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24 Jun

BS6 Honda Grazia 125 launched.

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Honda Motorcycles and Scooters India on Wednesday launched the BS6 compliant version two-wheeler Grazia 124. The all-new Grazia 125 dispatches will commence starting this week. Grazia 125 BS6 will be available at a starting price of Rs. 73,336 (for Standard version, ex-showroom).There will be two variants - Standard & Deluxe in four bold colours – Mat Cyber Yellow, Pearl Spartan Red, Pearl Siren Blue and Mat Axis Grey.At the heart of Grazia 125 ticks BS6 compliant Honda's trusted 125cc PGM-FI HET (Honda Eco Technology) engine, boosted by Enhanced Smart Power (eSP). It also comes equipped with a unique multi-function switch…

24 Jun

Assam student who was upset because he did not have a smart phone to attend online classes, was found dead.

editor0 CommentsAssam, North East

GUWAHATI: A 16-year-old student, who was upset because he did not have a smart phone to attend online classes, was found dead near his house in Assam’s Chirang district on June 23.According to reports, the student of Class 10, who came from a very poor family, was troubled as he could not take part in online classes and examinations conducted by his school as he did not have a smart phone. From what we have been able to gather after talking to neighbours and others close to the student, it appears he was fed up with the situation and decided…

24 Jun

RBI told that the Google Pay is a 3rd party app provider and does not operate any payment systems.

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GUWAHATI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has told the Delhi High Court that Google Pay is a third party app provider (TPAP) and does not operate any payment systems.Further, RBI stated that its operations are not in violation of the Payment and Settlement System Act of 2007, RBI. Responding to a PIL filed by financial economist Abhijit Mishra who has alleged that Google's mobile payment app was facilitating financial transactions without the requisite authorisation, RBI added that since Google Pay does not operate any payment system, it does not find a place in the list of authorised payment system…

24 Jun

India coronavirus: US curbs ‘unfair’ Air India repatriation flights

editor0 CommentsNorth EastAIRINDIA

The US has accused India's national carrier of "discriminatory practices" and curbed repatriation flights it was operating both to and from the country. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) said Air India was also selling tickets for the flights which meant they were not "true repatriations". It added that US carriers were not being allowed to conduct similar operations to and from India, despite submissions from airline companies. Air India has not responded as yet. A statement on the DOT website said that the carrier would now have to apply for statements of authorisation prior to conducting charter flights and that…

24 Jun

Why Trump’s H-1B visa freeze will hurt India most

editor0 CommentsNorth EastUSA, VISA

Illegal immigration has long been the subject of fervid debate in the US. Now President Donald Trump is making "legal immigration a scapegoat" with an eye on the upcoming election, says Poorvi Chotani, a managing partner at Law Quest, an immigration law firm with offices in the US and India. "How can the US recover more than 17 million lost jobs due to the pandemic by keeping out a little more than half a million foreign workers for the rest of the year?" she told me. Ms Chotani is mainly alluding to the H-1B visa programme that currently admits 85,000 immigrants each…

23 Jun

How Apple plans to take on WhatsApp with iOS 14.

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Back in 2018, during a regular quarterly earnings call with investors, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a rather startling admission. "Our biggest competitor by far is iMessage ," Zuckerberg told investors about Apple's default messaging app as a huge threat. Till yesterday, one might have felt that Apple — while making subtle changes — hadn't really upped the ante on Facebook and its family of apps like Messenger and WhatsApp . However, at WWDC 2020 , Apple with iOS 14 announced how Messages is set to change significantly with new features that are designed to take on other instant messaging…

23 Jun

Delhi HC grants bail to pregnant Jamia student Safoora Zargar.

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The Delhi high court Tuesday granted bail to Jamia student Safoora Zargar, who is pregnant and was arrested under anti-terror law UAPA in a case related to communal violence in northeast Delhi during protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act, as Solicitor General Tushar Mehta did not oppose it on humanitarian grounds. Justice Rajiv Shakdher passed the order after the Central government, represented by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, agreed to Ms. Zargar's bail plea on humanitarian grounds. The Solicitor General said that the order enlarging her on bail should not be made a precedent and additonally insisted on a series of…

23 Jun

Patanjali ordered to stop advertising COVID-19 drug.

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Yoga guru Ramdev's herbal medicine company Patanjali Ayurved on Tuesday claimed to have discovered a medicine that could cure coronavirus in just seven days - a claim that the Ayush Ministry scoffed at by seeking stopping of advertisements for the drug. While Ramdev claimed that Ayurved-based 'Coronil and Swasari' medicine have shown 100 per cent favourable results during clinical trials on COVID-19 infected patients except those on a life support system, the Ayush Ministry sought from the company detailed report on composition, testing and other data of the drugs. The ministry also used powers under a 1954 law to ask…

23 Jun

COVID-19: Glenmark receives approval for Favipiravir

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In a landmark development for COVID-19 patients in India, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals today announced the launch of antiviral drug Favipiravir (brand name FabiFlu) for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 patients. Glenmark has received manufacturing and marketing approval from India’s drug regulator, making FabiFlu the first oral Favipiravir-approved medication in India for the treatment of COVID-19. Favipiravir is backed by strong clinical evidence showing encouraging results in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19. The antiviral offers broad-spectrum RNA virus coverage with clinical improvement noted across age groups 20 to 90 years. Favipiravir can be used in COVID-19 patients with co-morbid…

23 Jun

ICICI Prudential Life announces a 15% higher bonus

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A bonus totalling Rs 788 crore has been declared by ICICI Prudential Life Insurance for its bouquet of participating products. This is the 14th consecutive year the Company has declared a bonus and delivered long term value to policyholders. The bonus declared for FY2020 is 15% higher than the last fiscal enabling ~9 lakh policyholder to get one step closer to achieving their financial goals. All participating policies in force as of March 31, 2020, are eligible to receive this bonus, which will be added to their guaranteed maturity or death benefit.Managing Director & CEO of ICICI Prudential Life Insurance,…