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18 Feb

Harley-Davidson® Sportster™ S Completed the Endurance Test

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaHarley-Davidson® Sportster™ S Completed the Endurance Test

The Harley-Davidson® Sportster™ S becomes the first motorcycle in the country to successfully achieve a record of covering 3141 kms in a 24-hours endurance test. It is a 121-horsepower Revolution® Max 1250T V-Twin engine.A team of five riders - including National Racers Anushriya Gulati and Vijay Singh along with Vlogger Shubhabrata Marmar joined Malo Le Masson and Vijay Thomas from Hero MotoCorp - to achieve this feat at the world-class test tracks at Hero’s Global Centre for Innovation and Technology (CIT) located in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Supervised by two leading members of Hero’s team at CIT, David Lopez Cordoba - Head…

18 Feb

Aligarh college bans entry of students in religious attire

editor0 CommentsIndiaAligarh, Dharma Samaj College

Dharma Samaj College on Thursday issued a notice of banning entry of students without the prescribed uniform. The notice read, "This is to inform all the students of the college that they should come in the prescribed dress of the college. If they are not in the prescribed dress, the college administration will be compelled to deprive them of entering the college. Therefore, strict compliance of the above should be ensured." The directives come two days after a group of students wearing saffron scarves held a protest in the campus, demanding ban of 'hijab' in the college premises. Dr Raj…

18 Feb

India Reaffirms its Commitment to End the Pandemic

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, IndiaHarsh Vardhan Shringla

On the 14th of February, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken convened a virtual Global Action Meeting on COVID-19 with the objective of coordinating global action on pandemic response. India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla represented India, given the absence of India’s EAM who was on an official visit to the Philippines. The meeting was attended by Foreign Ministers and senior officials from different countries and international organisations. India produces four vaccines – COVAXIN, COVISHIELD, COVOVAX and JANSSEN that have been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO). But three other vaccines - CORBEVAX, ZyCov-D and Gennova are due…

18 Feb

Hiranandani Group Announces Its New Venture With Tez Platforms

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaHiranandani Group

the Hiranandani Group has focused on broader technology-led consumer services with its new venture - Tez Platforms. Tez Platforms will focus on large opportunities in the arena of social media, entertainment, gaming and e-sports, e-commerce, personal mobility, artificial intelligence and blockchain linked solutions. The new venture will introduce a wide gamut of services including social media, gaming & e-sports, blockchain and other emerging tech services. Darshan Hiranandani, CEO-Hiranandani Group, says, “Tez Platforms will leverage synergies and talent from various Hiranandani Group entities but also has aggressive plans to hire over 250 employees in FY 2023. Tez’s initial outlay to launch…

18 Feb

LIC Policyholders have to update PAN details

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaLIC

The market leading insurer and financial conglomerate Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has mentioned that every policyholder shall have to ensure that his / her PAN details are updated in the policy records of the Corporation on or before 28th February 2022 in order to be considered an Eligible Policyholder for application in the forthcoming Public Issue. The aggregate of reservations for Eligible Policyholder(s) shall not exceed 10% of the total Offer size. LIC and the Government of India, in consultation with the BRLMs, may offer a discount to the Offer Price to Eligible Policyholder(s), subject to necessary approvals…

17 Feb

Jeep® India announced 7-seater SUV as the Jeep Meridian

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaJeep®, suv

The Jeep Meridian—First 7-Seater SUVThe ‘Made in India’ Jeep Meridian of Jeep® IndiaGuwahati: Jeep® India today announced the name of their most anticipated offering for the Indian market, a 7-seater SUV –the Jeep Meridian. The name is inspired by the vastness and diversity of India and embodies the Jeep DNA in its design philosophy.The ‘Made in India’ Jeep Meridian will be the first 7-seater SUV for Indian customers and fulfils an important commitment to the Indian market. It recently traversed from Kashmir to Kanyakumari (K2K) taking the route through the Meridian 77-degree East in an intensive performance showcasing the K2K…

17 Feb

Ariel launches new campaign – #SeeEqual

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaAriel, campaign

Over the last 7 years, Ariel India has continuously sparked conversations around the unequal division of domestic chores within households and urging more and more men to #ShareTheLoad. In the spirit of keeping this conversation going and furthering the cause of equality within households, Ariel launched the #SeeEqual film, to inaugurate the 5th edition of ShareTheLoad. Ariel raised a pertinent question – “if men can share the load equally with other men, why are they not doing it with their wives?” Ariel is urging men to be equal partners playing Equal roles, because when we see equal, we #ShareTheLoad.An exciting…

17 Feb

Meta adopts a comprehensive strategy to keep people safe

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaMeta

Meta is sharing an update on how Meta is prepared to protect people and its platform during this period.Meta has a comprehensive strategy in place for the elections, which includes detecting and removing hate speech and content that incites violence, reducing the spread of misinformation, making political advertising more transparent, partnering with election authorities to remove content that violates local law and helping people make their voices heard through voting. Meta we’ll be activating its Elections Operations Center so it can monitor and respond to potential abuses that emerge related to these elections in real time. Since 2018, Meta used…

17 Feb

New FD Interest Rates of HDFC Bank

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Economy, India

India’s leading private sector bank, HDFC Bank has recently raised the interest rates on FDs worth less than Rs 2 crore. The new rates will be effective from February 14, according to the bank’s official website. HDFC Bank will offer an interest rate of 5.45 per cent for FDs maturing between three years one day to five years. Investors will get an interest of 5.60 per cent for FDs maturing between five years one day to 10 years. Earlier in January, the bank hiked the interest rate for FDs worth less than Rs 2 crore by five to ten basis…

17 Feb

High Court Order for Job Aspirants

editor0 CommentsEconomy, India

The Punjab and Haryana High Court had put on hold Haryana’s 75 per cent quota on February 3. The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the Punjab & Haryana High Court’s order staying on providing 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs to local candidates. India Inc had called for a re-examination of the legislation, claiming that it will lead to multinational firms leaving the state. Industry groups argued that reservation reduces competitiveness and suggested that the state government provide a 25% subsidy to the industry as an incentive for each local hired. The court asked the high court…