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In the wake of the massive rollout of the 5G network, the telecom department has directed operators to work on call drops and other service quality-related issues and deliberated policy interventions to improve call quality. Telecom service providers such as Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, and Vodafone Idea attended the meeting held by DoT recently. The meeting also discussed the issue of interference from illegal boosters and Right of Way (RoW) challenges. The operators made a detailed presentation to the Department of Telecom on current levels of service quality against stipulated benchmarks. The telecom department is taking a long-term view of service quality-related matters. It has asked players…
The Class 10 and Class 12 board exam timetables for the academic year 2022–2023 have been released by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). While the Class 12 board exams will take place from February 15 to April 5, the CBSE Class 10 board exams will take place from February 15 and March 21, 2023. The Painting, Rai, Gurung, Tamang, Sherpa, and Thai papers will be examined first in the CBSE Class 10 board exam, and the Mathematics Standard and Mathematics Basic papers will be examined last. Most of the exam papers will be administered between 10:30 am and…
Sheela Foam, one of the biggest mattress manufacturers in India, would shortly purchase Kurl-on for $241 million.Under the name Sleepwell, mattresses are sold by Sheela Foam in Ghaziabad. According to an ICICIdirect analysis, it controls a market share of around 25% of the Rs 17,000 crore organised mattress category. According to media sources, the combined company will hold a market share of 35–40% in India’s organised mattress sector.The brokerage further stated that between 2021–2022 (FY22) and 2025–2026, the mattress industry is anticipated to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 12%. Sudhakar Pai, chairman and managing director of Kurl-on,…
Chinese internet giant Baidu offers nighttime driverless taxis in China.This would be a big leap in autonomous driving in China.The public can ride Baidu’s robotaxis in Wuhan from 7 am to 11 pm. There is no need for safety drivers behind the wheel.Earlier, its unmanned vehicles could operate only between 9 am and 5 pm. The new scheme would cover one million customers in Wuhan. Baidu uses third-party cameras, radar, and lidar to drive better in low-visibility conditions. Baidu started the driverless robo taxi service in August .in Q3, it completed more than 474,000 rides.
Reliance Jio, an Indian telecom firm, announced a partnership with Xiaomi India to provide all users of Xiaomi 5G smartphones with a “True 5G” experience. Through this collaboration, owners of Xiaomi and Redmi smartphones will be able to play low-latency games, stream videos nonstop, and make high-definition video conversations. Users must switch their preferred network type on their Xiaomi or Redmi smartphone to 5G in order to access Jio’s True 5G Standalone (SA) network. Along with the existing devices that have been software modified to support True 5G, all new Xiaomi 5G devices will ship with SA connectivity. In a…
Since the government’s Stand-Up India program’s April 2016 debut, women-led business units have benefited most from it, accounting for 80.2% of bank loans approved as of early December. As of December 2, 2022, 1,59,961 loans had been approved for entrepreneurs, of which 1,28,361 loans went to women entrepreneurs, 23,797 loans to members of scheduled castes, and 7,803 loans to members of scheduled tribes, according to data recently shared in the Rajya Sabha by state minister of finance Bhagwat Karad. The programme was established to encourage female and SC/ST entrepreneurs by providing bank loans between Rs. 10 lakh and Rs. 1…
The latest Bloomberg Billionaires Index has been released. French business magnate Bernard Arnault is the world’s richest man with a wealth of 161 billion dollars.Arnault is the chairman of LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury goods firm. Tesla founder Elon Musk holds the second position with 140 billion dollars.India’s Gautam Adani comes third with a net worth of 120 billion dollars. Adani is one of the billionaires who have added to his wealth. The majority have lost their wealth in the last year.
During the period of April to November 2022, smartphone shipments from India crossed the Rs 50,000-crore threshold, increasing 110% from the same time last year, at a time when exports in several sectors are either declining or, at best, maintaining flat. Additionally, this is 10% more than the Rs 45,000 crore registered for the entire FY22. Apple contract manufacturers Foxconn, Pegatron, and Wistron, all of which are based in Tamil Nadu, as well as Samsung are the key drivers of this enormous expansion. Nearly 40% of the cellphones worth Rs 50,000 crore that are exported from India are iPhones, which…
Chanda Kochhar was a familiar face who frequently appeared on the covers of Forbes and Fortune. She is a Padma Bhushan recipient, a pioneer of the nation’s retail banking revolution, a celebrity CEO, and an icon for women. She played a key role in turning ICICI Bank into the largest private sector lender in the nation. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) detained Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak in relation to the suspected fraud and irregularities in loans approved by ICICI Bank to businesses belonging to the Videocon Group. Kochhar, who was a favourite of former company chairman KV…
The Kinetic Group plans to launch the electric version of its once-popular Luna.Kinetic Green Energy & Power Solutions will launch the ‘E-Luna’ soon.The group has commenced the initial stages of production. The company has developed all major subassemblies such as the main chassis, main stand, and side stand for E-Luna.The initial production capacity would be 5,000 sets per month.Kinetic Group expects the business to bring more than Rs 30 cr annually in the next two-three years.Kinetic launched Luna 50 years ago at a price of Rs 2,000.It went on to become the most efficient, affordable, and convenient transportation solution in India.At its peak, it held a 95 per cent market…