Varsha Singh
Passionate about social issues, especially children and women’s rights, rising inequity and human rights, Varsha Singh, a Post-Graduate in English (Hons) from Calcutta University and Mass Communications from St Xavier’s Calcutta, gravitated naturally to journalism in 2013. Varsha has made her passions the subject matter of her work and she has been writing regularly about these issues, besides business, tourism, culture and politics. Of late, Varsha has been pursuing another passion, multimedia journalism making videos reports on social issues and current affairs, looking at them with a different lens. Outside of her work, Varsha is equally passionate about cinema, music, travel and tea. Indeed, she is the inhouse film and music encyclopedia and a full-time chai-o-holic.
Amazon, Flipkart pay heavy price for new regulatory norms in India
February 3, 2019
Both Amazon and Flipkart, which account for about 75-80 pc of the online retail business in India and rely on a handful of large sellers for majority of sales, together lost over USD 50 billion in market capitalisation on February 1.
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DIAL to levy charges for baggage X-ray February onwards
January 24, 2019
The Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) has allowed DIAL to charge the baggage scanning fee after the airport operator remitted almost INR 1.2 billion to the government.
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Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019 focuses on building new India
January 23, 2019
With the theme "Role of Indian Diaspora in building New India", Pravasi Bharatiya Divas 2019, is seeking to reconnect Indian expatriates and diaspora with their motherland.
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Startups in Gujarat
January 17, 2019
For a state of entrepreneurs, it is but normal that the startup ecosystem in Gujarat is also flourishing. The government is doing its bit by giving a hand to the young entrepreneurs.
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Forex Cards For Hassle-Free Travel
January 16, 2019
Forex cards are a great tool for cashless transactions while travelling. They can be used for all electronic transactions and ATM withdrawals and enable you to transact in a local currency without the risk of rate fluctuation. Here is our pick of the top five AXIS BANK MULTI CURR...
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Jobs, economy yet to recover from twin shocks: AIMO
December 21, 2018
Job loss in the TMSME sector was reported at the rate of 43 pc in the trader segment, 32 pc in the micro segment, 35 pc in the small businesses segment, and 24 pc loss in the medium businesses segment.
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Cop24: Developed nations likely to fall short of 2020 emission targets
December 8, 2018
A report issued by UN Environment said there is a considerable gap between countries’ current preparedness for climate change and the actual measures needed to get communities ready for a future of increasing climate risks.
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