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In India, mobile numbers (including pagers) on GSM, WCDMA, LTE and NR networks start with either 9, 8, 7 or 6.Each telecom circle is allowed to have multiple private operators; earlier it was two private + BSNL/MTNL, subsequently it changed to three private + BSNL/MTNL in GSM; now each telecom circle has all four operators including Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone idea ltd and BSNL/MTNL.
In 2012, Bharti tied up with Walmart, the US retail giant, to start a number of retail stores across India. [21] In 2014, Bharti planned to acquire Loop Mobile for ₹ 7 billion (US$84 million), but the deal was called off later. [22] On 18 November 2010, Airtel rebranded itself in India in the first phase of a global rebranding strategy.
The 46 cities with populations of 1 million and above are known as Million Plus UA s or Cities. The 3 UAs with populations of 10 million and above are known as Mega Cities (The census defines the three as Greater Mumbai UA (18.4 million), Delhi UA (16.3 million) and Kolkata UA (14.1 million).[1]) The cities listed in bold are the capitals of ...
Air India became the first Asian airline to operate freighters when Air India Cargo was set up in 1954 and started its freighter operations with a Douglas DC-3 aircraft. [16] Air India Cargo ended freighter aircraft operations in early 2012. [123] Alliance Air was a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines established on 1 April 1996.
India also signed an agreement with UAE to link UPI with Integrated Payment Platform (IPP). [191] On 29 March 2024, PhonePe announced that its users can pay with UPI at NeoPay terminals. The currency exchange rate will be shown and customers' accounts will be debited in Indian rupees. To make payments easier, Indians living abroad who have ...
Hindi, with the largest number of speakers, is the official language of the government. [372][373] English is used extensively in business and administration and has the status of a "subsidiary official language"; [6] it is important in education, especially as a medium of higher education.
The National Health Policy was endorsed by the Parliament of India in 1983 and updated in 2002, and then again updated in 2017. The recent four main updates in 2017 mention the need to focus on the growing burden of non-communicable diseases, the emergence of the robust healthcare industry, growing incidences of unsustainable expenditure due to healthcare costs, and rising economic growth ...
Indian Railways (IR), a statutory body under the ownership of the Ministry of Railways of the Government of India, operates India's national railway system. It is the primary owner and operator of rail operations throughout the country including suburban rail in major metros. Majority of the metro urban rail networks are operated by independent ...