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To tap the growing pool of online retail shoppers, private lender Axis Bank and e-commerce giant Flipkart have launched a credit card. To woo customers, the credit card will offer "unlimited cashback".Under the partnership, Axis Bank and Flipkart expect to issue one million cards within a year."We want to be the fastest co-branded card to reach a million. We'll get there within a year," said Sanjeev Moghe, executive vice-president, cards and payments, Axis Bank.Close Apart from Flipkart, the card offers cashback on Myntra and 2GUD. It carries benefits for users of MakeMyTrip, Goibibo, Uber, PVR, Gaana, Curefit, UrbanClap. The card is powered by Mastercard. related news Axis Bank CFO Jairam Sridharan puts in his papers Shadowfax raises Rs 430 cr in funding round led by Flipkart Mastercard ties up with Thailand Tourism Authority Banks are increasingly resorting to cashback offers to lure customers, despite some frauds being detected in the recent past.In May, Citibank … [Read more...] about Flipkart-Axis Bank partner to issue 1 million credit cards by mid-2020, will offer unlimited cashback

The change in stance of the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U) on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill came after the party faced backlash for opposing the Centre's move to revoke Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir, The Economic Times has reported.After JD(U) opposed the BJP-led government's decision to abrogate Article 370 of Indian Constitution, senior party leaders and workers expressed their anguish against the party's top leadership over their stance on the matter.Following this, a decision to support the citizenship bill was taken after deliberations were held among the top brass of the JD(U), which happens to be an ally of the BJP.Close "We were clear that either we had to support the bill or oppose the bill," a senior JD(U) leader from Bihar told the newspaper. "With the home minister taking care of our concerns regarding some tribal and specific communities in the Northeast, we had no reason to oppose. After all, we are with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) now," the leader added. … [Read more...] about Citizenship (Amendment) Bill: JD(U) forced to change stance after backlash over Article 370

In a rural area on the outskirts of a town in Southern Mexico, a giant, 33-foot-long 3D printer recently built the walls of the first homes in the world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood. advertisement advertisement The 500-square-foot houses were finished with roofs, windows, and interiors last week. New Story, the nonprofit leading the project, believes that the new construction process could be part of the solution for affordable housing in some of the poorest communities in the world. “We feel like we’ve proved what’s possible by bringing this machine down to a rural area in Mexico, in a seismic zone, and successfully printing these first few houses,” says Brett Hagler, CEO and cofounder of New Story. The nonprofit, founded five years ago to bring housing to people living in extreme poverty, has already built more than 2,700 homes in Haiti, El Salvador, Bolivia, and Mexico, using traditional construction. In Haiti, where aid groups … [Read more...] about The world’s first 3D-printed neighborhood now has its first houses

“Healthcare is the biggest business in the world, and it is phenomenally broken,” says Peter Diamandis, cofounder of the X-Prize, Singularity University, and Health Longevity Inc. “So, do I think Apple and Google and Amazon can do a better job? A thousandfold.” advertisement advertisement In his upcoming book, The Future Is Faster Than You Think, which will hit bookshelves in late January 2020, Diamandis makes the case for why he believes big tech companies are going to be running healthcare by 2030. In December, he came to Fast Company’s offices to make the case for why Big Tech is the doctor of the future. “We’re going to see Apple and Amazon and Google and all the data-driven companies that are in our homes right now become our healthcare providers,” he says, referring to smart speakers such as Google’s Assistant, Amazon’s Alexa, and Apple’s HomePod. While many of these home voice assistants started … [Read more...] about Amazon and Apple will be our doctors in the future, says tech guru Peter Diamandis

Last year, the world-port-rankings changed when Ningbo-Zhoushan in Southeast China became the largest port in the world. By then, it had built trade channels with over 600 ports spread across 100 countries. The port, which handles all types of cargo - container, liquid and dry bulk – accounted for an annual cargo throughput of over a billion tonnes last year.“The total cargo throughput of Ningbo Zhoushan Port was 1.08 billion metric tonnes in 2018,” said a port official who did not want to be named.Despite the overall slowing of global trade, the official said cargo volumes at Ningo-Zhoushan would be higher this year.Close Ningo-Zhoushan has managed to race past Shanghai (see chart). Around a decade ago, the largest port used to be Singapore. Then it became Shanghai and now it is Ningbo-Zhoushan. What is even more interesting is that seven of the top ten ports are now from China. related news Oil prices fall as US crude stocks jump Trump will have final say … [Read more...] about Ningbo’s rise as the world’s largest port has lessons for India