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Maruti Suzuki Baleno RS 1.0l Boosterjet - What To Expect

It will debut Suzuki’s small displacement turbocharged petrol engines - Boosterjet in the country, expected to launch few months after the expo!   Country’s largest automobile manufacturer is all set to join the small displacement turbocharged ...




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Fiat rolls out hatchback Punto Pure at Rs 4.49 lakh

The vehicle will be available in both petrol and diesel variants; to take on Maruti Swift, Hyundai Grand i10, Chevrolet Beat, among others




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Maruti showcases mini SUV Ignis, Baleno RS

The cars are to be launched around the festive season




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Fiat hopes to piggyback on Jeep to revive fortune

The company hopes that Jeep will be able to provide the vital push it needs to remain afloat in the Indian market for the time being




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With Bankruptcy Code and Mauritius DTAA checked, what's next for the markets?

There are no new triggers for the markets to anticipate. Now, what happens globally, will follow locally in India




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Don't exhaust ammunition, hold some for backlash, Rahul Gandhi advises govt

Calls for categorising areas into 'hot zones' and 'safe zones', and ramping up random testing to remain ahead of the virus instead of chasing it




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Covid-19: Nitish under pressure after UP brings back students from Kota

Leader of the Opposition Tejashwi Yadav issued an open letter addressed to the chief minister, wherein he charged the state government with treating its own people like infiltrators




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CM Mamata, Governor Dhankar trade barbs in Bengal amid coronavirus crisis

Banerjees allegation drew a sharp reaction from Dhankhar, who said, a state cannot be governed as a personal fiefdom and a constitutional functionary cannot be allowed to turn into a law unto oneself




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Amid Delhi election result, silent protest continues at Shaheen Bagh

The women protesters have been staging silent protest since the morning, and no person was seen delivering any speech during the demonstration




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Shaheen Bagh, Jamia erupt in joy; AAP's Amanatullah Khan wins Okhla seat

After the first few rounds of counting, Singh was leading by 194 votes, but subsequently, Khan took the pole position




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Has Congress outsourced task of defeating BJP, Sharmishtha asks Chidambaram

Sharmishtha is daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, who has been a Congress leader all his life




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AAP invites 'Baby Mufflerman' to Kejriwal's oath-taking ceremony on Feb 16

An AAP functionary said Tomar has been invited for the oath-taking ceremony




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BJP holds meetings to review party's debacle in Delhi Assembly elections

The meetings were also attended by party candidates, councillors and local leaders




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Baat Bihar Ki: Prashant Kishor hits out at Nitish over alliance with BJP

Kishor also rubbished the contention that a tie-up with the BJP was in the interest of Bihar, a claim Kumar has been making to defend his realignment with the saffron party




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London-based woman declares herself CM candidate for Bihar Assembly polls

The advertisement mentioned Pushpam Priya Choudhary as president, Plurals, and the CM Candidate, Bihar




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E-retail vs. organised retail: an uncertain battle

The underlying fight is between supply chains. But as long as consumer benefits, who wins does not matter.




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Why alcohol bans don't work

The idea of prohibition is a classic example of tail-chasing and won't solve the problem; increasing taxes might




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BS Banking Annual 2017: Bringing about a transformation in banking

Digital payments, blockchain, artificial intelligence and robotics will revolutionise the way banks function and engage with customers




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NPA norms may be tougher than Basel's: RBI deputy governor N S Vishwanathan

RBI working on corporate governance rules in line with global standards, says Vishwanathan




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Big Homes Are Back in Business

Homes are getting big again. As the economy slowly improves and some consumers' anxieties ease, buyers are upsizing again-though there is far less demand than before for huge houses loaded with upgrades. Robbie Whalen has details on Lunch Break. Photo: Chris Hardesty for The Wall Street Journal.




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Brexit & Beyond: Eurozone Slowdown Feeds Global Growth Fears

To subscribe to the newsletter, please sign up here Dear reader, This is the last edition of the Brexit & Beyond newsletter, and we will soon begin sending you our daily What’s News newsletter. It features the best of The Wall Street Journal, including Brexit and European news. You can also stay up to date on […]




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Verizon is bringing back unlimited data

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'Lego Batman' producer, then Treasury sec?

Treasury secretary pick Steven Mnuchin is an executive producer on Warner Bros.' "The Lego Batman Movie," which pulled in an estimated $55.6 million from U.S. audiences during its opening weekend.




