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12 Nov

Extra delivery income from Flipkart Kirana

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Twenty-three year old Kuddus Ali is doing extra rounds this festive season, making deliveries of Flipkart packets around the city of Golaghat in Assam. When Ali could not complete his BA in Economics due to the pandemic and financial difficulties at home, he decided to join Flipkart’s kirana delivery program to augment family income. With every delivery, he is contributing to his family income which is primarily driven by his father’s vegetable store. “Flipkart’s kirana program has helped me gain financial independence and several of my friends have also joined the program part time along with managing their studies.” said…

12 Nov

Vi successfully conducted a 5G trial in a rural area

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Vodafone Idea (VIL) along with its technology partner, Nokia, has announced that it has successfully conducted a 5G trial in a rural area. The trial utilized 5G in the 3.5GHz spectrum band allocated by the Govt. for 5G trials, to provide rural broadband connectivity in Gandhinagar in Gujarat. Using Nokia’s solution, Vi successfully trialed providing 5G connectivity across an area covering 17.1 km while delivering speeds of more than 100Mbps. This 5G trial by Vi along with Nokia, supports the Indian government’s Digital India vision of providing reliable and high-speed connectivity in rural areas. Jagbir Singh, Chief Technology Officer, Vodafone…

10 Nov

Amazon Pay’s new campaign #AbHarDinHuaAasan

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Amazon Pay has announced the launch of #AbHarDinHuaAasan– a digital-led campaign that highlights the convenience and safety of digital payments on the platform and its positive impact on millions of customers across India. The campaign unfolds with a digital film that celebrates the evolution of money and various business activities, from cash to digital, across generations. It further showcases how Amazon Pay can be used to pay anyone, anywhere, effortlessly, and instantly. The campaign film captures an array of use cases, i.e., shopping in a marketplace or online, recharges and utility bills, and more to showcase the convenience of payments…

09 Nov

ITC Hotels flags off luxury brand Mementos with Ekaaya in Udaipur

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ITC Hotels has announced the launch of its new luxury brand, Mementos, with Ekaaya, a 130-room hotel located on a 106-acre plot overlooking the Aravallis in Udaipur. The hotel is slated to be opened in the coming financial year, according to a company spokesperson. In view of Udaipur’s growing popularity as a wedding destination, Ekaaya is being billed as an ideal setting for one. It offers 25,000 sq.ft. of covered meeting spaces with a sprawling ballroom, vast pre-function areas, multiple breakout rooms, green rooms, and open garden spaces spread over five acres. Sharing the news about the launch of Mementos…

08 Nov

Nissan launches new subscription service in India

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Nissan India announces its partnerships with Zoomcar and Orix driving its platform‘Nissan Intelligent Ownership’for Nissan and Datsun customers in India. The Subscription Plan is well-suited to the Indian customers’ progressive and asset-lite lifestyle. The ‘Nissan Intelligent Ownership’ model is available in Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Pune. The Nissan Intelligent Ownership Subscription Plan is transparent with no hidden costs as the customer is only paying a nominal refundable security deposit at the start of the subscription and subsequently pay a fixed monthly fee basis of selected tenure.The customers can book the desired subscription plan on Nissan India website…

04 Nov

Great Indian Festival empowers lakhs of sellers on Amazon.in

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Amazon has announced that its month-long Great Indian Festival (GIF) has seen the biggest ever shopping celebration for its sellers and brand partners on Amazon.in, bringing happiness to millions of customers across the country. GIF started during midnight of October 2 with Prime Early Access and went live for all customers on October 3. Customers loved the crores of product selection from sellers on Amazon.in including unique products from lakhs of Small and Medium Businesses (SMBs). In this Great Indian Ferstival Bharat continued to shop safely on Amazon.in with customers from 99.7% of India’s serviceable pin-codes shopping during the month-long…

03 Nov

VI and Ericsson to revolutionize the healthcare sector in India

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Vodafone Idea Ltd. (VIL) and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) have partnered to showcase the power of 5G to revolutionize the healthcare sector in India. The 5G trial network set up by Vi on Govt allocated 3.5 GHz mid band & 26 GHz mmWave band in Pune, deploys Ericsson Radios and Ericsson Dual Mode Core based on cloud native technology comprising of 5G SA, 5G NSA & LTE packet core functions.In a statement the company has said that the high data speed, low latency and reliability of 5G, a doctor located in an urban center can actually carry out an ultrasound scan…

03 Nov

Tata Motors honors the Olympians who narrowly missed the podium

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Tata Motors, has handed over the keys of Altroz - the gold standard of hatchbacks to the Indian athletes, who narrowly missed the bronze medal in the recently held Tokyo Olympics. They may not have won a medal but have won hearts of millions and inspired billions through their commendable performances. To recognize and congratulate them, Tata Motors honored 24 Olympians across various sports such as Hockey, Wrestling, Golf, Boxing and Discuss throw. An Altroz was handed over to each athlete, in the High Street Gold colour to mark their gold standard efforts. According to Mr. Shailesh Chandra, President, Passenger…

03 Nov

Vodafone Idea Partners with Ericsson

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Vodafone Idea Ltd. (VIL) and Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) have partnered to showcase the power of 5G to revolutionize the healthcare sector in India. The 5G trial network set up by Vi on Govt allocated 3.5 GHz mid band & 26 GHz mmWave band in Pune, deploys Ericsson Radios and Ericsson Dual Mode Core based on cloud native technology comprising of 5G SA, 5G NSA & LTE packet core functions.In a statement the company has said that the high data speed, low latency and reliability of 5G, a doctor located in an urban center can actually carry out an ultrasound scan…

02 Nov

Forever 21 launches its new flagship store at Itanagar

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Forever 21, has unveiled its first Flagship store in Arunachal Pradesh and Second in Northeast. With the launch of this store in Itanagar on 30th October, 2021 (Saturday), the brand aims to increase its footprints in the northeast. Spread across 3079sqft, at KIME Complex ,Near BB Plaza , D-Sector, the store presents trendy styles including fitted dresses; bodysuits; super crops; co-ords; jackets; cropped, satin and handkerchief tops; pop-coloured accessories and footwear, & exclusive partnership collection inspired by the movie “Space Jam”. Speaking on the launch, Mr. Mukesh Soni, Business Head (India), Forever 21 said, “We are glad to bring Forever…