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09 Nov

ITC Hotels flags off luxury brand Mementos with Ekaaya in Udaipur

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ITC Hotels has announced the launch of its new luxury brand, Mementos, with Ekaaya, a 130-room hotel located on a 106-acre plot overlooking the Aravallis in Udaipur. The hotel is slated to be opened in the coming financial year, according to a company spokesperson. In view of Udaipur’s growing popularity as a wedding destination, Ekaaya is being billed as an ideal setting for one. It offers 25,000 sq.ft. of covered meeting spaces with a sprawling ballroom, vast pre-function areas, multiple breakout rooms, green rooms, and open garden spaces spread over five acres. Sharing the news about the launch of Mementos…

09 Nov

Wang Yaping becomes first Chinese woman to walk in space

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Chinese military pilot Wang Yaping on Monday became the country’s first woman astronaut to walk in space as she moved out of the under-construction space station and took part in extravehicular activities along with her male colleague, the official media here reported. Wang and Zhai Zhigang moved out of the space station core module called Tianhe and spent six and a half hours walking in space early on Monday. Later they successfully returned to the module, Xinhua news agency reported. This marks the first spacewalk in Chinese space history by a woman astronaut, the China Manned Space Agency said in…

09 Nov

Exxon Mobil Lubricants renews its endorsement deals with Tokyo Olympics medalists

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Exxon Mobil Lubricants Pvt Ltd has announced the renewal of its brand ambassador association with the Tokyo Olympics medalists - Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai Chanu, and Bajrang Punia- for Mobil India. The announcement was made during a gala felicitation ceremony at New Delhi in the presence of the company’s top retailers and the common thread among these sports persons is that they symbolize a powerful story of transformation, rising from humble beginnings to representing India at the Olympics.Commenting on the development, Deepankar Banerjee, CEO, Exxon Mobil Lubricants, said, “We feel extremely proud to renew our brand association with Neeraj Chopra, Mirabai…

09 Nov

Sony announces the newest lens FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II Lens

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Guwahati: Sony India has announced the newest lens in their G Master lineup – the FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II, which is designed to deliver an extraordinary combination of resolution and bokeh as well as unequalled AF (autofocus) performance known to Sony’s G Master design. The new FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II delivers outstanding image quality with high resolution and clarity. This has two spherical lens elements, including one XA (extreme aspherical) element manufactured to 0.01-micron surface precision, the FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II effectively controls distance-related aberration variations to ensure outstanding resolution throughout the image area.…

08 Nov

HDFC Life’s New Plan Offers Fixed Guaranteed Returns

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This Diwali, HDFC Life is offering a new-age, feature-packed product, HDFC Life Sanchay Fixed Maturity Plan. The plan is a non-linked, non-participating, individual savings plan, designed to provide guaranteed returns in the form of a lumpsum benefit and guarantees achievement of fixed financial goals.HDFC Life Sanchay Fixed Maturity plan offers individuals the flexibility to choose between single pay, limited pay or regular pay options. There are more than 500 premium payment term and policy term combinations available in this plan that enable customers to align the policy term with their goals.Customers can purchase this plan singly or jointly and also…

08 Nov

COVID- Bengal has 723 new cases, 774 recoveries, and 11 deaths

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Bengal reported 723 new Covid-19 infections on Sunday, 774 recoveries, and 11 deaths, resulting in a total of active cases to 7,967. There has been a net increase of 293 active cases, from 7,674, in the last 43 days, when Bengal snapped out of a 97-day decline in active cases or number of Covid patients receiving treatment. New Covid-19 instances disclosed on Saturday, according to a minister, identified people who were infected between October 29 and November 2. On Sunday, the city of Calcutta recorded 205 new Covid-19 infections and two deaths. 146 new cases and four deaths were reported…

08 Nov

India out of T20 World Cup semifinal contention

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India went out of the semi-final race of the T20 World Cup after New Zealand got over Afghanistan by eight wickets to grab the last remaining qualifying spot from Group 2 of the Super 12 stage in Abu Dhabi on Sunday. In Sunday's game, New Zealand pacer restricted Afghanistan at 124/8 runs with Trent Boult (3/17) and Tim Southee (2/24) doing the bulk of damages. Chasing the paltry total, skipper Kane Williamson (40* off 42) and Devon Conway (36* off 32) got the Kiwis home after Martin Guptill (28 off 23) and Daryl Mitchell (17 off 12) provided a quick start. New Zealand took just 18.1 overs to chase…

08 Nov

Nissan launches new subscription service in India

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Nissan India announces its partnerships with Zoomcar and Orix driving its platform‘Nissan Intelligent Ownership’for Nissan and Datsun customers in India. The Subscription Plan is well-suited to the Indian customers’ progressive and asset-lite lifestyle. The ‘Nissan Intelligent Ownership’ model is available in Delhi NCR, Bangalore, Chennai, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Pune. The Nissan Intelligent Ownership Subscription Plan is transparent with no hidden costs as the customer is only paying a nominal refundable security deposit at the start of the subscription and subsequently pay a fixed monthly fee basis of selected tenure.The customers can book the desired subscription plan on Nissan India website…

08 Nov

Priyanka Gandhi Vadra criticizes demonetisation as ‘disaster’

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On the fifth anniversary of demonetisation, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra termed it a "disaster" and asked if the step has been successful, why hasn't corruption ended and black money returned to the country. On November 8, 2016, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on national television his government's decision to ban all currency notes of higher denomination of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 from midnight on the same day. "If 'notebandi was successful, why hasn't corruption ended? Why hasn't black money come back? Why hasn't the economy gone cashless? Why hasn't terrorism been hit? Why hasn't price rise been reined…

07 Nov

India, France to expand defence, security partnership

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In a significant move, India and France agreed to strengthen defence and security partnership by enhancing intelligence and information sharing, bolstering mutual capabilities, expanding military drills and pursuing new initiatives in maritime, space and cyber domains. The two countries resolved to expand the defence ties at a meeting of India-France strategic dialogue in Paris on Friday that was co-chaired by NSA Ajit Doval and Emmanuel Bonne, the Diplomatic Advisor to French President Emmanuel Macron. These were the major takeaways from the meeting between National Security Adviser (NSA) Ajit Doval and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian and and Defence Minister…