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Cutting down trash with bamboo packaging

Universal Biopack makes packaging that it sells to restaurants and manufacturers. But rather than plastic, it uses a mixture of bamboo and cassava.




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New York City Schedules Nightly Subway System Shutdown to Combat Virus

In an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus, New York City has begun suspending service to its entire subway system nightly between 1 a.m. and 5 a.m. so cleaning crews can disinfect its thousands of trains. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images




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Battle for states begins on April 4

These states account for 116 seats in the Lok Sabha




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Puducherry assembly polls: DMK MLA Nazeem faces tough battle as he aims for sixth consecutive term

Nazeem, first elected to the assembly from Karaikal as a 29-year old DMK worker in 1991, retained the seat in all subsequent elections




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Puducherry Assembly polls: Congress wins 4 seats, AINRC bag one

Early trends showed the AINRC and Congress in a neck-and-neck race




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North Korea fires barrage of cruise missiles on eve of founder's birthday

North Korea on Tuesday morning fired a salvo of suspected cruise missiles towards the Sea of Japan, also known as the East Sea, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JSC).The "multiple projectiles" fired from Munchon in eastern Kangwon province were believed to be "surface-to-ship cruise missiles," the JCS said in a statement cited by Al Jazeera.The missiles flew for approximately 150 kilometres (93 miles) before splashing into the waters off the east coast.The launches come on the eve of the birthday of North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung and South Korea's general elections.The JCS said South Korea's military is monitoring possible additional launches by North Korea.In recent weeks, North Korea has carried out a series of short-range missile and other weapons tests amid stalled nuclear talks with the United States.Last month, it fired nine ballistic missiles in four rounds of tests, according to analysts.On Sunday, North Korean state media reported leader Kim Jong Un had ...




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China limiting Mekong river's flow triggered drought in region, says US-based research

A US-based research company has found that China limited the flow of the Mekong River following the construction of a number of its sprawling dams in its territory in the backdrop of a severe drought in the region last year.The report comes at a time when the entire world is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic since late last year, when the virus first made its appearance in Wuhan, the capital of central China's Hubei province."The satellite data does not lie and there was plenty of water in the Tibetan Plateau, even as countries like Cambodia and Thailand were under extreme duress," said Alan Basist, who co-wrote the report, which was released on Monday, for Eyes on Earth, a water resources monitor."There was just a huge volume of water that was being held back in China," Basist was quoted by New York Times as saying.Farmers and fishermen across the Mekong region were devastated as the water level in portions of the river dwindled due to dams commissioned by China which has been .




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Combating COVID-19: Nepal extends lockdown till April 27

Nepal has decided to extend its nation-wide lockdown imposed in view of surging coronavirus cases for 12 more days till April 27.The decision taken during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday comes after a sudden rise in coronavirus cases in the Himalayan country. This would be the third extension to the lockdown that was first imposed on March 24.The Council of Ministers' meeting chaired by Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli decided to extend the lockdown till April 27. Earlier meeting of the Cabinet had extended the lockdown till April 15, which was set to end on Wednesday mid-night.The Nepali government has also decided to ban all commercial international flights till April 30.Two more people have tested positive for the coronavirus in the national capital. They had a travel history to the United Kingdom.Ministry of Health and Population said in a statement: "A family of three residing in Sun City Apartment of Pepsi Cola Town Planning were tested for COVID-19 on April 13 where two persons, a ...




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IMF pegs India's growth at 1.9 pc in FY'20-21, but says will bounce back to 7.4 pc next year

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected the growth of Indian economy in 2020 at the rate of 1.9 per cent, while the world economy is likely to contract sharply by "minus 3 per cent" due to the coronavirus pandemic, which is proving worse than the 2008-09 financial crisis.The IMF on Tuesday its yearly World Economic Outlook, providing a grim picture of the world economy amid global lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic, which has jolted the world by claiming over one lakh lives globally.The IMF has, however, given a bullish projection about India's economic growth in 2021, pegging the growth rate at 7.4 per cent.Gita Gopinath, Chief Economist and Director of the research department at IMF said in her opening remarks, "The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide. Protecting lives and allowing health care systems to cope have required isolation, lockdowns, and widespread closures to slow the spread of the virus.""The health crisis is, ...




