The Chhattisgarh Food Drug Control Administration (FDCA) has taken a major step to control the circulation of spurious and substandard drugs along with controlling red tapism for various processes prevalent in pharmaceutical industry. In regard to spurious and substandard drugs circulating in the market, FDCA plans to publish the data online with their batch numbers and other relevant details.

The government has put in place an unique software Extended Laboratory Node through National Informatics Centre (NIC) to fulfill its plan. The Chhattisgarh FDCA initiated such a move taking a cue from the Gujarat government that is currently aiding Chhattisgarh for successful implementation of the project.

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India’s second largest car manufacturer and the largest exporter of passenger cars, Hyundai Motor India Ltd has launched an online portal to develop its customer relationships.  The website will offer personalized services, enabling the customers to book serving slots in any Hyundai dealership across India. It will also provide other range of facilities, including accessing service history records, service schedule reminders, provide location of nearest service station, service and insurance calculators, warranty guidelines, owner’s manuals, maintenance tips and guidelines, downloadable service manuals, driving tips, etc.

The online portal is completely dedicated to Hyundai’s valued customers. It will be available in company’s corporate website.

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@PRLog: India’s fastest growing e-commerce firm Snapdeal.com has partnered with Micromax to launch its new qwerty mobile handset Q22. The launch of the product would allow Snapdeal.com’s customers to avail the handset online which is unavailable elsewhere. The handset Q22 is available for just INR 1,999 and has features such as Dual SIM (GSM+GSM), Qwerty keypad and Internet. Additionally the phone has features like 2 inch (5.08 cm) display screen, VGA (0.3 MP) camera, Video Player, Video Recorder, MP3 Player, FM Radio (With telescopic antenna), Bluetooth enabled, 1000 mAh battery, Dual Led Torch, GPRS and Expandable Memory Upto 2GB. The phone is available in two colors, Yellow and Green and has a one year Micromax warranty.

@prMac: Readers Digest has chosen Magzter to sell its magazine issues and subscriptions online. Magzter has become a mobile and digital magazine store for global magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Business Today, Hello!, Marie Claire and many more. It is an application which is available for free on iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, Android phones, Android tablets and is also accessible through its web portal. The users of this application can now have access to Readers Digest on their devices without having to buy or wait for the physical editions to reach them. Additionally, the readers can browse through the current and past issues of the magazine, preview them and also buy a single issue or subscriptions with just the click of a button.

@The Economic Times: Fetsie, a leading online male – oriented shopping portal plans to add a warehouse in Bangalore over the next 6-12 months. The company already has 2 warehouses situated in Delhi and Mumbai. It also plans to launch products under their own label and increase its brand visibility through an online magazine. Recently, Fetsie had raised INR 250 mn through a venture capital firm – Seedfund for its expansion and marketing activities.

Fetsie offers high – end luxury clothing and accessories which are available in a price range of INR 300 – 40,000. The website has 7.5 lakh registered users and receives 60,000 hits a day. The company earns monthly revenue of INR 20-25 mn and handles over 500 transactions per day.