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Coforge Partners Estes Express Lines To Open A Markets for the Transportation And Logistics Industry

Opportunity India Desk Jun 20, 2022 - 3 min read

Coforge Limited , a global digital services and solutions provider, announced a partnership with Estes Express Lines (Estes), the largest privately held freight carrier in North America. With this partnership, Coforge will bring agile, next-generation solutions to the transportation and logistics industry. The go-to-market launch will primarily focus on a platform-powered application specifically created to address multi-dimension pricing plans ...

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Avesthagen Partners With Wipro, Launches Genetic Testing Portfolio For Rare Diseases

Opportunity India Desk Jun 20, 2022 - 3 min read

Avesthagen Limited-- a biotechnology major that specialises in predictive, preventive and personalised healthcare through the convergence of food, pharma and population genetics, has entered into a four-year strategic alliance with Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, for making its genetic testing portfolio commercial. The portfolio includes genome panels ...

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UNESCO Recognises Use Of ICT In Indian School Education

Opportunity India Desk Jun 20, 2022 - 3 min read

The initiative of Education Ministry to use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) under the PM eVIDYA scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic has won UNESCO’s recognition, an official said. The PM eVIDYA has been initiated as part of Atma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyaan by the Ministry of Education on May 17, 2020, which unifies all efforts related ...

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Deliberation On Allowing Life Insurers To Sell Health Insurance Products: Report

Opportunity India Desk Jun 20, 2022 - 3 min read

The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) is deliberating on allowing Life Insurance companies to sell health insurance indemnity products, either only distribution or both manufacturing and distribution. However, the regulator said that same is under consideration and no decision has been taken yet. According to a report by a reputed market researcher, ...

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Manufacturers Should Develop Their Own Innovative Technologies: Anil Agrawal

Opportunity India Desk Jun 17, 2022 - 4 min read

In order to sustain, manufactures should develop their own technology and should be innovative. They should not rely on the government or any other source for the technology, Anil Agrawal, Additional Secretary, DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry said on Friday. Addressing a programme on ‘Expectations from the New Industrial Policy of India’, organised by ...

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Steel Minister Emphasises On Providing Right Ecosystem For Secondary Steel Sector

Opportunity India Desk Jun 17, 2022 - 3 min read

The Union Minister of Steel Ram Chandra Prasad Singh has highlighted the need to empower steel manufacturing. During an event after meeting in Surat (Gujarat), where he was interacting with people engaged in steel manufacturing and consumption, the minister emphasised on understanding the challenges faced by the secondary steel sector and steel consumers. The meeting ...

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Indian Retail Businesses Saw 24 Per Cent Growth In May

Opportunity India Desk Jun 17, 2022 - 3 min read

Retailers Association of India (RAI) has said that the retail businesses across India witnessed 24 per cent growth in May this year against the pre-pandemic level of the same month in 2019. According to the latest retail business survey conducted by RAI, sales in western India grew by 30 per cent, while eastern India showed ...

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Trends That Will Disrupt The Retail Landscape In 2022 And Beyond

Opportunity India Desk Jun 17, 2022 - 3 min read

The retail landscape shifts every year and the landscape in 2022 are no different! To get a better understanding of these trends that are disrupting the retail industry, we need to look at what's changing right now. We will be discussing trending topics such as e-commerce and Artificial Intelligence. By appreciating these trends, you can ...

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BIS Develops Indian Standard For Non-Electric Cooling Cabinet Made Of Clay

Opportunity India Desk Jun 17, 2022 - 3 min read

Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), the National Standards Body of India, has developed an Indian Standard for ‘non-electric cooling cabinet made of clay.’ Named as ‘Mitticool refrigerator’, Mansukh Bhai Prajapati from Gujarat is the innovator behind the refrigerator which projects an eco-friendly technology. BIS standard specifies the construction and performance requirements of a cooling cabinet ...

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Marketers Need To Be Careful With Advertisement

Opportunity India Desk Jun 17, 2022 - 7 min read

With an aim to protect the consumer from exploitation by misleading advertisements, the Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) under the department of Consumer Affairs has issued ‘Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements, 2022’. The government has also clearly outlined the penalty for violating the guidelines according to which CCPA can ...

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