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Global financial conditions tightened abruptly due to COVID-19: IMF

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) in its Global Financial Stability Overview released on Tuesday has noted that early in 2020, global financial markets remained afloat as there was a sense of optimism on the back of supportive monetary policy, reduced trade tension and tentative signs of stabilisation in the global economy. However, the spread of COVID-19 has posed a risk that has seen the prices of risk assets and commodities fall at unprecedented speed.The document released by the IMF says that the equity markets experienced the fastest drop in history with the S and P 500 falling 20 per cent from its peak in just 16 trading sessions.The asset price declines reached about half the magnitude seen in 2008-09 at the worst point of the sell-off, and implied volatility spiked across asset classes, in some cases to levels last seen during the global financial crisis.Financial Counsellor and Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, IMF, Tobias Adrian while releasing the




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Barack Obama endorses Joe Biden for President of United States

Former US President Barack Obama in a video message on Tuesday formally endorsed his former Vice President Joe Biden, who is gunning for the White House in the elections later this year.Obama while endorsing said: "The kind of leadership that's guided by knowledge and experience, honesty and humility, empathy and grace -- which kind of leadership doesn't just belong to our state capitols and mayors' offices. It belongs in the White House. And that's why I'm so proud to endorse Joe Biden for President of the United States."Biden has now become the presumptive nominee for the Democrats after fellow contestant Bernie Sanders withdrew and endorsed him. Biden will go up against the presumptive Republican nominee and incumbent President Donald Trump.Obama further said: "If there's one thing we've learned as a country from moments of great crisis, it's that the spirit of looking out for one another can't be restricted to our homes, or our workplaces, or our neighbourhoods, or our houses of ..




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Global coronavirus cases surpass 1.8 mn: WHO

The number of people infected with the new coronavirus worldwide has surpassed 1.8 million with 71,779 cases verified over the past 24 hours, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.According to the update, the global count of confirmed COVID-19 cases has reached 1,844,863, with the majority of them concentrated in Europe (943,272) and the Americas (644,986).The death toll has grown by 5,369 cases over the past day to a total of 117,021 fatalities, the report read.




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Mahindra plant in Michigan creates new 'Arsenal of Health' to combat COVID-19

Michigan [USA], April 15 (ANI): Indian automaker Mahindra is joining the "Arsenal of Health" efforts spearheaded by General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. in Michigan to make medical Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers fighting COVID-19.More than 20 Mahindra employees of the Michigan plant are making medical shields from windshields. This innovative ease-of-use box-shaped design will be used by doctors, nurses, local frontline healthcare workers and first responders."MANA's Michigan employees have taken an all-hands-on-deck approach to the COVID-19 fight," said Rick Haas, President and CEO, Mahindra Automotive North America (MANA)."We have a company full of people who love to design and make things and they are not people who like to stand on the sidelines. We have ideas coming in from across the company and we are looking hard at all of them." Haas added.MANA is working with the state, Michigan's congressional delegation, trade organisations, Oakland County and .




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CSB Bank IPO fully subscribed on day 1

Receives bids for 1.20 crore shares




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CSB Bank IPO subscribed over 4 times

Receives bids for 5.02 crore shares




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CSB Bank IPO subscribed over 86 times

Receives bids for 100.32 crore shares




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CSB Bank IPO ends with robust subscription

Receives bids for 100.44 crore shares




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Ujjivan Small Finance Bank IPO fully subscribed on day 1

Receives bids for 20.14 crore shares




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Ujjivan Small Finance Bank IPO subscribed 4.67 times

Receives bids for 57.92 crore shares




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Ujjivan Small Finance Bank IPO subscribed 165.55 times

Receives bids for 2,052.12 crore shares




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Ujjivan Small Finance Bank IPO gets strong demand

Receives bids for 2053.80 crore shares




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Antony Waste Handling Cell IPO extends IPO, revises price band

Gets bids for 24.08 lakh shares by 17:00 IST on 9 March 2020




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Should Homeowners Ban Drones Over Their Property?

The increased use of personal and commercial drones is raising questions about where they should be permitted to fly, and who should make that decision. The FAA estimates drone sales will reach 7 million by 2020. Photo: John Weber for The Wall Street Journal




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On-Site Child Care: It's Paying Off at Clif Bar

Clif Bar & Co. is among only 5% of U.S. employers that offer a child care center on-site or near its offices. Kate Torgersen, an 18-year employee, explains how bringing her three children to the company's "Base Camp" child care center has benefited her as a working mother. Photo: Tim Hussin for The Wall Street Journal




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Why Women Don’t Get the Feedback They Need

Research shows that getting ahead requires constructive criticism. But many women don’t get those frank assessments.