China has decided to temporarily suspend the entry by foreign nationals from India even with valid visas or residence permits because of the coronavirus pandemic, the Chinese embassy in New Delhi said on Thursday. Indian government sources said that the order was not specific to India and Beijing, worried about … Read more
Month: November 2020
WhatsApp rolls out payments in India
WhatsApp, which began testing its payments service in India with 1 million users in early 2018, has finally started to expand the feature to more users in the world’s second largest internet market. The Facebook -owned service said Friday that it is rolling out payments in ten Indian regional languages … Read more
SBI Card partners with Paytm to launch Paytm SBI Card
New Delhi: SBI Card, India’s largest pure play credit card issuer and Paytm which is India’s leading digital financial services platform have joined hands to launch India’s next generation credit cards. Available in two variants, Paytm SBI Card and Paytm SBI Card SELECT, the producthas been launched on the Visa … Read more
Hrithik Roshan to play a spy in Hollywood action thriller
Hrithik, who signed on with American talent agency Gersh, earlier this year, is reportedly in talks to essay the role of a spy in an action thriller. While the details regarding the director and plot are still under wraps, it is a “multi-million-dollar film is backed by a reputed production … Read more
TVS Motor partners Pilipinas Petroleum to offer Shell loyalty cards
Chennai-based TVS Motor Company on Wednesday said it has partnered with Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation in the Philippines for providing its customers access to Shell loyalty cards. The association will be carried out through the company’s distributor in the Philippines Global Automobile Traders FZCO, TVS Motor Company said in a … Read more
Delhi’s air quality turns ‘very poor’ after marginal improvement
The national capital’s air quality slipped back into the very poor category again after recording a marginal improvement over the last 24 hours. Officials at the India Meteorological Department said the air quality had improved on Monday with high wind speed aiding dispersion of pollutants. However, stagnant night-time conditions led … Read more
Bank of Baroda rolls back changes in cash deposits and withdrawals related charges
Bank of Baroda on Tuesday withdrew the new changes with immediate effect. “We refer to our circular No.HO: BR: 112:393 dated 29.09.2020 regarding revision of Cash related service charges related to basic services w.e.f 01.11.2020. In view of the current prevailing COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the Economy, it … Read more
IPL 2020 Playoffs to begin on 5th of November
Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Mumbai Indians by 10 wickets in Sharjah on Tuesday to become the fourth team in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020 playoffs. Earlier on Monday, a convincing six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) saw Delhi Capitals (DC) seal a top-two finish. RCB too confirmed its place … Read more
PM Modi to meet 20 large global investors to attract investment in infrastructure
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a Virtual Global Investor Roundtable with leaders of top Pension and Sovereign Wealth Funds and domestic business leaders on Thursday. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, financial sector regulators and top government officials will also be present in the meeting. While the Roundtable meeting will be … Read more
Micromax launches ‘IN note 1’ and ‘IN 1b’
Micromax Informatics Ltd., India’s very own smartphone and consumer electronics brand, today unveiled their first smartphones under the ‘in mobiles’ brand – ‘IN note 1’ in the mid-range and a budget champion ‘IN1b’. With a focus on high performance, the new smartphones offer powerful MediaTek G Series with HyperEngineGaming Technology … Read more