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No trouble in CFMoto India paradise: CEO, Vamsi, confirms

CFMoto, on the contrary, is expected to bring in all-new products apart from the existing range converted to BS6, for sale in India.




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Honda Aviator, Grazia removed from company website: Possible reasons listed

Honda Grazia and Aviator have disappeared from the company's official India website. Here we explain why!




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2021 BMW G310R, G310GS spotted testing: Most affordable German bikes to get these changes!

2021 BMW G310R and G310GS have been snapped testing recently. Here's what all updates the baby Beemers will come up with!




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India’s most affordable scooter TVS Scooty Pep+ BS6 gets more power, new features

The TVS Scooty Pep+ surprisingly has got more power in the BS6 era while the kerb weight still stays the same; fantastic recipe for good performance.




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TVS-Norton partnership could spell trouble for Royal Enfield, here’s why!

TVS Motor Company has recently acquired Britain's Norton Motorcycles for an all-cash deal of Rs 153 crore. Here is what all to expect from this partnership!




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Bajaj Avenger 220 Street removed from official website: Possible reasons explained!

With the 220 Street no longer on official website, the Bajaj Avenger now comprises of two models namely Avenger 220 Cruise and Avenger 160 Street.




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Royal Enfield Himalayan capable of 180 km/h! This custom-built with quickshifter claims it can

The custom-build looks very different, in fact, it doesn't have any of the Royal Enfield Himalayan left in it anymore. However, the biggest change here is the addition of a quickshifter.




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Top 5 most affordable inline-four bikes in India: CBR650R, GSX-S750 and more!

Inline-four bikes not only sound sweet but ride equally well. Here are the top five most affordable options, however, for some of the bikes mentioned, you need to wait for a bit to buy one. Read to find out why!




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Skoda Kodiaq Scout First Drive Review: A capable and comfortable SUV

Does the Skoda Kodiaq Scout bring something new to the table? Is it just a visual makeover of is there more than meets the eye? We answer these and all the other question related to this new variant of Skoda flagship SUV in India in this review.




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Tata Altroz Review: One Blunder away from greatness!

We test drive the all new Tata Altroz in the beautiful city of Jaisalmer to see if this new premium hatchback from the homegrown automaker is good enough to beat the mighty Maruti Suzuki Baleno and Hyundai Elite i20 or not.




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2020 Jaguar XE petrol review: Sporty and comfortable in a compact package

The new Jaguar XE has looks to kill for and at the same time has enough poke to tackle city as well as highway duties.




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Rumbling across 1200 km of Indian coastline on Interceptor 650: Royal Enfield Konkan Chase 2020

A 1200 km ride across the great Indian coastline on a brilliant motorcycle, well, that's what Royal Enfield Konkan Chase 2020 was all about. Here is our experience!




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Video: How Blue Apron Is Winning the Menu Delivery (Hunger) Game

We reviewed the social, email, and web components of the famous company's marketing.




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Getting Candid About Ad Blockers

We discuss some of our own ad blocking experiences during a Facebook Live stream.




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Investor wealth tumbles Rs 6.98 lakh crore in two days of market fall

Following the two-day fall in equities, the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies plunged by Rs 6,98,419.77 crore to Rs 1,22,43,201.05 crore.




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Sensex, Nifty crash may be an opportunity to buy; markets doubled after 2008 global financial crisis

If history is any guide, adversity offers maximum value. The global financial crisis in 2008 culminated in the index being up nearly 100% in 2009.




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Mutual fund distributors body wants RBI to buy troubled portfolios from fund houses, pay investors

In the wake of Franklin Templeton wounding up six of its debt mutual fund schemes, India’s largest mutual fund distributors body has urged the Reserve Bank of India to set up a SPV to buy portfolios from troubled fund houses and pay off investors.




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Making effort to ensure orderly, equitable exit to investors: Franklin Templeton MF

Last month, the fund house had closed six of its debt funds, citing redemption pressures and lack of liquidity in the bond markets. 




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New kids on the block: These mobiles will hit the stores soon

The lockdown has stalled the rollout of the latest handsets. On the brighter side, popular brands will witness pent-up demand once the lockdown is lifted. Here are some of the smartphones slated to hit the market soon.




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Amazon sees demand for electrical devices, clothes, work-from-home enablers after relaxation

Amazon on Monday said the company is seeing demand for various kinds of smart devices and other products like electrical appliances, clothes and work from home enablers in the orange and green zones.




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Resumption blues post COVID-19 lockdown: Factories grapple with shortage of workers, supply chain hurdles

Hobbled by a shortage of workers, companies are finding it hard to resume operations at an optimal scale and with migrants moving back home, it could be a while before factories hum with activity.




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Calcutta HC division bench allows MP Birla Group firms to publish AGM results

Significantly, this was the latest twist in the long battle over the will of Late Priyamvada Devi Birla being fought between the Birla family and the Lodhas.




