WhatsApp bans 29 lakh accounts in India as country launches grievance panel

WhatsApp bans 29 lakh accounts in India as country launches grievance panel

🕔19:22, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Meta-owned WhatsApp banned more than 29 lakh accounts in India in the month of January, a figure that is drastically lower than 36.77 lakh accounts it blocked in the country in December last year, in compliance

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General Motors lays off 500 workers to cut costs

General Motors lays off 500 workers to cut costs

🕔19:21, 1.Mar 2023

San Francisco, March 1 (IANS) Automaker General Motors (GM) is laying off hundreds of workers from the company as it follows other major companies, including competitors, in downsizing headcounts to preserve cash and boost profits, the media reported. Announced internally on

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Russian-Indian consortium TMH-RVNL lowest bidder for Vande Bharat sleeper trains

Russian-Indian consortium TMH-RVNL lowest bidder for Vande Bharat sleeper trains

🕔19:17, 1.Mar 2023

Chennai, March 1 (IANS) Russian-Indian consortium Transmashholding (TMH)-Rail Vikas Nigam Ltd (RVNL) has turned out to be the lowest bidder for rolling out 200 Vande Bharat aluminium sleeper trains, it is learnt. The next lowest financial bidder is the consortium of

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Bill Gates meets Rajeev Chandrasekhar, discusses India Stack, AI innovations

Bill Gates meets Rajeev Chandrasekhar, discusses India Stack, AI innovations

🕔19:07, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Union Minister of State for Electronics and IT, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Wednesday met Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, and had a “good, interesting conversation about India Stack and Artificial Intelligence (AI)”. During the meeting at the office

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Axis Bank completes acquisition of Citibank’s consumer businesses in India

Axis Bank completes acquisition of Citibank’s consumer businesses in India

🕔19:06, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Axis Bank, one of India’s largest private sector banks, has completed the acquisition of Citibank’s consumer business in an accelerated time frame of within 7 months post receipt of the CCI approval. The deal has been

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Coal production rises 15% during April-February 2022-23

Coal production rises 15% during April-February 2022-23

🕔19:05, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) India’s coal production increased by 15.10 per cent to 784.41 million tonnes during April 2022-February 2023 as compared to 681.5 million tonnes produced during the same period of last year. Coal India Ltd (CIL) reported production

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NTPC commissions India’s first Air cooled condenser at North Karanpura Super Critical plant in Jharkhand

NTPC commissions India’s first Air cooled condenser at North Karanpura Super Critical plant in Jharkhand

🕔18:57, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1st 2023: NTPC commissions India’s first Air cooled condenser installed Super Critical plant to demonstrate its Commitment towards water conservation through reduce, reuse and recycle. NTPC, the country’s largest integrated energy utility, has started commercial operation of 1st Unit of 660 MW

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UK Foreign Secretary raises IT searches at BBC offices with Jaishankar

UK Foreign Secretary raises IT searches at BBC offices with Jaishankar

🕔16:39, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly on Wednesday raised the issue of tax searches at BBC offices in India with his Indian counterpart S. Jaishankar. The issue was raised during their bilateral meeting, as per reports citing

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Dy. Chief Minister, Maharashtra launches Multimedia Light & Sound Show at Gateway of India

Dy. Chief Minister, Maharashtra launches Multimedia Light & Sound Show at Gateway of India

🕔16:14, 1.Mar 2023

Dy. Chief Minister, Maharashtra launches Multimedia Light & Sound Show at Gateway of India to commemorate75 years of the departure of the last British troops from India ‘The New Gen will get information about Indian history through this Light &

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Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar takes over as Army Vice Chief

Lt Gen MV Suchindra Kumar takes over as Army Vice Chief

🕔16:06, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Lieutenant General M.V. Suchindra Kumar was appointed as the Vice Chief of the Army Staff on Wednesday. According to the Ministry of Defence, the General officer has taken over the appointment from Lieutenant General B.S. Raju

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GST collections in Feb slide to Rs 1,49,577 cr against Rs 1,55,922 cr in Jan

GST collections in Feb slide to Rs 1,49,577 cr against Rs 1,55,922 cr in Jan

🕔16:05, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections in February, 2023 stood at Rs 1,49,577 crore, lower than Rs 1,55,922 crore collected in January. Out of the Rs 1,49,577 crore collected through GST revenue in February, CGST was

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Rooftop solar set to surpass coal as Australia’s largest power generator

Rooftop solar set to surpass coal as Australia’s largest power generator

🕔16:05, 1.Mar 2023

Canberra, March 1 (IANS) Rooftop solar is set to overtake coal as Australia’s most prominent source of power, according to a new report published on Wednesday. The report, published by solar consultancy firm SunWiz, revealed the generation capacity of small-scale solar

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PM meets Foxconn chairman Young Liu

PM meets Foxconn chairman Young Liu

🕔15:43, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi has met Young Liu, chairman of Hon Hai Technology Group (Foxconn), official sources said. They discussed various topics aimed at enhancing India’s tech and innovation eco-system, official sources said. In response to

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By March end, entry & boarding gates of Delhi Airport’s Terminals 2, 3 to be DigiYatra enabled

By March end, entry & boarding gates of Delhi Airport’s Terminals 2, 3 to be DigiYatra enabled

🕔15:40, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) All entry and boarding gates of Terminal 2 and 3 of the Delhi Airport will become DigiYatra-enabled by the end of March. Delhi International Airport Limited that operates and manages Delhi’s IGI Airport on Wednesday announced

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Haryana to adopt new land measurement system

Haryana to adopt new land measurement system

🕔15:34, 1.Mar 2023

Chandigarh, March 1 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday said a modern land measurement system would be adopted, which will replace the age-old chain (jarib) based measurement. “This will bring more accuracy and reliability in land measurement and

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MRPL Bags the Prestigious FICCI – GIZ Gold Award

MRPL Bags the Prestigious FICCI – GIZ Gold Award

🕔15:26, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 01: Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (MRPL), a leading Petroleum Refinery based in Coastal Karnataka, has recently been honoured with the prestigious FICCI-GIZ Golden award for excellence in industrial disaster risk management organized by the Federation of

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Cooking gas price hiked by Rs 50/cylinder, commercial gas up by Rs 350

Cooking gas price hiked by Rs 50/cylinder, commercial gas up by Rs 350

🕔10:10, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Prices of domestic cooking gas and commercial cylinders have been hiked by Rs 50 and Rs 350.50 per cylinder respectively with effect from Wednesday (March 1). With this hike, the retail price of cooking gas in

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UK Foreign Secretary in India, to launch scheme for young professionals

UK Foreign Secretary in India, to launch scheme for young professionals

🕔10:08, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Ahead of attending the G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting, the UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly will be meeting his counterpart External Affairs Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar on Wednesday as they are expected to discuss progress on the UK-India

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Varanasi gears up for G20 meetings

Varanasi gears up for G20 meetings

🕔10:05, 1.Mar 2023

Varanasi (UP), March 1 (IANS) A series of G20 events are scheduled to be held in Varanasi between April and August. Regarding the proposed G20 events, district magistrate S. Rajalingam told reporters, “We are finalising preparations for G20 events proposed here

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India received the highest number of UK student visas in 2022: Envoy

India received the highest number of UK student visas in 2022: Envoy

🕔10:02, 1.Mar 2023

New Delhi, Feb 28 (IANS) The UK issued a total of 2,836,490 visas in 2022, out of which 25 per cent went to India, the highest number issued to any country, British High Commissioner to India Alex Ellis said on Tuesday.

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