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The Ministry of Science and ICT said 23.3 per cent of smartphone users in the country were at risk last year, up 3.3 percentage points from the previous year, citing a survey carried out by the National Information Society Agency.

The engineering, procurement and construction cost of the project is Rs 423 crore, CV Anand, Regional Executive Director (South), NTPC, told media persons on Wednesday.

Announced 'UPSurge' which is a pre-incubation programme to aid women entrepreneurs from India to achieve financial independence.

Digital wallets (40 per cent) followed by credit card and debit card (15 per cent each) were the most popular payment methods online in 2020.

It said a global economic recovery is in sight but a faster and more effective vaccination rollout across the world is critical while respecting necessary health and social distancing measures.

The agency emphasised that the overall sales in FY22 could still be around 14 per cent below FY20 level.

Good governance and regulation of the cryptocurrency ecosystem in India will give impetus to the government's Digital India vision, IAMAI said.

Providing an end-to-end digital platform for optical retailers, ophthalmologists and big optical brands, OIC has developed different products packed into one product.

The smartphone maker has 550 retails stores across the country and by the end of this year, it aims to cross the 650-mark, according to Nipun Marya, Director Brand Strategy, Vivo India.

The company’s India centre in Hyderabad has over 50 employees and the company plans to double its investments in India in 2021.

Under the use and file system, insurers are permitted to market products without the regulator's prior approval.

IndusInd Bank was the top gainer in the Sensex pack, rising around 3 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, M&M, HDFC, Infosys, HCL Tech, Titan, Bajaj Finserv and Reliance Industries.

The dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, rose 0.23 per cent to 92.16 ahead of the inflation data this Wednesday.

The lab is equipped with 10 tablets installed with mobile apps and psychometric assessment including space for personal counselling.

The straws use plant-based food colours- orange from carrot, red from beetroot and green from spinach.

Swaraj recently launched the New Swaraj 742XT tractor which was developed exclusively for paddy mechanisation

The move to suspend the norms would enable the principal entities to register the template of SMS so that no inconvenience is faced by the customers, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) said in a statement.

Ecom Express recently invested $11 million (about Rs 80.6 crore) in Bangladesh's largest third-party e-commerce logistics (3PL) firm, Paperfly.

The government has proposed to set up a Rs 1-lakh crore development financial institution (DFI) to accelerate infrastructure financing activities.

LIC's April-February new premium was down 3.01 per cent at Rs 1,56,068.64 crore.

The company has seen 2 crore small merchants using their various services of digital payments like Wallet, UPI, Cards and net-banking.

Total sales across categories declined 13.43 per cent to 14,99,036 units, last month compared to 17,31,628 units in the year-ago period.

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation's (HPCL) shares were trading at Rs 234.60, lower by 3.62 per cent from its previous close.

Government has suspended the admission of new IBC cases in view of the pandemic the pandemic and the suspension is scheduled to end on March 24.