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20 Jul

Buying a car in August! Know the own damage policy changes in store

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Planning to buy after August 1, 2020 You will have to buy a long term third party liability insurance, three-year for four-wheelers, and five-year for two-wheelers. TP premiums are same across all insurers, and the coverage is identical. So, you do not have much of a decision to make. To insure your vehicle for own damage, there are two options. First, you could buy a ‘bundled’ policy. This will be a combination of long-term third party liability policy, and one year own damage cover. Second, you could buy two separate policies. One is a stand-alone long-term TP policy, and the…

20 Jul

Goldsmith designs gold masks, silver wires in Coimbatore

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A Coimbatore-based goldsmith has designed masks using gold and silver threads. Radhakrishnan Sundaram Acharya, who belongs to a family of goldsmiths, has designed the masks using 0.06 millimeters thin gold and silver threads. “The gold mask has been made using 18-carat gold which costs Rs 2.75 lakh and the silver mask costs Rs 15,000,” Acharya said. Acharya told ANI that the main reason behind designing the mask is to create awareness about the need to wear these during the COVID-19 pandemic. “I’m aware that a common man cannot afford to wear these masks, but rich people can use them for…

20 Jul

NSE Academy and Fintso’s collaboration

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NSE Academy and Fintso announced a tie-up for educating, skill-development and training of financial intermediaries. This is aimed towards equipping them to enhance their offerings, besides certification courses to become registered advisors. The tie-up also involves co-creating content and holding investor education forums for the clients of the intermediaries. This is a critical thrust of NSE Academy, addressing the low financial awareness across the investment community, especially given the rise in savings, and first-time investors. As a part of this tie-up, Fintso’s subscriber base will get a subsidised and preferred access to the NSE Knowledge Hub platform. Fintso will also…

19 Jul

Best broadband plans from Reliance Jio, Airtel, and many others that are under under ₹1,000.

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Work from home and online education is the new normal for most of us. Not just this, the need to be home unless stepping out is absolutely essential too has increased our dependence on online platforms for recreation, communication, shopping as well as several other things. For all this a good broadband connection is critical. Here are monthly broadband plans from Airtel, Tata Sky, BSNL, Reliance Jio and others under Rs 1,000. JioFiber Silver monthly plan - ₹849 Reliance JioFiber’s ₹849 Silver monthly plan is one of the best broadband plans offered by the company under ₹1,000. It offers a…

19 Jul

Covid-19 ‘effect’ least on Apple in India, says Canalys report.

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There aren’t many industries around the world that haven’t felt a crippling effect because of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Smartphones are no different and with lockdown conditions, economic instability, it seems like people haven’t been buying smartphones like they used to. According to a report by research firm Canalys, smartphone shipments in India fell 48% in Q2 2020, to 17.3 million units. Almost every brand saw a decline in their shipments. However, the least impacted of all the major smartphone brands was Apple. As per the Canalys report, Apple was the least impacted among the top-10 vendors as shipments fell…

19 Jul

The Himalaya Drug Co. launches Quista DN

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A new product ‘Quista DN’ has been launched by The Himalaya Drug Company. It is a nutritional supplement scientifically designed to effectively help in the dietary management of diabetic and prediabetic individuals. Quista DN is a sucrose-free formula, fortified with unique ACCTI advantage nutrients that help improve overall metabolism. Quista DN is fortified with botanical ingredients. It is a vegetarian product that contains slow and medium digesting proteins, soluble and insoluble fiber. Quista DN is developed with the amalgamation of ancient wisdom of Ayurveda and modern nutrition science that contains botanical ingredients, ACCTI mix, Chromium, Zinc, and Selenium, which collectively…

19 Jul

‘Nissan Magnite’: Nissan India’s upcoming B-SUV

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Christened as Nissan Magnite, Nissan India revealed the concept version of its highly anticipated B-SUV. The technology-rich and stylish B-SUV will be launched in FY 2020 in India. Magnite is a portmanteau of the words “magnetic” and “ignite”. Whereas magnetic highlights the design and the product attributes that will attract customers, ignite emphasises on the beginning of a new era that Nissan wants to bring in India. The Nissan Magnite will be a feature-rich premium offering with stylish design for a strong and dynamic road presence. Rakesh Srivastava, Managing Director, Nissan Motor India said, “We are confident that Nissan Magnite…

18 Jul

Govt issues notice to Twitter after recent hack targeting global high-profile users.

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India’s cybersecurity nodal agency CERT-In has issued a notice to Twitter asking the micro-blogging platform for full details of the recent global hack targeting high-profile users, as it sought complete information on number of Indian users affected as well as impact on data, a source said. The source privy to the development told PTI that CERT-In has also asked Twitter for information on number of users from India who have visited the malicious tweets and links, and whether the affected users have been informed by the platform about unauthorised access to their Twitter accounts. The government has also demanded information…

18 Jul

Sundar Pichai reveals Google’s next big project to make the world a ‘safer’ place.

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Google’s parent company Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai today revealed the next big project that could help the world to form a ‘safer’ place. Natural disasters like floods or earthquakes come without any serious prior warning as such. Google and its CEO Sundar Pichai is exactly have something to tell us about. Google recently conducted an experiment using its subsea fiber optic cables, which showed that it could be useful for earthquake and tsunami warning systems. Google first started working on this in 2013 but it was only in 2019 that Google conducted its first experiment. Initially, there was no state…

18 Jul

HDFC Bank’s profit rises

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The HDFC Bank, which is India’s largest private sector lender by market value, on Saturday announced that it has reported a net profit of Rs 6,658.62 crore for the quarter ended June 30 which is an increase of 19.58 per cent compared to the corresponding period in 2019. The HDFC Bank had clocked a net profit of Rs 5,568.16 crore in April-June 2019-20. In a statement, The company also said that its net interest income - or the difference between interest earned and interest paid - increased 17.84 per cent to Rs 15,665.42 crore in the June quarter. Its income…