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28 Feb

ITI Mutual Fund launched ITI Conservative Hybrid Fund

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaITI Mutual Fund

Jointly managed by Mr. Vikrant Mehta and Mr. Pradeep Gokhale, ITI Mutual Fund has announced the launch of ‘ITI Conservative Hybrid Fund’ and the NFO opened on February 21, 2022 and closes on March 07, 2022. The Fund will invest into an array of high quality Debt Instruments and also into leading Nifty50 Index stocks.The Fund seeks to generate regular income through investments in debt & money market instruments along with capital appreciation through limited exposure to equity and equity related instruments. This is the 16th fund being launched by the ITI AMC in its 2+ years of journey. The…

28 Feb

India abstains on vote to name emergency UN General Assembly session on Ukraine

editor0 CommentsIndia, International

India abstained from a procedural vote taken in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) to name for a rare distinctive emergency session of the UN General Assembly on Russia’s aggression towards Ukraine, even as New Delhi welcomed Moscow and Kyiv’s selection to keep talks at the Belarus border. The resolution was once adopted with 11 votes in favour, paving the way for the General Assembly to meet on the crisis as quickly as Monday night (India time) or Tuesday morning. India, China and the UAE abstained, while Russia voted in opposition to the resolution. This will be only the 11th…

28 Feb

Hero MotoCorp created new role of Chief Growth Officer

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaHERO MOTOCORP

The world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters Hero MotoCorp has created a new position, titled Chief Growth Officer, integrating the Marketing, Sales and After-Sales functions. Ranjivjit Singh – who has been heading Marketing - is being elevated to this newly constituted role of Chief Growth Officer, with immediate effect.Ranjivjit joined Hero MotoCorp in July 2021 and has contributed immensely towards enhancing the brand salience and customer affinity of Brand Hero. Naveen Chauhan, who has been heading the SAS function since April 1, 2020, has decided to move on and pursue opportunities outside of the Company. He will stay on…

28 Feb

Framework for digital skills needs to be strengthened

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaFramework, PM Modi

Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi said at a Post Budget seminar that it is imperative to prepare the ‘demographic dividend’ of the country as per the demands of the changing job roles. The discussion was a part of a series of seminars inaugurated by Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. He addressed the first session themed — Digital University: Making World Class Higher Education Accessible for All. The panellists shared their views on the recent announcements made by our finance minister in the Budget 2022 including deliberations on DESH stack e-portal that aims to empower citizens to skill, reskill…

28 Feb

Tata Motors celebrated India’s #1 SUV brand

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Indiatata motors

India’s leading automotive brand Tata Motors has introduced the ‘Untamed Kaziranga Edition of SUVs’, inspired by India’s rich geographical and biological diversity while also paying homage to India’s great national parks. This will include India’s first and safest sub compact SUV – the Punch, India’s first GNCAP 5star rated car – the Nexon, the company’s premium SUV with the Land Rover DNA – the Harrier and its flagship 7 seater SUV – the Safari.It comes with a series of interesting additions to enhance the overall design of the cars. All models come with a Grassland Beige Exterior Body Color with…

28 Feb

Collaboration of Hero MotoCorp and BPCL

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBPCL, HERO MOTOCORP

The world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles and scooters Hero MotoCorp and a ‘Maharatna’ and a Fortune Global 500 Company Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) have collaborated to set up charging infrastructure for two-wheeled electric vehicles (EVs) across the country. The two mega entities will first establish a substantial charging infrastructure at the existing nationwide energy station network and subsequently may broaden the collaboration to develop more synergies within the EV ecosystem and adjacent business verticals, thereby enabling prospects throughout the customer life cycle. First the charging stations will be setup across nine cities starting with Delhi and Bengaluru. The entire…

28 Feb

Watch the world’s first elephant-friendly tea garden

editor0 CommentsIndia, North Eastelephant-friendly tea garden

Meet tea farmer Tenzing Bodosa who is making a difference with the world’s first elephant-friendly tea garden in Assam on the next episode of ‘OMG! YehMera India’ 28th February at 8 PM, only on HistoryTV18. The eighth season of the trendsetting original factual entertainment series continued with enthralling, inspirational stories of extraordinary Indians and their incredible talents. Bodosa has tried to encourage a more symbiotic human-elephant relationship at his three-hectare tea garden in Udalguri, Assam. Not only did he shun dangerous practices like electric fences and drainage ditches used by others to discourage the movement of elephants through tea gardens,…

26 Feb

Ruturaj Gaikwad Ruled Out Of Sri Lanka T20Is, Mayank Agarwal Named As Replacement

editor0 CommentsIndia, SportsINDIA

India opener Ruturaj Gaikwad, on Saturday ruled out of the remaining two T20 Internationals against Sri Lanka owing to a wrist injury. The BCCI has made Mayank Agarwal to India's squad for the remaining twoT20Is. India lead the three-match series 1-0, with the second game slated to be played on Saturday. Ruturaj had been ruled out of the first T20I on Thursday as well after he sustained the injury during a practice session. "Batter Ruturaj Gaikwad has been ruled out of the ongoing T20I series against Sri Lanka. He had complained of pain in his right wrist joint ahead of the first…

26 Feb

Fresh Snowfall, Landslides Prompt Closure Of Jammu-Srinagar National Highway

editor0 CommentsIndiajammu and kashmir

Fresh snowfall and multiple landslides at different places on Saturday February 26 led to the closure of the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway 270 km, the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country. It has been closed for vehicular traffic due to landslides and hailstones at multiple places and snow accumulated around the NAVYUG tunnel. The highway is the lifeline of the Kashmir Valley and the main road link connecting Kashmir with the rest of the country. Kashmir bound trucks laden with essential supplies and other vehicles pass through the highway. The Banihal-Qazigund sector of the highway experienced…

25 Feb

CBI arrested former group operating officer of NSE Anand Subramanian

editor0 CommentsEconomy, India

The former group operating officer of National Stock Exchange (NSE) Anand Subramanian was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) after he was questioned about his role at the country's largest stock exchange. In the midst of the investigation, the emails exchanged between the former CEO of NSE Chitra Ramkrishna with a Yogi living in the Himalayas have gained wide attention. The CBI questioned Ramkrishna for 12 hours in the ‘tick-by-tick’ manipulation case - that pertains to the unfair dissemination of information from the servers of the exchange to those of the stock brokers. Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board…