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[ad_1] IIndia on Tuesday witnessed yet another uptick in the fresh Omicron cases today. The health ministry’s official tally says that there are 653 confirmed cases of Omicron variant across India. Overall Covid numbers were slightly lower today. The official data says that 6,358 new cases of Covid-19 were detected across India in the span of last 24 hours. The Covid fatalities are nearing the 300-mark with 293 people succumbing to the coronavirus-related complications as of Tuesday morning. While several states have imposed night curfews in wake of the Omicron surge, all eyes will be on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s high-level meeting today. Reports suggest that the Chief Minister is likely to take a call on whether the Graded Response Action Plan or GRAP should come into force or not. In case the AAP government decides to impose GRAP, it would mean closure of schools, malls and markets working on odd-even basis. Here are latest Omicron news and other coronavirus updates from India and across the world: [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Pune Metro Update: From the new year, regular commuters in Pune can enjoy hassle-free and smooth travelling! By the end of January 2022, Metro rail service in the city of Pune is set to open for the public. The Metro service will be open in two stretches in Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad. Mayor Murlidhar Mohol who recently conducted a meeting with officials of Pune metro rail was quoted saying in an IE report that officials of the Pune Metro rail conveyed their plan on Monday to start the Metro rail operation for the public in the city by the third week of next month. The Pune metro rail system is being implemented by the Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation Limited (also known as Maha Metro). According to the Mayor, the 5 kilometre long priority stretch from Vanaz to Garware college in Pune will be open to the public by the end of January 2022. The stretch is part of the elevated Metro route from Vanaz to Ramwadi. According to Hemant Sonawane, public relations head of Pune Metro rail, the priority metro section — PCMC to Phugewadi on PCMC to Swargate route was inspected by the Commissioner of Metro railway safety (CMRS) Janak Garg. The inspection will continue tomorrow also, he had said. To open any Metro line for commercial passenger operators, it is mandatory to have inspection of the Commissioner of Metro railway safety, said Sonawane. He further stated the Commissioner of Metro railway safety reviews all the technical, passenger safety as well as commercial aspects of the Metro operation. Meanwhile, Mohol further mentioned that the work for the Metro rail route from Hinjewadi to Shivajinagar in the city of Pune has already begun. The development work will gain pace as the Union government approved funds of Rs 1,430 crore for the project recently, the Mayor added. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Domestic equity market benchmarks BSE Sensex and Nifty 50 were staring at a gap-up start on Tuesday, as suggested by trends on SGX Nifty in early trade. Nifty futures were trading at 17193.50, up 87.50 points or 0.51 per cent. In the previous session, the 30-share index gyrated nearly 900 points to end 296 points higher at 57,420.24, and Nifty 50 index finished trade at 17,086, up 49 per cent or 82.50 points. Asian stock markets rose after the S&P500 closed at new record overnight. Japan’s Nikkei 225 gained 1.07 per cent while the Topix index advanced nearly one percent. Stock markets in Australia were closed on Tuesday for a holiday. US stocks rose in Monday’s session, as investors started trading after Christmas holiday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 1%, the Nasdaq Composite ticked up 1.4%, and S&P500 index gained 1.4 per cent. Supriya Lifescience shares will make their stock market debut on Tuesday, 28 December 2021. The Rs 700-crore IPO was subscribed 71.47 times. The IPO had a fresh issue of up to Rs 200 crore and an offer for sale of up to Rs 500 crore. It had a price range of Rs 265-274 per share. [ad_2] Source link

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[ad_1] rom video and audio streaming to fintech and edtech, Times Internet, the digital arm of the Times Group, dabbles in a little bit of everything. In FY21, it earned `621.27 crore in advertising revenue. It has put news properties behind paywalls and also launched a subscription bundle, Times Prime. Gautam Sinha, CEO, Times Internet, tells Venkata Susmita Biswas that in four to five years, the company hopes to convert about 5% of its users into paying subscribers. Edited excerpts: The pandemic gave digital media a boost in India. Can you quantify how this improved the reach of your entertainment and news apps/websites? Times Internet’s news properties saw about 50% higher reach compared with earlier. MX Media, Times Internet’s video and short video platform saw over 50% growth during this period, reaching over 450 million users across India and globally. Today, MX Player is second to YouTube as a video consumption platform and has achieved the 1-billion download milestone on the app store in a short span. You earned `621.27 crore in ad revenues in FY21. Do MX Player and Gaana contribute more than the news properties? This number does not include non-advertising revenues of Times Internet (TIL) or subsidiary revenues from MX Player, Gaana and other businesses. In H1 of FY 22, TIL’s consolidated revenue has seen a 43% growth with H2 poised for similar or better growth. We have six platforms with over 100-200 million reach every month. These six properties include the news and content properties of The Times of India and Cricbuzz and the entertainment properties of Gaana, MX Player and MX Taka Tak. Consequently, the revenue isn’t skewed towards any single property but gets meaningful contributions from across news and entertainment. News and content are still the larger contributors to revenue; however, entertainment is catching up fast. What led you to launch a subscription service for MX Player? Is the `199 per year price-point unsustainable in the long term? With MX Gold, we are the first feature-based subscription product among OTTs, with an aim to provide a better viewing experience. Viewers need to pay less than `1/ day to stream MX Originals/Exclusive series and movies ad-free, and also enjoy early access to a select set of shows. For a conventional SVoD (subscription video on demand) offering, this price point is unsustainable; however, our proposition is to enable a richer experience to our loyal AVoD (advertising-based video on demand) users. We continue to remain committed to providing access to premium content to our audiences free of cost through our existing AVoD model and ad-free offering of our SVOD model. By how much has the conversion rate of users into paying subscribers improved over the last couple of years? The propensity, ability and ease of payment for content have increased significantly over the last few years. At present, we have a subscription product available on The Times of India, The Economic Times, Cricbuzz, Gaana, MagicBricks, Dineout, MX Player, and as a bundled offering with Times Prime. Many of these are recent initiatives where data and learning are still coming in. We are excited with the early results we are getting. In four-five years, we expect about 5% of our users to be paying us in some form or the other. Since subscription Arpus are multiple times that of advertising Arpus, this will become a meaningful part of our overall business. [ad_2] Source link