The prices of residential real estate continues to remain unaffordable and are leading to a ‘wait-and-watch’ approach among consumers, real estate consultant Anarock Properties said, quoting its sentiment survey for the first half of the year. While the real estate sector has been facing a slow down owing to demand-related problems for the last four […]
A day after announcing international flight tickets starting at Rs 3,999, SpiceJet has announced a similar sale for the domestic market, with fares starting at Rs 1,299, including all levies. The four-day sale launched today will be open till midnight, August 30th, 2019. The travel period covered in this sale is till 31st March, 2020 […]
SpiceJet, India’s most aggressive low-cost airline, has announced cheap tickets for international flights from Aug 30 to Mar 31. The all-inclusive one-way fares include Rs. 3999 for popular destinations such as Colombo from Chennai and Dhaka from Kolkata and Guwahati. Tickets from Kochi to Male are available for Rs 4299, Bangkok-Kolkata for Rs 4699, Dubai-Mumbai […]
TV channel owners have indicated that they may again take media regulator TRAI to court over its latest move to ‘unbundle’ televisions channels. TRAI’s latest move, unveiled in a consultation paper earlier this month, is the second such in the last three years. Star India and Discovery Communications had taken TRAI to court in 2017 […]
Suparna Singh, the former head of NDTV convergence who was appointed as NDTV CEO in December 2017, has resigned from the top job, the news broadcasting company said. “Ms Suparna Singh has informed the company that she will step down from her responsibilities as interim CEO with immediate effect,” the company said, without going into […]
Pharma major Lupin said it has agreed to sell its Japanese injectables business to a wholly owned subsidiary of Neopharma group, the UAE’s largest pharmaceutical manufacturer headquartered in Abu Dhabi. Lupin has agreed to sell all the issued and outstanding share capital in its unit Kyowa Criticare Co. Ltd to neo ALA Co. Ltd, a […]
Infosys said it has qualified as a ‘managed service provider’ for Google’s cloud computing products. Google gives the title of managed service provider or MSP to those companies who “have shown deep cloud expertise”. “From deep daily engagement across Google Cloud business and technical teams to quarterly business reviews, these partners will have the tools […]
Royal Enfield, one of the biggest manufacturers of premium motorcycles in India, today refuted reports that the company could face an increase in input costs if it does not source an electrical component from a Delhi-based autoparts maker. The Mint newspaper carried a report today claiming that most motorcycle makers source the electrical rectifier — […]
Arasu Cable, the government-owned cable feed provider in Tamil Nadu, has become the first big player to drastically reduce the monthly network charge under TRAI’s new tariff order, throwing a challenge to the likes of Tata Sky, Dish TV, Hathway and Sun Direct. Arasu Cable’s new base plan of Rs 130 contains six broadcaster packs […]
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., the automotive arm of the Mahindra Group, has started operations at its first assembling plant in Sri Lanka, jointly with local firm Ideal Motors. Mahindra Ideal Lanka will assemble KUV100, a compact SUV, with a production capacity of 5,000 units per annum. Spread over 10 acres, the plant is expected to […]
India’s oil and gas major ONGC Ltd said it is in the process of investing Rs 83,000 cr in various projects that will boost its oil and gas output. Shashi Shanker said the investment of Rs 83,000 crore rupees will be done via 25 projects. “15 of these projects currently under execution will directly contribute […]
Flipkart, Amazon’s biggest competitor in India, has started rolling out a video streaming service on its mobile app similar to Amazon Prime Video and Netflix. The service is very similar to other streaming apps, and offers videos classified into different sections based on genres and languages. Both movie and non-movie content are available. Non-movie content, […]
While many English language channels have had alternate audio feeds for some markets, Discovery channel has become the first to offer feeds in all South Indian languages, including Malayalam and Kannada. Most multi-language channels come with audio feeds in four or five options – English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Bengali. Languages whose speakers typically tend […]
Jio Fiber services will start in 1,600 cities across India on September 5, starting at Rs 700 per month. The plans will go up to Rs 10,000 per month. Voice and video calls will be free. Customers can buy Jio Fiber connections from September 5. Those who are willing to pay for one year under […]
Reliance Jio Chairman Mukesh Ambani said his company has come up with a set-top-box that will come with support for the existing digital cable TV business of local cable operators. This means that Jio Box will supply two services — the regular cable TV from the existing cable, and a new, high-end service via fiber […]
The following are the major highlights of the speech made by Mukesh Ambani at Reliance Industries’ annual general meeting 2019. He is expected to announce details of the launch of Jio GigaFiber, the cable and broadband service that has been five years in the making. He is also expected to detail the company’s ambitious e-commerce […]
Jio Box, the heart of the new GigaFiber service from Reliance Jio, is built on Android TV operating system and will support some third party apps, according to sources. However, it is not clear whether the box will support all apps that run on Android TV operating system and whether it will come with Google […]
Mukesh Ambani, the chairman of Reliance Jio Infocomm and Reliance Industries, is all set to unveil attractive broadband-cum-TV plans under Reliance Gigafiber at the annual general meeting of Reliance Industries at 11 AM. The plans have been a well kept secret, but according to early indications, the company will offer free cable TV and 200 […]
Reliance Jio GigaFiber, the new wired broadband and cable TV service from India’s biggest telecom operator by volumes, is likely to offer free cable TV and high-speed broadband for Rs 500 per month. The customer is likely to have to make an initial upfront payment of around Rs 3,000, which would enable him to avail […]
Flooded by complaints about cable and DTH players not allowing consumers to change their channel packs and subscriptions, India’s media regulator has come up with a proposal to allow consumers to change their channels and packs using the TRAI website. This will be achieved through a single app — similar to TRAI’s existing ‘channel selector’ […]
