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09 Jul

Flipkart’s 2GUD brings social commerce

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India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, Flipkart launched social commerce on its independent value platform - 2GUD. 2GUD’s social commerce platform will allow users to have an uninterrupted video shopping experience with their favourite influencers showcasing the latest fashion trends, reviewing gadgets, sharing beauty tips and so much more. Consumers on 2GUD’s social commerce platform will be exposed to a feed of videos made by a hand-picked influencer network across various topics and categories. These influencers will curate their favorite products as part of their collection in the virtual store, allowing consumers to witness their styling journeys across categories. It will also…

08 Jul

Amphan: Coca-Cola partners with Save the Children

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Coca-Cola in India with funding from The Coca-Cola Foundation has partnered with Save the Children to address the food security and shelter needs of affected victims of Cyclone AMPHAN, through a comprehensive relief assistance programme. The programme was rolled out in Kolkata in the presence of Sourav Ganguly, Mr Hemant Goenka, Managing Director, Diamond Beverages Pvt. Ltd. (DBPL), bottling partner of Coca-Cola in West Bengal. With over 1-lakh households displaced and 6-lakh people evacuated, this initiative will focus on aiding safe and hygienic drinking water, food security, shelter needs and livelihood in East Medinipur, Kolkata and South 24 Paraganas. Through…

08 Jul

Sony establishes Sony Research India

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Sony Corporation (‘Sony) announced that it established a research company ‘Sony Research India Private Limited’ (Sony Research India) effective July 1, 2020. Sony Research India consists of R&D Center India Bengaluru Laboratory and Mumbai Laboratory as part of Sony’s Global R&D centers. Through the establishment of Sony Research India, Sony will seek to leverage its multi-sites structure and talent for the excellence of its research. Sony Research India also aims to accelerate the collaboration with its entertainment and electronics business groups, while further enhancing competitiveness and capability of research and development in India. Sony Research India is also offering outstanding…

08 Jul

Glenmark’s Fabiflu for mild to moderate COVID-19 cases

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Over the past 5 months, since the first reported case of COVID-19, Glenmark mobilized its teams and development process started at its Research and Development (R&D) facility in Navi Mumbai. The entire process from R&D, to producing the Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) at Ankleshwar (Gujarat) and manufacturing the formulations at Baddi (Himachal Pradesh) have been done in-house and is a significant achievement as part of “Make in India”. Despite investing significantly throughout the process of manufacturing FabiFlu, Glenmark has managed to keep the pricing of FabiFlu economical as compared to its price in other countries. FabiFlu in India costs Rs…

04 Jul

2020 Honda to launch 5th generation City on July 15.

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After a slight delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the fifth generation Honda City sedan will be launched in the market on July 15, 2020. Honda began production of the new model late last month, and it has already started accepting bookings for the midsize sedan. The Honda City midsize sedan will be available with both petrol and diesel engine options. The petrol variant will be powered by a 1.5L i-VTEC engine that will be available with a 6-speed manual gearbox and a CVT options. The engine churns out 121 PS of power at 6,600 rpm and 145 Nm of…

03 Jul

Svatantra’s Home Insurance

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Svatantra Microfin Private Limited is a next-gen technology-driven microfinance company that operates in rural areas of India, offers not just micro-credit but a bouquet of financial services - Cashless Health Insurance, Personal Accident and Home Insurance. The comprehensive list of offerings is designed as per the needs of rural customers. In the wake of the recent calamity due to Cyclone ‘Amphan’ in the coastal areas of West Bengal and Odisha, Svatantra Microfin’s Home Insurance (Standard Fire Special Peril Policy) has proved a key to recover from this ‘Act of God’ devastation. Several coastal districts of West Bengal and Odisha are…

02 Jul

SBI revises ATM withdrawal rules for customers

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The State Bank of India (SBI) on Thursday revised its withdrawal rules, which will come in effect from July 1, after the SBI’s 3-month relaxation given to the customers expired on June 30. The public lender has not extended the exemption given to its customers in wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the SBI in April had waived service charges for all ATM transactions made on SBI ATMs as well as other bank ATMs on account of exceeding the free number of transactions. "In view of the announcement made by Finance Minister on 24th March,…

02 Jul

Durgapur’s Shikha Dey among 10 winners

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At an all-virtual finale event, the 3rd largest biscuit brand in India, Britannia Marie Gold announced the ten winners of its Britannia Marie Gold My Start Up campaign. Under the aegis of this initiative, the 10 winners were felicitated and awarded Rs 10 Lakhs each to kick-start their business ventures. One winner, Shikha Dey of Durgapur will be utilising the seed capital to start a Bioflock Fish Farm. Bioflock Fish farming is a growing industry in India where fish is cultivated indoors rather than traditional pond methods, using advanced equipment. In addition to financial assistance, the current edition of the…

02 Jul

Nissan’s B-SUV concept to be showcased on July 16

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For the first time, Nissan India’s B-SUV concept will be showcased to the world on July 16, at the global headquarters. The compact B-SUV is scheduled to be introduced in the second half of FY 2020-21. Prior to that, Nissan revealed glimpses of the headlights and grill of its technology-rich and stylish B-SUV concept. Nissan India’s first Compact B-SUV for the Indian market reflects Nissan-ness, a philosophy aimed at empowering people through breakthrough products and technologies. Nissan’s new SUV features the latest technology as a part of Nissan Intelligent Mobility, the company’s vision as to how vehicles are powered, driven…

01 Jul

India’s cybersecurity agency cautions : Be cautious while installing Google Chrome extensions.

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Internet users should exercise caution while installing Google Chrome extensions as the company has removed over 100 malicious links after they were found collecting "sensitive" user data, country's cyber security agency said on Wednesday.The Computer Emergency Response Team of India (CERT-In), the national technology arm to combat cyber attacks and guard the Indian cyber space, said it has also been found that these extensions contained code to bypass Google Chrome's web store security scans. The malicious extensions had the ability to take screenshots, read the clipboard, harvest authentication cookies or grab user keystrokes to read passwords and other confidential information,…