Business

28 Jul

Bandhan Bank enables women empowerment

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Bandhan Bank has now set its sights on the future and unveiled a roadmap for future growth through Vision 2025. The bank is nearing the completion of five years as a universal bank. Its aspiration is to be an affordable financial institution which provides simple, cost effective and innovative financial solutions in an inclusive and responsible manner. With 71% of its banking outlets located in rural and semi-urban areas, Bandhan Bank is reaching out to the unbanked and under-banked individuals in the hinterlands of India and giving them access to organized finance, in line with its purpose of inclusive banking.…

27 Jul

India Bans 47 More Chinese Apps in India After TikTok, 58 Others Banned in June.

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The government has banned 47 Chinese apps in India. Near the end of June, 59 Chinese apps had been banned by the government to “protect national interest and security” — including the hugely popular TikTok app. Now, almost 50 more apps have been banned, for operating as clones of the previously banned apps — the list of particular apps banned in the fresh decision is yet to be announced. However, it has been reported that the announcement would take place officially shortly. The government earlier banned apps including CamScanner, SHAREit, and UC Browser, among others. That ban was announced under…

26 Jul

OnePlus 8T Pro May Come With a 64-Megapixel Camera

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OnePlus 8T series may come with a 64-megapixel camera, a teardown of the OnePlus Camera app suggests. According to a new report, a string of code in the latest update for the OnePlus Camera app, version 5.4.23, hints at a 64-megapixel sensor. Now that the company has launched its flagship OnePlus 8 series and budget OnePlus Nord phone, it seems to be working on the next iteration which will presumably be the OnePlus 8T series. However, the company has not shared any information on what the next set of smartphones will be called. As per the report by XDA Developers, the teardown…

26 Jul

Tata Sky Broadband offers 3 Mbps speed for unlimited plans

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Tata Sky Broadband has increased the post fair usage policy (FUP) speed to 3Mbps from the existing 2Mbps. This new change means that users who've exceeded their FUP limit will continue to receive Internet access at 3Mbps on their broadband connections. Tata Sky Broadband seems to have brought the latest update specifically for its unlimited data plans that start at Rs. 700 and go up to Rs. 1,900 a month. The increase in post FUP speed would help Tata Sky Broadband attract new customers. As per the details available on the Tata Sky Broadband website, the new FUP speed will come into place after…

26 Jul

Spotify Now Supports Video Podcasts

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Spotify now has video podcasts. The world's largest subscription-based music streaming service has rolled out support for its users — be it on the Spotify Free or Spotify Premium tier — to watch their podcasts. The new feature is supported in every Spotify market where podcasts are available on Spotify. But at launch, only a select number of podcasts are available as video podcasts on Spotify. This comes in the wake of Spotify's $100-million (about Rs. 746 crores) deal with Joe Rogan, whose podcast — The Joe Rogan Experience — will become exclusive to Spotify later in 2020, including a…

25 Jul

World’s ‘most-popular’ Android smartphone gets a price cut in India.

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In a piece of good news for tech freaks across the country, world’s no. 1 bestselling android smartphone Samsung Galaxy A51 has just got cheaper in India. The smartphone was launched in India in May at a price starting at Rs 27,999. Now, as a treat to the buyers, the smartphone can be purchased at Rs. 26,999 at a price cut of Rs. 1000. However, the 6 GB RAM of Galaxy A51 has not met any price cut yet. It is still available at the same price of Rs. 25,250. In the first quarter of 2020 as per a report…

25 Jul

Cipla Gets Regulatory Nod To Sell COVID-19 Drug

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Cipla has received regulatory approval to sell anti-viral drug favipiravir to treat COVID-19, the drug maker said on Friday, as coronavirus infections in the world's third worst-hit nation show no sign of abating. The Drug Controller General of India granted Cipla accelerated approval to make and sell favipiravir in an effort to meet the "urgent and unmet" need for COVID-19 treatment options in the country, the company said. India reported over 49,000 fresh cases of the novel coronavirus with 740 new deaths on Friday, marking the biggest daily surge in cases, as officials in some states complained of shortages of…

24 Jul

Purplle to launch online Beauty Sale on August 4

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Purplle, India’s leading beauty marketplace is launching India’s largest online beauty sale from August 4 to August 8. The five-day sale festival, branded as ‘I ♥Beauty’ (I Heart Beauty) will offer more than 15,000 beauty products across 500 Indian and International brands on Purplle.com (Purplle dot com), making it India’s largest online sale of beauty products across skincare, hair care and makeup categories. The online sale festival will be offering products from Purplle’s exclusive beauty brands as well as renowned global brands. The online Sale Festival by Purplle will enable its sellers to offer up to three times deeper discounts…

24 Jul

Phase 3 clinical trial of Favipiravir

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Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited announced top-line results from a Phase 3 clinical trial in mild to moderate COVID-19 patients conducted across seven clinical sites in India. The open-label randomized, multicenter clinical trial, conducted in 150 patients, evaluated the efficacy and safety of Favipiravir plus standard supportive care (Favipiravir treatment arm), versus standard supportive care alone (control arm), in mild to moderate patients, randomized within a 48-hour window of testing RT-PCR positive for COVID-19. 69.8% of patients in the Favipiravir treatment arm achieved clinical cure by Day 4, which was statistically significant compared to 44.9% observed in the control arm. Glenmark’s Favipiravir…

24 Jul

VIL offers a unified Vodafone RED experience

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Vodafone Idea Limited, one of India’s leading telecom service providers, announced the completion of its postpaid consolidation journey by bringing all Idea post-paid subscribers under Vodafone RED. All Vodafone Idea postpaid customers can now avail benefits of the Vodafone RED plan. It will enable the company to provide a uniform customer experience through self-service channels with enriched menu options on IVR, USSD, MyVodafone App and Websites for availing products, services and making payments. Erstwhile Idea postpaid customers can now avail Red Family subscription, a single bill for entire family, access to Vodafone Play, premium content and a bouquet of other…