Centre approves Quality Control Order for mandatory certification of cotton bales
Feb 23, 2023, at 02:38 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Union Textile Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday approved the Quality Control Order (QCO) for mandatory certification of cotton bales to augment the supply of good quality cotton to the textile industry.
Coal Ministry to commence forward auction of commercial mines from Feb 27
Feb 23, 2023, at 02:26 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The government will launch a forward auction of the mines which received more than one bid during the commercial coal mines auction in November last year.
Dept of Consumer Affairs reprimands Amazon and Byju’s for unfair consumer practices: Report
Feb 23, 2023, at 01:52 am
New Delhi: The Department of Consumer Affairs has reprimanded the ed-tech company Byju’s and e-commerce giant Amazon for engaging in unfair consumer practices, media reports said.
SBI launches BHIM SBIPay for Singapore-India fund transfers after UPI-PayNow linkage
Feb 23, 2023, at 01:21 am
Mumbai/IBNS: The State Bank of India (SBI), India’s largest lender, will facilitate funds transfer to Singapore through its SBI's BHIM SBIPay mobile application, the bank said on Wednesday.
DBS Bank India partners with eSamudaay to propel local commerce in small towns through ONDC
Feb 22, 2023, at 09:26 pm
New Delhi: In line with its vision to support Indian MSMEs, DBS Bank India announced its partnership with eSamudaay today. eSamudaay (a SAAS-based solutions provider, owned and operated by Nirmund Digital Distributions Private Limited), focuses on non-metro towns and cities, providing digital solutions on both the buyer and seller side and logistic support to make doing business on the Open Network for Digital Commerce (ONDC) convenient for smaller players in the market.
HDFC Mutual Fund launches HDFC MNC Fund
Feb 22, 2023, at 08:13 pm
New Delhi: HDFC Asset Management Company Limited (HDFC AMC), investment manager to HDFC Mutual Fund (HDFC MF), one of India’s leading mutual fund houses has announced the launch of HDFC MNC Fund, which will invest predominantly in MNCs (Multi-National Companies) across sectors and market cap segment.
Reliance Jio launches True 5G services across 20 Indian cities
Feb 22, 2023, at 07:26 pm
Mumbai: Reliance Jio said it has launched True 5G services across 20 cities in India.
Railways to introduce OTP-based locking system in freight and parcel trains
Feb 22, 2023, at 08:17 am
New Delhi: In order to enhance security in the freight and parcel trains, the Indian Railways will soon incorporate an OTP-based digital locking system, media reports said.
NMDC Steel Limited listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange
Feb 22, 2023, at 07:51 am
Mumbai/IBNS: NMDC Steel Limited (NSL) was listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) on Monday, the Ministry of Steel said on Tuesday.
Feb 22, 2023, at 07:00 am
Through a period of over a decade, sockpuppets added non-neutral content and removed warnings from information, creating a 'puffery' around tycoon Gautam Adani, his family and the port-to-airport group, Wikipedia has alleged, reported media.
NSE extends trade timing for interest rate derivatives
Feb 22, 2023, at 06:10 am
Mumbai: The market trade timing for interest rate derivatives will be allowed till 5 pm on NSE starting February 23.
Centre's paddy procurement crosses 700 lakh tonne in 2022-23 kharif marketing season
Feb 22, 2023, at 05:35 am
The Centre’s paddy procurement has crossed the 700 lakh tonne mark in the current 2022-23 kharif marketing season (KMS) so far, according to the Food Ministry.
Coal India converts 30 mined-out areas into eco-tourism destinations
Feb 22, 2023, at 05:05 am
Kolkata/IBNS: Coal India Limited (CIL) is in the process of converting its abandoned mines into eco-parks which have become popular as eco-tourism destinations, according to the Ministry of Coal.
80.82 km Phagwara to Rupnagar section on NH-344A being executed in Hybrid Annuity Mode: Gadkari
Feb 22, 2023, at 04:12 am
New Delhi/IBNS: In a major boost to the road infrastructure in Punjab, the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has developed a 4-Lane wide section from Phagwara to Rupnagar on NH-344A.
Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal bats for quality control for electrical goods
Feb 22, 2023, at 03:55 am
Greater Noida (UP)/IBNS: Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday highlighted the need to issue Quality Control Orders (QCOs) across sectors in the electrical industry.
