Month: March 2021

Union Minister Smriti Zubin Irani Rolls Out Vedanta Nand Ghar Telemedicine Program, Says Company Is An Inspiration For India Inc.

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-Initiative to bring healthcare to the doorstep on Rural India -Leveraging technology to connect rural communities with doctors Udaipur : On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Union Minister Women and Child Development & Textiles Smriti Zubin Irani inaugurated Vedanta Nand Ghar’s telemedicine programme – an empowering initiative that will bring healthcare to the doorstep … Read more

Hindustan Zinc celebrates International Women’s Day

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Udaipur : Hindustan Zinc as an “Equal Opportunity Employer” is committed towards building a culture of inclusivity & diversity and ensuring the progress of women. On International Women’s Day, the company for itswomen employees, spouses of employees, female relatives, female contract workers as well as local community women from Hindustan Zinc’s CSR project Sakhi. The … Read more

Lecture on GST and Soft-Skills Development in BN Pharmacy

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Udaipur : Dr. Siddhraj Singh Sisodia, Principal of the Bhupal Nobles’ College of Pharmacy, informed that a seminar was organized in the college today. In the first session, Dr. Ram Singh Gurjar, Deputy Director of National Academy of Indirect Taxes, Customs and Narcotics, Jaipur, gave information to the students on Goods and Sales Taxes (GST) … Read more

50,000+ offline retailersand neighbourhood stores now part of Local Shops on Amazon

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Udaipur : Sandip Shah, owner of Oggo Enterprises, has been selling home and kitchen products to customers from his shop in Mulund, Mumbai, for over three decades. Amidst the challenging times last year, he brought his business online with ‘Local Shops on Amazon’program and fulfilled over 800 orders on Amazon within three months of joining the … Read more

TVS Motor Company launches the2021 TVS Apache RTR 160 4V – The ‘Most Powerful’ motorcycle in its class

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Udaipur :  TVS Motor Company, a reputed manufacturer of two-wheelers and three-wheelers in the world, introduced the2021 TVS Apache RTR 160 4V motorcycle today. The motorcycle continues to stay true to its racing pedigree by offering increased power and torque in line with its customers’ evolving needs, thereby ensuring the best performance and power of 17.63PS … Read more

Women Are The Sutradhar At Vedanta, Says Chairman Anil Agarwal As Company Celebrates International Women’s Day

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Focus on increasing women participation in operations to 50% from current 22% Mumbai : Women are the ‘sutradhar’ that keeps the one lakh-strong Vedanta family together, Chairman Anil Agarwal said while addressing a virtual town hall meeting with employees and their families to celebrate International Women‘s Day. “If a woman is convinced and she puts … Read more

Samsung Launches 980 NVMe SSD that Combines Speed and Affordability; Sets New Standard in Consumer SSD Performance

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world leader in advanced memory technology, today launched the 980 NVMe SSD[1], the company’s first consumer drive without DRAM. Delivering the highest performance among DRAM-less SSDs[2], the new 980 makes blazing NVMe speeds more accessible to a wider range of users.   “Samsung has been at the forefront of introducing … Read more

Samsung Internet 14.0 Beta is Now Available

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Samsung Electronics today released Samsung Internet 14.0 beta, which offers improved privacy and security settings, a revamped viewing experience on Galaxy foldable devices, and new UI innovations.   “Samsung is constantly looking for ways to enhance the security of its services and protect users’ privacy,” says Du Kim, VP and Head of Web R&D Group, … Read more

[Interview] Growing Together for a Better Tomorrow: Samsung Employees Talk About the Value of Diversity

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To yield the best results as a team, respect and communication between teammates is crucial. However, in the process of achieving a common goal, sometimes the different thoughts and opinions of team members can lead to miscommunication – making it paramount that all differences in the workplace are acknowledged and embraced.   In order to … Read more

Samsung Rolls Out Digital Film #WorkPlayChill; Introduces Energy Efficient Convertible 5-in-1 ACs for Customized & Precise Cooling

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  Samsung India has launched a digital campaign #WorkPlayChill for its new Convertible 5 in 1 AC range, bringing to life five power consumption modes offered by this range for different cooling needs – Home Alone mode at 40% power consumption, Eco mode at 60%, Pleasant mode at 80% power consumption, Normal mode at 100% … Read more

Voices of Galaxy: How Software Engineer Vanisri Srikrishna Jallapelli Leads Her Team to Break Boundaries

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In celebration of International Women’s Day 2021, Samsung is proudly highlighting the women behind our innovation as part of Voices of Galaxy. Across the company, countless innovators push themselves every day to create new experiences while paving the way for others to succeed.   Vanisri Srikrishna Jallapelli, a software engineer based in India, is one … Read more

