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Ola and Uber Drivers Begin a Hunger Strike

18May By Sheldan RungasamyNo Comments

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Ola and Uber Drivers Begin a Hunger Strike

Ola and Uber, the two cab-hailing giant companies are facing tough times as their Rajasthani taxi drivers are conducting a hunger strike from today due to disagreements against the rates of commission charged by their companies that they deem too high. The drivers also conducted a strike last month that lasted nine days and ended only when the tech-firms agreed to meet some of the drivers’ demands and promised to look further in the matter of others. The drivers’ association also pressed both Ola and Uber to stop the fleet cars whereby a driver is provided a car by the company against minimal rates and a compulsory fee of Rs 1,100 daily to the firms. “The company is adding up new cars every day. The competition is tough and it is getting difficult to get work. Hence, we are demanding...

SBI in Association With BSNL Launched Digital Wallet ‘State Bank MobiCash’

17Dec By PriyankaNo Comments

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SBI in Association With BSNL Launched Digital Wallet ‘State Bank MobiCash’

The country’s largest lender State Bank of India (SBI), in partnership with Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), Saturday launched its mobile wallet application ‘State Bank MobiCash’ for feature as well as smartphones. The new wallet services will initially be available in Punjab, Rajasthan, Haryana and Bihar and expanded pan-India by the end of December. MobiCash will allow users to deposit cash through BSNL retail outlets and withdraw funds from their account. SBI already has an application named SBI Buddy for smartphone users. With the large network of BSNL and SBI, this wallet will reach the remotest areas of the country, in line with the government's digitisation mission, said Finance Minister Arun Jaitley who launched the wallet. быстрый займ без отказа на картузайм по см...

Airtel Pips Paytm, Launched First Airtel Payments Bank in Rajasthan

23Nov By AdityaNo Comments

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Airtel Pips Paytm, Launched First Airtel Payments Bank in Rajasthan

Sunil Mittal Led Bharti airtel launched first payment bank in Rajasthan on pilot project basis. The branch will be a testing point before full-scale pan-India launch, company statement in a press release. The bank known as "Airtel Payments Bank" will offer interest rate of 7.25 percent per annum on deposits in savings accounts. The company said customers in towns and villages across Rajasthan will now be able to open bank accounts at Airtel retail outlets, which will also act as Airtel banking points and offer a range of basic banking services. "With this, Airtel Bank becomes the first payments bank in the country to go live. Airtel Bank will commence the pilot with banking points at 10,000 Airtel retail outlets (in Rajasthan)," the statement added. "Airtel Bank plans to expand it...

Rajasthan Partners With Cisco For Connected Learning Solution

5Sep By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Rajasthan Partners With Cisco For Connected Learning Solution

Rajasthan education department has partnered with US-based technology firm Cisco to promote digital learning across the state using virtual digital room solutions. "This initiative aims to enhance the quality of education through digital learning for academia to connect, collaborate, create and share content across 12 centres of State Institute for Education Management and Training (SIEMAT) in the state," Cisco said in a statement. The financial details of the partnership were, however, not disclosed. Under this association, Cisco and SIEMAT have committed to 50,000 manhours of training annually through the virtual digital classrooms. Cisco has partnered with the Rajasthan government to establish Digital Learning Solution Rooms (DLSRs) which will deploy virtual digital classroo...

Facebook to Help Jodhpurs Handicraft Artisans in Growing Business

1Sep By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Facebook to Help Jodhpurs Handicraft Artisans in Growing Business

Social networking giant Facebook has come forward to help handicraft artisans of Jodhpur, which has a global imprint on handicraft manufacturing and exports. A business promotion team from Facebook will be in the city next week to hold seminars and one-to-one meetings with the artisans and train them to harness the social media platform for growing their business. In pursuance of an MoU between the Rajasthan government and Facebook, this team will help the artisans promote their products through a Facebook page and train them in the entire process, right from making a page to operating it effectively so as to maximise their reach. "Normally these artisans are engaged in completing the orders placed by the handicraft exporters and could never think of getting access to the glob...

Make in India: This Indian State Attracts Investments Of Over Rs 1.5 Lakh Cr

1Nov By Press Trust of IndiaNo Comments

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Make in India: This Indian State Attracts Investments Of Over Rs 1.5 Lakh Cr

In the run up to the Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit, agreements worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore have been signed with companies from solar, mining, textiles and petroleum sectors, as the state gears up to become a major investment destination. Resurgent Rajasthan Partnership Summit 2015 is slated to be held in Jaipur on November 19 and 20. "We have MoUs worth over Rs 1.5 lakh crore. A major chunk of the investments promised under the agreements are in solar energy sector, apart from petroleum and mines," Veenu Gupta, Principal Secretary, Industries, Government of Rajasthan said. "We have been able to attract major investments in the solar energy sector owing to our inherent climatic advantages," she added. Asked about comparisons with Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, who have been...