Capitol Hospital, Jalandhar, No. 1 in Punjab in NIC ranking
Jalandhar-based Capitol Hospital has been ranked number one in Punjab in coronary intervention data for the year 2018 by the National Interventional Council. The data has been represented by Dr A Sreenivas Kumar, chairman and chief cardiologist, Citizens Hospitals, Hyderabad. The data was collected from 709 cardiac centres across the country. The National Interventional Council is the interventional faction of the Cardiological Society of India, representing over 3,000 interventional cardiologists.
LPU agriculture student bags Rs 1-crore package
Kavita Faman, a final year MSc Agriculture (Agronomy) student of Lovely Professional University, Jalandhar, has bagged a package of Rs 1 crore from Monsanto, a global leader in agrochemicals and part of the crop sciences division of Bayer Group. She has been offered the role of production manager at Monsanto, Canada.
Hayr to roll out self-drive car share service in Chandigarh
Chandigarh is set to become the country’s first city with free float self-drive car share service. Tech startup ‘Hayr Technology’ — a Chandigarh-based company will launch the concept of free-float service in Chandigarh on April 17. The unique concept of free-float refers to pick up and drop off vehicle anywhere within a designated parking area. The ease to reserve the available car instantly makes car sharing attractive. The service can be availed by a mobile app. The confirmation would be sent immediately along with other details.
BSNL Enterprise Business records Rs 6,500-cr revenue
BSNL Enterprise Business has scaled new peaks by booking business of around Rs 6,500 crore during FY 2018-19. In the Punjab circle, 3,138 lease circuits were commissioned and enterprise business of Rs 94 crore was achieved during 2018-19.
Chandigarh dips in fitness quotient: Reebok survey
Reebok’s Fit India Survey reveals that Chandigarh has taken a hit on the fitness quotient from second position to fourth with a Fitscore of 6.60 in 2019 as compared to 7.35 in 2017. Reebok has mapped the fitness habits in the age group of 18-35 years. Chandigarh ranks fourth fittest city in the country after Kolkata with a score of 9, Delhi (7.99) and Mumbai (7.64).
Samsung launches new smartphone Galaxy A80
Samsung Electronics has unveiled a new smartphone - Galaxy A80. The company also announced attractive offers on Galaxy S10 line, making it easier for consumers to buy the premium phone. Consumers buying Galaxy S10e will get an exchange bonus of Rs 4,000 versus Rs 2,000 earlier. Consumers buying Galaxy S10 (128GB variant) will get an exchange bonus of Rs 6,000 versus Rs 3,000 earlier.
PHD Startup Committee holds first meeting
The first meeting of Punjab Startup Committee of PHD Chamber was held in Chandigarh recently. Committee chairman RS Sachdeva said the meeting was aimed at providing practical solutions and organising mentoring sessions for the startups by engaging mentors from the industry.
Indofil Industries acquires Agrowin Biosciences
Indofil Industries has acquired a majority stake in Italy-based Agrowin Biosciences, a crop protection and plant nutrients company. Agrowin has a robust distribution network in European market while Indofil with its own expertise in manufacturing, product development, regulatory and global agribusiness technology sees this acquisition to create a stronger presence in European markets.
VIP Industries launches ‘Hello Holidays’ campaign
VIP Industries, a leader in luggage industry, is set to unveil a campaign for its home-grown iconic brand, VIP. The brand has transformed itself with a new philosophy of 'Hello Holidays', targeting young and contemporary families. With emphasis on people who love to travel, VIP bags aims to be the family's most preferred travel gear. The relaunch touches every dimension; unveiling a new brand logo and identity, a new consumer proposition and a new collection.
ThoughtSpot to invest $25 million in Bengaluru
ThoughtSpot, a business intelligence and big data analytics platform that helps in exploring, analysing and sharing real-time business analytics data, has announced plans to invest $25 million in its engineering centre in Bengaluru. The funds will be used to innovate the company’s industry leading search and AI-driven analytics platform and continue to recruit talent from top Indian universities. It will also begin business operations in India to bring augmented analytics to enterprises throughout the region.
HDFC Bank ranks No. 1 in Forbes survey
HDFC Bank has been ranked No. 1 in India by customers in the ‘World's Best Banks’ survey conducted by Forbes magazine. In the first edition of this survey, Forbes partnered with market research firm Statista to measure the best banks in 23 countries.
Xebia partners with SRM University for B.Tech course
Xebia Academy Global, the education business unit of Xebia, has recently signed an MoU with SRM University, Sonepat, to launch a B.Tech computer science engineering programme specialisation in DevOps for the academic session 2019-20. Xebia will design the course curriculum and create study modules containing high quality and industry-specific content along with placement support for the graduating students.
RCF, Kapurthala, organises 64th Railway Week
Rail Coach Factory, Kapurthala, recently celebrated the 64th Railway Week Award Function-2019. Satya Prakash Trivedi, general manager, RCF, was the chief guest and gave away mementos, certificates and cash awards to 46 employees/officers for their outstanding performance during the year 2018-19.
Fabindia unveils experience centre in Chandigarh
Fabindia has announced the launch of its experience centre in Sector 17, Chandigarh. The store has been designed keeping in mind the multi-dimensional Fabindia offering that extends across a number of categories and services catering to every age group and their distinct needs.
SBI opens facilitation centre, digital lounge at Chandimandir
SBI managing director (R&DB) PK Gupta on Monday inaugurated a facilitation centre and digital lounge at Chandimandir for Army officers and veterans in the presence of Lt Gen PM Bali, Chief of Staff, Western Command, and other senior officials. The centre includes e-lobby which houses two ATM machines, cash-deposit machine, pass book printing machine (Swayam), a dedicated relationship manager for the officers besides providing all pension-related services. Rana Ashutosh Kumar Singh, CGM, SBI, Chandigarh Circle, was also present.
Elante celebrates sixth anniversary on Baisakhi
Elante Mall, Chandigarh, celebrated its sixth anniversary on April 14 in the true festive spirit by holding Baisakhi festivities filled with an array of exciting activities like bhangra, giddha and performances by musical bands. A mega cake-cutting ceremony was also held where patrons and retailers of the mall participated in large numbers.
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India opens new dealership
Honda Motorcycle and Scooter India (HMSI) and GS Honda have opened their new ultra-modern and hi-tech showroom and service station in Deol Nagar on Nakodar Road, Jalandhar. Jitender Kumar, zonal manager (sales) of HMSI and Gurinder Paul Singh, MD of GS Honda, said it was a matter of pride that the market share of the company and its products were constantly increasing in the Indian market.
Nawanshahar receives ‘Swachh City Award’
Nawanshahar has bagged “Swachh City Award” from the Union Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs for being the first cleanest city in North Zone in the below 1 lakh population category. Vinay Bublani, Deputy Commissioner, Nawanshahar, received the award at a function held in New Delhi. He said the award had been accorded to the city on the basis of ‘Swachh Survekshan-2019’ carried out under the Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban). He said the city has also been declared ‘garbage-free’ city.
