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08 Feb

Advanced medical technologies can reduce the risk of Heart Failure

editorBusiness, HealthAdvanced medical technologies, Heart Failure, india

India continues to see a spike in the incidence of heart ailments and diseases. Ppatients who are at high risk of Heart Failure must be aware of the advanced and high performing medical devices available today in India to help prevent and reduce the incidence of fatalities. Dr Dipankar Das, Interventional Cardiologist, Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Guwahati, urges heart patients in India to closely monitor their heart health and not ignore any worrisome symptoms. Heart Failure refers to the heart's inability to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs and is often misunderstood by masses. A heart in Heart Failure…

08 Feb

Budget 2022 aims to provide skill, re-skill or upskill through online training

editorBusiness, Indiaindia, National Skill Qualification Framework

The finance minister, Smt Nirmala Sitharaman in her fourth Budget speech has made some important announcements regarding the skilling and education sector. The National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF) will be aligned with dynamic industry needs, and the Digital Ecosystem for Skilling and Livelihood – the DESH-Stack e-portal – will be launched. This aims to empower citizens to skill, reskill or upskill through online training and provide API-based trusted skill credentials, payment and discovery layers to find relevant jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities. Udyam, e-Shram, NCS and ASEEM portals will be interlinked. They will now perform as portals with live, organic databases,…

06 Feb

Pizza Hut’s First All-Women Operated Store in India

editorBusinessGangtok, india, Pizza Hut

India’s most loved and trusted pizza brand Pizza Hut has opened its first restaurant in Sikkim at MG Marg, Gangtok which is also Pizza Hut’s first all-women operated store in India. The brand has recently roped in popular actor and comedian Anuradha Menon as its magnetic ambassador to be one of the first few QSR chains in India. The restaurant will be open on all days from 11 am to 11 pm and will offer contactless dine-in and takeaway services as well as delivery through food aggregators. To celebrate the launch, Pizza Hut will be offering a limited time discount…

06 Feb

Medica empowers ONCO survivors

editorBusinessindia, Medica, ONCO

On the eve of World Cancer Day, Medica Cancer Hospital proudly presented their first three ONCO survivors Rima Roy, Bimal Saha and Surojit Mridha who are inducted as Medicans in their work force. Medica has recruited - Rima Roy in the operations department for the new Oncology Unit, Bimal Saha as a Housekeeping operative for the new Oncology Unit and Surojit Mridha in the Housekeeping department for the new Oncology Unit. In Eastern India Medica is geared to set up a world class cancer treatment facility at Kolkata, as a responsible service provider, it also feels that just getting cutting…

06 Feb

Nissan India wholesales 4250 vehicles in January 2022

editorBusinessindia, Nissan

Nissan India has announced on the strength of the successful launch of the all-new Nissan Magnite achieved a domestic wholesale of 4250 vehicles for January 2022 for Nissan and Datsun, growth of 5.7% in the domestic market on 4021 vehicle sales in January’21. Nissan India has achieved exports wholesales of 1224 Nissan and Datsun vehicles. Nissan India has recently announced the expansion of sales of Nissan Magnite being exported to 15 countries overseas, which includes Nepal; Bhutan; Bangladesh; Sri Lanka; Brunei; Uganda; Kenya; Seychelles; Mozambique; Zambia; Mauritius, Tanzania, and Malawi. In domestic market, the game changer SUV Nissan Magnite continues…

03 Feb

Moj launches ‘Kitchen Ministers of India’

editorBusiness‘Kitchen Ministers of India’, india, Moj

Moj, has launched its first-ever cooking competition, Kitchen Ministers of India, across 21 states in India. This unique digital hunt gives Moj users a chance to present traditional delicacies from their states and bag the title of ‘Kitchen Minister’ of that state. The month-long campaign, starting January 25, will give foodies an opportunity to showcase their talent not only on Moj but also to a panel of celebrated chefs - Sanjeev Kapoor and Ajay Chopra. Each participant will be required to prepare one traditional dish that truly represents the heart of the culinary culture of their state. Through the one-month…

03 Feb

Meta partners with FICCI to empower women across India

editorBusinessFICCI, india, Meta

Meta, under its #SheMeansBusiness program has partnered with FICCI’s ‘Empowering the Greater 50%’ to enable and support 5 lakh women-led small businesses across India. The announcement was made during Meta’s inaugural National Women Entrepreneurship Summit to encourage industry dialogue and steps to support the MSMEs across sectors. Access to capital and relevant digital tools remain the leading issues faced by women led businesses. Out of over 63 million small businesses in India, approximately 20% are owned by women highlighting the need to bring more gender equality. Together with FICCI, Meta will address the barrier to access right digital tools and…

03 Feb

DealShare raises $165million in the first close of its Series E fund

editorBusinessDealShare, india

DealShare has announced that it has raised $165million in the first close of its Series E fund raise. The Company welcomed Dragoneer Investments Group, Kora Capital and Unilever Ventures, along with continued commitments from existing investors Tiger Global and Alpha Wave Global (Falcon Edge). The company has been growing its consumer and revenue base strongly and expects to hit $1bn revenues in the near term. The funds raised in this round will be utilized to invest in technology and data science, as well as a ten-fold expansion in its logistics infrastructure and to increase geographic reach. DealShare has built a…

03 Feb

On this day in 2018: India lifted record 4th U19 WC title

editorSportscricket, india

3rd February 2018, three years ago on this day, India’s young brigade team beat Australia by eight wickets at Bay Oval in Tauranga to lift the ICC U19 World Cup for the consecutive fourth time. The Prithvi Shaw-led side remained unbeaten in the tournament, winning all six matches.The side stormed into the summit clash after a thumping victory over arch-rivals Pakistan in the semifinal. India defeated Pakistan by 203 runs to set up a clash against Australia in the final. Chasing a total of 217, India was powered by opener Manjot Kalra's unbeaten 101 and wicketkeeper Harvik Desai's unbeaten 47. India…

02 Feb

Ujjivan SFB contributes Rs. 10,00,000 to PM Cares Fund

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Ujjivan SFB had conducted vaccination camps in most rural and remote locations of West Bengal in three districts - Hooghly, North 24 Parganas and Nadia, and vaccinated about 8,750 individuals in the state. Ujjivan SFB announced that it has vaccinated close to 4,000 beneficiaries in five regions - Sripatipur, Parambuya, Kaikala, Anur and Sudarshan More, in Hooghly district of West Bengal. Ujjivan SFB announced its contribution of Rs 1000,000 to the Prime Minister Cares Fund, which is channelizing efforts to help eradicate the virus that had spread the pandemic across the country. Ujjivan SFB has attributed the success of vaccination…