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21 Feb

STING® NEW SUMMER CAMPAIGN

editor0 CommentsBusiness, Indiaakshay kumar, STING®

PepsiCo India’s Sting® has unveiled a new TVC featuring brand ambassador and superstar Akshay Kumar as an extension of the brand’s ‘Energy Bole Toh Sting®’ mantra to entertain consumers. Sting® and Akshay Kumar together are all set to expand the brand’s footprint across the country, engage the youth and encourage audiences to maximize each moment of their lives with can-do energy. The new Sting® TVC will be amplified across TV, digital, outdoor, and social media with a 360-degree campaign. The TVC encourages consumers to electrify their moment with the refreshing taste of Sting®. Sting® is available in small single serve packs in…

20 Feb

Caution on launches help builders improve inventory profile: PropTiger

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaPropTiger

The restraint shown towards new project launches has helped developers in Kolkata improve their inventory profile, a fact evident from the fact that the City of Joy has the lowest number of unsold stock among India's eight prime residential markets.According to ‘Real Insight Residential – Annual Round-up 2021’, an analysis of these leading housing markets by online real estate company PropTiger.com, Kolkata contributes only 4% to the national unsold stock, with inventory as on December 31, 2021, standing at 25,716. The inventory overhang - the period developers would take to sell off this unsold stock, keeping in view the current…

20 Feb

JAGUAR LAND ROVER ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH NVIDIA

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaJAGUAR LAND ROVER, NVIDIA

Jaguar Land Rover has formed a multi-year strategic partnership with NVIDIA, to jointly develop and deliver next-generation automated driving systems plus AI-enabled services and experiences for its customers. Starting in 2025, all new Jaguar and Land Rover vehicles will be built on the NVIDIA DRIVE™ software-defined platform—delivering a wide spectrum of active safety, automated driving and parking systems as well as driver assistance systems. This full-stack solution is based on NVIDIA DRIVE Hyperion™, which features DRIVE Orin™ centralised AV computers; DRIVE AV and DRIVE IX software; safety, security and networking systems; plus, surround sensors. DRIVE Orin is the AI brain…

19 Feb

India signs free trade agreement with UAE

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India and the UAE on Friday inked a milestone Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and uncovered a guide for extension of by and large ties at a virtual summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheik Mohammed canister Zayed Al Nahyan. In his comments, Modi dove into different features of ties among India and the United Arab Emirates and said both the countries will stand "side by side" against psychological warfare while alluding to the new fear-monger assaults in the Gulf country. On CEPA, Modi noticed that the two sides could close the arrangements on…

19 Feb

Indian Customers interacted more with Alexa

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Millions of customers across the country have used the Amazon Alexa voice service on Echo smart speakers, the Amazon shopping app for Android, Fire TV devices and hundreds of Alexa built-in speakers, TVs, smartphones, smart watches and more by other brands. The number of requests to Alexa in 2021 increased by 68% with almost 50% customers from non-metro cities. To celebrate Alexa’s India anniversary, Amazon has announced blockbuster deals which will be available on 15th and 16th February. During March-April’21, customers asked 11,500 questions every day about COVID, health and wellness related topics. Customers also loved starting and concluding their…

19 Feb

Vodafone Idea’s 5G trials with Nokia

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Vodafone Idea Limited (Vi) has announced that it has successfully demonstrated 5G Voice over New Radio (VoNR) with its technology partner, Nokia, during the ongoing 5G Trials in Gandhinagar, Gujarat. Once deployed, the VoNR solution will enable Vi to offer its subscribers high-definition voice experience over 5G, as well as several advanced voice applications and use cases in the future. Vi is conducting 5G Trials on Govt. allocated 5G spectrum in Gandhinagar, Gujarat and Pune in Maharashtra. The VoNR trial was done on Nokia’s comprehensive portfolio of solutions including its AirScale 5G RAN, 5G Core and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)…

18 Feb

Bird Academy partnered with Sikkim Forest Management Project

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaBird Academy

Bird Academy has partnered with the Sikkim Bio-Diversity Conservation & Forest Management Project, Department of Forests and Environment, Government of Sikkim to impart training and skills to 26 dynamic team members at the official Interpretation Centres (IC) in Sikkim, in the field of customer service, administrative duties, grooming & etiquette, communication and customer service. The objective of this specialised training program was to provide knowledge, build confidence and a deeper understanding of their responsibilities, which will further enhance their customer service skills. The importance of soft skills in today’s fast evolving world was also recognised by the Government of Sikkim…

18 Feb

Adda52 Pro contract worth INR 20 lakhs

editor0 CommentsBusinessAdda52, Siliguri

Siliguri based 35-year-old Manish emerged as one of the final contestants for the Adda52 Champions Leaderboard (ACL) 2021. A year-long leaderboard programme which concluded on 31 Dec 2021, will witness an action-packed poker battle finale with nine players competing for the winner’s title on 20 Feb 2022 at Deltin Royale, Goa. Hailing from a family of lawyers and having a chemical engineering background, Manish secure the first runner up position at the Deltin Poker Tournament in 2021. His current winnings on Adda52 as of today are above 2 CR with 23 first places & 111 final table finishes in tournaments.…

18 Feb

Harley-Davidson® Sportster™ S achieved a Record

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The Harley-Davidson® Sportster™ S becomes the first motorcycle in the country to successfully achieve a record of covering 3141 kms in a 24-hours endurance test. It is a 121-horsepower Revolution® Max 1250T V-Twin engine.A team of five riders - including National Racers Anushriya Gulati and Vijay Singh along with Vlogger Shubhabrata Marmar joined Malo Le Masson and Vijay Thomas from Hero MotoCorp - to achieve this feat at the world-class test tracks at Hero’s Global Centre for Innovation and Technology (CIT) located in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Supervised by two leading members of Hero’s team at CIT, David Lopez Cordoba - Head…

18 Feb

Greater Vaccine Delivery and Knowledge Sharing by India

editor0 CommentsBusiness, IndiaHarsh Vardhan Shringla, India’s Foreign Secretary

On the 14th of February, the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken convened a virtual Global Action Meeting on COVID-19 with the objective of coordinating global action on pandemic response. India’s Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla represented India, given the absence of India’s EAM who was on an official visit to the Philippines. The meeting was attended by Foreign Ministers and senior officials from different countries and international organisations. India produces four vaccines – COVAXIN, COVISHIELD, COVOVAX and JANSSEN that have been approved by the World Health Organization (WHO). But three other vaccines - CORBEVAX, ZyCov-D and Gennova are due…