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Gionee’s #GoForGold campaign for partners
MUMBAI: Smartphone major Gionee India known to acquaint prominent campaigns from time to time to enhance its engagement with partners has announced exciting rewards and offers for Gionee Sales Champions (GSC), retailers and partners as part of its country-wide campaign ‘#GoForGold’.
Selling a smartphone from the A Series will get the GSC points in the proportionate order as per the range of the device. The A Series has been monumental in Gionee’s growth in the current year. Following the soaring sales for the flagship device A1, Gionee launched two more propeller devices in the series – A1 Plus and A1 Lite, emerging as one of the top players, with 15 per cent market share in the price range of Rs. 15,000 – Rs. 25,000.
The winners of the campaign will be rewarded by the HO team by 25 November. There will be three categories of awards, for top 50 GSCs, top 10 retailers and top 10 BDMs across India. These will be given prizes ranging from Gold Coin – 20gm, Gold Coin – 10gm, Gionee A1 Plus and Gionee A1 smartphones.
Gionee India director of business intelligence and planning Alok Shrivastava said, “#GoForGold is open for the majority of our business representatives including GSC, retailers and BDM; with the goal that together we can accomplish the objective of boosting our sales.”
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Trump announces $300bn Texas oil refinery with Reliance, calls it the biggest in US history
First new US refinery in 50 years planned at Brownsville port with Reliance
WASHINGTON: The United States may soon see the first brand-new oil refinery built on its soil in half a century.
Donald Trump announced a proposed $300 billion refinery project in Texas, calling it a landmark moment for American energy production and jobs.
Posting on Truth Social on 10 March, Trump said the facility would be built at the Port of Brownsville and developed by a company called America First Refining, with major investment from India’s Reliance Industries.
The announcement frames the project as a centrepiece of the administration’s push for “energy dominance”, with Trump claiming it would deliver thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in economic activity to South Texas.
If realised, the plant would mark the first all-new major refinery constructed in the United States since the 1970s. In recent decades, oil companies have largely chosen to expand existing facilities rather than build new ones, citing high costs, regulatory hurdles and environmental scrutiny.
Trump described the proposed investment as the “biggest in US history”, positioning it as proof that policy changes such as streamlined permits and lower taxes are drawing large-scale energy investments back into the country.
The refinery is planned for the Port of Brownsville, a strategic Gulf Coast location that provides easy access to shipping routes and export markets.
A key partner in the project is Reliance Industries, controlled by billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani. The company already runs the world’s largest refining complex in Jamnagar, India, making it one of the most experienced operators in large-scale petroleum processing.
The Texas venture would mark a significant step for the group into America’s domestic refining sector, potentially strengthening industrial ties between the US and India.
The proposed refinery is being promoted as a next-generation facility capable of processing American shale oil while maintaining high environmental standards. Trump said it would be “the cleanest refinery in the world”, although the specific technologies behind that claim have not yet been detailed.
Industry observers also note that the $300 billion figure is unusually large for a refinery project, and analysts are waiting for more clarity on whether the number reflects total construction costs, long-term infrastructure investment, or broader economic impact estimates.
As of 11 March, Reliance Industries had not publicly confirmed the investment size or the structure of its involvement.
For now, the announcement has sparked equal parts excitement and curiosity in energy markets. If the plan moves from promise to pouring concrete, the refinery could reshape the Gulf Coast energy landscape, and reopen a chapter in American refining that has been quiet for nearly fifty years.
