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19 Jul

Instamojo announces Northeast Launchpad

editor0 CommentsBusinessInstamojo, Northeast Launchpad

Northeast Launchpad has been launched by India's largest DIY e-commerce website builder Instamojo. Instamojo is a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) SaaS platform for MSMEs in India. The company provides online storefronts and online payment solutions to small, independent enterprises, MSMEs, and startups to run a successful online business. Entrepreneurs can register online to participate in Northeast Launchpad and registration for it is now live. It will close on 5 August. The top 10 shortlisted entries will be announced on 10 August. The East Social Star will be announced on 15 August, followed by best business plan on 21 August. Northeast Launchpad is…

19 Jul

ARENA and NEXA customers can avail online car finance

editor0 CommentsBusinessMaruti Suzuki India Limited, Maruti Suzuki Smart Finance

With Maruti Suzuki Smart Finance (MSSF), Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL) customers can now finance their cars online, anywhere and anytime. MSSF covers a wide range of profiles to meet the demands of a diverse range of customers. MSSF is now made available for ARENA as well as NEXA customers. Maruti Suzuki Smart Finance currently has 14 financiers on-board. They are - HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank, Yes Bank, Axis Bank, State Bank of India, IndusInd Bank, Bank of Baroda, Karur Vyasa Bank, Cholamandalam Finance, AU Small Finance Bank, Mahindra Finance, Kotak Mahindra Prime, Sundaram Finance & HDB Financial services. In…

19 Jul

Amazon Prime Day in India

editor0 CommentsBusinessAmazon India, Amazon Prime Day

Amazon’s annual Prime Day event will be held in India on July 26 and 27. The two-day event starting midnight on July 26, will deliver best deals and savings across categories, including Smartphones, Consumer Electronics, TVs, Appliances, Amazon Devices, Fashion & Beauty, Home & Kitchen, Furniture, Everyday Essentials and more to Prime members. This Prime Day, Amazon will continue its efforts to empower and support lakhs of Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs) and help generate customer demand for products offered by lakhs of sellers, manufacturers, start-ups and brands, women entrepreneurs, artisans, weavers and local shops. During the lead-up to Prime…

19 Jul

HDFC Bank shares tumble 3 pc after Q1 data disappoints investors

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaHDFC BANK

Shares of HDFC Bank dipped over 3 per cent on Monday as the company’s June quarter earnings failed to impress investors. At 3.57 pm, the banks stock went lower by 3.34 per cent to Rs 1,470.95 on the BSE and it dipped 3.28 per cent to Rs 1,472.40. HDFC Bank’s consolidated net profit for the June quarter increased 14 per cent to Rs 7,922 crore, but the largest private sector lender reported reverses because of the second wave of the pandemic, which compressed its growth. When compared with the preceding March quarter’s Rs 8,434 crore, there was a decline in…

19 Jul

Two ministers, three opposition leaders, journalists, industrialists, bureaucrats .everyone is trapped by Pegasus

editor0 CommentsCrime, India, Technologycyber crime

Modi government has two ministers. Three important leaders of the opposition camp. A person holding a constitutional position. More than forty journalists. A group of businessmen and industrialists. Current and former heads of security agencies. In addition, social workers, government bureaucrats, lawyers. All of them allege that their phones were eavesdropped on by Pegasus spyware made by the Israeli NSO. An investigation report called 'Pegasus Project' claims that the Modi government tried to eavesdrop on more than 300 phones in India before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Media representatives from 16 countries, including India, conducted the investigation. However, the government claims that allegations of government surveillance against certain individuals…

19 Jul

The Political Fix: What can Prashant Kishor bring to the Congress – or the anti-Modi Opposition?

editor0 CommentsIndia, PoliticalIndia, politicians

Mamata Banerjee’s big win in the high-prestige and high-octane West Bengal assembly election last winter has triggered the possibility of a new federal front against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party. Regional parties, party factions, small and big political family firms — all seem to be involved in parleys, political intrigue and even publicity-generating photo-ops. Inciting speculation and working across regions, a ‘coalition’ to take on the behemoth that is the BJP’s election machinery seems to be afoot. Weakened states and regional parties in the Modi-Shah era have made the repeat of a 1990s-style anti-BJP coalition at…

18 Jul

Google doodle honours Kadambini Ganguly, one of India’s first female doctors

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Google doodle honoured Kadambini Ganguly, India’s first female doctor on her 160th birth anniversary today. Doctor Kadambini Ganguly was born on July 18 in 1861 in Bhagalpur British India. She was the first woman to be trained as a physician in India. Ganguly was a vocal activist for women's emancipation, a doctor, and a freedom fighter. The doodle is illustrated by Bengaluru, India-based guest artist Oddrija. Ganguly sought to uplift other women in India through both medical service and activism in India’s women’s rights movement. So who exactly is Kadambini Ganguly? She was born on 8 July, 1861, in Bhagalpur…

18 Jul

First COVID-19 case found at Olympic Games athletes’ village in Tokyo

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Two athletes tested positive at the Olympic Village for Covid-19, Tokyo Olympic organisers said on Sunday, a day after an Olympic Village resident has tested positive. Tokyo Olympics organisers on Sunday reported three new cases of COVID-19 infection among athletes, up from one new case a day earlier, as the population of the athlete’s village swells ahead of the start of the pandemic-hit Games next week. The competitors are the first athletes to return positive tests for the virus while staying at the Village. Another unnamed athlete has also tested positive upon arrival in the Japanese capital, Tokyo 2020 said,…

17 Jul

Sharad Pawar, PM Modi hold a meeting on ‘issues of national interest

editor0 CommentsPoliticalPM modi, Sharad Pawar

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar today met with Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the latter's residence. During the meeting which lasted for about 50 minutes, the veteran politician raised concerns about the newly-formed Ministry of Cooperation which is headed by Amit Shah, and farmers' issues, sources in the NCP said. "Rajya Sabha MP Shri Sharad Pawar met PM Narendra Modi," the Prime Minister's Office tweeted, along with a photo of the two leaders meeting. Mr Pawar, who sought an appointment with PM Modi, got one for this morning. Apart from meeting PM Modi, Mr Pawar, 80, also wrote…

17 Jul

Tokyo Olympics: Ugandan athlete missing from training camp in Japan

editorSportsTokyo Olympics, Ugandan

Local officials are searching for a Ugandan athlete who went missing in western Japan on Friday in a case raising questions over Japanese organizers' oversight of Olympic participants amid local coronavirus concerns. The missing 20-year-old Julius Ssekitoleko was training as part of the nine-member Ugandan team in Izumisano, Osaka prefecture, city officials said. Teammates realized the athlete was absent around noon Friday when his saliva test sample was not delivered and they found his hotel room empty, city officials said. There was no training Friday morning and he was last seen in his room in the early hours of Friday.…