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06 Mar

Shopsy expands its customer base across India

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Shopsy, a social commerce platform from Flipkart, has witnessed strong growth of over 60% since its launch in July 2021. At Shopsy, the aim is to offer quality and engaging products for customers by providing access to a wide range at affordable prices, while being a value-based and reliable platform. Shopsy has over 2.5 lakh sellers with products across 250+ categories and is on track to enable over 25 million online entrepreneurs by 2023. Shopsy aims at boosting local entrepreneurship and powering e-commerce, especially in communities and third-party channels. Shopsy also unveiled its first ever ad campaign ‘It happens only…

06 Mar

Hero MotoCorp sells 3.58 lakh units in February 2022

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaHERO MOTOCORP

The world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters Hero MotoCorp sold 358,254 units in February 2022. It has become the first automotive OEM to tie up with a leading Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) to set up charging infrastructure across the country. The company has collaborated with Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), to establish charging infrastructure for two-wheeled electric vehicles (EVs) across the country in its endeavor to electrify India. Hero MotoCorp announced a welfare package for nearly 200 Covid-19 affected families in the states of Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat. Under its CSR platform “Hero We Care”, the company aims to…

05 Mar

Bihar lady ‘gangraped’ by spouse, his buddies in Kolkata

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A girl hailing from Bihar has been allegedly gangraped by her husband and two of his buddies in Kolkata’s Cossipore area, police stated on Saturday. Based on the grievance lodged via the woman, police has arrested the trio, a senior officer said. The woman, who is in her early thirties, had come to the city for clinical treatment, he said. As per the woman’s complaint, the incident took area in her aunt’s residence on Thursday night when her husband and his two buddies were consuming liquor. “In an inebriated condition, her husband’s two pals compelled themselves on her in the…

05 Mar

UP: Passengers Push Train Away From Burning Coaches, No Casualties In Fire Incident

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A fireplace broke out in the engine and two coaches of the Saharanpur-Delhi passenger teach these days for the duration of its halt at the Daurala station in Meerut district of Uttar Pradesh. In a video shared by way of news enterprise ANI on Twitter, passengers were viewed pushing the train in a bid to separate the relaxation of the cubicles from the engine and two cubicles on which the fire broke out. The video shows countless passengers, alongside with the railway station staff, pushing the train away from the blazing coaches and the engine in order to prevent the…

05 Mar

Operation Ganga: 229 evacuated Indian nationals arrive in Delhi from Romania

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One more clump of 229 Indian nationals who were abandoned in Ukraine showed up in New Delhi from Romania's Suceava on Saturday morning as a component of the progressing 'Activity Ganga' in an exceptional Indigo flight. Association Minister of State L Murugan got understudies at the Indira Gandhi International Airport. Prior in the day, Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan informed that more than 11,000 Indians have up until this point been emptied from Ukraine. Narendra Modi on Friday led a gathering to examine the continuous departure drive of Indian nationals and the circumstance in struggle hit Ukraine.…

04 Mar

Surge in petrol and gas prices seem imminent: Industry expert

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With crude oil prices hovering at USD 114 a barrel, the Oil Marketing companies are all set to drop a ‘Petrol Bomb’ on consumers after March 10—the day when results of all assembly elections would be declared. If sources in the industry are to be believed, the minimum price of petrol and diesel may go up by Rs 5 a litre. It might go up as high as Rs 10 a litre if the tension between Russia-Ukraine does not ease by then. “There is another possibility that government might reduce the excise duty on petroleum products. However, either way minimum…

04 Mar

Nissan India wholesales 6662 vehicles in February 2022

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Nissan India announced on the strength of the successful launch of the all-new Nissan Magnite, Domestic wholesale of2456units and exports wholesales of 4206 units of Nissan and Datsun vehicles. The “Make in India, Make for the World” Nissan Magnite is being exported to 15 countries overseas, which includes Nepal; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; Brunei; Uganda; Kenya; Seychelles; Mozambique; Zambia; Mauritius, Tanzania, and Malawi. In the export markets since the launch7651 units have been exported. Nissan Magnite with its dynamic performance has achieved the second position in the sub-compact SUV segment with a 22% market share in Nepal. In South Africa,…

04 Mar

Trends store opens in Mogra

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India’s largest and fastest growing apparel and accessories specialty chain of Reliance Retail, Trends, launched its new Store in Mogra town of Hooghly district in West Bengal. Trends is truly democratizing fashion in India, by strengthening its reach & connect with consumers in India – right from Metros, mini metros, to Tier 1, 2 towns and beyond & is India’s favorite fashion shopping destination. The Trends store at Mogra boasts of modern looks and ambience featuring an exciting range of good quality and fashion merchandise that is relevant to the consumers of the region and at prices that are affordable…

04 Mar

Defence projects under Make-I, Make-II get endorsement; Light tanks for Indian Army to be made in India

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In a renewed push for self-reliance in the defence sector, the government on Thursday gave its in-principle approval to a raft of indigenous defence tasks that will involve diagram and improvement by the industry, with the army hardware protecting light tanks, airborne stand-off jammers, verbal exchange equipment and simulators, officials familiar with the development said. The defence ministry has cleared nine such projects: 4 below the ‘Make-I’ and five under the ‘Make-2’ categories of the Defence Acquisition Procedure 2020. The ‘Make’ class of capital acquisition is the cornerstone of the Make in India initiative that seeks to construct indigenous skills…

03 Mar

PM Modi to go to Quad pioneers’ virtual meet today in the midst of Russia-Ukraine war

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending Quad Leaders' digital assembly on Thursday. The assembly will be attended by means of US President Joe Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, as well. The assembly comes amid the Russian Invasion on Ukraine. In a press launch the Ministry of External Affairs has referred to that the leaders will alternate views and assessments about important tendencies in the Indo-Pacific. "The leaders will have an probability to continue their talk after the September 2021 Summit in Washington DC. They will alternate views and assessments about essential trends…