Second largest private sector lender ICICI Bank has tied up primary healthcare aggregator HealthAssure to offer its NRI customers complimentary access to discounted healthcare services in the country for themselves and their families.
The facility, which offers up to 50 per cent discounts, will be available for its NRI Pro and Premia savings account holders, the bank said Tuesday.
The list of benefits include discounts of up to 50 per cent on health checkups and consultations. Customers will also be able to avail discounts on home-care services.
*********************** SpiceJet launches loyalty programme *
In a first among the low-cost carriers, SpiceJet Tuesday launched a graded loyalty programme - SpiceClub - that some benefits to customers including reward points.
SpiceClub, which is segregated into four tiers - classic, silver, gold and platinum - can be availed of by customers at no extra cost. A SpiceClub member can earn rewards ranging from up to eight points per Rs 100 spent on every flight booking, upgrades, meals and other add-ons, the airline said.
The member can earn up to 200 points extra for booking tickets directly through Spicejet website and mobile app.
******************** Uber launches gift cards *
Ahead of the festival season, taxi hailing app Uber has launched a gift card service, redeemable across Uber and Uber Eats and is available on Paytm and other online platforms.
Uber has enlisted Qwikcilver as the official issuer for gift cards and are already available on leading e-commerce platforms like Paytm, and Woohoo among others.
******************** MSEDCL caters to 20,330-mw peak power demand on Sept 15 *
State power utility MSEDCL said it catered to a peak demand of 20,330 megawatt (mw) on September 15 by procuring an additional 5,200 mw from various sources to ensure uninterrupted supply across the state.
While the total power available from long term PPA was around 14,354 mw, compared with contracted capacity of 29,840 mw, the company procured 275 mw from bilateral short term tender, 3,200 mw from Indian Energy exchange and balance 1,675 mw by peaking Koyna hydro generation, a release said.
"This demand was about 3,500 MW or 22 per cent more as compared to same period last year and also the second to the highest demand of 20,340 mw recorded on April 23, 2018," MSEDCL said in the release.
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