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25 Jul

WhatsApp to Partner With More Indian Banks in Financial Inclusion Push

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Facebook's WhatsApp plans to team up with more Indian lenders to expand banking services in rural areas and for lower income individuals, the messaging platform's country head said on Wednesday. WhatsApp, which counts India as its biggest market with 400 million users, has already tied up with banks including ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank, allowing them to communicate with customers via automated text messages on its business service. "We now want to open up with more banks over this coming year to help simplify and expand banking services, especially to the rural and lower-income segments," Abhijit Bose, WhatsApp's India head…

25 Jul

Cipla Gets Regulatory Nod To Sell COVID-19 Drug

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Cipla has received regulatory approval to sell anti-viral drug favipiravir to treat COVID-19, the drug maker said on Friday, as coronavirus infections in the world's third worst-hit nation show no sign of abating. The Drug Controller General of India granted Cipla accelerated approval to make and sell favipiravir in an effort to meet the "urgent and unmet" need for COVID-19 treatment options in the country, the company said. India reported over 49,000 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus with 740 new deaths on Friday, marking the biggest daily surge in cases, as officials in some states complained of shortages of…

24 Jul

Purplle’s Beauty Sale Festival from August 4

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India’s leading beauty marketplace Purplle is launching India’s largest online beauty sale from August 4 to August 8. The online sale festival will be offering products from Purplle’s exclusive beauty brands as well as renowned global brands. The 5-day sale festival, branded as ‘I ♥Beauty’ (I Heart Beauty) will offer more than 15,000 beauty products across 500 Indian and International brands on Purplle.com (Purplle dot com), making it India’s largest online sale of beauty products across skincare, hair care and makeup categories. Purplle expects a five-fold increase in customer traffic during the online Sale Festival days as compared to normal…

24 Jul

Amway partners with FICCI for a webinar

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Amway India recently partnered with FICCI to host a webinar on Enabling Future Education in North East India. The virtual event was graced by Mr Jishnu Dev Varma, Deputy Chief Minister of Tripura, Mr TH. Radheshyam Singh, Minister of Education, Government of Manipur and Mr Ranjit Barthakur, Chairman of FICCI Northeast Advisory Council among others. Focused on making quality education accessible, the webinar addressed infrastructure requirements, the need for seamless integration of technology in the education system and identifying knowledge, skills, attitudes and values required to shape the future of students. Mr. Rajat Banerji, Vice-President - Corporate Affairs, Amway India,…

24 Jul

Vodafone RED experience for Idea customers

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Vodafone Idea Limited, one of India’s leading telecom service providers, announced the completion of its postpaid consolidation journey by bringing all Idea post-paid subscribers under Vodafone RED. All Vodafone Idea postpaid customers can now avail benefits of the Vodafone RED plan. It will enable the company to provide a uniform customer experience through self-service channels with enriched menu options on IVR, USSD, MyVodafone App and Websites for availing products, services and making payments. Erstwhile Idea postpaid customers can now avail Red Family subscription, a single bill for the entire family, access to Vodafone Play, premium content and a bouquet of…

23 Jul

Royal Enfield Meteor 350 Revealed In Spy Shot Ahead Of Launch, to be launched in India soon.

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The upcoming Royal Enfield Meteor 350 has been spotted testing yet again. This time, the motorcycle was completely loaded with accessories. The Meteor 350 test mule featured a large windscreen that looks good enough for touring, a large engine guard as well as a frame guard at the rear. Moreover, the motorcycle also featured premium-looking footpegs that seem to have been picked from the optional accessory list. Apart from this, the motorcycle remains the same as the standard version. The Royal Enfield Meteor 350 is a replacement for the Thunderbird 350X and sports a styling similar to the latter. However,…

23 Jul

Maruti Suzuki Ignis updated, gets smartplay touchscreen infotainment.

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Maruti Suzuki Ignis Zeta variant has been revised with the addition of the seven-inch SmartPlay touchscreen infotainment system. A feature that was limited to Alpha variants. Ignis Zeta variant is available in MT and AMT trims. With the addition of SmartPlay touchscreen infotainment system, prices now stand hiked by 8.5k. Maruti Ignis Zeta MT is available at a price of Rs 5.98 lakh, and Zeta AMT at Rs 6.45 lakh . Ignish already hosts dual front airbags, ABS with EBD, ISOFIX child seat anchors, LED projector headlamps with daytime running lamps, 15-inch alloy wheels, and much more.The Maruti Ignis goes…

22 Jul

Google Pay app does not need RBI authorisation

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Google India Digital Services Pvt Ltd has told the Delhi High Court that its Google Pay app does not require RBI authorisation as it is not a payment system operator but a third-party application provider. The PSO authorised by the Reserve Bank of India is the National Payment Corporation of India which is the owner and operator of the entire unified payment interface network. The affidavit was filed in response to a PIL which has alleged that Google''s mobile payment app, Google Pay or GPay in short, was facilitating financial transactions without the requisite authorisation from RBI. Google said it…

22 Jul

Gold prices cross an all time high

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The gold prices crossed the mark of Rs 50,000 for the first time ever on Wednesday. It’s 1 per cent taking the absolute price to Rs 50,010 per 10gram. It's not just the gold, but silver too, that is recording an exponential price growth due to increased investment in precious metals during the pandemic. silver futures rose to Rs 61,130 per kg, recording a surge of 6.6 per cent. As for the precious metal trade in the international market, the spot gold prices reached its nine year highest, at $1865.81 per ounce, an increase of 1.3 per cent as compare…

22 Jul

OnePlus Nord is the company’s cheapest phone in 2020, launches at Rs 24,999; Buds at Rs 4,990.

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OnePlus has launched its ‘affordable’ Nord smartphone via an AR launch event on July 21, Tuesday. The OnePlus Nord starts at Rs 24,999 for the base 6GB RAM/64GB variant, which will be made available in September. The 8GB RAM/128GB storage and 12GB RAM/256GB storage variants priced at Rs 27,999 and Rs 29,999, respectively, will be made available starting August 4 via Amazon and company’s own website. OnePlus Nord will be available on nord.oneplus.com beginning August 4 in Europe and India. Fifty North American users will have a chance to experience the OnePlus Nord through a limited beta program. Prior to…