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27 Jan

Sensex Plunges 458 points, Nifty Closes Below 12,150; Bank, Metal Stocks Weigh

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The S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 indices lost more than 1 per cent, weighed down by weakness in banking, metal and financial services shares. The Sensex ended at 41155, weaker by 458 points or 1.1 per cent and the NSE Nifty 50 ended at 12,119, down 129 points or 1 per cent.Earlier in the day, the benchmarks opened lower tracking losses in other Asian peers as fears about the economic impact of China's spreading virus outbreak curbed risk appetite. Japan's Nikkei 225 fell nearly 2 per cent in early trade on Monday. Contracts on the S&P 500 Index…

27 Jan

1 Lakh Tons Of Dutch-Made Tata Steel Exempt From US Tariffs

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A US tariff on laminated steel used in packaging will not apply to Tata Steel products manufactured in the Netherlands, the Dutch foreign trade minister said on Monday.Sigrid Kaag told reporters that the US had agreed the products would be exempt from a 25 per cent tariff announced by the administration of President Donald Trump in June 2018, saving consumers and the company up to 100 million euros annually in tariff costs."The import tariffs on laminated steel have been retracted and that's wonderful news for Tata Steel," Kaag told reporters in The Hague. "It's good for us, and good for…

26 Jan

India’s Military Might On Display At Grand Republic Day Parade

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India celebrated its 71st Republic Day today with a 90-minute display of military might, cultural diversity and socio-economic progress. The armed forces took centre-stage parading an array of weapons, the Defence Reserch Organisation put up a display of state-of-the-art technology and the 22 tableaux held a spectacular display of colours, art and lifestyle. Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro was the Chief Guest. The ceremony started with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a first, visiting the National War Memorial instead of the Amar Jawan Jyoti, where he paid tributes to soldiers who died fighting for the country. The nation's armed forces took…

25 Jan

BML Munjal University announces two new specializations for MBA courses

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BML Munjal University (BMU), the Hero Group’s not-for-profit university, today announced the launch of specializations for MBA courses – Artificial Intelligence and Data Engineering & Operations and Supply Chain. The students will have the option to choose an area of specialization in the second semester. The specializations are aimed at making students ready for future technologies and the dynamic business and industrial environment. In addition, the University is accepting applications for the MBA Program for 2020- 22 batches. The applicants will have to fill in the online common application form available at www.bmu.edu.in/apply-page/, by January 30, 2020. The two new…

23 Jan

Strides Consumer forays into eastern Indianwith two uniquely formulated products

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Strides Consumer Private Limited (SCPL), a Bangalore –based consumer healthcare company, today marked its foot print into the eastern markets of India, after successful expansion in southern regions. With its entry, SCPL has launched two distinct products – NIXIT, an oral Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT)and JOINTFLEX, a topical analgesic cream for joint care. SCPL aims to offer the Indian consumers high quality and differentiated products inspired from the best of global products with Indian customization. Headed by industry veteran Mr. Subodh Marwah, SCPL has two marquee investors - India Life Sciences Fund with ~74% holdings and Strides Pharma Science Ltd (a listed…

23 Jan

Counting Antarctic Penguins with AI

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Antarctica’s penguin populations are at serious risk. According to a 2019 study from the British Antarctic Survey, the world’s largest Emperor penguin colony has suffered unprecedented breeding issues for the past three years, is uniquely vulnerable to ongoing and projected climate change, and could virtually disappear by the year 2100. In order to study penguin populations, researchers first need to accurately count them. A new crowd counting solution from Intel AI Builder member and data science company Gramener could enable researchers to use computer vision to count penguin populations faster and more accurately. “Today, on Penguin Awareness Day, it’s important to understand the impact…

18 Jan

FEHI performs India’s 1st Coronary Shockwave Lithotripsy

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A team of doctors led by Dr Ashok Seth, Chairman, Fortis Escorts Heart Institute (FEHI), New Delhi performed India's First Coronary Shockwave Lithotripsy to open up a severely blocked artery in a 67 year-old patient who had recently had a heart attack. The patient had 90% blocked artery which could not be opened by the standard technique balloon angioplasty at extremely high pressures with balloon bursting and it became impossible to open the blockage. Then the novel shockwave balloon was inserted inside the heart artery and sonic pulses delivered to break the calcium in the blockage. After that the blockage…

15 Oct

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11 Apr

Arizona teachers, schools prepare for a walkout over salaries, education money

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