National

February, 2023

• 6 February

  Blue Dart launches Digital Prepaid Card for seamless online transactions

  

  Blue Dart Express Limited, South Asia’s premier express air-integrated transportation and distribution express logistics company, today announced the launch of Digital Prepaid Card. The launch is towards helping customers manage their booking with real-time visibility of payments and balance along with a view of the summary and ledger. This digital prepaid card is a hassle-free option for the customer featuring …
• 6 February

  Tata 1mg launches comprehensive Cancer Care Platform

  

  Tata 1mg, India’s trusted digital health platform, has launched a comprehensive online cancer care platform that aims to be a one-stop destination for people diagnosed with cancer, their family and friends, to access reliable and accurate information curated by a team of experts. This first-of-its-kind, information-led Cancer Care platform can be accessed at 1mg.com/cancer-care. It is designed by an expert editorial team …

January, 2023

• 31 January

  ECONOMIC SURVEY: INDIA TO WITNESS GDP GROWTH OF 6.0 PER CENT TO 6.8 PER CENT IN 2023-24

  

  Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, presented the Economic Survey 2022-23 in the Union Parliament today. India to witness GDP growth of 6.0 per cent to 6.8 per cent in 2023-24, depending on the trajectory of economic and political developments globally. The optimistic growth forecasts stem from a number of positives like the rebound of private …
• 31 January

  Real estate growth to remain unstoppable in 2023

  

  Weathering heavy challenges in the past two pandemic years, the country’s real estate industry growth is shaping back to normalcy and in fact, holds a promising future. A double-digit growth in sales of property, both housing and commercial, is a testament to the full-scale recovery in the realty business.  As the sector gears up to adapt to a transformed economic …
• 30 January

  Budget 2023-24 – Affordable Housing Needs Boost, Demand Down to 26% in 2022

  

  India’s residential real estate sector looks hopefully to Budget 2023-24 to boost the country’s flagging affordable housing segment. The segment had revived after the government began to roll out incentives from 2015 and became ‘respectable’ with both buyers and developers. However, the pandemic seriously impacted the affordable housing segment, with both demand and supply shrinking to their lowest levels. ANAROCK’s …
• 27 January

  Budget 2023 Expectations: What’s in store for real estate in Union Budget 2023?

  

  Gurgaon, 27 January 2023: The Union Budget 2023-24 will be presented at a time when the global economy has come out of the shadows of Covid-19 but is faced with new challenges. While the global economy is facing recessionary pressures, the Indian economy is relatively well placed. The Indian economy is resilient, led by its foreign exchange reserves, credit growth etc, …
• 27 January

  City-wise incidence of vitamin-D deficiency

  

  Nearly 76% of the Indian population suffers from vitamin D deficiency, according to data from tests of more than 2.2 lakh people conducted across 27 cities in India by Tata 1mg Labs recently. While 79% of men overall were found with lower-than-desirable levels of vitamin D in their bodies, for women, the figure was 75%. Vadodara (89%) and Surat (88%) …
• 27 January

  JIO LAUNCHES TRUE 5G IN ALL SIX STATES OF THE NORTH-EAST CIRCLE

  

  Reliance Jio announced the launch of its True 5G services across all 6 states of North-East circle by connecting 7 cities namely, Shillong, Imphal, Aizawl, Agartala, Itanagar, Kohima, and Dimapur with the transformational Jio True 5G network. Such a large rollout that covers every state in the North-East circle is testimony to Jio’s commitment towards the development of the circle. …
• 27 January

  NCP leader Sonia Doohan opposes Haryana minister Sandeep Singh flag hoisting during Republic Day program

  

  26 Jan 2023, Pehowa, Haryana: In a republic day celebration event, National President of Student Union of Nationalist Congress Party, Sonia Doohan protested against the flag hoisting by the Haryana Sports Minister Sandeep Singh who was accused of sexual harassment. Sonia Doohan told the minister that he has no right to touch the Tricolour with his dirty hands who has …
• 26 January

  redBus estimates 75 lakh people to undertake intercity bus travel during the Republic Day long weekend

  

  redBus, a MakeMyTrip group company, and the world’s largest intercity bus ticketing platform, estimates a whopping 75 lakh people to undertake intercity bus travel across the country during the long Republic Day weekend, between 25th and 29th January-23. The intercity bus transport sector continues to witness the growth momentum it has been witnessing in 2022, post the pandemic, especially towards the latter part …