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05 Oct

Survey: Financial Immunity in post-COVID world

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Guwahati, October 2020: SBI Life Insurance unveiled a comprehensive consumer survey, providing deep insights into consumer predispositions towards Financial Immunity in a post-COVID world. SBI Life commissioned the ‘Understanding consumer attitude towards Financial Immunity’ survey with The Nielsen Company, reaching out to over 2,400 consumers across 13 key cities. Understandably, in the wake of COVID-19, maintaining personal physical immunity has been on the fore. In fact, 8 out of 10 Indians are aware that ‘stress’ lowers mental and physical immunity. The survey attempts to better understand the cause of stress, by enquiring about the top financial worries of the consumer…

03 Oct

“Our prayers are with them”: WHO after US First Lady Test positive for COVID-19.

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The World Health Organization on Friday wished US President Donald Trump a speedy recovery from Kovid-19 and avoided criticizing his disdain for advice on protecting against the virus. Trump has been a serious critic of dealing with the WHO and the coronovirus epidemic, accusing the United Nations health agency of responding to the crisis. The United States formally began its withdrawal from the WHO in July, making good on Trump’s threat to deprive the organization of its top donor. WHO Director General Tedros Adnom Ghebreyus congratulated Trump and his wife Melania, who are also infected, “a full and speedy recovery”,…

02 Oct

Mithuna: World’s third-finest whiskey made in India

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Indian whisky brand Paul John’s Mithuna has been declared thethird-finest whisky in the world, said John Distilleries PrivateLimited (JDPL) on Friday.Indian whisky brand Paul John’s Mithuna has been declared thethird-finest whisky in the world by esteemed whisky reviewer JimMurray.Mithuna by Paul John has been declared one of the best whiskiesin the world by the acclaimed “Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible 2021”.The development was announced by John Distilleries PrivateLimited (JDPL) on Friday.Set to be released worldwide in November, Mithuna by Paul John isthe second expression of the Zodiac series of Paul John IndianSingle Malt from JDPL. It may be noted that JDPL…

02 Oct

Volvo Working On A New All-Electric SUV; To Sit Below The XC40.

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Swedish luxury carmaker, Volvo Cars, is reportedly working on a new compact SUV that will be positioned below the XC40. The new SUV, which is expected to be called the Volvo XC20, will be based on the new electric vehicle (EV) platform developed by its parent company, Geely. This means the car will be an all-electric SUV. It was just in September 2020 that Volvo's Chinese owner introduced the new EV platform - Sustainable Experience Architecture (SEA), at the recent Beijing Auto Show. Introducing the platform Geely's President An Conghui had said that the new architecture will support small as…

02 Oct

IRCTC Latest News: Railways Plans to Introduce 200 More Trains This Festive Season

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At a time when the passenger, mail and express trainservices are suspended because of the coronaviruslockdown, the Indian Railways on Thursday said that it isplanning to introduce 200 special trains between October 15and November 30 to cater to passenger rush during thefestive season.In a good news for passengers who are planning to travelduring the festive seasons, Railway Board Chairman andCEO VK Yadav said that the railways has decided that it willtake stock of passenger services on a daily basis dependingon the needs of the state governments and the status of thepandemic.

02 Oct

Amazon’s delivery infrastructure expansion

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Amazon has notably ramped up its delivery infrastructure and added thousands of delivery partners to the network to serve the rising customer demand ahead of the festive season. The company augmented its delivery network and added about 200 delivery stations, including those operated by Delivery Service Partners across the country. These include in many remote northeastern towns such as Champhai, Kolasib, Lumding and Mokokchung. The company has also strengthened its delivery programs as well with its flagship ‘I Have Space’ (IHS) program, now comprising of more than 28,000 neighbourhood and Kirana in close to 350 cities. Under the ‘I Have…

02 Oct

Amazon.in brings in ‘Pujo Shopping Store’

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As customers gear up for an exciting festive season, Amazon.in announced its ‘Pujo Shopping Store’ which brings a wide selection of specially curated products ranging from Pujo essentials, festive wear, makeup essentials, electronics, home décor, large appliances, smartphones, accessories, Amazon Devices and much more. The ‘Pujo Shopping Store’ on Amazon.in has been specially curated to be the one-stop destination for customers. It offers access to thousands of products to suit the unique needs of everyone from the comfort of their homes. Customers can choose from a host of leading brands. Apart from top brands, the ‘Pujo Shopping Store’ will also…

01 Oct

Air India One — highly secure aircraft for President, VP, PM — set to arrive at Delhi’s International Airport.

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Air India One, a highly secured VVIP aircraft modelled on US President's aircraft 'Air Force One', is all set to arrive at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport in a couple of hours. The plane that took off from Texas today comes with an impregnable audio and video communications system that can function mid-air. Air India One will be used to fly the President of India, Vice President and the Prime Minister. “The first of the two Boeing jets will land in New Delhi at 3.00pm on Thursday,” a top aviation ministry official said. The delivery of the aircraft was delayed…

01 Oct

WhatsApp Enables Always Mute, New Storage UI, Media Guidelines Features in Latest Android Beta.

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WhatsApp is enabling multiple features for Android beta users to tinker with. This includes a useful ‘Always Mute' feature, a new Storage Usage UI and its tools, and another feature called Media Guidelines. The instant messaging platform has released WhatsApp 2.20.201.10 beta for Android and it also has been discovered that video and voice call buttons for business accounts have disappeared. The new features have been enabled in the latest beta, but the waiting time may be a little more for some. WABetaInfo dug into the latest WhatsApp 2.20.201.10 beta for Android and spotted several new features in testing. The…

01 Oct

Car Sales September 2020: MG Motor India Registers 2.71 Per Cent Year-On-Year Decline.

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MG Motor India registered 2,537 units of retail sales for September 2020. If we consider year-on-year growth, the sales figures drop 2.71 per cent as MG sold 2,608 units in September last year. In August 2020, the company sold 2,851 cars. So the drop in month-on-month sales is 11 per cent. Although, the company reports that it registered a growth of 22 per cent in sales vis-a-vis Q3 last year. MG sold 7,493 units in Q3 of 2020 as against 6,134 units sold in the same quarter last year. MG says it registered high traction for the ZS EV since…