Inter-state gang of jewellery thieves busted, 7 including goldsmith arrested in Chittorgarh

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Udaipur : Chittorgarh police met success in exposing an inter-state jewellery thieves gang which had stolen ornaments from several cities including Chittorgarh, Udaipur, Delhi, Ahmedabad and Chennai. The gang members had targeted an automobile businessman’s house in Chittorgarh last month when the house owner and his family had gone out of station. “It is one of the … Read more

Upset Hindus urge Miami sportswear firm to withdraw Lord Ganesh leggings & apologize

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Upset Hindus are urging Miami (Florida) headquartered firm Martha Acuna Sport Wear for immediate withdrawal of Ganesh Lavanda Leggings, carrying images of Hindu deity Lord Ganesh; calling it highly inappropriate. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada today, said that Lord Ganesh was highly revered in Hinduism and was meant to be worshipped in temples or … Read more

No rooms sans RT-PCR report for tourists from 6 states now, Restrictions extended to travellers from Haryana, Punjab, Gujarat, MP

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Udaipur : With a surge in the number of COVID positive cases in Udaipur, the district administration has tightened the strictness norms to prevent any alarming situation. Fresh directions have been issued to the tourism department, airlines companies, hotels and airport authorities to strictly adhere to the pandemic protocols. Besides Maharashtra and Kerala, now travellers  from  … Read more

28 tested positive in govt blind school in Udaipur, Area turned into containment zone

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Udaipur : Twenty eight people including 24 students, 2 teachers and 2 peons of the government residential blind school have been tested positive for COVID-19 in Ambamata area of the city on Friday. Two days ago a teacher was tested positive here and being a residential school,the principal had informed the medical department of the teacher’s … Read more

NASA’s Perseverance Drives on Mars’ Terrain for First Time

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NASA’s Mars 2020 Perseverance rover performed its first drive on Mars March 4, covering 21.3 feet (6.5 meters) across the Martian landscape. The drive served as a mobility test that marks just one of many milestones as team members check out and calibrate every system, subsystem, and instrument on Perseverance. Once the rover begins pursuing … Read more

Border Roads Organisation restores connectivity to 13 border villages of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district cut off due flash floods, in record time

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A 200-feet Bailey Bridge, built by Border Roads Organisation (BRO) in Reini Village on Joshimat – Malari road across the Rishiganga River was thrown open for public on March 03, 2021. With this, BRO has restored connectivity, in a record time of 26 days, to the 13 border villages of Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district that were … Read more

COVID19 Vaccination-Day 49

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The cumulative number of COVID19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 1.90Crore today. The countrywide vaccination drive was rolled out on 16th Jan 2021 and vaccination of the Frontline Workers (FLWs) started from 2nd Feb 2021.The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination has commenced from 1st March 2021 for those who are over 60 years of age and for … Read more

Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited, the PSU of AYUSH Ministry to sell products on Government e-Market (GeM) portal

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Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited (IMPCL), the public sector manufacturing unit of the Ministry of AYUSH has received a shot in the arm in the matter of potential sales volumes, thanks to the recent tie up with the Government e-Market (GeM) portal for selling its products online.  The deal between IMPCL and GeM was finalised … Read more

Monthly Weather Review for the month of Feb 2021 and Weather Outlook for the month of March 2021

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According to the National Weather Forecasting Centre of the India Meteorological Department (IMD): Salient features of month of Feb  2021 (a)  Western Disturbances (WDs): Six WDs and four induced cyclonic circulations affected Northwest India during Feb 2021. Among these, two WDs caused scattered to fairly widespread rainfall/snowfall activity over Western Himalayan Region and isolated to … Read more

PM addresses webinar on Production Linked Incentives scheme

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The Prime Minister, Narendra Modi addressed a webinar on Production Linked Incentives scheme organized by Department for Promotion of Industry and International Trade and NITI Aayog through video conference. Speaking on the steps taken to boost trade and industry in this year’s Union Budget, the Prime Minister said that over the past 6-7 years, several … Read more

CGST East Delhi Commissionerate arrests two for defrauding Government Exchequer of more than Rs 392 crore

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In their continuous endeavour to uproot fake billing operations, officers of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Delhi (East) achieved yet another success when investigations led to unearthing of a massive network of fictitious firms to generate and avail fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Goods and Services Tax (GST). The network of fictitious … Read more

AYUSH wing of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) gets a shot in the arm with senior level manpower revamp

