Many bank branches are seeing unprecedented queues of people waiting to exchange their currency notes on Day 1 of the program, despite clear instructions that they can do so at any time over the next 50 days. Many people are waiting outside bank branches worried that if they don’t exchange their old notes today, it […]
Commercial vehicle manufacturer SML Isuzu Ltd. said it launched two new passenger vehicles — Executive Lx coach and Ecomax Bus — to its commercial passenger vehicles category today. The Executive Lx Coach will seat 18 passengers plus two and has pushback reclining seats. It is designed for the tours & travel operators and staff shuttle operations. […]
The National Highway Authority of India has suspended collection of tolls on all national highways in the country. “It has been decided to suspend Toll across all National Highways till midnight of 11th November to facilitate smooth traffic movement,” Road Transport minister Nitin Gadkari said. The clarification comes in the wake of troubles faced by motorists […]
Hyve Mobility, a Delhi-based mobile start-up, said it launched its flagship deca-core smartphone ´Pryme´ in collaboration with MediaTek at a price of Rs 17,999. With this product launch, Hyve became the first Indian brand to introduce a smartphone powered by MediaTek’s flagship Helio X20 processor for consumers in India, said the company. The Helio X20 […]
[polldaddy poll=9575194] Expect the unexpected is the case what we see in gold price today. The country saw a sudden hike in the gold price today as Rs 30,820 for 10 grams from yesterdays price of Rs 30,024. The price for 10 grams has rose by 796 rupees from yesterday in India. UPDATE: As of […]
The Reserve Bank of India has released the following question and answers to alleviate citizens’ doubts about the new ban on 500 and 1000 rupee notes.We are reproducing the entire FAQ below for readers’ convenience. Why is this scheme? The incidence of fake Indian currency notes in higher denomination has increased. For ordinary persons, the […]
Future Group has decided to keep its Big Bazaar supermarket open till midnight today. “We are getting a lot of enquiries from customers… so we’ve decided to keep it open till about 11:50 PM,” Kishore Biyani, chairman of Future Group told the media. Though it is being portrayed as a measure of convenience for customers who […]
Axis Bank said it added an augmented reality-based feature on its Mobile App that will enable home seekers to search and locate properties which are pre-approved by the bank for financing. Jagdeep Mallareddy, Head Retail Lending, Axis Bank, said, “The new augmented reality feature will help users to easily identify any property that is available […]
US sports goods manufacturer Nike has started online retail operations in India via its portal Nike.com. India-based users can now order from the global portal and have it home delivered. Earlier, only certain markets such as Australia, Hong Kong and Indonesia were being served by the online division of the company, arguably the world’s biggest […]
The interconnection dispute between Reliance Jio and incumbent operators like Idea Cellular, Vodafone and Bharti Airtel has been “largely resolved,” an official with one of the incumbent operators said. “We have provided enough points to avoid any congestion-related problems in the foreseeable future,” said an official with one of the three incumbents. According to the […]
Jet Airways said it is launching a daily direct flight from Bengaluru to Singapore from 14th December, further expanding its connectivity across the ASEAN region. The new flight will offer passengers from Hyderabad, Mangaluru, Coimbatore and Thiruvananthapuram connectivity to Singapore via Bengaluru. “This service has been introduced in response to growing demand on this sector, […]
IT brand Ambrane India said it launched a new bluetooth speaker BT5000, priced at just Rs 1499. Ambrane is one of the leading IT brands in computer peripherals, Mobile Accessories and No. 1 in Power Banks. The speaker has in-built Magnetic trumpet that improves the quality of perceptible audio output giving the user a loud […]
Wallet provider Freecharge, one of the first to support the new UPI platform, has now tied up with Indian Oil to let customers make payments for gas deliveries via a PIN number. Once the pin number is provided to the gas delivery boy, the amount will be deducted from your Freecharge account. The pilot project […]
Gold Jewellery exporter, Rajesh Exports Ltd said it launched its 81st retail showroom under it’s brand name ´Shubh Jewellers´ at Bangalore. “With this launch the company has launched it’s second phase of retail expansion. The company in the second phase of retail expansion has finalized plans to launch series of retail showrooms in the four […]
The Snapdragon 821, based on Cortex A72 design from ARM, is supposed to be the best in the business, but it’s reign is likely to be cut short — very short — by the release of Huawei Mate 9. The Mate 9 comes equipped with a radically difference core technology known as Cortex A73. Though […]
Hit by competition from Reliance Jio’s 4G services, Tata DoCoMo has halved the price of its 1 GB 3G pack to just Rs 98 from Rs 195 earlier. The new pack is being offered under the ‘My Best Offer’ service that users can activate by pressing *123# on their mobile phones. The company has 3G […]
Anil Ambani group’s Reliance Digital DTH may be rebranded to ‘Chois HD’, according to a twitter user, who also tweeted some photographs of the upcoming brand. Reliance Communications’ Reliance Digital is arguably the weakest candidate among the five private companies that compete in India’s DTH space. The DTH business is dominated Dish TV, Tata Sky, […]
LAVA International has launched an Intel Atom-powered tablet priced at Rs 6,299. The model has a 7-inch HD (not full HD) display and 1 GB of RAM. Display technology is not IPS, so viewing angles may not be the best. It has a 5 MP rear and 3.2 MP front camera with real flash and […]
itel Mobiles said it sold 1.6 million handsets in the month of October with its marketing strategies and 100 day replacement warranty offer. The total mobile phones sold in one month in India is around 15 mln. “Our marketing strategies and service proposition of 100-day replacement warranty offered on itel Mobile products have driven great […]
Even as the average speed of Bharti Airtel remain high, the total number of people who conducted 4G speed tests from Airtel’s network is only 3% of total number of people who were conducting similar tests from Jio. In fact, Jio users accounted for 91% of the total 4G speedtests conducted using TRAI’s ‘My Speed’ […]
