Tag: India

Digital-Payment
'Sluggish digital payment growth in small town India'

New Delhi: Digital payment has been one of the key features of the government’s ‘Digital India’ initiative and online payment platforms and services have indeed spread themselves in the country. However, its penetration and acceptance in the tier-II and tier-III cities still face some obstacles, market players said. According to Credit Suisse report, India’s mobile […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
Amazon announces Great Indian Festival- celebration special

Bengaluru: Amazon India on Sunday announced the Celebration Special of the Great Indian Festival which brings deals and offers on a wide range of smartphones, laptops, cameras, TVs and other gadgets. Amazon’s new festive sale will start from October 13 midnight until 11.59 p.m. on October 17. Prime members can grab great deals first with […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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New HP Pavilion x360 notebook with in-built Alexa in India

New Delhi: PC and printer major HP Inc. on Monday introduced new “Pavilion x360” notebook with 10th Gen Intel Core processor and built-in Alexa at a starting price of Rs 45,990. Weighing in at just 1.58 kg, the thin and light convertible device comes with 14.3-inch, micro-edge bezel and a full-HD LED backlight touch-display. “The […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Jemimah, Harleen dedicate special rap song to Harmanpreet

New Delhi: Indian women cricketers Jemimah Rodrigues and Harleen Deol have dedicated a special rap song for Harmanpreet Kaur who recently made her 100th T20Ith appearance. On Sunday, Rodrigues uploaded a small video on her Twitter handle in which she, alongside Deol, can be seen singing a rap song for their T20I skipper. “Congratulations on […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Chinese envoy calls for advancement of Belt and Road Initiative

United Nations: A Chinese envoy on Monday called for the joint advancement of China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) for sustainable development. “We should advance together the building of the Belt and Road (Initiative) to achieve high-quality development,” said Wu Haitao, China’s deputy permanent representative to the UN. The Belt and Road Initiative focuses on […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
Huawei
Banning Huawei may raise Indian telcos' capex on 5G: Fitch

New Delhi: If the Indian government does not allow Huawei to build a fifth-generation (5G) network in the country, then Indian telecom operators may have to spend more on 5G infrastructure, US Rating agency Fitch has said in a report. “We are of the opinion that Indian telcos may need to invest more on 5G […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
Amazon-Flipkart
Amazon, Flipkart sales generate Rs 19,000 crore in 6 days

New Delhi: Led by Amazon and Flipkart, e-tailers in India achieved a record $3 billion (nearly Rs 19,000 crore) of Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) in the first six days of the festive sale from September 29-October 4, a new report said on Tuesday. Walmart-owned Flipkart and Amazon dominated 90 per cent of the market share […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Jamuna, Lovlina march into World Championships quarters

Ulan-Ude (Russia): Indian pugilists Jamuna Boro and Lovlina Borgohain on Wednesday entered the quarterfinals in their respective weight categories by winning their last-16 matches of the ongoing Women’s World Boxing Championships. In the 54-kg category, Jamuna stunned former world champion Ouidad Sfouh 5-0 in the pre-quarterfinal. The 22-year-old, participating at the Worlds for the first […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Dream to see India host Olympics someday: Nita Ambani

London: Nita Ambani, member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Founder Chairperson, Reliance Foundation, on Wednesday called upon the global leaders in sports to see India as a land of limitless opportunities, saying it is her dream to see India host major sporting events like the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup in the […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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India, France To Deepen Defence Ties; Agree To Combat Terrorism

Paris: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Wednesday that he had “fruitful deliberations” with his French counterpart during which they reviewed the full spectrum of the bilateral defence engagement and reaffirmed their strong commitment to further deepen cooperation to combat terrorism. Singh and French Minister of Armed Forces Florence Parly held the second ministerial level […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Odisha among top-10 states in country to adopt non-veg food

Bhubaneswar: When scientific evidences day in and day out show vegetarian diet reduces the risk of most contemporary diseases, the startling fact is Odisha figured among the top -10 non vegetarian states in the country. As per the Comprehensive National Nutrition Survey (CNNS) 2016-18 released recently,  only a mere 23.8 per cent of mothers/caregivers of […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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India seeks closer cooperation between UN, FATF to fight terror funding

United Nations: India has asked the world body to increase its cooperation with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and similar organisations that fight the financing of terrorists. “The flow of resources meant to produce terror are required to be stopped by states for which collective inter-state efforts are required at regional and sub-regional levels,” […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
Sunil Chhetri
India Doesn't Need Me To Put Up Good Performance: Chhetri

Kolkata: He might be India’s highest goalscorer and the go-to man when it comes to scoring goals, but Sunil Chhetri on Monday said this team under head coach Igor Stimac does not need him to be successful. “The Indian team doesn’t need Sunil Chhetri to put up a good performance. I am just one of […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
Covid-19
FIGHTBACK: Germany And France Join India's Fight Against Covid Second Wave

New Delhi: Germany and France have joined India’s fight against the second Covid wave, which continues to rampage across the country. Germany is showing the way in this joint exercise…

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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India Slips To 102nd Rank In Global Hunger Report 2019; Behind Nepal, Pak, Bangladesh

New Delhi: India has slipped to 102 positions in the Global Hunger Index 2019 of 117 countries, slipping from its 2018 rank of 95 and behind its neighbours Nepal, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Seventeen countries, including Belarus, Ukraine, Turkey, Cuba and Kuwait, shared the top rank with GHI scores of less than five, the website of […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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