Komal Meswani

Air India pilots call off strike

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Executive pilots of state-owned Air India (AI) have called off their strike following assurance from Union civil aviation minister Praful Patel. The pilots were protesting against a 50% cut in their productivity-linked incentives (PLI) and payment of their due flying allowance of three months.

The four-day strike has forced the airline to cancel over 240 flights in the last four days.

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Wockhardt Hospitals to be re-branded as Fortis

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Delhi-based Fortis Healthcare, which acquired ten hospitals including two under-construction projects from Wockhardt in August this year, has decided to re-brand them as ‘Fortis Healthcare Hospitals’ after completing all acquisition related formalities that is likely to take around nine months, according to Hospitals Group CEO Vishal Bali.

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Religare Technova launches RTGS Live

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Religare Technova has launched its product portal — RTGS Live. This is in line with the company’s strategy of introducing domain specific solutions. The portal is the touch-point for organisations looking for such specialised solutions and will help them in gathering of information as well as quicken the decision making process by enabling faster purchase.

The site provides a high level view of each product, which is displayed for the customers’ benefit to allow better understanding and faster decision making.

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TATA DOCOMO Animation Contest is Live

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The TATA DOCOMO Animation Contest is hotting up! The floodgates have opened and the entries have started to pour in gradually. The first animation entry was uploaded on the TATA DOCOMO Animation Contest website yesterday and its theme seemed to centre around football. It showcased DO CO and MO passing the ball to each other. This was followed shortly by another animation entry which

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Key Takeaways of Mobile Number Portability in India

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Here are the key takeaways of the long awaited Mobile Number Portability in India.

  • MNP allowed only within a circle – subs moving from one circle to another cannot port their number.
  • Subscribers allowed to port their numbers, only once every 90 days
  • Subscribers would have to pay porting fees, if any, to the Recipient Operator (RO)

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Strides Arcolab announces retail launch of Oseltamivir for the treatment of H1N1

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Strides Arcolab has launched its anti H1N1 drug ‘Starflu’ in the domestic retail market. Starflu is the generic version of Oseltamivir and is available in 75 mg capsules in strips of ten at Rs 460 per strip.

Strides’ move is subsequent to the Indian government’s approval of restricted retail sale of Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) for H1N1treatment. This will allow the purchase of Oseltamivir from designated chemists with Schedule X licenses, by those who have a doctor’s prescription.

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