Full service carrier Vistara has entered into a partnership with WorldTicket that will enable providing connections to customers on Germany's Deutsche Bahn train network. The interline partnership with WorldTicket (W2), part of the 777 Travel Tech group, and the only authorised distributor for Europe's largest railway operator, Deutsche Bahn, will…
Treating sports merely as an extracurricular activity had caused a huge loss to the country, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi said Wednesday while inaugurating a sports event where he also urged athletes to include millets in their diets. The pitch for the coarse grain comes as the world marks 2023…
Here are news related to Indian economy and business for Wednesday, January 18, 2023: Emphasising growth as the primary driver for boosting development, Indian railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw has said that due focus on moderating inflation and appropriate fiscal and monetary policy measures will help ensure India's GDP momentum in…
The Punjab Police on Wednesday (18) said it has arrested 13 people and busted an extortion module allegedly having links with Babbar Khalsa terrorists based abroad. Director general of police Gaurav Yadav said five weapons and 53 cartridges have been seized. https://twitter.com/DGPPunjabPolice/status/1615650967923613696 https://twitter.com/DGPPunjabPolice/status/1615650972080173057 https://twitter.com/DGPPunjabPolice/status/1615650975578193920 "In a major breakthrough, Khanna Police…
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) on Wednesday (18) estimated that its portfolio in India has the potential to unlock $37 billion (£367 million) in financing in sectors sectors such as clean energy, digital connectivity and infrastructure. USTDA director Enoh T Ebong also said her organisation is "very interested"…
More than 300 deep technology success stories will be showcased at the India International Science Festival (IISF) set to be held in Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh from Saturday (21), India's science and technology minister Jitendra Singh said. Singh said the start-up conclave, which…
The north-eastern Indian states of Tripura, Maghalaya, and Nagaland are set to go to polls in February, the Election Commission of India announced on Wednesday (18). While Tripura will vote on February 16, Meghalaya and Nagaland will go to polls on February 27. The results will be announced on March…
India had its first synchronised census in 1881, when it was still not an independent nation, and the tradition of holding a timely census was followed for the next 130 years, till 2011, despite challenges. Once in a decade, hundreds of thousands of enumerators visited every household in the country…
Indian social media unicorn ShareChat has fired around 20 per cent of its workforce to slash costs amid global headwinds. Mohalla Tech, which owns the video-sharing app, said the "difficult" decision was taken due to concerns over sustained economic downslide. According to a Moneycontrol report, the company, which employs around…
Twenty-three-year-old India opening batter Shubman Gill belted a double century in the first one-day international (ODI) against New Zealand in Hyderabad on Wednesday (18) in just 145 balls to create a set of records. The right-hand batter became not only the youngest to achieve the feat but the scintillating knock…