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The annual shopping festival, which officially commenced on October 8 (with Early Access opening on October 7 for VIP and Plus customers), witnessed growth in Plus Visitor base with a 7 times spike in orders over daily transactions.“Through innovative technology, diverse affordable payment options and a truly accessible marketplace, we continue to redefine the shopping experience for millions of customers in India,” said Arief Mohamad, Vice President – Customer Growth and Loyalty, Flipkart.According to the company, early trends indicate a buoyant customer sentiment overall, with categories such as mobiles, appliances, lifestyle, BGM (beauty and general merchandise), electronics and home witnessing…

This device is expected to test 25 parameters in the blood to detect early chronic diseases associated with kidney, liver, heart, and pancreas malfunctions.According to Primary Healthtech CEO Sahil Jagnani, the MobilabTM device, which can run 150 tests on a single charge, is controlled by an IoT-enabled Android app and can be used in even the most remote areas of the country.As per the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) recent report, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for almost 41 million (74 per cent) of deaths worldwide.The goal of MobilabTM, according to the founder, is to speed up early detection, disease management,…

The direct tax collections – net of refunds – was 52.50 per cent of the total budget estimates of direct taxes for 2023-24. The provisional figures of the direct tax collections indicated that gross collections were at Rs 11.07 lakh crore, which was 17.95 per cent higher than the gross collections during the corresponding period of last year. The growth rate for corporate income tax (CIT) stood at 7.30 per cent and personal income tax (PIT) stood at 29.53 per cent in terms of gross revenue collections, according to the data. “So far as the growth rate for Corporate Income…

New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) Byju Raveendran, founder and CEO of the troubled edtech company Byju’s, did not find a place in the Hurun India rich list of 2023 on the back of a series of investor markdowns. The development comes months after investors, including US-based BlackRock and Prosus, drastically reduced the firm’s valuation. In last year’s list, Raveendran’s personal wealth was estimated at $3.3 billion. The largest non-founder shareholder of Byju’s, Prosus, reduced the value of its stake in the edtech company in June this year. According to Prosus, the value of its 9.6 per cent stake in Byju’s…

Mumbai, Oct 10 (IANS) Failing to fulfill minimum attendance requirements, a total of 305 MBBS students from two BMC medical colleges in Mumbai have been debarred from appearing for at least one university examination, a civic official said here on Tuesday. he students are attached to the HinduhridaySamrat Balasaheb Thackeray Medical College, attached to Dr. R.N. Cooper Hospital, Juhu, and Lokmanya Tilak Medical College, linked to the Sion Hospital. The move is likely to hit the students badly and many could forfeit a year, though they were given repeated warnings and their names displayed on notice boards, said the official.…

New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) High-quality action is on the cards when the archery competition get underway at the at the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Para Games from October 23 to 28. As many as 133 archers from 23 nations will be vying for glory over six days with 15 gold medals will be at stake at the Fuyang Shooting and Archery range in Hangzhou. Whilst the home nation archers are expected to rule the shooting field, some old rivalries including Islamic Republic of Iran’s Zahra Nemati vs. China’s Wu Chunyan in women’s individual recurve W1 competition will be on display.…

New Delhi, Oct 10 (IANS) In the six-wicket loss to Bangladesh in their 2023 Men’s ODI World Cup opener, Afghanistan were doing great at 83-1, before a capitulation to spin of Shakib Al Hasan and Mehidy Hasan Miraz meant they crashed to 156 all out. The challenge for Afghanistan batters in facing spin will increase in their second clash against hosts India at the Arun Jaitley Stadium on Wednesday. The hosts’ come into the game with their spin trio of Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravichandran Ashwin taking spin wickets collectively on a spin-friendly Chennai pitch. Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi,…

Manama : His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, and Prime Minister, today visited the General Command of the Bahrain Defence Force (BDF). His Royal Highness was received by the Commander-in-Chief of the BDF, HE Field Marshal Shaikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa, the Minister of Defence, HE Lieutenant General Abdullah bin Hassan Al Nuaimi, the BDF Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Theyab bin Saqr Al Nuaimi, and other senior officers. His Royal Highness highlighted that the efforts of the BDF’s loyal personnel, as part of Team Bahrain,…

Manama : His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, HM the King’s Representative for Humanitarian Work and Youth Affairs, has extended deepest congratulations to His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa and His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the Crown Prince and Prime Minister, on the kingdom’s historic achievement at the 19th Asian Games, which concluded today in the Chinese city of Hangzhou. HH Shaikh Nasser praised the kingdom’s success in ranking ninth in the 45-nation Games, the best in the kingdom’s history, after bagging a total of 20 medals, including 12 golds, three silvers…

Manama : Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company (Mumtalakat) announced the appointment of Khalid Al Rumaihi as Chairman of Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), a Mumtalakat local portfolio company. Presently, Al Rumaihi is the Executive Chairman of Amriya Group. Before his current role, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Mumtalakat, from September 2019 to April 2023. Al Rumaihi also served as the Chief Executive of the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) for five years. Prior to his tenure at the EDB, Al Rumaihi held the position of Managing Director at Investcorp and was a member of the Management Committee and Head…