Jaika Kia delivered its first Kia Carnival from Jaika Kia MIDC showroom recently. Kartik Kale, Dealer Partner of Kia Motors India believes, “We are proud to be partners of Kia Motors in India and bring some of the most innovative and global products to the region. We are confident of delivering the best of the products and service to our customers and ensure that Kia’s newest offering -the bold and sophisticated Kia Carnival – reaches the customers and resonates the value of sheer extravagance.”..

RETAIL opportunities at transport hubs like airports, railways, metro, highways are expected to grow to USD 21.6 billion by 2030, according to a survey by property consultant Knight Frank. As per the survey, this growth is attributable to a healthy growth in passenger traffic as well as transport infrastructure in the country. It noted that the total retail opportunity across various transport hubs in India, such as airports, highways and bus stations, metro , railways, will grow manifold in new decade. ..

EDIBLE oil industry on Tuesday urged the Government to stop issuing further licences for the import of palmolien, warning that it would further depress local prices ahead of the arrival of massive mustard seed crop. In a representation to the Commerce Ministry, Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) President Atul Chaturvedi noted that the Government banned import of RBD Palmolein a month back to check excessive imports but media reports said that the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) ..

‘The She Fest 2020’, a two-day extravaganza to celebrate the International Women’s Day and felicitate the women of substance in India will be held at Hotel Centre Point, Ramdaspeth, Nagpur on March 7 and 8. The festival will be jointly organised by The Times of India, Tanishq, Maharashtra Times, MSME, MultiFit Nagpur, Doctor Modi, and Nation Next...

PRIVATE equity and venture capital (PE/VC) inflows started 2020 on a strong note as the month of January recorded investments worth USD 2.5 billion up 34 per cent over the year-ago period, a report said on Tuesday. According to the IVCA-EY monthly PE/VC roundup, PE/VC investments in January 2020 (USD 2.5 billion) were 34 per cent higher than the value recorded in January 2019 (USD 1.9 billion) and 41 per cent lower compared to December 2019 (USD 4.3 billion). In terms of number of PE/VC investments ..

IT SEEMS that gold prices are defying the force of gravity and skyrocketing to new highs. On Monday, the gold prices rose by about Rs 900 to hit all time high of Rs 43,300 per 10 grams in the city. Similarly, silver was quoted at Rs 49,000 per kg. The main reason for the steep rise in prices is the insecurity felt by people due to the outbreak of coronavirus from China. This was revealed by Rajesh Khandelwal, Director of Khandelwal Jewellers, Dharampeth while speaking to The Hitavada on Monday. Khandelwar ..

The Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) in association with National Schedule Caste & Schedule Tribe Hub (NSSH) and Dalit Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (DICCI) will be jointly staring ‘Swavalamban Sankalp - Mega Campaign’ a series of one-day outreach, awareness and business opportunity programme pan India to give fillip to ‘Stand Up India (SUI) Scheme’. DICCI Founder Chairman Dr Milind Kamble announced this at a press conference on Sunday...

OPTIMISM level of mid-market Indian business leaders have seen a dip of 10 percentage points in the second half of 2019 as compared to the first half but have displayed cautious optimism while entering 2020, says a report. Grant Thornton’s International Business Report (IBR) said with recent slowdown in real GDP growth to below 5 per cent, optimism level of mid-market Indian business leaders has seen a dip of 10 percentage points in H2 2019 to 69 per cent from 79 per cent in H1 2019...

WITH ‘cash is king, but digital is divine’ motto, the Reserve Bank on Monday said, its endeavour will be to make digital payments a divine experience for the users after being buoyed by over Rs 3.5 lakh crore reduction in the notes in circulation (NIC) post demonetisation. In its assessment of the progress of digitisation from cash to electronic, the Reserve Bank of India said while there is no accurate measure of cash payments in the country, ..

THE Government on Monday introduced a new electronic form for incorporation of companies, saying the initiative will help in reducing time and cost of starting a business in the country. SPICe+, an integrated web form, would have two parts -- for reserving names for new companies and providing various services at the time of incorporation. “Registration for EPFO and ESIC shall be mandatory for all new companies to be incorporated through SPICe+ and no EPFO and ESIC registration numbers shall be separately ..

INMF - INTUC is affiliated to IndustriALL Global Union with its headquarter at Geneva (Switzerland). On invitation from Australia’s largest Trade Union “Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), S Q Zama, Secretary General, INMF (INTUC) has left Nagpur on February 23, 2020 to Delhi enroute to Melbourne and onward journey to Gold Coast Airport near to Queensland Area to attend ‘Global Cut: The Dust Conference’ at Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia from February 25 to February 27, 2020...