ReshaMandi launches version 2.0 of its IoT device to assist farmers in improving crop quality
Feb 21, 2023, at 11:31 pm
Bengaluru: ReshaMandi, a farm-to-fashion digital ecosystem for natural fibres in India, recently launched version 2.0 of its IoT device, an in-house creation aimed at stepping up technical assistance to farmers.
Seven former Google employees, who were recently laid off, join to form new company
Feb 21, 2023, at 11:16 pm
New York: Seven former Google employees, who were recently laid off by the search engine major, have joined to form a new company.
Axis Bank enables settlement of cross border transactions in real-time through UPI network
Feb 21, 2023, at 10:52 pm
New Delhi: Private bank lender Axis Bank on Tuesday said it has successfully enabled cross-border transactions in real-time via the UPI Network.
Coal India says lowest fatalities of workmen registered in 2022
Feb 21, 2023, at 09:49 pm
New Delhi: State-owned Coal India’s (CIL) on Tuesday said its concentrated focus on ensuring the safety of workmen resulted in fatalities and fatal accidents falling by a third in 2022.
Jana Small Finance Bank announces launch of Smart Merchant Program
Feb 21, 2023, at 08:34 pm
Kolkata: Jana Small Finance Bank on Tuesday announced the success of its Smart Merchant Program (SMP) test launched in July 2022.
Airtel 5G Plus now live in eight cities of Rajasthan
Feb 21, 2023, at 07:28 pm
Jaipur/UNI: Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, on Tuesday announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Jodhpur, Ajmer, Alwar, Bikaner & Bhilwara. Airtel’s 5G services are already live in Jaipur, Udaipur & Kota.
Airtel 5G Plus now live in 2 cities of Uttarakhand
Feb 21, 2023, at 06:23 pm
Kolkata/UNI: Bharti Airtel (Airtel), India’s leading telecommunications services provider, on Tuesday announced the launch of its cutting edge 5G services in Haridwar.
BharatPe Group appoints Aparna Kuppuswamy as Chief Risk Officer
Feb 20, 2023, at 09:50 pm
New Delhi: BharatPe Group on Monday announced a new addition to its leadership team with the appointment of Aparna Kuppuswamy as its Chief Risk Officer.
Revolt Motors reopens booking for new and advanced RV400 electric bike
Feb 20, 2023, at 08:40 pm
New Delhi: RattanIndia’s Revolt Motors, makers of the largest selling EV bike in India on Monday announced the re-opening of bookings for its state of the art, AI enabled electric bikes.
Tata Motors and Uber sign an MOU for XPRES-T EVs
Feb 20, 2023, at 08:37 pm
Mumbai: Automobile major Tata Motors on Monday signed an MoU with Uber, India’s leading ridesharing app, to bring 25,000 XPRES–T EVs into their premium category service.
Airtel 5G Plus now live in 16 cities of West Bengal
Feb 20, 2023, at 06:42 pm
Durgapur: Telecommunication major Bharti Airtel on Monday announced the launch of its 5G services in 16 cities across West Bengal.
Uttar Pradesh: Criminal killed in encounter with police
Feb 20, 2023, at 05:23 pm
Bulandshahr/UNI: A criminal was killed in an encounter with the Special Task Force (STF) and local police in the Gulaothi area of Bulandshahr district here in Uttar Pradesh, a senior police officer said.
India Vision Institute CEO Vinod Daniel wins IABCA Social Impact Award
Feb 20, 2023, at 03:57 am
New Delhi: India Vision Institute's CEO Vinod Daniel has won the India Australia Business Community Alliance (IABCA) 2023 Social Impact Award. The Award is instituted by the India-Australia Business Community Alliance (IABCA).
India-UAE Free Trade deal has strengthened bilateral ties: PM Modi
Feb 19, 2023, at 07:35 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the India-UAE free trade agreement signed a year ago has given a fillip to Indian entrepreneurs and also deepened bilateral ties with the Gulf nation.
India’s mineral production goes up by 10% in Dec 2022
Feb 19, 2023, at 05:05 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The index of mineral production of the mining and quarrying sector for the month of December 2022 (Base: 2011-12=100) at 107.4, is 9.8% higher as compared to December 2021, as per the provisional figures of the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), according to the Ministry of Mines.