Business News Northeast - Latest Business Northeast News & Updates

19 Jul

Star Health’s initiative to make health insurance accessible in rural India

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

Star Health and Allied Insurance Co. Ltd., one of the leading standalone health insurance companies in the country, and Common Services Centers (CSC), under Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, have partnered to provide over 5 lakh CSCs access to a select range of Star Health insurance products, specially designed to meet the needs of rural customers, across tier-II, tier-III cities and rural markets pan India. The CSCs will provide a host of special features to the rural customers, including a large bouquet of e-services though a single delivery platform, localized help-desk support, and sustainability of VLEs through a maximum…

18 Jul

Consumer Robotics Software Development Center in Bengaluru

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

Amazon is opening a new Consumer Robotics Software Development Center in Bengaluru. This site will help support Amazon’s Consumer Robotics division, which just launched its first robot last year, Astro. Astro is a new and different kind of robot, one that’s designed to help customers with a range of tasks like home monitoring and keeping in touch with family. It brings together new advancements in artificial intelligence, computer vision, sensor technology and voice and edge computing in a package that’s designed to be helpful and convenient. The Vice President of Consumer Robotics at Amazon Ken Washington said, “This new Consumer…

18 Jul

NEAID to raise funds of INR 10 lakhs via crowdfunding platform

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

Assam based non-profit organization, Northeast Centre for Equity Action on Integrated Development (NEAID) takes a crowd funding route to raise funds of INR 10 lakhs via online crowdfunding ImpactGuru.com for the welfare of the people affected in the flood prone areas. As per the Assam Disaster Management Authority, around 54,57,601 people have been affected by the recent flood. It selected seven different districts namely Morigaon, Nagaon, Lakhimpur, Dhemaji, Kamrup, Darrang, Dima-Haso, Nalbari and Bongaigaon. The initiative will majorly focus on people from marginalized communities, BPL families and daily wage earners. For the current scenario, various activities which have been initiated…

18 Jul

India Justice Report analyses latest Data on Police Force

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

A recent study shows that the police forces of India’s States and Union Territories have grown by 32% between 2010 and 2020, but the share of women is only a meager 10.5% as against the desired 33%. The share of Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST) has marginally increased respectively from 12.6% and 10.6% to 15.2% and11.7%. The Other Backward Classes (OBCs) have registered a stronger representation from 20.8% in 2010 to 28.8% in 2020. The share of women officers stands at 8.2%. Kerala police has 3% women officers, and West Bengal has 4.2%. Tamil Nadu and Mizoram, both…

18 Jul

GSMA Report shows 5g Coverage accelerate across Asia Pacific

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

The GSMA has published its latest Mobile Economy Asia Pacific 2022 report, which delivers a detailed picture of the region’s adoption of mobile internet. At present, mobile broadband networks cover around 96% of the population, a testament to operators’ investment in 3G, 4G and, increasingly, 5G infrastructure. However, just 44% of the population is using mobile internet services. The reasons for this discrepancy include lack of digital skills, affordability and online safety concerns. Mobile technologies and services continue to make a significant contribution to Asia Pacific’s economy, generating 5% of GDP in the region in 2021, which equates to around…

18 Jul

NSDC International signs a MoU with Ganpat University

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

NSDC International Ltd, a subsidiary of National Skill Development Corporation, under the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Government of India has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Ganpat University, a pioneer in offering skill development programs, in Gujarat to help prepare a skilled workforce that would meet the evolving demand of industries and employers in India and globally. The MoU signing ceremony was held in the August presence of Padma Shri Dr. Ganpat Patel, Ganpat University’s President and Patron-in-Chief, who virtually joined the event, Shri Ved Mani Tiwari, Chief Operating Officer and Officiating CEO, NSDC with many other…

18 Jul

SANY SCC8000A – India’s largest Crawler Crane

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

The largest slew crane manufacturer in India SANY Bharat achieved a significant milestone by delivering 4 units of SANY SCC8000A 800 Ton crawler crane, India’s largest crawler crane, to Sanghvi Movers Limited. In the largest Hoisting Solutions company of India, Sanghvi Movers Limited ranked 6th largest worldwide, will have nearly 60 SANY crawler cranes, Truck Cranes & All Terrain Cranes to offer as rental solutions for core infrastructure projects across multiple sectors. The keys for these crawler cranes were handed over at a function held in Pune in which Mr. Rishi Sanghvi, Managing Director, Mr. Sham Kajale, Joint Managing Director&…

18 Jul

Kirana stores in West Bengal partner with Flipkart

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

Saugata runs a general store named Chakraborty Enterprise in the city of Barrackpore. He has been associated with Flipkart’s kirana delivery program since 2020. He was informed about the benefits of the program through a manager at Flipkart’s logistic center, who guided him and helped him through the onboarding process. He earns a surplus income of about Rs 10,000 to 12,000 every month, delivering about 40 to 50 parcels per day. Another such kirana partner is Bunny Singh, who owns a grocery store named Maya Stores in Barrackpore, Kolkata, which is run by his mother. He was an Ekart logistics…

18 Jul

Nissan Magnite RED Edition at Rs. 7.86 Lakhs

Business Correspondent0 CommentsBusiness

Nissan Motor India announced the launch of its Big, Bold, Beautiful SUV, the Nissan Magnite RED Edition, with prices starting at Rs. 7,86,500 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi). The exteriors feature red accent that covers the front grille, front bumper cladding, wheel arch and body side cladding. The interiors feature a premium red-themed dashboard, a red accent on the door side armrest and centre console. Major design additions include bold body graphics, a tail door garnish and a prominent RED Edition-specific badge. It comes in 1.0-litre MT, 1.0-litre Turbo MT and 1.0-litre Turbo CVT variants to offer option of full range. It…

16 Jul

Govt. plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news

editor0 CommentsBusinessFacebook, google

After Australia, Canada and France, now India is reportedly placing the final touches to a new piece of rules that would make tech giants like Google and Facebook pay for the information content material they show on their platforms. If implemented, the proposed law would compel world tech majors such as Alphabet (owner of Google, YouTube), Meta (owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp), Twitter, and Amazon to pay Indian newspapers and digital news publishers a share of the revenue they earn with the aid of the use of authentic content material produced by means of these information outlets. The need…