SpiceJet has introduced a ‘zero change fee’ offer under which passengers can modify dates or names on the ticket, at least seven days prior to the date of departure, without any charges. This offer will be applicable to all bookings done between March 27 and April 4 for travel period between March 27 and June […]
China has finally announced plans to inoculate the COVID-19 vaccine to its senior citizens aged 60 and above but they would be provided only one jab without a booster as it is not recommended for now, a media report said on Tuesday. According to China’s National Health Commission, (NHC) over 110 million people have been […]
Gurgaon-based offline-to-online commerce platform, DotPe, announced today that it has secured USD 27.5 million in Series A funding, making it the first O2O company in India to receive such a substantial amount within a year of launch. The round was led by its early investor, PayU, the payments and fintech business of Prosus, resulting in […]
China has imposed sanctions on British politicians and organisations as a tit-for-tat retaliation over the UK government’s sanctions against Chinese officials for alleged human rights violations against its Uyghur minorities in Xinjiang province. Members of Parliament (MPs) including former Conservative Party leader Iain Duncan Smith and Foreign Affairs Committee chairman Tom Tugendhat, Pakistani-origin Nusrat Ghani, […]
The ISRO is embarking on a mission of a different kind by taking the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) to a much higher, futuristic research orbit. The Bengaluru-headquartered space agency is striking a partnership with the IIST – something similar to the JPL- Caltech model in the United States. JPL (Jet Propulsion […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the brutal assassination of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman in 1975 deprived the region of the destiny that could and should have been “ours to share” as he asserted that it was time to once again chart a bold ambition for partnership between India and Bangladesh. In an opinion […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived here on Friday on a two-day visit to Bangladesh during which he will attend the celebrations of the golden jubilee of the country’s independence, the birth centenary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and hold talks with his counterpart Sheikh Hasina. Modi, who is visiting Bangladesh on his first trip to […]
India saw 59,118 new coronavirus infections in a day, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,18,46,652, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday. The active caseload breached the 4 lakh-mark again after around three-and-half months. Registering an increase for the 16th day in row, […]
The fast-growing online food market in India which, as per a report by Google and Boston Consulting Group, is expected to touch 7.5-8 billion at 25-30% CAGR by 2022, gives testimony to the fact that India loves its food. While food tech aggregators are riding on the wave of rapid digitization, favorable consumer disposition, and […]
Parliament on Thursday passed a bill to set up the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) to fund infrastructure projects in the country, with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman asserting that its audited accounts will be placed before both the Houses every year and they will have “oversight” of the institution. Rajya Sabha passed […]
West Bengal emerged as the topper in spending for political advertisements on Facebook this year, according to data available with the social media platform. Besides West Bengal, assembly elections will be held in three other states Assam, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, and in the union territory of Puducherry. The Facebook ad spend of the Trinamool […]
