SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

Over 8,000 flight tickets booked this Eid-ul-Fitr on May 25 Top-flight routes Delhi-Patna, Bengaluru-Kolkata, Mumbai-Varanasi and Delhi-Srinagar Close to 3,000 train tickets getting booked every day for 230 trains that have been opened for ticketing Migrants booking train tickets in large numbers from New Delhi to Patna, Kanpur, Howrah, Guntur-Secunderabad other top routes Mumbai, 2 nd  June’20:  India’s horizontal travel major that has been a pioneer in launching innovative features for flight, bus and train travellers, Paytm Travel today announced that over 60,000 fight and train tickets have been booked in the last one week post the easing of lockdown travel norms. According to the travel major, most of the tickets booked for flight as well as for trains are by citizens heading back home from metropolitans to home towns in tier-II and tier-III cities. Due to the last three consecutive lockdowns, several travellers had to stay back in metro cities mainly New De...

Mumbai, May 25, 2020:  India's leading financial services platform Paytm Travel, today announced that with the government easing lockdown norms and allowing domestic airlines to resume operations, the company has seen an increase in the demand for air tickets. According to Paytm Travel, a majority of the tickets being sold are of travellers going from metropolitans to tier-II and smaller cities.  The flight search volume on Paytm Travel in the last few days has been trending at close to 200% of the average daily search volume witnessed before the lockdown began in March. Since the bookings opened up,  there has been  over 85 lakh  searches  for flight tickets with a surge in demand happening over the weekend. The searches hit a peak of 1.77 lakh requests per hour during the last three days. Due to the last three consecutive lockdowns, several travellers had to stay back in metro cities mainly New Delhi, Mumbai, Bengaluru which they might have...

Customers can now get next day doorstep delivery of essentials from nearest Vishal Mega Mart through Flipkart in a hygienic, fast, and convenient manner through a safe supply chain Started across 26 cities including Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Patna, Guwahati, Amritsar, Jalandhar, Jaipur, Bareilly, Varanasi, Lucknow, Kanpur, Aligarh, Dehradun, Indore, Bhopal, Gwalior, Raipur, Bilaspur and Bhubaneswar. The service will also be available in Delhi-NCR and Goa Initiative plans to cover all 365+ Vishal Mega Mart store catchments across 240+ cities in the next four weeks Bengaluru - May 19, 2020:  To facilitate the delivery of essentials at consumers' doorstep in the fastest  & safest  manner possible, Flipkart, India's homegrown e-commerce marketplace today announced its partnership with modern retail store chain, Vishal Mega Mart. Under this partnership, consumers across 365+ Vishal Mega Mart stores will be able to order products and get them delivered...

*Del Monte's Heart Smart® with Reducol® is a 100 per cent mixed fruit juice that helps lower bad cholesterol (LDL); Priced at INR 70 and available in 240ml can format * Del Monte also announced the launch of Del Monte A-C-E, 100 per cent mixed fruit juice with added Vitamins A,C & E that helps boost immunity; Priced at Rs. 70 and available in 240 ml can format Mumbai, 12 May 2020:  Del Monte, the premium food brand, has forayed into the health and wellness space with the launch of India’s first cholesterol reducing fruit juice with Reducol®. Del Monte's Heart Smart® -- a 100% mixed fruit juice with Reducol®, is a natural plant-based ingredient that is clinically proven to reduce cholesterol in 8 weeks (when taken as a part of a balanced diet). Del Monte also announced the launch of Del Monte’s ACE -- a 100% mixed fruit juice fortified with Vitamins A-C-E and rich in anti-oxidants that help in boosting immunity.  Del Monte’s Heart Smart and ACE will be a...

24 April 2020 Who says Lockdown is restricting you? There is no restriction on your creativity, writing, reading. Two young and enthusiastic sisters have utilized their time available during the first phase of lockdown period announced due to COVID-19 pandemic in India and published an e-book on Planets and Sun. Deeksha who is 9 year old has used personification while writing about Sun and Planets. Her younger sister Praganya, who is 7 year old, have done all illustrations in the book. The book will be a great learning experience for all kids. They will get to know some facts about different planets including the Sun. The book is titled as “Personification on Planets and Sun” and is available on Pothi.com. Deeksha is a 9 year old who is currently studying in Sunshine Worldwide School, Goa, India. She is in Class 4 and has interest in reading, writing, painting and dancing. Praganya is 6 year old has done illustrations of this book. She is currently s...

