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Tech giant's India unit is developing blockchain-based solutions for global oil & gas majors Companies News  :  Global IT services giant Accenture will soon see the roll-out of its blockchain solutions by two oil and gas majors in Asia-Pacific and North American regions, and most part of the implementation is being done by the company’s advanced technology centre in India. Though blockchain has grabbed a lot of attention globally as a transformational technology post its use in crypto currencies, the large-scale implementation by enterprises is still a far cry. The company had already piloted the solution in these companies, which would soon see enterprise-level implementation. “After a year of discussion and co-innovation with one of our oil and gas clients, proof of concept and solutions have been signed up. Now, they are going for full-scale global implementation. It will happen soon," according to Mohan Sekhar, Senior managing director and lead at Accentu...

During the no-confidence motion debate, Gandhi had accused the Modi government of changing the deal to benefit 'one businessman' Latest News  :  Billionaire Anil Ambani has written to Congress President Rahul Gandhi refuting allegations of his Reliance Group lacking experience to get the Rafale fighter jet deal and said the government had no role in French Group Dassault picking up his company as a local partner. In a two-page letter written on December 12, 2017, Ambani explained to Gandhi, who has been attacking the government over the  Rafale deal  , why his Reliance Group bagged the multi-billion dollar project. Invoking his family's "respectful relationship" with the Gandhi family over generations, Ambani said he was "personally saddened" by the "unfortunate statements" against him and his group by several functionaries of the Congress party. "Not only do we have the necessary experience but we are also the lead...

The offer will begin at 5.01 PM on Friday, the timing that reflects the Rs 501 price tag of the JioPhone Mukesh Ambani-led  Reliance Jio  has advanced by a day to July 20 the launch of its monsoon 'hungama' scheme that would offer its JioPhone to customers for Rs 501, a company source said. Earlier, in the annual general meeting of Reliance Industries, Ambani had announced that the scheme will begin from July 21. The offer will begin at 5.01 PM on Friday, the timing that reflects the Rs 501 price tag of the JioPhone. The registration for new JioPhone is already live on the official website of Relaince Jio. "Jio will start monsoon hungama scheme from 5.01 pm on July 20. Even the timing has been kept to reflect effective price of the phone," the source told PTI. According to the source, Reliance Jio will announce the terms and condition of the scheme on Friday. From August 15 onward, both existing and new, JioPhone users will also get to ac...

Veteran performer  Rita Bhaduri  , who worked widely in movies and network shows, including the progressing "Nimki Mukhiya", kicked the bucket here on Tuesday, said a source from the doctor's facility where she was conceded for over seven days. Rita was at the Sujay Hospital in Vile Parle. She was battling a feeble kidney and was on dialysis. "She passed on at around 1.30 a.m. what's more, her relatives took her body from the healing facility at around 4 a.m.," the source told IANS. Zama Habib, maker and author of "Nimki Mukhiya", said that by one means or another he knew it would happen. "We were at the healing facility the previous evening. Her condition was bad. We have dropped the present shoot because of her death," Habib told IANS. In "Nimki Mukhiya", she was viewed as an Imarti Devi, the grandma of the house. What will happen to her character? "The last time she shot for the show w...

Washington is said to have indicated to New Delhi that the Trump administration is favourably considering the invite India has invited US President Donald Trump to be the chief guest for next year's  Republic Day 2019  parade, the Times of India reported on Friday. An official response from the US is still awaited. However, in the past few weeks, Washington is said to have indicated to New Delhi that the Trump administration is favourably considering the invite, the daily reported. The invite was sent in April and followed up by several rounds of diplomatic engagement. The invitation by the Narendra Modi government comes amid difference with the US over trade tariffs and the latter's sanctions on Iran. Trump's predecessor, Barack Obama, was the chief guest for the 2015 Republic Day parade and celebrations. Leaders of all the 10 countries of the ASEAN bloc were the chief guests for the 2018 parade. Article Source :  BS  

The UP government's order comes after the Maharashtra government's state-wide ban on the use of plastic items After Maharashtra, the Uttar Pradesh government has banned the use of several plastic products, news agency ANI reported on Friday. "We have issued an order to ban the use of  plastic ban  across the state from July 15," Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath was quoted as saying by ANI. "After July 15, plastic cups, glasses, and polythene should not be used," said Adityanath, adding, "For this, we should all work together." Article Source : -  BS    

Flipkart is looking at adding content to its portal Major e-commerce and retail players, including Paytm, Future Group and Flipkart, are set to invest close to $100 million in procuring and incorporating entertainment content, in a bid to take on  Amazon  India. According to sources, Paytm, which recently announced a host of new features in ‘Inbox’, its in-app messaging service, including live TV, news, cricket, entertainment videos and games, is planning to invest close to $30 million in this sector. Kishore Biyani-led Future Group is planning to make significant investments in creating a separate entertainment vertical on the company’s various apps and has set aside close to $14.5 billion for on-boarding artificial intelligence and machine learning on its platform to support entertainment content. It is also in talks with various entertainment content providers as well as movie theatre chains to provide tickets online as well as offline. Article Source :...

