SPIRIT OF MUMBAI

Uthenge Hum | We Will rise Mumbai, 6 June 2020:  Since 24th March, India has been under the biggest lockdown anywhere in the world. The past 9 weeks saw streets, silent villages, shuttered shops, factories and schools, offices and malls all shut down in response to an invisible threat. The effects to lives were massive but have been largely missed by Indians as they were captive inside their homes. Our Vision This is an extraordinary time in India’s history, one that must be documented for present and future generations. In the times to come when we look back we must as a nation be able to know and understand how their nation of 1.3 billion came to a complete halt, in the face of an unprecedented pandemic in the modern era.  How the vision was brought alive While all Indians stayed in lockdown, filmmaker Bharatbala and a devoted team of 117, comprising of about 15 film crews, set out to capture the unseen visuals of ou...

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...

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 ...