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19 Aug

Flipkart’s Independence Day Sale concludes

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Kick-starting the festive season, sellers on the Flipkart Marketplace platform witnessed significant business growth in the company’s recently concluded 5-day-long Independence Day Sale (August 6-10). During this period, the Flipkart marketplace platform recorded a 54 per cent increase in transacting sellers compared to last year. The Independence Day Sale event saw participation from sellers primarily from Tier 2 cities and beyond. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, e-commerce has emerged as the preferred channel to connect with consumers nationwide. Since the nationwide lockdown, Flipkart saw an increased interest from sellers to join the platform. Since then, the company has…

18 Aug

“Punjab Will Burn If Sutlej-Yamuna Canal Is Built”: Punjab C.M. Amarinder Singh To Centre.

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Punjab will burn and the state's water-sharing dispute with Haryana will transform into a national security problem if the Satluj-Yamuna Link Canal is completed, Chief Minister Amarinder Singh warned the Centre on Tuesday at a virtual meeting, which was also attended by Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar."You have to look at the issue from the national security perspective. If you decide to go ahead with SYL, Punjab will burn and it will become a national problem, with Haryana and Rajasthan also suffering the impact," Mr Singh said at the meeting, which he described…

18 Aug

Third Militant Killed, Two Army Men Succumb To Injuries in Baramulla Encounter.

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One more terrorist was killed on Tuesday in an ongoing encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla district. The encounter took place in Kreeri area where the police also recovered arms and ammunition. This is the third terrorist killed in an operation carried out by security forces after Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militants’ attack on Monday which left two CRPF jawans and a Jammu and Kashmir policeman dead in Baramulla district. The security forces had chased the ultras after the attack and gunned down two of them during an encounter. The search operation is currently on in the area. Two CRPF men and one…

18 Aug

Divyanka Tripathi replacing Erica Fernandes in Kasauti Zindagii Kay

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Divyanka Tripathi replacing Erica Fernandes in Kasautii Zindagii Kay? Actor says ‘it’s just a rumour’Divyanka Tripathi dismissed news of her replacing Erica Fernandes as the lead in Kasautii Zindagii Kay. She said that it was ‘just a rumour’.Divyanka Tripathi has clarified that she is not replacing Erica Fernandes in the Kasautii Zindagii Kay reboot. She took to her Instagram stories to refute the news and wrote, “DTD as Prerna in KZK? It’s a rumour! (Just clearing the air for those who care).”Recently, it was reported that Erica and Parth Samthaan, who play Prerna and Anurag in the show, are planning…

18 Aug

Karishma Kapoor cannot get enough of coloured eyeliner

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Karisma Kapoor Cannot Get Enough Of Coloured Eyeliner And We Can See WhyEvery eye makeup look you see may be oozing with a myriad of hues and pops of colour but it doesn't always take a professional makeup artist to achieve it. Karisma Kapoor dropped us a makeup tip on what she does to achieve a coloured eye makeup look. For Saif Ali Khan's 50th birthday party, which had his pregnant wife Kareena Kapoor cutting the cake by his side, Karisma looked like a glamazon wearing blue winged out eyes with orange toned lips and her hair pulled back in…

18 Aug

A 14,000 year old puppy , whose perfectly preserved body was found in Russia

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A 14,000-year-old puppy, whose perfectly preserved body was found in Russia, munched on a woolly rhino for its last meal (CNN)Scientists studying the body of a perfectly preserved Ice Age puppy have made an unexpected discovery -- a piece of what could be one of the last woolly rhinos inside its stomach. Russian researchers first excavated the preserved, furry body of the canine -- which could be a dog or a wolf -- from a site in Tumat, Siberia, in 2011. Inside the 14,000-year-old puppy's stomach was a hairy piece of tissue. At first, scientists assumed the fragment belonged to…

18 Aug

National Investigation Agency arrests Islamic State operative from Bengaluru.

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The National Investigative Agency (NIA) on Monday said that it has arrested an Islamic State operative Abdul Rahman in connection with a case relating to Islamic State Khorasan Province (ISKP).Rahman, 28, was working as an ophthalmologist at M S Ramaiah Medical College, Bangalore. This case was initially registered by Delhi Police Special Cell in March 2020, after the arrest of a Kashmiri couple namely Jahanzaib Sami Wani and his wife Hina Bashir Beigh from Okhla Vihar, Jamia Nagar in Delhi. The couple was found to be having affiliations with ISKP, which is a banned terrorist organisation and is a part…

18 Aug

Sushant Singh Rajput asked Rhea Chakraborty to leave his home on June 8 as sister Meetu was to visit: Rhea’s lawyer

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Sushant Singh Rajput asked Rhea Chakraborty to leave his home on June 8 as sister Meetu was to visit: Rhea’s lawyerRhea Chakraborty’s lawyer has claimed that she left Sushant Singh Rajput’s home at his request days before his death. He asserted that the ties between Rhea and actor’s family were strained.Actor Rhea Chakraborty’s lawyer Satish Maneshinde has claimed in a new interview that it was at Sushant Singh Rajput’s behest that she left his home on June 8. Sushant died by suicide on June 14 and his father has filed an FIR against Rhea in Patna, accusing her of abetment…

18 Aug

UTI Mastershare has 6-lakh live investor accounts

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Having track record of wealth creation for over 30 years, UTI Mastershare Unit Scheme is India’s first equity oriented fund (launched in October 1986). The Fund has a corpus of over Rs. 6,200-crore with over 6-lakh live investor accounts as on July 31, 2020. The Fund aims at securing capital appreciation or income distribution over a long term, follows a disciplined approach to invest and has maintained stream of annual dividends every year since its inception. UTI Mastershare Unit Scheme has distributed a total dividend of more than Rs. 3,700-crore in last 15 years. UTI Mastershare Unit Scheme being categorized…

18 Aug

Maruti Suzuki Alto crosses milestone of 40-Lakh sales

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Maruti Suzuki Alto announced a remarkable milestone of 40-Lakh cumulative sales. Alto is the preferred choice of Indian car buyers with 76% of Alto customers choosing it as their first car. Crowned as India’s best-selling car, Alto could not have achieved this milestone without the unparalleled faith and support from all its valuable customers. With a continuous rise in popularity and trust since 2000, Maruti Suzuki Alto has become a member of numerous households across different geographies. Alto has continued to strengthen its legacy with timely upgrades and new technology offerings. Providing mobility to over 40 lakh Indian families, brand…