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Aligarh college bans entry of students in religious attire
18 Feb

Aligarh college bans entry of students in religious attire

editor0 CommentsIndia,
Dharma Samaj College on Thursday issued a notice of banning entry of students without the prescribed uniform. The notice read, "This is to inform all the students of the college that they should come in the prescribed dress of the college. If they are not in the prescribed dress, the college administration will be compelled to deprive them of entering the college. Therefore, strict compliance of the above should be ensured." The directives come two days after a group of students wearing saffron scarves held a protest in the campus, demanding ban of 'hijab' in the college premises. Dr Raj…
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Greater Vaccine Delivery and Knowledge Sharing by India
18 Feb

Greater Vaccine Delivery and Knowledge Sharing by India

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India,
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…
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Hiranandani Group Announces Its New Venture With Tez Platforms
18 Feb

Hiranandani Group Announces Its New Venture With Tez Platforms

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India,
the Hiranandani Group has focused on broader technology-led consumer services with its new venture - Tez Platforms. Tez Platforms will focus on large opportunities in the arena of social media, entertainment, gaming and e-sports, e-commerce, personal mobility, artificial intelligence and blockchain linked solutions. The new venture will introduce a wide gamut of services including social media, gaming & e-sports, blockchain and other emerging tech services. Darshan Hiranandani, CEO-Hiranandani Group, says, “Tez Platforms will leverage synergies and talent from various Hiranandani Group entities but also has aggressive plans to hire over 250 employees in FY 2023. Tez’s initial outlay to launch…
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LIC Policyholders have to update PAN details
18 Feb

LIC Policyholders have to update PAN details

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India
The market leading insurer and financial conglomerate Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has mentioned that every policyholder shall have to ensure that his / her PAN details are updated in the policy records of the Corporation on or before 28th February 2022 in order to be considered an Eligible Policyholder for application in the forthcoming Public Issue. The aggregate of reservations for Eligible Policyholder(s) shall not exceed 10% of the total Offer size. LIC and the Government of India, in consultation with the BRLMs, may offer a discount to the Offer Price to Eligible Policyholder(s), subject to necessary approvals…
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The Jeep Meridian—First 7-Seater SUV
17 Feb

The Jeep Meridian—First 7-Seater SUV

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India,
Jeep® India today announced the name of their most anticipated offering for the Indian market, a 7-seater SUV –the Jeep Meridian. The name is inspired by the vastness and diversity of India and embodies the Jeep DNA in its design philosophy. The ‘Made in India’ Jeep Meridian will be the first 7-seater SUV for Indian customers and fulfils an important commitment to the Indian market. It recently traversed from Kashmir to Kanyakumari (K2K) taking the route through the Meridian 77-degree East in an intensive performance showcasing the K2K drive and covered a distance of more than 5,000 kms through India…
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Ariel #ShareTheLoad campaign
17 Feb

Ariel #ShareTheLoad campaign

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India,
During the last 7-year, Ariel India has continuously sparked conversations around the unequal division of domestic chores within households and urging more and more men to #ShareTheLoad. In the spirit of keeping this conversation going and furthering the cause of equality within households, Ariel launched the #SeeEqual film, to inaugurate the 5th edition of ShareTheLoad. At the event, Ariel also launched its special edition Ariel Matic Powder pack. Launching the film, Ariel raised a pertinent question – “if men can share the load equally with other men, why are they not doing it with their wives?” The launch of #SeeEqual…
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Meta prepares to encourage civic engagement
17 Feb

Meta prepares to encourage civic engagement

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India
Meta is sharing an update on how Meta is prepared to protect people and its platform during this period.Meta has a comprehensive strategy in place for the elections, which includes detecting and removing hate speech and content that incites violence, reducing the spread of misinformation, making political advertising more transparent, partnering with election authorities to remove content that violates local law and helping people make their voices heard through voting. Meta we’ll be activating its Elections Operations Center so it can monitor and respond to potential abuses that emerge related to these elections in real time.Since 2018, Meta used this…
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Amarinder Singh on Indo-Pak Relation
17 Feb

Amarinder Singh on Indo-Pak Relation

editor0 Commentsbreaking news, India, World
The former chief minister  Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said he was not against the people of Pakistan but their rulers and the Army who were fomenting trouble here and killing Indian soldiers on the borders. Before independence, about 40 per cent of the population of Patiala was Muslim and most of them migrated to Pakistan, Singh said as he recalled how he was honoured and felicitated in the neighbouring country during his visit there in 2004 as the Punjab chief minister. Addressing public meetings in support of party candidates Farzana Alam from Malerkotla and Sardar Ali from Amargarh here, Singh…
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Hundreds of Indian Students in crisis-hit Ukraine
17 Feb

Hundreds of Indian Students in crisis-hit Ukraine

editor0 CommentsEducation, India, International, Travel, World
20,000+ Indians are presently in Ukraine out of which 18,000 are students. Ukraine to India flights have become costlier and are only available after 20th February. The latest updates are as following:- According to the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 24% of overseas students in Ukraine are from India.Around 25 students from Indore, Madhya Pradesh are stuck in Ukraine. The MP of Indore's Lok Sabha Shankar Lalwani said, “He has written a letter to External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar.”Around 1,000 students from Rajasthan are in Ukraine out of which 40 students are from Kota. Bundi's Congress leader Charmnesh…
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ABHI’s Partnership with Utkarsh Small Finance Bank
17 Feb

ABHI’s Partnership with Utkarsh Small Finance Bank

editor0 CommentsBusiness, India
The health insurance subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited (ABCL) Aditya Birla Health Insurance Co. Limited (ABHICL) announced its bancassurance partnership with one of the leading Small Finance Bank in the country Utkarsh Small Finance Bank for the distribution of health insurance products through the Bank’s network of branches Pan-India.Its comprehensive suite of Health insurance plans, including protection health plans, will be available for purchase to 2.7 million+ customers of the Bank across 642 branches in 214 districts spread across 19 states and 2 Union Territories in the country. The company has 175 branches located in India and it has…
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