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In a major exercise to streamline the functioning of the AYUSH units of the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), the AYUSH Ministry promoted a panel of 78 AYUSH Physicians to of Chief Medical Officers in the Senior Administrative Grade on 5th March 2021. These AYUSH Physicians belong to the Ayurveda, Homoeopathy, Unani and Siddha disciplines, … Read more

Vice President calls for public-private partnership to bring advanced health facilities to rural areas

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The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu today called for bridging the urban-rural disparity in the health infrastructure on a mission mode and appealed to the private sector to try to expand its footprint to semi-urban and rural areas, and provide affordable healthcare to the people. He also suggested to Governments to partner proactively with the … Read more

Arjun Munda inaugurates GI Mahotsav at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussoorie

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Arjun Munda, Union Minister for Tribal Affairs inaugurated the Tribes India GI Mahotsav at Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA) Mussoorie today. Bhaskar Khulbe, Advisor to the Prime Minister of India; Sanjeev Chopra, Director, Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration (LBSNAA); Pravir Krishna, Managing Director, TRIFED and Padmashri Dr. Rajni Kant, Advisor, … Read more

Union Education Minister inaugurates the New Delhi World Book Fair 2021 – Virtual Edition

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Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ inaugurated the New Delhi World Book Fair 2021 – Virtual Edition today. Addressing on the occasion, the Minister appreciated that ‘National Education Policy-2020’ is the theme of New Delhi World Book Fair 2021. Speaking on NEP, the Minister said, it has emerged as world’s biggest reform, which will develop … Read more

ICICI Bank reduces home loan interest rate to 6.70%

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Udaipur : ICICI Bank today announced that it has reduced home loan interest rate to 6.70%. The revised interest rate– the lowest in 10 years by the Bank—is effected from March 5, 2021. Customers can avail of this interest rate for home loans uptoRs 75 lakh. For loans above Rs 75 lakh, interest rates are pegged … Read more

Slice® Launches New Brand Campaignwith Katrina Kaif

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Udaipur : Making a bold statement this summer, Slice® is encouraging consumers to take the ‘Sabse Thick Sabse Tasty’ challenge thereby reaffirming its position as the thickest and tastiest mango drink in India. This claim is substantiated by an independent research conducted by Nielsenwhere Slice®has beenrated as thickest and tastiest mango drink under a blind tasting set up … Read more

Samsung, National Geographic Traveller India Partner to #UncoverTheEpic with Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G’s 8K Video Snap Feature

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  Samsung, India’s most trusted brand, teamed up with National Geographic Traveller India for an adventure like never before to #UncoverTheEpic. National Geographic Explorer and Photographer Prasanjeet Yadav captured the unexplored sky islands of the Western Ghats using Galaxy S21 Ultra 5G, Samsung’s power-packed flagship smartphone.   “We are delighted to partner with National Geographic … Read more

Hindu Prayers from Rigveda-Upanishads-Gita to open Union Township Committee in New Jersey

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Hindu prayers will open the meeting of Township of Union Committee (New Jersey) on March nine, containing hymns from world’s oldest extant scripture. Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed will deliver the invocation from ancient Sanskrit scriptures remotely before Union Township Committee. After Sanskrit delivery, he then will read the English interpretation of the prayers. Sanskrit … Read more

Gadkari Reviews Progress of India’s first Grade- Separated Urban Expressway (Dwarka Expressway)

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Dwarka Expressway The Union Minister of Road Transport & Highways, Nitin Gadkari reviewed the progress of India’s First Grade Separated Urban Expressway, Dwarka Expressway (NH – 248BB) today. The Minister made a inspectional visit to Dwarka Expressway with public representatives and Media. Nitin Gadkari expressed hope that the 29-kilometre long Expressway, being constructed under the … Read more

228th meeting of CBT, EPF held at Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir

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The 228th meeting of Central Board of Trustees, EPF was held today in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir under the chairmanship of Santosh Kumar Gangwar,Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment(Independent Charge),Vice-Chairmanship of Apurva Chandra, Secretary(L&E) and the Member Secretary Sunil Barthwal, Central P F Commissioner. During the meeting, Chairman, CBT launched e-facility for the … Read more

The Central Board recommends 8.50 % rate of interest to its subscribers for the year 2020-21

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The 228th meeting of Central Board of Trustees, EPF was held today in Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir under the chairmanship of Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Union Minister of State for Labour & Employment (Independent Charge),Vice-Chairmanship of Apurva Chandra, Secretary(L&E) and the Member Secretary Sunil Barthwal, Central P F Commissioner. The Central Board recommended 8.50% annual rate … Read more