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18 Jan

Aditya Birla Health Insurance opens new branch

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The Health Insurance subsidiary of Aditya Birla Capital Limited (a significant non-banking financial services company), Aditya Birla Health Insurance Company Ltd. (ABHICL) announced the launch of its first full-service branch in Jorhat. ABHICL has adopted a unique engaging framework utilizing their ‘Phygital’ strategy that empowers individuals to opt for integrated solutions, covering both health insurance with embedded wellness programmes to remain healthy. ABHICL will leverage its new branch to reach out to individuals and empower them with the increasing financial protection needs during unfavourable health conditions. Being a health and holistic wellbeing promoting company, Aditya Birla Health Insurance is undertaking…

18 Jan

Filmmaker John Matthew Matthan on Sarfarosh sequel says that it will be more realistic

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John Matthew Matthan says the sequel to his acclaimed Aamir Khan-starrer Sarfarosh will focus on the issue of country’s internal security and will have a more “realistic” approach. Released in 1999, Sarfarosh revolved around an honest police officer Ajay Singh Rathod (Aamir), whose life takes a turn when he uncovers a huge conspiracy while investigating arms smuggling in Rajasthan. Matthan said the second installment will explore the political landscape of the country but won’t be directed towards any particular party. “The sequel is about internal security of the country. It was extremely challenging to write. The film is more realistic…

18 Jan

OYO announces Equal Partner Policy

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OYO Hotels & Homes, the world’s leading hospitality chain, announced the launch of its ‘Equal Partner Policy’ at a recently held webinar for its asset owners hosted by Ritesh Agarwal (Founder & Group CEO, OYO Hotels & Homes) and Rohit Kapoor (Chief Executive Officer, OYO India & South Asia). The Equal Partner Policy (EPP) will serve as a guiding principle to strengthen trust and increase transparency in the asset owner community. Under EPP, OYO has laid out seven guidelines - Communication, Respect, Availability, Transparency, Recognition, Technology and Togetherness, to ensure that the company creates a collaborative ecosystem with its owners…

18 Jan

UTI Short Term Income Fund – Ideal fund for investors

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UTI comes with a new fund, the UTI Short Term Income Fund. It is primarily an accrual-oriented income fund with the flexibility to take advantage of the yield movement at the shorter end (1 to 3-year segment) of the curve. The fund predominantly invests in high-quality CDs, CPs and corporate bonds with tactical exposure to sovereign instruments like G-Secs, SDLs, etc. to actively manage duration. The fund manager takes tactical exposure to G-Secs based on evolving market conditions and/or economic outlook. Market sources said that the inflation might see moderate in coming months primarily on back of softening of food…

16 Jan

WhatsApp Delays Updated Privacy After Backlash

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WhatsApp has announced that it is moving forward the date to accept its new terms and conditions to May 15. The previous date for this was February 8. WhatsApp in its official twitter handle twitted ”Thank you to everyone who’s reached out. We're still working to counter any confusion by communicating directly with @WhatsApp users. No one will have their account suspended or deleted on Feb 8 and we’ll be moving back our business plans until after May - https://blog.whatsapp.com/giving-more-time-for-our-recent-update...” WhatsApp users received a notification this month that it was preparing a new privacy policy and terms, and it reserved…

16 Jan

England great Wayne Rooney retires to become permanent Derby boss

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Former English Footballer Wayne Rooney retires from playing to focus more on managerial role. The 35-year-old takes up the position on a two-and-half-year deal which will run until the summer of 2023. He says “It’s a new chapter of me. Of course I’ll miss playing but time doesn’t suffer no man. I’ve had my time.” He said after being appointed as Derby County’s new manager. Born in Liverpool, Rooney joined the Everton youth team and made his professional debut for the club in 2002. He moved to Manchester United in 2004 where he won 16 trophies. He scored 253 goals…

16 Jan

Tollywood Superstar Prosenjit Chatterjee and Rituparna Sengupta to feature in OTT Platforms

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Bengali cinema star Prosenjit Chatterjee will be making his debut with Viktamaditya Motwane’s web series titled “Stardust”. The show will also feature Aparshakti Khurrana, Aditi Rao Hydari. “The show is inspired by true incidents from rivalry to the working culture of the film industry. But it will be a fictional take on Bollywood from the 40s era to the next 40 years. Currently it is being planned as eight to nine episodes for season one,” a source close to the show’s team said. The series was initially planned to launch in March-April last year but due to COVID-19 pandemic the…

16 Jan

Bigg Boss 14: Devoleena is going to enter as Vikas Gupta’s proxy inside BB house

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Amid reports that Devoleena Bhattacharjee will enter the Bigg Boss 14 house and play as proxy for Vikas Gupta, a tweet from his Twitter account says that while she might be entering the reality show hosted by Salman Khan, but not as his proxy. Vikas recently exited the house after he faced some health-related issues. Vikas Gupta took to Twitter and wrote, "Neither @TheRashamiDesai nor @Devoleena_23 were approached to be proxy for #VikasGupta All the best #DevoleenaBhattacharjee who is going to play for another if reports r true & #RashamiDesai actually flew from her shoot the same day to fill…

16 Jan

Priyanka Chopra is phenomenal, never made us feel she was the biggest star , Says Rajkummar Rao

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Actor Rajkummar Rao has only nice things to say about his The White Tiger co-star, Priyanka Chopra. He says that Priyanka, who plays his wife in the movie, never made the crew feel like she was the biggest star on the sets. Sharing his experience of working with Priyanka on The White Tiger, Rajkummar says, "Priyanka is phenomenal. She is a very chilled out person, a global star who never made us feel that she was the biggest star on our set. I have always been a big admirer of her work. It's fun to work with great actors as…

16 Jan

Master box office collection Day 3: Vijay-starrer enters Rs 100 crore club

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Actor Vijay’s latest release Master has entered the Rs 100 crore club within three days of its release. Despite the 50 per cent occupancy limit, the film has managed to pull crowds in huge numbers. “#Master storms past 100 CR WW gross after just 3 days Just #ThalapathyVijay things! * release affected in key overseas markets, 50% occupancy cap in key domestic markets FURIOUS! #Master100CRin3days #100CRMaster #MasterPongal,” film trade analyst Kaushik LM shared on Twitter. He also shared a list of all the films of ‘Thalapathy’ Vijay that have grossed over Rs 100 crores worldwide. He shared, “#ThalapathyVijay’s 100 CR+…