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29 Dec

Delhi’s air quality still standing in the ‘Poor’ category with AQI at 286

editor0 CommentsBreaking News, Indiaair polution, Delhi, environment

As per the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research,the air quality of Delhi stays in the 'poor' category, An AQI between 0 to 50 is considered as 'good', 51 to 100 as 'satisfactory', 101 to 200 as 'moderate', 201 and 300 as 'poor', 301 and 400 as 'very poor', and 401 and 500 as 'severe'. The air quality of Noida with AQI at 301 is in 'very poor' category and the air quality in Gurugram slipped down to the 'poor' category with AQI at 297. SAFAR in its bulletin said that the national capital is likely to witness…

28 Dec

SpiceJet’s ‘Wow Winter Sale’ offer is live now

editor0 CommentsIndia, Travel

SpiceJet has announced the ‘Wow Winter Sale’ offers with an all-inclusive one-way fare starting at Rs 1,122 for travel from December 27 to 31. The offer is for the afore mentioned fares will be applicable to destinations such as Chennai–Bengaluru, Bengaluru–Chennai, Chennai–Hyderabad, Jammu–Srinagar, among others on its domestic network. To avail zero change fee, booking must be modified at least two days prior to the flight departure date; fare difference if any will be applicable. SpiceJet is also offering a complimentary flight voucher worth Rs 500 with every sale fare booking for their next travel and a flat 25 per…

28 Dec

Delhi issues Yellow Alert to control increasing cases of COVID-19

editor0 CommentsBreaking News, Covid-19, Health, India

Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal issues Covid-19 guidelines to control increasing Covid-19 cases. As per the guidelines, the central government offices in Delhi will follow the government orders, however, the private firms will function with 50% of the staff. Multiplexes and cinema halls will shut till further orders. Only weekly one market per zone with 50 % of vendors will be allowed. Restaurants can operate with 50% capacity from 8 am to 10 pm. With that bars can also operate with 50% capacity from 12 noon to 10 pm.

26 Dec

Card-on-File Tokenization

editor0 CommentsIndiaTokenization

To safeguard India from mounting cyber and financial fraud cases, the Reserve Bank of India rolled out a landmark decision in September 2021. The new regulation by the central bank permitted the payments networks and issuer Banks to offer card tokenization services as Token Service Providers (TSPs) to the e-commerce Merchants and Payment Aggregators starting 1 January 2022. Tokenization is a mechanism to replace card numbers with a token, i.e., a virtual number, specific to a merchant. When a consumer logs into a merchant app or website, where their card details were stored, they only see the last 4 digits…

24 Dec

Delay UP Elections, Ban Rallies: Court Urges Poll Body, PM Over Omicron

editor0 CommentsCovid-19, India, Politicalelections, Uttar Pradesh

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday requested the Election Commission to postpone the upcoming Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections 2022 by a month or two, reported news websites. The court also urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the EC to immediately ban rallies and public meetings of political parties in the state amid the rising fears of the highly contagious Covid variant Omicron. "If rallies are not stopped, results will be worse than the second wave," Justice Shekhar Yadav said. The court made the observations while hearing an unconnected bail petition. The observation comes on the same day when PM Modi…

24 Dec

Explosion in Ludhiana court leaves one dead, six injured

editor0 CommentsIndiaexplosion, punjab

A man was killed and five others injured in a blast at the district courts complex here on Thursday. Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi said no one shall be allowed to disturb the hard earned peace of Punjab. He has announced free treatment for all five persons injured in a blast that took place in gents toilet on second floor of District Courts Complex. The blast reportedly took place at 12:22 pm inside a bathroom on the second floor of the building. The explosion damaged the walls of the bathroom and ripped through a section of the building, besides…

20 Dec

ICICI Pru Life Insurance signs UNPRI

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaICICI, UNPRI

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has become the first Indian insurance company to sign the United Nations supported Principles for Responsible Investment (UNPRI), thereby demonstrating its commitment towards Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) issues. In its journey towards promoting sustainability the Company is integrating ESG factors into its investment management framework. With Assets under Management of over Rs 2.37 trillion, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance is a key institutional investor and believes integrating the ESG framework in its investment management practices will ensure sustainable value creation for all stakeholders. Noteworthy, the UNPRI is an investor initiative in partnership with the two bodies…

20 Dec

Star Cement organised an inauguration program of Srijani

editor0 CommentsIndia, North BengalRajganj, Star Cement

Star Cement organised an inauguration program of Srijani, the Livelihood Hub at Mohitnagar area on 18th December, 2021 under the gracious presence of the Special invited Guests including Guests of Honour. The objective of inauguration program of SRIJANI- Livelihood Hub is to disseminate information about upcoming different CSR initiative under Livelihood and Skill Development component.Under this project, the selected youths will be trained and will be given an opportunity to earn monthly income, yearly dividend. the Job training will be imparted within the Livelihood Hub and all trainees will be given an opportunity to earn their consistent income for which…

20 Dec

Affordplan Swasth prepaid card

editor0 CommentsHealth, IndiaAffordplan, hospital

Affordplan Swasth and Sebabrata Hospital have announced their collaboration for a healthcare savings card to make hospital facilities more affordable and accessible to patient families in and around Kolkata. Affordplan Swasth is a YES BANK prepaid card with a digital wallet that enables OPD (Outpatient Department) services, lab tests, purchase of medicines and goal-based EMI savings for all IPD (Inpatient Department) treatments.

20 Dec

Sri Lanka arrests 55 Indian fishermen

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As many as 55 Tamil Nadu fishermen were arrested and 8 boats seized by Sri Lankan Naval personnel on Sunday, an official here said. Chief Minister M K Stalin spoke to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar over phone and requested him to take immediate steps to get the over 50 fishermen and their 8 boats released from Sri Lanka. "The Union Minister assured immediate action," an official release said. Stalin, writing to Jaishankar, took up the issue of continuing harassment of fishermen at the hands of Lankan Naval personnel. A total of 73 boats, including the 8 seized now, is…