STATE Home Minister Anil Deshmukh recently visited Andhra Pradesh and met their Chief Minister Y S Jagmohan Reddy to study implementation of ‘Disha Act’ in Andhar Pradesh whichseeksfast-trackcourtsand time bound delivery of offenses againstwomenandchildren,furthermore which awards death penalty. Vidarbha Taxpayers Association (VTA) had also recently requested State Governmenttoprepare a similar act for Maharashtra as the crime againstwomenandchildrenand growing countrywide and many are from our state ..

THERMAL coal imports at the country’s 12 major ports declined 14.98 per cent to 74.60 million tonnes(MT)duringApril-January this fiscal, as per a report by the Indian Ports Association. The Centre-owned ports had handled 87.74 MT of the dry fuel in the same period of the previous year. The Indian Ports Association (IPA),which maintains cargo data handled by these 12 ports, in its report said“ percentage variation from previous year” in thermal coal handling was at 14.98 per cent. Imports of coking ..

RESERVE Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das has said the central bank has already initiated discussions with some institutions and efforts are on for inclusion of Government bonds in global indices as quickly as possible. The development would attract higher foreign flows as many overseas funds are mandated to track global indices. It will help bring in large passive investments from overseas, as a result more domestic capital would be available for industry as crowding out to that extent would ..

HINDUJA Group flagship firm Ashok Leyland on Friday said it currently doesn’t foresee the coronavirus outbreak affecting its plans for migration to BS-VI emission norms, although some of its component suppliers source parts from China.The commercial vehicle manufacturer, which on Friday delivered its BS-VI compliant modular platform vehicles to select customers, also said it doesn’t see demand bouncing back in the first two quarters of next fiscal.“While we do not have any direct ..

  NATIONAL Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE) has included technology consulting and digital solutions company Larsen & Toubro Infotech (LTI) in its Nifty Next 50 Index. LTI got listed in July 2016, and the company has grown rapidly during last the four years, leading to this significant milestone in its growth journey, it said in a release. The NIFTY Next 50 Index is computed basis free float methodology i.E taking the firm’s equity price and multiplying it by the number of shares ..

  THE outbreak of the new virus threatens to erase $29 billion of this year’s revenue for global airlines, mostly for Chinese carriers, as travel crashes worldwide, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA).The trade group for global airlines said on Thursday that the virus causing COVID-19 has the potential for causing a 13% decline in demand for Asian carriers this year.The contraction comes at a time when Asian airlines’ sales had been growing, the group ..

GOLD loan financier Muthoot Finance on Friday said it has raised USD 550 million (around Rs 3,900 crore) through dollar bond, offering a coupon of 4.4 per cent.The proceeds of the issue will be used for towards lending, the company said in a release.Last year in October, it had raised USD 450 million through its maiden three-year bond.“The response from international bond investors in our second issue is quite overwhelming. This fund raise will enable us in further diversifying and strengthening ..

 WIPRO Digital, the digital business unit of IT major Wipro, on Friday said it has acquired digital customer experience (CX) firm Rational Interaction. However, Wipro Digital didn’t disclose the acquisition amount.Founded in 2009, Rational Interaction is headquartered in Washington and has over 300 employees. It has offices in Seattle, Bellevue, Dublin and Sydney.“The acquisition will scale Wipro Digital’s offering for Chief Marketing Officers (CMO), connecting Rational Interaction&#..

HONDA Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) on Thursday launched BS-VI compliant version of its Shine bike model price starting at Rs 67,857 (ex-showroom Delhi). The Shine is powered by a BS-VI compliant 125cc engine with 14 per cent more fuel economy than the previous version, HONDA Motorcycle and Scooter India said in a statement. Commenting on the launch, HMSI President, Cheif Executive Officer and Managing Director Minoru Kato said the next generation Shine BS-VI, “unleash another quiet revolution ..

THE Government in its Union Budget had taken proper measures which will encourage fisheries, gardening and other non-agricultural sector to increase rural employment, said Dr Ashwini Mahajan, Professor at Delhi University and All India Joint Convenor of Swadeshi Jagran Manch. Dr Mahajan was speaking as a keynote speaker on the topic ‘Present Economic Scenario’ organised by Nag Vidarbha Chamber of Commerce (NVCC) recenlty...

Sarkaryawah of RSS Bhaiyaji Joshi will inagurate the new premises of Sadhana Co-operative Bank Ltd., located at Jaripatka on February 21 at 4.30 pm. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari will be the chief guest on the occasion while Maharashtra Energy Minister Nitin Raut as well as Opposition Leader and former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis will be the special guests. Apart from this, Sarita Gangadharrao Fadnavis and Chairman of Nagpur Municipal Health Committee Virender Kukreja will also attend the event. ..

