Business Correspondent - The Purbottar

10 Oct

Parineeti Chopra Blushes as Paps Ask Her ‘Jiju Kaise Hai’

Business Correspondent0 CommentsEntertainment

The newlywed couple Actress Parineeti Chopra and Politician Raghav Chaddha' is filling the city with all the happiness and joy. The actress is back to bollywood city Mumbai after wrapping the post-wedding rituals at Chadha's residence in New Delhi. A video of the actress is doing rounds on the internet wherein she can be seen blushing as the paps asked 'Jiju kaise hain'. https://www.instagram.com/reel/CyN5vlZKxRR/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== As soon as the video went viral, fans came together to react on the same. One fan wrote, "Kitnaa sharma rahi hai." "khushi dekh rhy ho," another fan commented. A "She's looking so beautiful..and those who…

10 Oct

Axis Bank launches India’s first numberless co-branded credit card

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

Axis Bank one of the largest private sector banks in India has partnered with Fibe (formerly known as EarlySalary) to launch India's first ever numberless co-branded credit card for tech-savvy Generation Z individuals. This new numberless credit card will help the users to enhance security by removing the details of card number, expiry date, and CVV which are printed on the physical card. Hence this initiative will help to reduce the risk of identity theft. The numberless credit card also has other interesting features like it offers a cashback of flat 3 per cent on online food delivery across all…

08 Oct

Narges Mohammadi: Iranian woman jailed for rights work wins Nobel Peace prize

Business Correspondent0 CommentsInternational

Narges Mohammadi, a 51 year old Iran's leading human rights activists who at present is behind bars serving multiple sentences in Tehran's notorious Evin prison has received 2023 Nobel Peace Prize for promoting human rights and freedom for all as well as the courageous activities she held against the oppression of women in Iran and relentless fight for social reform. In the past she had also campaigned for women’s rights and the abolition of the death penalty in Iran. After winning the award she gave her statement to The New York Times in which she asserted that she would never…

07 Oct

Kareena Kapoor teases with a thrilling stunt picture from “Singham Again”

Business Correspondent0 CommentsEntertainment

Actress Kareena Kapoor Khan took to her Instagram to share the first glimpse of her shooting from Singham Again. The actress is in Hyderabad for her shoot. The actress shared a photo in which she is turned backside towards the camera and looking towards the car which is hung in air. In the caption she wrote, 'Do I need to say who I am shooting for? P.S-He is one of my most favourite directors… This is my fourth film with him…and ofcourse not the last… Ready Steady Go… @itsrohitshetty.' https://www.instagram.com/p/CyGNnPMo_8F/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== The actress is shooting with her favourite director Rohit Shetty…

07 Oct

Air India cancels flights to and from Tel Aviv after Hamas attacks Israel

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

Air India has cancelled a flight named AI139 which was scheduled to depart from New Delhi on October 7 at 3:35 pm and reach Tel Aviv airport in Israel at 7:05 pm, in the backdrop of surprised attack done by a Palestinian Islamist Group Hamas on saturday morning. Another flight AI140 which was scheduled to depart from Tel Aviv at 10.10pm and reach New Delhi at 7am on Sunday was also cancelled. "An Air India Flight from Delhi to Tel Aviv on 07 October 2023 and the return flight AI140 from Tel Aviv to Delhi has been cancelled in the…

05 Oct

Shikhar Dhawan granted divorce from Aesha Mukerji on grounds of cruelty by wife

Business Correspondent0 CommentsSports

Cricketer Shikhar Dhawan has been granted divorce from his estranged wife Aesha Mukerji by a Delhi court. The ex-couple tied the knot in October 2012 after falling in love with each other. They also have a son Zorawar. The cricketer made allegations against his wife on the grounds of cruelty, judge Harish Kumar confirmed all the allegations to be true after Aesha was unable to defend herself or she didn't contest the said allegations. It was Aesha's second marriage with Shikhar, she already have two daughters from her first husband who was an Australian businessman. In a judgement Shikhar was…

05 Oct

India Surpasses Pakistan, Bangladesh To See Remarkable Surge In Mobile Download Speeds, Enters Top 50 in Ookla Speedtest Global Index

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

The launch of 5G services in India, helped surpassing the developed countries like UK, Japan and Brazil in global mobile speed ranking according to the reports of Ookla. With the help of 5G services India's speed performance has increased by 3.59 times. As per the reports of Ookla India's rank has moved from 119th to 47th this year with a download speed of 50.21 Mbps. India is also at the top in comparison with its neighbouring countries like Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan, as well as G20 countries, such as South Africa (48th place), Brazil (50th place), Japan (58th), the…

05 Oct

Second malaria vaccine to win global approval is cheaper and easier to make

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

World Health Organization has given approval to a second malaria vaccine known as R21/Matrix-M which will protect people against the deadly disease, the vaccine has the highest efficacy of 75%. The vaccine was made ready with a collaborative effort of the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India, with an aim to protect vulnerable children who are at a higher risk of getting infected with this deadly disease. The WHO's Director-General, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, confirmed that the R21/Matrix-M vaccine will be available for administration by mid of 2024. In an effort to ensure widespread accessibility, he also said…

04 Oct

Govt hikes LPG subsidy to ₹300 for PM Ujjwala Yojana beneficiaries

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

The union govt. has increased subsidy amount for the beneficiaries of Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana to ₹300 (an increase of rupees 100) per LPG cylinder, Union minister Anurag Thakur said during a briefing on Cabinet decisions on Wednesday. The market price of a LPG cylinder weighing 14.2 kg is Rupees 903, whereas the beneficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme currently pay ₹703 per 14.2-kg cylinder. After the decision of the Union Cabinet, they will now pay ₹603.

04 Oct

Swades Actor Gayatri Joshi And Husband’s Car Accident In Italy Leaves An Elderly Swiss Couple Dead

Business Correspondent0 CommentsEntertainment

Actress Gayatri Joshi who bagged the Femina Miss India International in the year 2000, and has also worked with Shah Rukh Khan in ‘Swades’ movie, met with car accident while travelling with husband Vikas Oberoi. The tragic accident happened in Italy. Gayatri shared the news of accident to Free Press Journal and said that she and her husband were doing "absolutely fine". As per the sources, it was a multiple-car collision in Sardinia. "Vikas and I are in Italy. We met with an accident here… With gods grace, we both are absolutely fine," she was quoted as saying by the…