Business

Western Union, a leader in cross-border, cross-currency money movement and payments, and Airtel Payments Bank, a subsidiary of India’s largest integrated telco - Bharti Airtel, today announced a collaboration enabling millions of Airtel Payments Bank customers in India to receive international remittances in their bank accounts. Airtel Payments Bank customers can soon direct Western Union money transfers into their bank accounts through the banking section of the Airtel Thanks App in real-time1. These transfers will be available for withdrawal at any of the over 500,000 banking points of Airtel Payments Bank. Western Union’s collaboration with Airtel Payments Bank offers another channel for swift transfer of cross-border remittances into India, the world’s…

Strides Consumer Private Limited (SCPL), a Bangalore –based consumer healthcare company, today marked its foot print into the eastern markets of India, after successful expansion in southern regions. With its entry, SCPL has launched two distinct products – NIXIT, an oral Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)and JOINTFLEX, a topical analgesic cream for joint care.   SCPL aims to offer the Indian consumers high quality and differentiated products inspired from the best of global products with Indian customization. Headed by industry veteran Mr. Subodh Marwah, SCPL has two marquee investors - India Life Sciences Fund with ~74% holdings and Strides Pharma Science Ltd (a listed…

Oil Industry in India under the guidance of Ministry of Petroleum & natural Gas is observing SAKSHAM-2020 (Sanrakshan Kshamata Mahotsav ) from 16th January’2020 to 15th February’2020 and will be conducting various awareness campaigns for one month for general public as well as industry to spread message of Oil and Gas Conservation. India is having limited resources of petroleum products and more than 76% of demand of petroleum products is met through imports. This leads to excess pressure on our import bill and erosion of foreign reserves. Keeping in view this fact, Government of India along with Oil companies and PCRA observe…

West Bengal Cold Storage Association is the only active Association of Cold Storages in West Bengal. This year the 55th Annual General Meeting was held at The Lalit Great Eastern Hotel, Kolkata. Presently more than 90% of Cold Storages in the State are members of this Association and it is the largest and only recognized body of such units in the State. This Annual General meeting was inaugurated by the Chief Guest - Sri Tapan Dasgupta, Hon'ble MIC Department of Agricultural Marketing Govt. of WB in presence of various eminent personalities like Dr. Pradip Kumar Mazumdar, Chief Advisor, Agriculture to the Hon'ble Chief Minister, Govt. of WB; Smt. Atamika Bharati, Director…