Will Cathcart, Global Head of WhatsApp recently announced that they are all set to launch their UPI-based Pay service for over 300 million users in India this year. WhatsApp launched a test run of its payments service with one million users in the country in 2018 that got stuck in the digital payments’ guidelines. Now, […]
Past Forward: A timeline of Kargil War
As the nation basks in the glory of sacrifices made by our jawans by celebrating 20th Kargil Vijay Diwas, we bring you a timeline of one of the most prominent Indo-Pak wars of all times: It’s been twenty long years since India registered a glorious feat over its belligerent neighbour Pakistan with the quick response […]
Vedanta spends ₹309 Cr on Corporate Social Responsibility
In the current Fiscal Year, Vedanta Limited has spent ₹309 crores on its Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) and social investments. The money has been spent across 1,169 villages and benefited nearly 3.1 million people. Vedanta has a large and complex CSR portfolio with multiple projects running across various locations which include: children’s well-being & education, […]
Paperless Travel Initiated At Bengaluru Airport
The Bengaluru Airport has recently tied up with Vistara airline for its new project keeping in line the government’s Digi Yatra initiative. Besides speeding up the check-in process, the new tech move will simplify travelling for passengers. Biometric technology developed by Vision Box has been recently installed that will identify passengers by their face as […]
SoftBank plans to wait for right opportunity to list its invested companies
SoftBank, a Tokyo based telecom company which is one of the biggest investors in Indian tech-enabled startups, said it is not in a hurry to list the companies it has invested in the country in the Indian portfolio and plans to wait for the right opportunity. As stated by Munish Verma, managing partner at Softbank […]
Government orders probe into MTNL, BSNL building fires in metros
The government on Tuesday ordered a high-level inquiry into the fire incidents in MTNL and BSNL buildings in Mumbai, Delhi and Kolkata, and asked the two firms to conduct fresh fire and safety audits in a time-bound manner. Two major fire incident occured at the MTNL Bandra Telephone Exchange, Mumbai and the BSNL building at Salt Lake, Kolkta, while […]
Be@Kiwizo restaurant in Kerala brings AI in food industry to the next level
The increased use of AI has always been a controversial topic especially when it comes to integrating it into manual work. Robots have long been used in the west for food manufacturing, preparation and serving while in India, they haven’t been adopted until recently. Some see this innovation as a threat to human jobs and […]
State-run gas utility firm GAIL to sell off its pipeline business to strategic investors
The government is splitting the state-run gas utility GAIL (India) Ltd by forking off its pipeline business into separate business entity and selling it to potential investors. Earlier, the company had once been considered to sell off to its marketing business to another state-owned firm but now the government is ruminating over some other plan. […]
Smartphones might not be too disastrous for the elderly as it is for the millennials
While the excessive use of smartphones leads to depression among the millennials resulting in elevated suicide rate as per the studies, it might not be the case with the elderly. According to the Agewell Foundation’s 2017-18 Annual Report, one in every two of the elderly suffers from loneliness. In India, the onset of dementia […]
Union Budget 2019: ISRO gets a new commercial arm, Newspace India
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, in her debut Budget speech on July 5, announced the launch of a new space company, Newspace India Limited (NSIL), as another commercial arm to Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Delivering her budget speech, Sitharaman said, “India is now a major space power with the technology and ability to launch satellites […]