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11 Jun

Dettol: Covid Protectors logo on 4 million packs

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Dettol (India’s most trusted germ protection brand) launched a new campaign - #DettolSalutes. Dettol, as a tribute to Covid-19 warriors replaced its iconic logo with an image of a Covid protector along with the ‘protector’s’ inspiring story. Dettol has curated 100 such stories from across India and carried them on its liquid handwash packs in honor of the protectors. One Such story is that of Akaash Sarkar (23), a Kolkata-based student. As the COVID-19 second wave grew stronger, a proud parent to a dog called Sandy, Akaash could relate to the challenges of taking care of dogs while fighting a…

11 Jun

ICICI Pru Life: Bonus reflects commitment to policyholders

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For FY2021, ICICI Prudential Life Insurance has announced an annual bonus of Rs 867-crore for all eligible participating policyholders. All participating policies in-force as of March 31, 2021 are eligible to receive this bonus. A total of 9.8-lakh participating policyholders will benefit from this. The bonus declared is the highest ever by the Company till date and is also 10% higher than the bonus announced in the last fiscal. The Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance, Mr. N S Kannan said, they are delighted to announce that the annual bonus for FY2021 is the highest ever in…

11 Jun

Vi Business unveils Cloud Firewall solutions

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Vi Business, the enterprise arm of Vodafone Idea Ltd. (VIL), has strengthened its security portfolio with the launch of Vi Cloud Firewall, a cloud-deployed security solution for enterprises. Continuing its collaborative strategy, Vi Business has partnered with leading security technology provider Firstwave Cloud Technology to introduce Vi Cloud Firewall for the modern business needs. The Firewall solution is powered by Palo Alto Networks VM-Series Virtual Next-Generation Firewall (NGFW) technology, one of the market leaders. With Vi Cloud Firewall, enterprises and businesses across BFSI, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Retail, Travel, Logistics, Real Estate, NBFC, Education etc. can benefit from the best security practices…

10 Jun

Nissan introduces competitive subscription plan

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‘Nissan Intelligent Ownership Subscription Plan’ - Nissan India launched this first-of-its-kind plan to own the all-new Nissan MAGNITE, Nissan KICKS or Datsun redi-GO. Nissan is also launching Shop@Home, end-to-end digital platform, to extend a completely contactless car buying experience for the customers. In partnership with ORIX, Nissan introduced the unique Subscription Plan with USP of ‘White Plate’ and ‘Buy Back option’ with transparency of no hidden costs as the customer is paying only a nominal refundable security deposit at the start of the Subscription Plan and subsequently pay a fixed monthly fee basis of pre-selected tenure. The ‘Nissan Intelligent Ownership…

10 Jun

HCCB equips ‘SafaiSathis’ during the pandemic

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This World Environment Day, Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) and UNDP are celebrating the ‘will do’ spirit of the ‘SafaiSathis’ – sanitation workers who have been working continuously to keep the country clean by collecting and helping recycle plastic waste – even during the pandemic. SafaiSathis are the workforce behind Project Prithvi – the plastic waste management program - that HCCB and UNDP have been jointly running over the last 3 years with partner agencies and local government bodies. HCCB and UNDP have worked together during the pandemic period to reach out to 1,00,000 people including 17,000 ‘SafaiSathi’s’ with essential items…

10 Jun

On Sundar Pichai’s 49th birthday, we bring you some interesting facts about the Google CEO

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Sundar Pichai is an Indian-American business executive. He is the CEO of Alphabet Inc. and its subsidiary Google. He was born on 10 June, 1972. Today on his 49th birthday, we bring you 10 interesting facts about him: 1. Sundar Pichai was born in Chennai, India. 2. Pichai grew up in a two-room apartment in Ashok Nagar, Chennai and had a Hindu upbringing. 3. He has a degree in metallurgical engineering from IIT Kharagpur. 4. He worked in engineering and product management at Applied Materials and in management consulting at McKinsey & Company. 5. He joined Google in 2004, where…

10 Jun

Fire breaks out behind Siliguri Uttarkanya

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A battery manufacturing factory in the industrial area behind the mini-state secretariat for North Bengal, Uttar Kanya, caught fire. The incident created a stir in the entire area. As per the report, on Tuesday night, the locals heard a loud noise around 2 am and rushed to the spot. After sighting the factory on fire, they immediately informed the fire brigade. Four fire engines and the NJP police reached the spot and extinguished the fire. Several damages have been reported in the factory. However, the cause of the fire has not yet been determined. The fire brigade and police assumed…

09 Jun

Leaked Data alleges US billionaires of paying almost no Income tax

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Data revealing income tax paid by US billionaires has been leaked to a news website. The website says it has seen the tax returns of some of the world's richest people, including Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett. It alleges Amazon's Mr Bezos paid no tax in 2007 and 2011, while Tesla's Mr Musk paid nothing in 2018. They claimed the richest 25 Americans pay less in tax, an average of 15.8% of adjusted gross income, than most mainstream US workers. They also said said they were analysing what it called a "vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data"…

09 Jun

Airtel’s new brand campaign reinforces India’s preference for network quality

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Bharti ("Airtel"), India's driving correspondences arrangements supplier, today carried out another brand mission to exhibit the unbalanced client inclination for its elite organization and separated administrations. Watch the TVC here- https://youtu.be/hGuqEavJPVU According to information distributed by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), 2 in each 3 new portable clients pick Airtel over different organizations during September 2020 - February 2021. During this period, north of 25 mn clients joined the Airtel organization, highlighting the strength of brand. Shashwat Sharma, Chief Marketing Officer, Bharti Airtel said: "We have one and only one core value - client fixation. And it’s gratifying…

08 Jun

Nirmala Sitharaman asks Infosys to fix glitches on income tax e-filing site, tags Nandan Nilekani

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The new e-filing website of the Income Tax Department was launched on Monday with a host of new features for taxpayers. The new URL http://incometax.gov.in replaced the long-existing http://incometaxindiaefiling.gov.in, and it went live at 8:45 pm, the tax department said in a tweet. However, some users complained on social media that certain features were taking longer than usual to load in the new portal. Taking note of the same, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today tagged IT giant Infosys and its co-founder Nandan Nilekani after receiving a large number of complaints from users on the new e-filing website of the Income…