Ali Coaching Classes Pvt. Ltd., one of the most renowned and trusted institutes imparting coaching for preparation of Medical Entrance Examination (i.e. NEET), has started admissions for the batches of Test Series for NEET 2020 for 2 years regular batch of XI+XII+NEET 2022. There will be total 55 tests in the Test Series for NEET 2020 which are commencing from March 3 and the 2 years regular batch of XI+XII+NEET 2022 for Xth appearing students will start from July 6...

YASH Panhekar has taken over the charge of General Manager Telecom, BSNL Nagpur and he will be head of Nagpur Telecom District. A visionary person, known to be upright and efficient, BSNL has rightly handed over the reign of Nagpur Telecom District to him at a time when BSNL or entire telecom industry in the country is passing through a very difficult and challenging phase...

Automobile dealers’ body FADA on Thursday said passenger vehicle (PV) retail sales in January declined 4.61 per cent to 2,90,879 units as compared to same month last year, hit by tepid response by end customers. According to Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA), which collected vehicle registration data from 1,223 out of the 1,432 regional transport offices (RTOs), PV sales stood at 3,04,929 units in January 2019. Two-wheeler sales declined 8.82 per cent to 12,67,366 units last month ..

ACTRESS and style icon Bhumi Pednekar launched the largest store of ORRA, the bridal jewellery brand for the style-conscious women of today and brides in the city. Hundreds of women cheered this momentous occasion of diva Bhumi Pednekar launching the 3,500 sq ft ORRA Fine Jewellery store at Rachna Galaxy, Plot No 10, Ground Floor, North Ambazari Road, Dharampeth on Wednesday. Dipu Mehta, Promoter of ORRA..

IIT-Home has declared the on-line registration slots for Admission Screening Examination (ASE) 2022, the single-stage on-line examination to be conducted on April 6. ASE 2022 is the gateway to take admission to IIT-Home’s two-year integrated programme (2YIP) for JEE Main/Advanced preparation. Slot 1 for on-line registration will be open from February 20 to February 27, while Slot 2 will be open from March 20 to March 27. The students appearing in the 10th Board examination in March 2020 are eligible ..

WESTERN Coalfields Limited (WCL) has been conferred with the prestigious national award. National Scheduled Tribes Commission (NCST) Leadership Award-2020 in the Central Public Sector Undertaking category was confirmed upon WCL...

INDIA’S solar energy capacity addition dipped 12 per cent to 7,346 megawatts (MW) in the calender year 2019 from 8,338 MW in 2018, according to a report by Mercom India Research. While 2019 was a lost year for the country’s solar sector, Mercom India Research expects solar installations to rise by 17 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to about 8,500 MW by the end of 2020. “The country installed 7,346 MW of solar in 2019, a 12 per cent decline year-over-year (YoY), compared to 8,338 MW installed in 2018,” ..

SHREE Ayurvedic College recently organised a free cataract operation camp in the memory of Vaid Pt Ram Narayan Sharma, founder of Shree Baidyanath Ayurvedic Bhavan. Total 100 patients availed the benefit of the free camp which was sponsored by Shree Baidyanath Ayurved Bhawan Pvt Ltd. The camp was conducted at Pakwasa Hospital, Hanuman Nagar. Patients were given lens after the operation...

BHARAT Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Energy Efficiency Services Limited (EESL), a joint venture of four national public sector enterprises under Ministry of Power, Government of India. Under this partnership, public charging stations at 200 BSNL sites Pan Maharashtra and Goa will be set-up in a phased manner. BSNL will provide the requisite space and power connections for installing the charging infrastructure. ..

KHANDELWAL Sarees and Khandelwal Jewellers are geared up for the wedding sea￾son.To showcase its wed￾ding collection the stores conducted fashion show in which famous models showcased wedding col￾lection.The show attract￾ed large number of peo￾ple who showed lot of interest in the collection of sarees and ladies wear along with new design fashion jewellery...

MAHINDRA & Mahindra along with their authorised service deal￾er Provincial Automobile Company Limited has organised Mega Service Camp from February 17 to 25. The camp was inaugurated at the hands of Hemant Kumar Kharabe, Senior PI, MIDC Police Station, along with CEO Gurmeet Singh Suri and Rakesh Borkar, Service Head, Mahindra Provincial Automobiles, Nagpur...

ATHAVALE Classes Crash Course for class 10 (CBSE) will be commencing from April 23. The crash course for class 10 State will be from April 14. The subjects covered for class 10 (State) are Maths, Science, Social Science, English, Marathi and Sanskrit/Hindi...

THE sharp reduction in lending rates is insufficient to prop up credit growth which is set to fall in July this year, an American bro￾kerage said on Tuesday. Deterioration in factory production and real wage growth are the impeding factors limiting the growth in credit flow,..