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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

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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…

17 Feb

Hundreds of Indians including Indian Students in Ukraine are in crisis

editor0 CommentsEducation, India, International, Lifestyle, Travel, world

20,000+ Indians are presently in Ukraine out of which 18,000 are students. The latest updates are as following:- According to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 24% of overseas students in Ukraine are from India.Around 25 students from Indore, Madhya Pradesh are stuck in Ukraine. The MP of Indore's Lok Sabha Shankar Lalwani said, “He has written a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.”Around 1,000 students from Rajasthan are in Ukraine out of which 40 students are from Kota. Bundi's Congress leader Charmnesh Sharma said, “Many Indian students are in distresses who are studying at Zaporizhzhia State…

17 Feb

Aditya Birla Health Insurance inks Bancassurance Partnership

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaAditya Birla, Health Insurance

The health insurance subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL) Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Limited (ABHICL) announced its bancassurance partnership with one of the leading Small Finance Bank in the country Utkarsh Small Finance Bank for the distribution of health insurance products through the Bank’s network of branches Pan-India.Its comprehensive suite of Health insurance plans, including protection health plans, will be available for purchase to 2.7 million+ customers of the Bank across 642 branches in 214 districts spread across 19 states and 2 Union Territories in the country. The company has 175 branches located in India and it has…

16 Feb

Shreyas Iyer signed as new captain of Kolkata Knight Riders

editor0 CommentsIndia, SportsIPL, Shreyas Iyer

A perennial performer in the IPL, Shreyas Iyer proved he is a big player from the word go. Winning the Emerging Player of the year in his rookie season with 439 runs for then Delhi Daredevils, who bought the uncapped player for a record Rs 2.6 crore at the auction, now Kolkata Knight Riders appointed new signing Shreyas Iyer as their new captain ahead of the Indian Premier League 2022 season on Wednesday. Venky Mysore, CEO & MD of KKR said "We are delighted firstly to have been able to successfully bid for Shreyas in the IPL auction & to…

15 Feb

Tata Motors Press statement

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Indiatata motors

Tata Motors is delighted with the opportunity provided to participate in the progressive and transformational Auto sector PLI scheme that aims to drive self-sufficiency and world class competitiveness through 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative. We are committed to shape India’s vehicular landscape with smart and sustainable mobility solutions powered by new age technologies to address the evolving needs of both personal and commercial mobility and this opportunity will help us drive this with even greater vigour.

15 Feb

#WeMetOnTwitter: Love in the digital age

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India#WeMetOnTwitter

Once again, the Valentine’s Day is around the corner. This time nothing warms the heart like a good love story. In fact, people go on to share such stories on the service, recounting how they met on Twitter, with the hashtag #WeMetOnTwitter. With #WeMetOnTwitter, Twitter aims to find such stories of meaningful bonds. In the digital age, love is just a Tweet away! It’s no surprise given that Twitter is the conversational layer of the internet and people come to the service to talk about what’s happening and connect with like-minded individuals. Oftentimes on Twitter, people find those who ‘get…