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30 Sep

Sony introduces attractive promotional offers

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Sony India, announced exciting consumer offers for Durga Puja to add joy to the festivities. Sony’s attractive offers are coupled with easy finance schemes such as easy EMIs with zero down payment and upto10% additional cashback. Mr. Satish Padmanabhan, Sales Head at Sony India, said, “We have been focusing on providing the best-in class products and technology to our customers. Durga Puja is one of the key festivals and we are very happy to extend unique consumer promotion offers and easy finance schemes for our customers in West Bengal. We are hopeful that Durga Puja will add the much-needed buoyancy…

30 Sep

Flipkart adds 13,000 Kirana for delivery

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In preparation of the upcoming festive season and the Big Billion Days, Flipkart, India’s homegrown e-commerce marketplace, has expanded its Kirana program in Eastern India with nearly 13,000 kiranas onboarded under this initiative from the region. This expansion is part of the over 50,000 kiranas that Flipkart has on boarded across the country to provide a faster and personalised e-commerce experience to millions of consumers while also augmenting an alternate source of income for the kiranas. The expansion of Flipkart’s kirana program across Eastern cities such as Kolkata, Guwahati, Silchar, Noonmati and Shillong makes e-commerce more inclusive by connecting kiranas…

30 Sep

A healthy heart with Almonds

editor0 CommentsBusiness, HealthAlmonds

Every year, World Heart Day is celebrated on 29 September, to raise awareness around cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and how they can be prevented. World Heart Day is a reminder for people across the world to stop and assess lifestyle choices for them and their family. Research has suggested that due to the inherent genetic makeup Indians are more vulnerable to heart diseases. With CVDs becoming a serious health concern amongst many Indians, dietary and lifestyle modifications can play an important role in reducing risk factors for better heart health. Adding a handful of nuts like almonds in daily diet is…

30 Sep

Sony’s headphone with intelligent features

editor0 CommentsBusiness, EntertainmentHEADPHONE, SONY

Sony India introduced WH-1000XM4 headphone, along with industry-first intelligent features that allow personalizing and controlling music, improving noise cancellation and adjusting ambient sound automatically. The WH-1000XM4 headphones feature two microphones on each ear-cup, which are used for noise cancelling. The Dual Noise Sensor technology captures ambient noise and passes the data to the trusted HD Noise Cancelling Processor QN1. Then a new Bluetooth Audio SoC (System on Chip) senses and adjusts to music and noise. Powerful 40mm drivers, with Liquid Crystal Polymer (LCP) diaphragms, make the headphones perfect. Its Speak-to-chat Smart listening technology enhances the user’s listening experience. From 18 September…

30 Sep

Kiss the Ground premiers on Netflix

editor0 CommentsBusiness, EntertainmentKISS THE GROUND, NETFLIX

A landmark documentary on climate crisis, Kiss the Ground, is set to hit screens, premiering on Netflix from September 22 onwards. Directed by critically-acclaimed documentarians Joshua Tickell and Rebecca Harrell Tickell, narrated by Woody Harrelson, distributed by Big Picture Ranch and Executive Produced by India-born, RJ Jain, Kiss the Ground unveils a game-changer to our climate crisis: the Earth’s own soil. Featuring the world’s leading scientists, experts, and activists, it artfully illustrates an accessible and relatively simple solution to humanity’s greatest challenge. “This science in this film offers an unprecedented opportunity for countries like Bangladesh to sequester carbon dioxide and…

30 Sep

Three gluten-free foods for the diet

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Gluten-free diets have gained a lot of fame in the last few years. For someone who has celiac disease or non-celiac gluten sensitivity (NCGS), a gluten-free diet is either a necessity or a preferred choice. A gluten-free diet is followed by people who want to manage the symptoms of celiac disease, NCGS or has wheat allergy. Nutrition & Wellness Consultant, Sheela Krishnaswamy talks about 3 foods that make for a great addition to the diet, if one plans on going gluten-free in the near future. These are almond, maize (corn) and rajma. Almonds are gluten-free and guilt-free. One can start…

30 Sep

Flipkart partners with Max Fashion

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Flipkart has partnered with Max Fashion. This partnership assumes significance, as India prepares for the upcoming festive season and Flipkart prepares for its annual Big Billion Days, focusing on bringing India's best fashion brands and collaborating with them to bring the best styles for Indian consumers. Max is the single largest player in India with 375+ stores in 130 cities across the country. Through this partnership, Max Fashion will be able to get wider market access and make their products across categories including accessories, footwear, womenswear, menswear, and kids wear, available in newer geographies and pin codes. The Max Fashion…

29 Sep

New Benelli 650 GT Shown In Type Approval Documents.

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Only last week it was revealed that Benelli’s long-running 600cc four-cylinder engine will become a ‘650’ in future – and just days later the firm has filed type-approval documents in China for just such a machine. The new bike, seen here, is very clearly based on the Benelli 600GT, which was first launched in 2013, but it gains a new ‘650’ designation and an actual engine capacity of 628cc according to the technical documents accompanying the application. Compared to the original 600GT, the updated version is transformed into something that’s more akin to a semi-adventure bike. The original sleek luggage…

29 Sep

Google Demands 30% Cut From App Developers in Its Play Store.

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Alphabet Inc's Google on Monday sought to rebut criticism that it selectively enforces its 30% mobile app store tax, demanding that the over 3% apps selling digital items without complying follow the rules within a year. The change follows lawsuits by "Fortnite" video game maker Epic Games last month accusing Google and Apple Inc of anticompetitive conduct. Apps sold on the tech leaders' stores are required to use their payment systems so they can collect a portion of sales, which developers describe as a tax. The companies are defending the allegations. App stores are a fast-growing business as sales of…

28 Sep

Ducati Multistrada V4 To Get 1,158 cc V4 Engine

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Latest documents filed with the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reveal that the upcoming new model in the Ducati Multistrada, the Multistrada V4, will be powered by a 1,158 cc version of the Ducati Stradale V4 engine. Vehicle Identification Number (VIN) documents filed with the US NHTSA reveals how VIN codes for Ducati bikes reveal the engine displacement. The latest engine code used in the documents is "V' which represents the 1,158 cc, liquid-cooled, four-cylinder engine with four valves per cylinder. The "A" is for the Scrambler Sixty's 399 cc, air-cooled v-twin, while the "N" code is apparently for…