Air India to reduce free baggage allowance
Indian airline carrier Air India is all set to lower its free baggage allowance from 20 kgs to 15 kgs in the domestic sector. The airline will start charging a flat rate of about Rs. 200 to 250 per kilo on excess…
BlackBerry services interrupted again
BlackBerry customers across India, as well as in some other countries, were not able to send and receive emails on May 3, 2013. The subscribers were not able to get messages through the BlackBerry messenger, as the Canadian company services…
Boeing to compensate Air India for grounding of Dreamliners
The Rajya Sabha was informed on May 2, 2013, that the US-based aircraft manufacturer Boeing, said that it has agreed to compensate the Indian carrier Air India, for the grounding of its Dreamliner aircraft due to battery and fire incidents. KC…
Amul to begin international auction of its products
Indian dairy giant and the makers of the Amul brand, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, will begin offering some of its products to global buyers. These global buyers will be offered products through an international auction site, starting from next…
Petrol rates to be reduced by Rs 3 per litre
The rates of petrol have been reduced by Rs. 3 per litre from March 1, 2013 in India. The new rates will be the first substantial price cut in about a year. This is also the fourth reduction in the…
BlackBerry Q10 sells out in two hours
The new BlackBerry Q10 smartphone has become the fastest selling consumer electronics product for Selfridges. Selfridges is a high-end British departmental store chain and the smartphone had gone on sale exclusively at the Oxford St. London Store over the weekend….
Restaurants in Mumbai to protest against service tax
More than 27,000 restaurants in the city of Mumbai, which is considered to be the financial capital of India, are likely to remain closed on April 29, 2013. The protest has been taken up in response to a call by…
Five more Indian cities to provide visa on arrival facility
Apart from the four metro cities in India, tourist visa on arrival (VoA) facilities will now be available in five more places in the country. The facility has been introduced in the cities of Bangalore, Goa, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kochi….
Reliance Communications and Twitter join hands for unlimited access plan
Indian telecom giant Reliance Communications said on April 23, 2013, that it has partnered with the micro blogging site Twitter to launch a prepaid plan for GSM subscribers in the country. The promotional offer will be available for free for 90 days,…
European countries adopt Indian way of packaging milk
The popular Mother Dairy brand of milk, which is a part of the Gujarat Co-operative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF), has now become the world’s largest producer of milk. Now the Indian way of supplying daily milk to the customers in…