IRF to train CV drivers in safety push

The International Road Federation, a Geneva-based global body working for safer roads, will impart training on life-saving techniques to drivers of commercial vehicles.
The idea is to provide enhanced first aid and trauma care to accident victims. "The drivers of commercial vehicles often witness accidents, and with the appropriate training, they can provide enhanced first aid and pre-hospital trauma care to accident victims without waiting for the first ambulance," International Road Federation (IRF) chairman K K Kapila said in a statement.
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Toshiba group conducts cleanliness drive * In step with the government's 'Clean India' mission, Toshiba group companies in India today organised a cleanliness drive at a community park in the national capital.

TravelKhana.Com partners IRCTC for e-catering
Online food ordering platform TravelKhana.Com today said it has partnered Indian Railways Catering and Tourism Corporation to help passengers book meals through IRCTC's e-catering website.

Under the arrangement, Travelkhana's listing will be available for travellers using IRCTC's e-catering website and there will be a revenue sharing arrangement, the company said in a statement.
Travelkhana will start its services at the New Delhi and Hazrat Nizammudin railway stations on the e-catering system and has expressed its interest in starting services at a total of 17 stations in the first phase, it said.
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Mumbai Port Trust commissions second liquid chemical berth * The Mumbai Port Trust today commissioned its second liquid chemical berth with a 2.5 million metric tonnes capacity built at an investment of Rs 127 crore.

The berth located at Pir Pau near Mahul has four mooring dolphin, equipped with Quick Release Mooring Hooks (QRMHs), and was inaugurated by Union Shipping Minister Nitin Gadkari.
"With full commissioning of this berth, the cargo handling capacity of the Port will increase by 2.5 MMT per annum. However, this will not add to the burden of city's road/rail infrastructure as discharge of cargo from the ship to the storage will be through pipelines," Gadkari said.
The port's chairman Ravi Parmar said the full commissioning will also result in substantial reduction of cost to the importers with faster turnaround of ships carrying bigger parcel size.

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HSBC appoints Yogesh Aggarwal as India head of equity research * Foreign brokerage HSBC today appointed its IT and auto analyst Yogesh Aggarwal as the head of equity research in the country.
Aggarwal, who has been with the company for over seven years, will oversee the day-to-day operations and manage the equity research products across all sectors for HSBC Securities, the firm said in a statement.
TechM inks pacts with Canada's CUE, Himachal Pradesh agency
* Microgrid as a Service (MaaS), an internally funded startup at Tech Mahindra, today said it has signed two pacts for innovative energy solutions.

The first Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed with the Centre For Urban Energy (CUE), a part of Ryerson University, for advances in the area of Microgrid platform that will make renewable energy more affordable and reliable, Tech Mahindra said in a statement.
The second agreement was signed with Himachal Pradesh State Electricity Board (HPSEB) and Advanced Energy Center (AEC), promoted by Ontario's Ministry of Energy.
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Hippily raises USD 250K in India, US, Singapore * Hippily, a shopping personalisation app targeted at Indian
women, today said it has raised USD 250,000 in seed funding from angel investors in India, the US and Singapore.

The angels include Sridhar Ramaswamy (senior VP, Ads and Commerce at Google) and Rakesh Mathur (Junglee founder), the company said in a statement.
The app offers daily curation of trendy fashion products, looks and collections to style conscious young women, which is also available for purchase.
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HZL pays Rs 2,065 cr as dividend tax
To IT dept
* Hindustan Zinc (HZL) today said it has paid Rs 2,065 crore
as dividend tax to the Income Tax (IT) department.
"As part of dividend tax in view of the recently declared 1,200 per cent dividend by HZL, the IT department today received Rs 2,065 crore from the company," it said in a statement.

A symbolic cheque of Rs 2,065 crore was presented to Chief
80% sales now shipped through own fulfilment centres: Snapdeal
* Ecommerce major Snapdeal today said it now ships over 80 per cent of the sales on its platform through its own fulfilment centres.
Snapdeal has 63 SD+ centres across 25 cities in India.
"Managing a majority of our shipments through our own fulfilment centres is part of our mission to provide a reliable and frictionless customer experience," Snapdeal co-founder Rohit Bansal said in a statement.
Shipping through SD+ gives the opportunity to screen quality of products and the quality of packaging, he added.

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Nxtra Data partners CenturyLink to provide IT services * Nxtra Data, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharti Airtel, today said it has partnered CenturyLink to provide advanced hosting and managed IT services to enterprises and government agencies in India.
"The Nxtra and CenturyLink India-based teams will collaborate to bring a new standard of capability and service to support Indian enterprises - at the right price," Nxtra Data CEO Neil Pollock said.
Nxtra Data, which was formed to run Bharti's data centre managed services business, manages centres at Noida, Manesar, Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, Pune and Bhubaneswar comprising about 2,00,000 sq ft of floor space.

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iShippo.Com partners Textiles Ministry to promote handicraft * Online portal iShippo.Com has tied-up with the Textiles Ministry to promote handicraft products across the globe.
Under this partnership, iShippo will educate and train weavers to directly sell their products on the online portal.
"The partnership allows iShippo.Com to engage with weavers in Bagalkot and other clusters in the state of Karnataka. The products will carry government certified 'India Handloom Brand' and 'Handloom Mark'," iShippo.Com said in a statement.
Industry body welcomes quality norms order for stainless steel
* Industry body Indian Stainless Steel Development Association (ISSDA) applauded government's move introducing the Stainless Steel Products Quality Control Order, 2016.

"ISSDA would like to re-emphasise that the stainless steel quality control order is in the larger interest of domestic industry," it said in a statement.
It must be noted that the order does not cover raw material (stainless steel) containing less than 1 per cent nickel. While stainless steel containing less than 1 per cent nickel is majorly used for kitchen utensils, it added.
Moreover, this order is not restrictive as the end user is free to use other grades of stainless steel which is not covered in the order. Therefore, the onus to supply ISI marked stainless steel rests exclusively on the stainless steel manufacturer rather than the end user, ISSDA said.
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H S Bhatia takes charge as MD at Pluss Digital * Pluss Digital Ventures co-founder H S Bhatia is taking charge as its Managing Director.
The company runs e-commerce portals, Surpluss.In and Bizpluss.In. Surpluss.In deals in consumer segment while Bizpluss.In is a business-to-business e-commerce platform.
Before entering into the venture in October 2013, Bhatia was Chief Marketing Officer at Videocon Industries from August 2011 to September 2013. He served as Chief Operating Officer of Bharti Airtel from August 2008 to August 2011.
The other founder members of Pluss Digital include Lava Mobiles Director SN Rai, former Channel strategies director at Samsung Amit Gupta and Samsung India former executive Ajay Goyal.