Volvo Car India has extended the warranty on its cars till 31 st   May to minimise inconvenience to customers due to COVID-19 lockdown across the country. This will cover customers who had the warranty expiring during the lockdown period beginning 22 nd   March 2020 up until 3 rd   May 2020. The decision follows a series of steps taken by Volvo Car India a s part of its overall health and safety plan to mitigate risks associated with COVID-19. Last month, t he company had closed all dealerships and allowed work from home to protect its customers and employees against the pandemic. Mr Charles Frump – Managing Director, Volvo Car India Managing Director  said, “The health and safety of our employees and customers is of paramount importance  for us. We fully support the Government’s lockdown initiative in order to curtail the spread of COVID-19, during the lockdown some of our customers may have faced warranty issues and we are happy to extend the warranty ...

The Silicon-Valley-based Motwani Jadeja Foundation is bringing together the best minds in a 72-hour online hackathon called   CODE19   to find solutions to India’s challenges against the Coronavirus outbreak. The contest, which begins on  April 10, 2020  (Good Friday), is expected to see over 3,000 participants across nationalities, ethnicities and gender. Working online from the comfort of their homes while India is on a 21-day lockdown, they will collaborate with mentors, subject-matter specialists, data sources and a network of collaborators in the quest for solutions against COVID-19. The online hackathon is open to everyone as individuals and teams, without any criteria or age limit. Those wishing to participate can sign up on  www.code19.in  till 6 pm IST on April 10. Said  Ms   Asha Jadeja Motwani, the well-known entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist who is the Founder of Motwani Jadeja Foundation : “Coronavi...

Volvo Car India flagged off an all women drive today under the global ‘Equal Vehicles for All’ (E.V.A.) initiave to promote gender equality. The rich data of over 4 decades and 40,000 investigations involving car crashes has now been provided to the world free. The E.V.A. initiative centres around safety for all and not just safety developed by testing the traditional ‘Male Crash Test Dummies’. Women have a different anatomy and hence different effects in crashes. Our cars are tested with Female Crash Test Dummies as well delivering safety for all. The seats are ergonomically designed with WHIPS to reduce the whiplash risk for male and females by half. The Side Impact Protection System (SIPS) relies on an intelligent structure to boost overall safety. In fact, SIPS, together with the side-impact airbag, reduces severe chest injuries by more than 50% for all passengers. The gender equality does not stop just at product development, it is an integral part of our corporate missi...

The   Classmate Spell Bee Season 11,  India’s largest spelling competition,   an initiative of Radio Mirchi , culminated today at a thrilling finale where the winners were announced and feted by none other than Bollywood star, Soha Ali Khan!   Rishi Anand Nambair of GEAR Innovative International School, Bengaluru  was declared the National Champion while Harshvardhan Ray   of Delhi Public School, Bengaluru  was the first runner up. The theme for the competition this year was ‘Be Better than Yourself’ which is in line with  Classmate’s philosophy of encouraging children to excel in the field of their choice by striving to continuously improve by competing with themselves and not with others and to be better than themselves. This year, the competition engaged with more than 6 lac students across 1,000 schools in 30 cities. The competition is conducted in various phases comprising on-ground, online and a final televised phase. The top 1...

Mr. Anupam Thareja, Co-founder, Classic Legends Pvt Ltd. and Founder and Managing Partner ,  Mr. Boman Irani, Chairman & Managing Director, Rustomjee,  and  Mr. Ashish Joshi, Chief Executive Officer, Classic Legends Pvt. Ltd at the launch of 4 new Jawa Motorcycles Dealerships in Mumbai. Classic Legends Pvt. Ltd. expands footprint in India with  Four  new dealerships in the city; Nineteen new dealerships across India   Classic Legends Pvt. Ltd. is proud to announce the launch of its  first four Jawa Motorcycles dealerships across Mumbai, Navi Mumbai and Thane.  Close on the heels of the launch of fifteen new dealerships in India in Delhi-NCR, Pune, Bengaluru, Nashik and Dehradun, Classic Legends has opened new dealerships in Bandra, Chembur, Vashi and Thane. These new dealerships are open at the following locations: Bandra:  K.K MOTORS- Building No B 264, Ground Floor, Blue Heaven Building, 30th Road, TPS Lane, Behind Trupt...

Experience 3000mm-equivalent super-telephoto shooting with the latest compact digital camera equipped with the highest zoom ratio of 125× Super-telephoto shooting sees a new level of clarity and quality with the new COOLPIX P1000 announced today by  Nikon India , a 100% subsidiary of Nikon Corporation Tokyo. A compact digital camera that combines superior photographic performance for high-quality, breath-taking images with 125× optical zoom and enhanced operability for the user’s convenience, the new COOLPIX is set to be the new contender in the imaging world of optical zoom. “Optical experience and expertise at its best are the words best describing our new COOLPIX P1000. The camera boasts technological advancements along with superior imaging experience for our users. The ideal companion for super-telephoto photography be it birding, wildlife, or celestial bodies, the new COOLPIX P1000 endows our users with streamlined operability and high resolution quality that is...