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11 Mar

Castrol launches all-new BS-VI Ready MAGNATEC Engine Oils

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India’s leading lubricant brand Castrol announced the launch of its latest range of Castrol MAGNATEC, featuring India’s widest offering of BS-VI-ready engine oils for cars and SUVs. The new range also features India’s first 0W-16 engine oil for retail aftermarkets and the all-new Castrol MAGNATEC SUV that provides SUVs with proven protection from heavy-load wear. The new Castrol MAGNATEC has reduced SAPS content and is BS-VI ready as per industry specifications of ACEA C2/C3. It also meets API requirements to control the problem of low-speed pre-ignition (LSPI) in gasoline direct injection (GDI) and turbocharged GDI engines. Each of the variants…

11 Mar

Delhi AIIMS takes new initiative for booster dose

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, Health, India, Lifestyle

Delhi AIIMS is going to start a booster dose trial of Indian firm Bharat Biotech’s Intranasal Covid-19 vaccine from this week. This booster dose is for those who got vaccine shots of Covaxin or the Covishield atleast five months ago. The objective of the trial — titled as ‘Phase 3, Randomized, Multi-Centric, Open-labeled Study to Evaluate Immunogenicity and Safety of BBV154 Booster Dose in Participants Previously Vaccinated with EUA Vaccines’ — is to comprehend the best mix of heterologous helping. The purpose of this is to evaluate the safety of three vaccines as a booster dose in individuals previously vaccinated…

11 Mar

Indian Army helicopter crashes in Kashmir’s Gurez

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An Indian Army Cheetah helicopter crashed in the Gurez Sector of Kashmir. The chopper was on its way to pick up sick BSF personnel, news agency reported quoting officials. Rescue operations are underway with teams being despatched on foot while air reconnaissance teams are looking for survivors. The cause of the crash and casualties were not known immediately. According to an official, the chopper was about to land but “drifted away” because of the weather conditions.

11 Mar

Mastercard shares the ways to help women entrepreneurs

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E-commerce in India has seen tremendous growth in the last few years. Many women in tier 2 and 3 cities have begun to adapt and reap the benefits of selling online. The worst hit is women business owners in inner cities and rural areas who also must fight societal gender barriers. It is critical to break the bias and empower women through focused education and training interventions about business and technology. Mastercard shared the top three ways how technology adoption can help women entrepreneurs to succeed—(1) Making businesses more efficient - Initiatives such as Project Kirana by Mastercard and USAID…

11 Mar

Ladakh standoff: India, China hold 15th round of military talks

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India and China on Friday are holding another round of high-level military dialogue to resolve the 22-month-long standoff in some friction points in eastern Ladakh, two months after the last round of such talks failed to yield any significant outcome. The 15th round of Corps-Commander level talks was scheduled to begin at 10 am at the Chushul-Moldo border point on the Indian side of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, people familiar with the dialogue said. The 14th round of talks had taken place on January 12 and did not result in any significant headway in resolving…

11 Mar

PM Narendra Modi will attend Various Events in Gujarat

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on 2-day visit in Gujarat starting from 11th March. He will address various programmes and dedicate projects during this visit in the state. The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) had informed that PM Narendra Modi will visit Gujarat on March 11 and 12. PM Modi shared in the twitter that, "I will be attending various programmes today and tomorrow in Gujarat. He will address a Panchayat Mahasammelan on 11th March where several representatives from Panchayati Raj institutions will attend the programme." On 12th March Rashtriya Raksha University (RRU) will be dedicated to the nation by Pm…

10 Mar

MSDE salutes the grit of India’s women

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The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship organized a special event on International Women’s Day 2022, recognizing the accomplishments made by women in the skill ecosystem and honoring them for their active participation in augmenting India’s economic growth. The event was graced by the presence of esteemed dignitaries from the ministry and partner ecosystem of Skill India Mission. ]The inauguration of 21 National Institutes for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD) extension centers in National Skill Training Institutes (NSTI) took place to promote entrepreneurship across the country. NIESBUD will also conduct an entrepreneurship awareness program followed by an entrepreneurship development…

10 Mar

Volkswagen India unveils New Volkswagen Virtus

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaVolkswagen

A new global sedan has been unveiled by Volkswagen for the Indian market - ‘Volkswagen Virtus’. Big by design, the New Volkswagen Virtus embodies a dynamic and emotional design language.The newest member of the Volkswagen family and latest entrant in the premium midsize sedan segment, the New Virtus is striking, exhilarating and German engineered and will reinvigorate the segment and reignite the love for sedans. With the World Premiere of the Volkswagen Virtus, pre-bookings for the sedan have commenced across the 151 sales touch points in India and can also be initiated through the online booking platform on the Volkswagen…

09 Mar

HCL Grant 2022 recognizes India’s Most Innovative NGOs

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The CSR arm of HCL Technologies HCL Foundation announced the winning NGOs of the seventh edition of HCL Grant, a flagship program dedicated to supporting initiatives of NGOs for sustainable transformation of rural India. The NGOs were chosen after screening and review of applications by an eminent jury, monitored, and audited by the governance partner Grant Thornton.Established in 2015, HCL Grant has emerged as one of India's biggest and most coveted institutionalized CSR grants recognizing the rise of the Fifth Estate - the NGOs. HCLF has so far committed 95.75 crores including this year's Grant. HCL Grant has reached over…

09 Mar

Under PM Narendra Modi, India More Likely To Respond To Pak Provocations: US Intel

editor0 CommentsIndiaPAKISTAN, PM Modi

Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India is greater possibly than in the previous to respond with army force to any actual or perceived Pakistani provocations, the American brain neighborhood has told the US Congress.The annual danger evaluation of the US Intelligence Community launched by using the Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) also stated that the "expanded navy posture by way of both India and China along the disputed border elevates the chance of armed disagreement between two nuclear powers that may involve direct threats to US men and women and pastimes and calls for US intervention." "Crises between…