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The Government of NCT Delhi has placed an order for 570 electric buses with shared e-mobility provider GreenCell Mobility Ltd (GreenCell).State-owned Convergence Energy Services Ltd (CESL) announced a tender under the National E-bus Program (NEBP) for the order, according to a statement from the business. The largest tender for E-buses ever floated in India, according to the statement, is for 6,465 vehicles under a Gross Cost Contracting (GCC) basis.GreenCell won a contract for 570 low-floor e-buses to be deployed over the following two years after submitting a bid for 1,900 low-floor e-buses in the CESL tender, a government of India…
At the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2023, a live demonstration of the new voice assistant “Hey Disney!” developed in partnership with Amazon and Disney was presented. According to an Amazon blog post, the “first-of-its-kind” voice assistant would give users access to “a wide spectrum of Disney fun” both through Echo devices at home and as a free service at some Disney Resort hotels.The Alexa Unique Assistant, a speech artificial intelligence (AI) framework upon which the business could quickly construct its own custom voice assistant that coexists with Alexa, was used by Disney to develop this experience. In the upcoming months,…
After joining Al Nassr in the Saudi Professional Football League, Christiano Ronaldo is now residing in an opulent suite at the Four Seasons Riyadh. Ronaldo is settling into his new life in Saudi Arabia despite being suspended for the first two games. He has reserved suites at the Four Seasons Hotel in Riyadh for himself and his family.
What kind of impact will the Funding Winter have on Indian startups? What advice would you give Entrepreneurs seeking funding? What to watch out for when investing in a business? The managing partner of the investment firm Vishesh Rajaram,Co-Founder,Speciale Invest, speaks with Channeliam.com.
A hundred more Adani groups might be built in India, according to billionaire businessman Gautam Adani, who is also the third-richest person in the world and the country’s richest person. He also thinks that in the decades to come, India would become an even more prosperous nation with many excellent chances. India’s moment has come, according to Gujarat-based Adani, who last year overtook Reliance Chairman Mukesh Ambani as the richest person in the country by net worth. At a celebration honouring the 75th anniversary of Palanpur’s Vidya Mandir Trust in Gujarat’s Banaskantha, 60-year-old Adani declared, “A democracy whose time has…
According to the RBI, domestic systemically important banks (D-SIBs), or organisations that are “too large to fail,” continue to include private sector lenders ICICI Bank and HDFC Bank as well as state-owned SBI. SIBs are thought of as “too large to fail” (TBTF) banks. This understanding of TBTF breeds an expectation that the government will assist these lenders when they are in trouble. As a result, these banks have an advantage in the funding markets. After being phased in beginning on April 1, 2016, the increased Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) requirement for D-SIBs went into effect fully on April…
In the world of e-commerce, billionaire Jack Ma is a renowned and controversial figure. The English teacher-turned-entrepreneur has been under the scanner of the Chinese government ever since he passed some remarks on Chinese banking regulators. In 2019, he criticised the Chinese banking regulators for acting like ‘pawnshops.’ He disappeared from public view thereafter. Now, it’s been reported that Ma will give up control of the Ant Group where he earlier had more than 50 per cent of voting rights. What does that mean to the Ant Group and Ma? It means Ma would no longer be the ‘control person’ at the company. His shares would fall close to…
In an exclusive interview with India TV, Gautam Adani, the third-richest man in the world, stated that claims that his money was fueled by his strong ties to Prime Minister Narendra Modi were baseless because of his collaboration with numerous opposition-ruled states. “We aim to invest as much as possible in each state. The Adani Group is really pleased that it now operates in 22 states,not all are governed by the BJP. We have no issues with any state governments, as far as I know. Even in the Left-ruled state of Kerala, Mamata didi’s West Bengal, Naveen Patnaik’s Odisha, Jaganmohan…
Kalaari MD Vani Kola recently shared an amusing video on LinkedIn.The video shows a cute AI robot in action at Terminal 1 of Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru. The Billionaire Businesswoman found the robots quite ‘helpful’. BLRBot aka ‘Temi’ is developed by Mumbai-based Startup Artiligent Solutions.The googly-eyed robot helps passengers with basic queries such as finding boarding gates, shopping areas, and drinking water facilities.It is great to have info-bots to help people, she said.
AR Rahman announced the launch of Katraar, his metaverse platform.The project, which is currently under development, will be a reality soon. Katraar is a digital platform for independent musicians and artists.It will allow musicians and artists to list and monetise their creations in their respective areas.Rahman will also release some of his exclusive works through Katraar.The platform will be deployed on HBAR Foundation’s Hedera Network.He would bring a lot of NFTs, which are rare in art.Rahman said Katraar means ‘a group of learned people who can change the world’. “It is also tradition; it will have wisdom and vision,” he added in a short video he released on his social media pages.In his opinion, Katraar will bring in new talents and technologies and thus provide direct…