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27 Sep

Flipkart launches Flipkart Xtra

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Flipkart is introducing a separate marketplace model ‘Flipkart Xtra’ with an aim to give flexible earning opportunities to individuals, service agencies and technicians. This new platform will also help bolster Flipkart’s supply chain to ensure seamless and faster delivery of shipments and service to consumers across India while creating part-time opportunities for individuals.Offered through the app ‘Flipkart Xtra’ available on the Google play store Flipkart will provide a simple and seamless onboarding experience to interested individuals. After background verification, individuals will be able to onboard themselves for various roles, including delivery executives to start with. The launch just prior to…

24 Sep

Nissan Magnite is the Official Car of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2021

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Nissan has announced that it has become the official sponsor of ICC Men's T20 World Cup. Nissan Magnite is the official car of ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2021. The tournament will be held from October 17 2021 to November 14, 2021 in UAE and Oman.Sinan Ozkok, president, Nissan Motor India, said, “The ICC Men’s T20 World Cup is one India looks forward to,Nissan India is proud that ‘Make in India, Make for the World SUV-the BigBold Beautiful Nissan Magniteis the Official car of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup. In these challenging times, we are hopeful that the ICC Men’s…

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

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…

20 Sep

India’s Medtronic showcases its new robotic-assisted surgery platform, Hugo™ RAS System at Surgical Robotics Experience Center

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India Medtronic Private Limited-the world's largest medical technology, services, and solutions company showcased its new robotic-assisted surgery platform, Hugo™ RAS system, at its state-of-the-art Surgical Robotics Experience Center (SREC), which was inaugurated in Gurugram. The center was inaugurated by Padma Bhushan Dr. BK Rao, Chairman NABH, Chairman ASSOCHAM National Health Committee and Former Chairman- Board of Management at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, Delhi in the presence of Chief Guest Shri Amitabh Kant, CEO, NITI Aayog. The SREC is the company's first in Asia Pacific and one of ten world-class facilities around the globe today where clinicians can experience and train…

20 Sep

Flipkart Onboards 75,000 sellers on its platform

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Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace said it would onboard 1.2 lakh new sellers and medium, small and micro enterprises on its platform by December 2021. These new entrants would potentially create over 4 lakh direct and indirect jobs in the country. Flipkart has already onboarded around 75,000 sellers on its platform over the last few months. The new sellers and MSME base predominantly come from Tier 2 and 3 markets such as Agra, Indore, Jaipur, Panipat, Rajkot, Surat, and many others.Currently, the Flipkart Marketplace supports digital commerce for 3.75 Lakh sellers and is steadily working towards taking this number to…

20 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…

20 Sep

MG Motor India unveils Astor

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MG Motor India has unveiled MGAstor, India’s first SUV with personal AI assistant and first-in-segment Autonomous (Level 2)technology. Astor is based on the MG’s successful global platform, ZS.Astor’s contemporary style will connect with consumers. It has a prominent Bold Celestial Grillethat makes a solid on-road impression. Astor’s nine crystal diamond elements in the LEDheadlamps make for a distinct hawk-eye expression with precise details. The interiors areelegantly crafted with soft-touch and premium material. It will be coming in two engine options– the Brit Dynamic 220TURBO petrol engine and the VTi Tech petrol engine. The much-awaited mid-size MG Astor will be on…