NEW DELHI — The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced withdrawal of Rs 2,000 currency notes from circulation. However, the Rs 2,000 currency notes will continue to be legal tender. The RBI has also advised banks to stop issuing Rs 2,000 denomination banknotes with immediate effect. The existing Rs 2,000 currency notes in […]
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Airtel launches 5G services in Ladakh
LEH — Bharti Airtel on Wednesday said it has launched its 5G Plus services in Leh and Kargil districts of Union Territory of Ladakh. Airtel said it will will augment its network in due course of time, making its services available to more cities across the Union Territory. It added that customers with 5G-enabled devices […]
Verified blue tick for Facebook, Instagram to cost Rs 1,450/month in India
NEW DELHI — In India, the Meta Verified will cost Rs 1,450/month on mobile devices and the same will cost Rs 1,099/month if subscribed from a web browsers. According to the reports, just like the Twitter Blue subscription, Meta verified will add a blue checkmark to Instagram and Facebook accounts. Besides adding a blue tick […]
Legacy Twitter Blue badges to be removed from April 1, pay Rs 9,400 a year in India
NEW DELHI — Elon Musk on Friday said that Twitter will remove all legacy Blue verified checkmarks for both individual users and organisations from April 1. Twitter Blue in India will cost Rs 9,400 a year for individual users. Twitter Blue is now available globally and the users can get Blue Verified for $7 a […]
Airtel launches 5G Plus services in seven more J&K cities
SRINAGAR — Bharti Airtel on Friday said it has launched its 5G Plus services in seven cities of Jammu & Kashmir including Samba, Kathua, Udhampur, Akhnoor, Kupwara, Lakhanpur, and Khour. Airtel in a statement said that its 5G Plus services will be available to customers in a phased manner as it continues to deploy its […]
J&K Bank reduces commitment charges for four years
SRINAGAR — Bringing respite to the traders, the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir Bank have decided to reduce the commitment charges substantially after the frequent appeals by the Valley traders and hoteliers over the issue. A top official in J&K Bank said that the commitment charges have been substantially reduced for the period nearly four […]
Airtel launches 5G services in Jammu, Srinagar
SRINAGAR — Bharti Airtel on Wednesday announced the launch of its cutting-edge 5G services in Jammu and Kashmir. Airtel 5G Plus services will be available to customers in a phased manner as the company continues to construct its network and complete the rollout. There will be no need to change the SIM as the existing […]
Twitter to increase 280-character limit to 4,000: Elon Musk
SAN FRANCISCO — Twitter CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the micro-blogging platform will increase the tweet character limit from 280 to 4,000. It all started when a user asked Musk, “Elon is it true that Twitter is set to increase the characters from 280 to 4000?” To this Musk replied, “Yes”. Meanwhile, Twitter on […]
Amazon shuts down wholesale distribution business in India
NEW DELHI — Amid an exercise to wind up certain verticals as part of global exercise to cut costs, Amazon on Monday announced to shut down its wholesale distribution business in India. The e-commerce major is discontinuing Amazon Distribution, its wholesale e-commerce website available in some parts of Bengaluru, Mysore and Hubli. The company earlier […]
$8 Twitter Blue with verification in India within a month: Elon Musk
NEW DELHI — Elon Musk on Sunday confirmed that the new Twitter Blue subscription service with verification (blue badge) for $8 will be available in India in less than a month. The company has already started testing Twitter Blue subscription plan for Apple iOS users, which provides verification and other benefits. When a Twitter follower […]