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03 Aug

Amazon.in announces Great Freedom Festival

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Amazon.in announced ‘Great Freedom Festival’ offering big savings on a range of products from August 5 to August 9. Customers can shop from millions of products offered by sellers including artisans & weavers, women entrepreneurs, start-ups, brands, and local neighbourhood stores across hundreds of categories including Mobile Phones, Laptops, Electronics, Amazon Business, Fashion & Beauty Essentials, Home & Kitchen, Groceries, Large Appliances, Work & Study from Home Essentials, and more. Customers shopping during the Great Freedom Festival can save more by getting extra 10 % instant discount with SBI Credit cards and Credit EMI. This Great Freedom Festival, customers can…

03 Aug

Nissan India wholesales 8156 vehicles

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Nissan India announces a wholesale of 4259 vehicles for July’21 for the domestic market, its highest monthly sales in the last 3 years on the strength of the successful launch of all-new Nissan Magnite. Exports of 3897 units came on the strength of addition of Nissan Magnite in the export markets. A pioneer in electric vehicles globally, Nissan recently launched the Nissan LEAF electric vehicle in Nepal, adding to the strength of its product portfolio after the successful launch of Nissan Magnite in the Nepal market. The all-new Nissan Magnite comes with the best ever, lowest-in-class maintenance cost with a…

03 Aug

HDFC NIFTY50 Equal Weight Index Fund NFO

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A New Fund Offer (NFO) has been launched by HDFC Asset Management Company Limited (Investment Manager to the schemes of HDFC Mutual Fund) - HDFC NIFTY50 Equal Weight Index Fund. HDFC NIFTY50 Equal Weight Index Fund will take exposure to all the stocks in the index with intent to participate in the growth story with no market-cap bias. HDFC NIFTY50 Equal Weight Index Fund will offer exposure to Top 50 large companies on the NSE with equal weight to each stock. The equal weight aims to reduce risk of stock/ sectoral concentration. HDFC NIFTY50 Equal Weight Index Fund is suitable…

03 Aug

Neeraj Chopra, Shivpal Singh aim to set Indian javelin record straight at Tokyo Olympics

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It will be a reality check for Neeraj Chopra on early Wednesday morning when he will be taking the field on his Olympic debut while rubbing shoulders with the likes of javelin giant Johannes Vetter, a strong favourite for the gold medal, in group A of men's javelin throw qualification. While Vetter (season-best of 96.29m) is billed to go past the 90m marks with ease, the distance remains an unprecedented one for 23-year-old Neeraj, who enters the Games with his national record throw of 88.07m (in March 2021). However, such an enormous distance will be inconsequential on the day as…

03 Aug

PM Modi slams TMC MP Derek O’Brien over his ‘papri chat’ tweet.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday took strong exception to a tweet from Trinamool Congress MP Derek O'Brien. The Rajya Sabha MP had on Monday criticised the Union government for rushing to pass bills in Parliament without any debate. "In the first 10 days, Modi-Shah rushed through and passed 12 Bills at an average time of UNDER SEVEN MINUTES per Bill. Passing legislation or making papri chaat!" Derek O'Brien had tweeted along with a chart of the bills passed during the ongoing Monsoon Session. Talking to reporters after the BJP Parliamentary party meeting, which was attended by PM Narendra Modi,…

02 Aug

Khela Hobe’ will be remembered forever, says Mamata with a football

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was seen in action with a football as she launched the 'Khela Hobe' programme at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata on Monday. The Bengal chief minister was seen playing with a football at the event where she said the slogan 'Khela Hobe', which became an anthem of sorts during the state assembly election that took place earlier this year, will be popular across India. "Believe it or not, Khela Hobe has become very popular. The slogan was raised in Parliament too and soon it'll be popular across India," Mamata Banerjee said at the event.…

02 Aug

‘The matter should be discussed’: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar demands probe into Pegasus row

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Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, whose party JD(U) is an ally to the BJP called for a probe in the Pegasus spyware controversy on August 2. “A probe should be done, indeed. We have been hearing about telephone tapping for so many days,” Kumar was quoted as saying by news agency ANI. He also said that the matter should be discussed in Parliament as Opposition leaders have been “reiterating (for talks) for so many days," reported ANI. Addressing reporters in Patna, the JD(U) chief also echoed the Opposition's demand for a discussion on the issue in the ongoing Monsoon Session…

02 Aug

PM Modi launches new digital payment system e-RUPI

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday launches e-RUPI, a person and purpose-specific digital payment solution via video conferencing. “Digital technology is transforming lives in a major way and is furthering ‘Ease of Living.’ At 4:30 PM tomorrow, 2nd August, will launch e-RUPI, a futuristic digital payment solution which offers several benefits for its users,” Modi said in a tweet on Sunday. PM also said that among the benefits of e-RUPI are cashless and contactless digital payment, connecting service sponsors and beneficiaries digitally and ensuring leak-proof delivery of several welfare services. According to a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office…

02 Aug

Tourists, villagers flee as wildfires ravage Turkish resorts

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Wildfires raged near Turkey’s holiday beach destinations of Antalya and Mugla and in the surrounding countryside for a fifth day as the discovery of more bodies raised the death toll to eight while villagers lost their homes and animals. Residents and tourists on Sunday fled the danger in small boats while the coast guard and two navy ships waited out at sea in case a bigger evacuation was needed. Fires also enveloped Mugla province’s Mazikoy, and villagers who evacuated were devastated. Residents had to flee nearby Cokertme village as flames neared. Some got on boats and others left by cars…

02 Aug

Northeast BJP MPs meet Modi, blame Cong for politics over border dispute

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Amid the ongoing border dispute between Assam and Mizoram, BJP’s MPs from the Northeastern states on Monday met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and blamed the Congress for indulging in politics over the issue.Sources said that the MPs met the Prime Minister to discuss issues concerning their states and the ongoing border dispute between Assam with other neighbouring states. The MPs submitted a memorandum on various issues pertaining to the development of the region along with border disputes between Assam and Mizoram. The BJP MPs mentioned that under the NDA government led by Prime Minister Modi development work in the Northeast…