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IndiGo surpasses milestone of 2000 daily scheduled flights
18 Nov

IndiGo surpasses milestone of 2000 daily scheduled flights

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India,
IndiGo is the first Indian carrier to have more than 2,000 scheduled or planned flights daily. The Rahul Bhatia-founded airline, which started flights on August 4, 2006, became the first Indian carrier in December 2017 to operate 1,000 flights a day, taking more than 11 years for the budget carrier to reach that milestone. The second 1,000 came much faster in just six years, despite the bitter feud between the airline's two founder-promoters and then Covid in this period. The airline has been able to benefit from the tailwind of the fact that India has seen a rapid recovery in…
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Apple to enable more texting features between Android & iPhones
17 Nov

Apple to enable more texting features between Android & iPhones

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India,
iPhone users are now set to be friends with Android users on iMessage, as Apple has announced its decision to adopt the Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging standard. This move paves the way for a unified messaging experience across the platform, allowing Android users to enjoy the full suite of iMessage features. Apple made the strategic decision to integrate the RCS messaging standard into its messaging platform in response to the European Union's Digital Markets Act and regulatory pressure from competitors such as Google and Samsung, 9 to 5 Mac reported. Apple will implement the feature in late 2024 through…
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Tata Steel cuts 800 jobs in the Netherlands
14 Nov

Tata Steel cuts 800 jobs in the Netherlands

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India,
Tata Steel's Dutch division said on Nov. 13 that it would cut about 800 jobs at its IJmuiden plant in an effort to boost profitability. Tata currently employs about 9,200 people in IJmuiden on the Dutch coast, 30 kilometers (19 mi) west of Amsterdam. "Despite all efforts by Tata Steel to improve its market position and reduce costs, more needs to be done," the company said in a statement. "Also in light of the transition to a cleaner company, where significant investments have been made and will be made." The restructuring would mainly affect managerial and support staff, and was…
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Amazon cuts jobs in gaming division
14 Nov

Amazon cuts jobs in gaming division

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India,
Amazon is laying off more than 180 employees in its games division, as the company shuts down its Crown channel that streams on Twitch, shuts down its game growth efforts that help game creators market their products, and it "realigns" with its free games. Focus" offered through Prime Gaming. Amazon is getting rid of its gaming content channel amid broader game cuts, according to a memo sent to employees by Amazon Games VP Christoph Hartmann and seen by The Verge. "After further evaluating our business, it became clear that we need to focus our resources and efforts on delivering great…
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German man orders kurta from Blinkit for office Diwali, CEO responds
11 Nov

German man orders kurta from Blinkit for office Diwali, CEO responds

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India,
A Twitter user's post about ordering a traditional Indian dress for his German colleague from Blinkit caught the attention of the CEO of the fast-commerce platform. In a viral post, Twitter user Debarun Talukdar explained that a colleague in Germany visited their India office during the festive season and was surprised to see everyone wearing traditional Indian attire. The German employee did not realize that he was in the office for the annual Diwali Puja, which is why all his Indian colleagues were dressed in their traditional best. Not wanting to leave him out, the Company's Indian employees did something…
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Torrent Gas Ltd appoints Manoj Jain as MD
11 Nov

Torrent Gas Ltd appoints Manoj Jain as MD

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India,
Former GAIL (India) Ltd chairman Manoj Jain has been appointed managing director of city gas operator Torrent Gas Ltd, the company said on Thursday. The board of Torrent Gas, which has licenses for the retail sale of piped natural gas to automobiles and piped natural gas to domestic and industrial use in 34 districts across the country, has appointed Jain as its managing director with effect from January 1, 2024, the company said in a statement. Earlier, Jain was the Chairman and Managing Director of GAIL (India) Limited from February 2020 to August 2022. "Jain is a seasoned business leader…
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Zuckerberg vetoed teen safety measures
10 Nov

Zuckerberg vetoed teen safety measures

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India,
A new lawsuit filed against Meta by the state of Massachusetts claims that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg dismissed concerns about Instagram's features negatively impacting users' mental health. According to the lawsuit filed Monday in Suffolk Superior Court, Zuckerberg and other members of Meta's leadership were asked to remove plastic surgery filters from Instagram and Facebook by 2019 because of concerns from mental health experts about the filters' negative mental health effects may affect young users, especially women. According to an internal email cited in the complaint, Instagram's then-policy chief allegedly pleaded with Zuckerberg to disable the filters, writing, "We're talking…
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Govt asks travel aggregators to refund airfares for bookings during Covid lockdown
09 Nov

Govt asks travel aggregators to refund airfares for bookings during Covid lockdown

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India,
The central government has asked all travel agencies to process pending consumer refunds from the Covid lockdown period by the third week of this month or face legal action. The deadline was fixed by the Central Consumer Protection Authority in a meeting chaired by Consumer Affairs Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh on November 8.The meeting led to the CCPA issuing refund notices to six online travel platforms - EaseMyTrip, Yatra, MakeMyTrip, HappyEasyGo, ClearTrip and Ixigo - and five travel agencies: Thomas Cook, Veena World, Keshari Tours, Neem Holidays and Mango Holidays. While Ixigo and Thomas Cook have cleared all their refunds,…
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Amazon begins layoffs in music streaming division
09 Nov

Amazon begins layoffs in music streaming division

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India,
Amazon.com Inc. is cutting jobs at its music division, which includes the retail giant's audio streaming platform and digital storefront for music, as Chief Executive Officer Andy Jassy continues to cut costs across the company.The targeted jobs are in Amazon Music's editorial and audio content teams, said people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be named because the details are private. It's unclear how many locations were damaged. "Like many businesses, we are closely monitoring our organizational needs and prioritizing what matters most to customers and the long-term health of our business," an Amazon spokesperson said. "As a…
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APSEZ sets record cargo volumes in October
08 Nov

APSEZ sets record cargo volumes in October

Priyanka Bhowmick0 CommentsBusiness, India,
Adani Group's flagship Mundra port set another record by handling 16.1 million tonnes of cargo in October, the highest of any port in India, it said in a release.The country's largest port has handled 102 MMT of cargo so far this year, a year-on-year growth of 9 percent. The port crossed the 100 MMT mark in 210 days, surpassing last year's record of 231 days.Mundra for containers and liquids and gases witnessed double-digit growth year-on-year, said a press release issued on Sunday. Further, it achieved another milestone of handling 4.2 million twenty-foot equivalent (TEUs) containers in just 203 days, a…
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