Spicejet's 'Mega Monsoon Sale' is offering one-way tickets starting from as low as Rs 999 on various popular routes Budget passenger carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday announced its "Mega Monsoon Sale" which offers all inclusive one-way fares starting from as low as Rs 999 for non-stop flights on select sectors on its domestic network. The five-day sale will be open till midnight of July 8 and the travel period will be valid till October 8, the airline said in a statement. "The promo one-way fare of Rs 999 will be applicable for popular routes including Dehradun- Delhi, Delhi-Dehradun, Delhi-Jaipur, Delhi-Chandigarh, Chennai-Bengaluru, Jammu-Srinagar, and Agartala-Kolkata." Click Here To Read More →  Spicejet monsoon sale  

An official said that it seems that incessant rain caused cracks in the FOB, which later resulted in the collapse A section of a foot overbridge in Mumbai caved in over the Western Railway (WR) tracks during Tuesday morning's peak hours following incessant rain, leaving five persons injured, and creating a scare among the commuters, an official said. The crash has affected Mumbai's lifeline -- the suburban train services, which ferries around eight million commuters daily. The injured, who include one woman, have been admitted to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's R N Cooper Hospital in Vile Parle, a BMC official said. One of them is critical. Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has ordered an inquiry into the incident. Read More :  Andheri bridge collapse  

In a bid to protect the environment, South Central Railways has installed machines for crushing and recycling plastic bottles at select stations in Hyderabad. The installations have been made at Kachiguda, Secunderabad and Nizamabad stations along with Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh. These crusher machines are of the size of a refrigerator and have the capacity to crush around 5000 bottles per day. The crushed bottles come out as fine plastic pieces, ready to be sold as scrap in the market or to be reused to make bags and T-shirts. "The aim to install these machines is to protect the environment. If any passenger wants to throw the plastic water bottle they can put into this machine, which will crush the water bottle," Chief Public Relations Officer of South Central Railways, Uma Shankar told ANI. Not only are initiatives being taken to prevent littering, but measures are being implemented to discourage the use of plastic itself. Earlier this month...

Currently, the leader is Kung Fu Panda 3, which raked in Rs 221.2 million, followed by the second movie in the same franchise Incredibles 2 , the sequel to the 2004 movie The Incredibles, is inching its way to the top of the charts as the most successful animated movie at the Indian box office. Distributed by Disney India in the country, the film released on June 22 and made Rs 178.5 million in the first weekend of its release. The film's opening ensures it top berth among the most successful animation films from Hollywood. Currently, the leader is Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016), which raked in Rs 221.2 million, followed by the second movie in the same franchise, Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011), at Rs 205.5 million. Currently, Incredibles 2 is on the fourth spot on the list, behind Angry Birds (2016), which made Rs 198 million at the Indian box office. While live action films from Hollywood have adopted localisation as a strategic tool while releasing movies in the country, the ea...

Monsoon will hit the national capital anytime between June 29 and July 1, with pre-monsoon activities expected to begin this week, according to IMD Heavy rains, which lashed Mumbai on Sunday night and continue in several parts of the city, have led to waterlogging in several low-lying areas. The rains also adversely affected road and rail traffic in Mumbai, with local trains running late by up 15-20 minutes on Monday morning. Neighbouring Gujarat also witnessed heavy rainfall on Sunday. Visuals posted by ANI on Twitter showed heavy water-logging in the state's Valsad district. #Gujarat: Heavy water-logging in parts of Valsad district's Umbergaon due to continuous rainfall in the region. ANI on Twitter — ANI (@ANI) June 25, 2018 Two people lost their lives in rain-related incidents in Mumbai on Sunday. #Maharashtra: Two people died, five were injured after a tree fell on them at MG road, near Metro Cinema in Mumbai, yesterday. #MumbaiRain — ANI ...

The 83-year-old Pune-headquartered Bank of Maharashtra is ranked among the major public sector banks in India In a sudden development, the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) here arrested Ravindra P. Marathe, the Chairman and Managing Director of Bank of Maharashtra, in a case of Rs 30 billion fraudulent loans extended to Pune's DSK Group, an official said here on Wednesday. The EOW has also arrested the bank's Executive Director Rajendra K. Gupta, Zonal Manager Nityanand Deshpande from Ahmedabad and former CMD Sushil Muhnot from Jaipur. The 83-year-old Pune-headquartered Bank of Maharashtra is ranked among the major public sector banks in India. The bank's present Chairman and Managing Director Ravindra Marathe, Executive Director Rajendra Gupta, Zonal Manager Nityanand Deshpande, bank's former CMD Sushil Muhnot, Kulkarni's CA Sunil Ghatpande, and vice president Rajiv Newaskar of the engineering department of Kulkarni's firm, D S Kulkarni Develo...