 5G trial in a lab setup of end-to-end captive network of Cloud Core, new generation Transport and Radio Access Network. In this trial, Vi has achieved peak speed in excess of 3.7 Gbps with very low latency on the mmWave spectrum band. These speeds were achieved with state-of-the-art equipment in 5G Non-Standalone network architecture and using NR Radios. Vi has also achieved peak download speeds of up to 1.5 Gbps…

23 Sep

Happy Birthday Prem Chopra: Prem naam hai mera Prem Chopra, actor’s evergreen dialogues

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Veteran actor Prem Chopra, who made a place in everyone's hearts with his strong acting, is celebrating his 86th birthday today ie 23 September. He has worked in several Hindi as well as Punjabi films. Chopra, who has been a part of more than 380 films has given 60 years of his life to the industry. Some of his work is recognized in hit films like 'Kati Patang', 'Do Anjaane', 'Prem Nagar', 'Raja Babu', 'Ajnabee', 'Koi Mil Gaya', 'Bunty Aur Babli'. Not only this but many of his roles as a villain has impressed his fans. Moreover, not just his acting prowress but…

23 Sep

IIT JEE Mains: Unacademy’s Bratin secures AIR 18

editor0 CommentsEducation, IndiaBRATIN MANDAL, IIT, JEE MAINS

Bratin Mandal (18) from Santipur village in Nadia district (West Bengal) cleared the IIT JEE Mains exam. He scored 100 percentile and secured an All India Rank of 18. Now, Bratin’s focus is on cracking the IIT JEE Advanced Exam, which will take him one step closer to his dream of studying at IIT. Bratin prepared for the exams from Class 11 and managed to clear the IIT JEE Exam at the first attempt. He studied on Unacademy, which is an online learning platform. He says it changed his entire approach towards competitive exams and online learning. “It was a…

23 Sep

Punjab Police arrests three terrorists with weapons and explosives

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The Punjab Police has foiled a big terrorist conspiracy and has arrested three terrorists with weapons and explosives in the Tarn Taran district. Police have cordoned off the entire area and started search operations. Last night, three car-borne terrorists were nabbed near village Bhagwanpura in the district. A 9 mm pistol, 11 live cartridges, a hand grenade and explosive material has been recovered from them. All three terrorists - Kulwinder Singh, Kamalpreet Singh Mann, Kanwar pal Singh - are residents of Moga district of Punjab.

23 Sep

Jagdale Healthcare Announces Clinical Study Results on Mulmina

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Jagdale Industries Pvt. Ltd has announced the results of a clinical study on their popular health drink Mulmina. Mulmina is composed of natural super foods and is the only ready to drink immune booster, anti-oxidant drink in a tetra pack. The research proved the inherent immune-boosting properties of the drink make it a better alternative to other health beverages. Clinical studies carried out in a renowned medical institute and research centreon children with respiratory infections managed with Mulmina Mango (Combination of Mango, Gotu kola/Centella asiatica and Turmeric) along with the standard treatment protocol have shown a significant increase in anti-oxidant…