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Micromax IN 2c budget smartphone launched in India The latest Micromax In series budget smartphone gets a large capacity battery for long backup It has a 6.52-inch HD+ display with a notch and a smart design to wrap up the package The display offers 720 x 1600 pixels resolution, 420 nits of brightness and 89 per cent screen to body ratio The phone is powered by a Unisoc T610 octa-core chipset, possibly with 4GB and 6GB RAM options Micromax IN 2c comes with a 5000mAh battery that should offer regular charging speed and run through the USB Type C interface

Ola to shut down its used cars retail business in five citiesThey are Nagpur, Visakhapatnam, Ludhiana, Patna, and GuwahatiOla Cars website does not show any car listings in Nagpur and VisakhapatnamThe other three cities still show a few listings’Ola Cars’ was launched in October 2021 across 30 citiesThe plan was to scale up to 100 cities by 2022Ola has been promoting this segment with discounts up to Rs 10,000The segment receives businessesHowever, the company’s expenses in the category are also highThis could have led to shutting downThis comes following the exit of Arun Sirdeshmukh, CEO of Ola Cars

Tata Motors has launched Ace EV, the electric version of the ever-popular Ace Exactly 17 years after introducing the Ace to the Indian market The new Ace EV is zero-emission, four-wheel small commercial vehicle (SCV) It is a green and smart transport solution ready to serve a wide variety of intra-city applications The Ace EV is the first product featuring Tata Motors’ EVOGEN powertrain It offers a certified range of 154 kilometres It is powered by a 27kW (36hp) motor with 130Nm of peak torque Tata Motors also announced signing of strategic Memorandum of Understanding Amazon, BigBasket, City Link, DOT,…

Airtel, Apollo Hospitals, Cisco partner for 5G connected ambulancesThe ambulances have medical equipment and patient monitoring applicationsWith this, a patient’s health data can be transmitted to the hospital in real-timeThey also have onboard cameras and Bodycams for paramedic staffParamedic staff can use the facility to connect with ER doctors at the hospitalAll are connected to the Airtel 5G networkThe ambulance’s demonstration was conducted in BengaluruThe core idea is to save a patient’s golden hour

Dr Shivdarshan Malik, a lecturer-turned-entrepreneur from Haryana, believes in the power of green energy. He believes, in order to sustain, one needs to reduce the carbon footprint. This ideology led him to his famous eco-friendly innovations – ‘Vedic Plaster’ and ‘Gocrete Bricks’. These two products, made of cow dung, soil and other natural materials, can replace concrete mixture. According to the 53-year-old professor, concrete is one of the major contributors to carbon footprint and subsequently climate change. It was his own lifestyle that motivated Dr Shivdarshan to change. He says he was aware of the carbon emission he had been…

Reliance Industries and US buyout firm Apollo Global Management plan joint bid for BootsBoots is a UK-based high street pharmacy chainThe deal would expand Boots’ presence to India, Southeast Asia and the Middle EastAs per the plan, both Reliance and Apollo would own stakes in BootsIt is not sure if the size of the stake would be the sameOwners of the UK supermarket group Asda also have made a bidThe 173-year-old Boots business has 2,200 stores across the UKIt includes pharmacies, health and beauty stores

Amazon has doubled its India export targetThe new target is $20 billion by 2025Jeff Bezos had earlier said Amazon’s aimed to export $10 bn by 2025The company revised the target after seeing increased momentumThe programme initiated in 2015Amazon India achieved $1 billion in exports in three yearsSince then, it has hit cumulative exports of over $3 billionAmazon provides exporters payouts in 7-14 daysIn offline export markets, it is 45 daysMoreover, Amazon offers access to 18 marketplaces in 200 countries

The state-of-the-art Fintech Accelerator has been launched. It was launched by Open Financial Technologies in collaboration with the Kerala Startup Mission to attract more entrepreneurs in the fintech sector and create a better ecosystem for Kerala startups. The accelerator was announced at the Fintech Summit organized by the Kerala Startup Mission in Kochi. The Fintech Summit and Open Acceleration Program was inaugurated by Kerala State Electricity Regulatory Commission Chairman Preman Dinaraj. Mohammad Y Safirulla, Officer on Special Duty, Finance Department, who presided over the function, said that the government was taking steps to transform Kerala into a knowledge economy. John…

Apple has stopped accepting payments through debit and credit cards for subscriptions and app purchases in India through its App Store It will only allow payments through netbanking and the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) Users will also not be able to purchase or rent any movies using their cards on Apple TV The move is a result of the new auto-debit rules enforced by the Reserve Bank of India last year Apple is among the few companies to outright stop accepting card payments according to the new auto-debit rule

All smartphone users are aware of Truecaller, the app that reveals the true identity of a caller. It has become an indispensable part of smartphone users over the years. In 2011-12, Truecaller was one of the biggest hyped subjects. It was, indeed, a blessing in disguise for the phone users who were dealing with the pros and cons of the mobile phone revolution. Let’s have a look at the successful journey of the platform. What made Truecaller popular? Because, it made the tech-savvy life of people a lot much simpler. The mobile revolution was life-changing; but it also presented difficulties…