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19 Oct

Night-long Durga Puja pandal-hopping to start today amid sharp spike in Covid-19 cases in WB.

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Overnight Durga Puja pandal-hopping is expected to start from Monday amid warning by doctors that the number of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases could spike up to four times after the festive season, if restrictions are relaxed by the West Bengal government. “Revellers can visit puja pandals in the evening from Tritiya to Ekadashi,” West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee had earlier said while urging pandal-hoppers and puja organisers to avoid crowding. While Tritiya falls on Monday, Ekadashi will be observed on October 27. Durga Puja, the biggest festival in the state, starts from Friday (October 23). However, most of the…

19 Oct

HTC Desire 20+ launched with Snapdragon 720G SoC, 5000mAh battery

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HTC Desire 20+ has been launched in Taiwan and it joins the Desire 20 Pro that was launched in the country back in June. There is no vanilla HTC Desire 20 in the series yet. The Desire 20+ has a quad rear camera setup, a notched selfie camera, and an octa-core processor under the hood. It comes in a single RAM and storage configuration, but is available in two colour options. The HTC Desire 20+ also has a fingerprint scanner on the back. Starting with the display, the HTC Desire 20+ has a 6.5-inch IPS LCD screen which offers an…

19 Oct

Mumbai Metro to resume operation from today | Guidelines to follow

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Mumbai Metro services have resumed operations from Monday, after remaining shut for nearly seven months owing to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Maharashtra government permitted metro services to resume in Mumbai as part of its new guidelines that came into effect from October 15. Mumbai Metro tweeted a picture of early commuters who began travelling through the service starting today “We are so delighted to have you back Metrokars. Here are few pictures of commuters who took their favourite Metro ride after 200+ days of break. Please share your 1st metro ride story with us @MumMetro,” read the caption. It had…

19 Oct

Amway India launches ‘Nari Shakti’ project

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Amway India launched the project ‘Nari Shakti’. As part of its 10-year growth vision, Amway aims to continue to empower women and offer them the opportunity to own and operate their own business while living their passions for fitness, healthy living, cooking or beauty. Beginning with the Eastern region, the Nari Shakti project is aimed at bringing Amway’s existing group of women direct sellers to the forefront by enhancing their existing skills to run their independent Amway businesses successfully. Committed to empowering women by bringing them to the forefront and as part of making major strides towards strengthening the gig…

19 Oct

Hollywood star Will Smith says that I have been following Sadhguru for a while

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Recently, Will Smith along with his family got to spend time with spiritual leader Sadhguru. The founder of the Isha Foundation is on a 10,000-mile motorcycle journey across the United States. As part of the trip, he met Smith, one of his celebrity followers. A video that was posted by Sadhguru on Instagram features glimpses of the special meeting that was all about life’s lessons. Sadhguru is seen arriving at Smith’s residence on his bike. During the interaction, the actor is heard saying, “Sadhguru is in town. I have been following him for a while. He wrote a wonderful book…

19 Oct

Improvement of home sales in Kolkata

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In the second from last quarter of 2020, home deals in Kolkata saw an improvement, despite the fact that new gracefully kept on staying under pressure in view of the common economic situations, as per information accessible with PropTiger.com. As indicated by Real Insight Q3 2020, a quarterly examination of India's eight prime private business sectors in India by the property financier firm PropTiger.com, home deals in Kolkata during the July-September time of 2020 expanded 88% when contrasted with the past quarter. A sum of 2,479 new units were sold in the West Bengal capital during the quarter. The moderate…

19 Oct

An Icon of Trust – Maruti Suzuki Alto

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Engaging in excess of 40 lakh Indian family units with a feeling of pride, India's Favorite Car – Alto gladly commends 20 years of setting unrivaled industry benchmarks. The amazing Alto is a confirmation of a notable brand that developed itself with the changing yearnings of youthful India. Alto is India's first BS6 agreeable passage level vehicle. Maruti Suzuki Alto is offered in Petrol and processing plant fitted CNG alternative and is sold through Maruti Suzuki's ARENA deals organization of 2,390 vendor deals outlets across 1900 urban communities. Maruti Suzuki Alto has gone through various changes and overhauls over the…

17 Oct

Firemen Sprinkle Water On Delhi Roads To Battle Air Pollution.

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The Delhi Fire Services (DFS) has joined anti-pollution efforts in the national capital by sprinkling water across the city on Saturday."For this exercise, 13 hotspots across the city have been identified… Today, water was sprayed on the roads of Wazirpur area - one of the identified hotspots," Chief Fire Officer Atul Garg said. The special drive aims to reduce air and dust pollution in the city, Mr Garg added. Delhi's Air Quality Index has remained in the "very poor" category all week due to slowing wind speeds that allow deadly pollutants such as PM2.5 particles to remain suspended in the…

17 Oct

Amazon expands storage capacity in WB

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In West Bengal, Amazon India launched a new Fulfilment Centre (FC). It is the largest in the state. This expansion will help the 25,000 sellers in West Bengal offer a wider selection and enable faster deliveries within West Bengal and North-eastern states. Akhil Saxena, VP, Customer Fulfilment Operations, APAC, MENA & LATAM, Amazon said, West Bengal is a very important market for Amazon as its strategic location enables the company to better serve customers in West Bengal and neighbouring North-eastern states. With this expansion, Amazon will be able to support small & medium businesses while creating hundreds of work opportunities…

17 Oct

Vanish joins hands with Avataar.Me

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India’s No. 1 stain removal brand and a premium laundry additive, Vanish has joined hands with Avataar. Me to create an immersive Augmented Reality experience for its consumers. Vanish has also launched its new campaign showcasing its revolutionary formulation while highlighting ‘dry clean like results at home’. The new campaign is based on a study on consumers’ perspective on dry-cleaning vs washing clothes at home. Vanish has undergone rigorous testing and the results indicate that Vanish liquid/powder when used with regular detergent, provides dry clean like results at home where even daily wear garments look brighter and whiter after every…