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Edible oil imports down 34% in April due to logistics issues during lockdown

The edible oils import declined by 34% to 7,90,377 tonne during April, mainly due to logistics related issues during the lockdown, industry body Solvent Extractors Association of India (SEA) said on Wednesday.




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Analyst Corner: VBL – retain ‘buy’; may stay range-bound in near term

Varun Beverages (VBL) reported a strong growth in volumes, Ebitda and earnings during Q1CY20. This was, however, led by the acquired territories of south & west not there in the base.




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Power, coal, renewable energy exempted from lockdown

The daily power demand in the country has fallen by a sharp 21% since March 16 with electricity requirement on March 25 being only 2,777 million units (MU), as most parts of the country is under shutdown.




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Delivery roadblocks: E-commerce players grapple with increased demand and more

Retail experts estimate that the current situation might wipe off 10% of e-commerce companies’ annual GMV in the country.




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Business & COVID-19: Public cloud to the rescue

This is the most crucial time to leverage the power of exponential technologies, especially cloud. Any organisation that is still in two-minds about moving to the cloud; needs to embark on a cloud adoption process immediately.




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New kids on the block: These mobiles will hit the stores soon

The Nokia 5310 remixes classic design with a slick new feel and battery that’s built to last, keeping you connected day after day.




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Sensex tanks 722 pts to close at 26,717; Salman Khan conviction, GST fears, others blamed

BSE Sensex tanked 723 pts, its second biggest single day fall since Narendra Modi govt took over; Salman Khan, GST, others field the blame.




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Relief for celebrities, guidelines to check veracity of ad claims now possible; Srinivasan Swamy, Chairman, ASCI explains how

Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) recently announced a set of guidelines that will help celebrities to perform due diligence on a product or brand they wish to endorse.




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Oil imports: Opportunity for India as sanctions-hit Venezuela seeks to double exports

Caracas, which buys medicines and other products from India, is looking for alternative payment methods after the United States imposed stringent sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil firm PDVSA in a bid to push out President Nicolas Maduro.




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Corporation Bank swings back in black as provisions decrease sharp 73 per cent

NII is the difference between interest earned and interest paid by a bank. The lender’s asset quality improved q-o-q with gross non-performing assets (NPA) of 17.36%, down 10 basis points over Q2FY19.




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Branded bouquests blooming on the shelves of modern retail

The concept of modern malls in India has been slow in catching up with the trend of stocking flowers. The trade has been traditionally reserved for road-side vendors.  




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Steel pricing spread helps assertain strength of variables

In the next three decades the deregulation of the steel market (abolition of freight equalisation) and imports having been put under open general license led to a paradigm shift to the concepts of supply, capacity creation through differential technologies, SME’s role, demand assessments, competitiveness, pricing and export strategies.




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Franklin Templeton AMC is to blame for poor investment choices, not Coronavirus

Can’t blame Corona for crisis, investment choice was poor




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A less direct approach: Amended FDI regulation is problematic under the WTO law

Amended FDI regulation is problematic under the WTO law. India should adopt a more facially neutral regulation




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COVID-19 may double poverty in India

Even a 25% fall in their incomes due to the lockdown will make 354 mn more people poor. fixing this with cash transfers will cost the govt Rs 19,500 cr per month.




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Govts may not be able to isolate the true toll of the Covid-19 pandemic

Globally, experts are looking at “excess mortality” or mortality gaps as another measure of the coronavirus death toll. This approach compares the number of deaths during a certain period to the historical average.




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Walk in the park: Golf courses around the world are under pressure to open up as parks for the general public

Nearly 7,000 people have signed a change.org petition to open up courses in the UK as parks during the pandemic.




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Public Health Announces 166 Additional Positive Cases; 8 New Deaths

The Delaware Division of Public Health (DPH) is announcing eight additional fatalities related to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) and is providing an update on the number of positive cases and recovered individuals. All data reported through the daily updates are based on data received as of 6 p.m. the previous day.



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You will soon be able to make Google Duo group video calls on the web

Back in March, Google increased the group video call limit on Duo from eight to 12 participants at a time in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the Internet search giant has announced that it will let Duo users make group calls on the web, starting as a preview on Chrome. The support for group calls on Chrome will roll-out in the coming weeks along with a new layout that will let you see more people at the same time. Besides, inviting people to join a group call will also become easier with an invite link. Additionally, Google announced a new Family Mode, that lets you doodle on...




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Flashback: Nokia's Touch and Type blurred the lines between smart and feature phones

The division between smartphones and feature phones has often been murky. In the past, it used to be about how well the device ran user-installed apps and games, these days it's mostly touch screen vs. keypad. But there always were devices that straddled the line between those two categories. Nokia X3-02 Touch and Type official photos Before Nokia released the no-quite-smartphone Asha phones, there were the two Touch and Type models. As we said, these phones tried to have it both ways. The Nokia X3-02 and C3-01 both came out in late 2010. What made them special was that...




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COVID-19: After impressive fight against coronavirus, Kerala steps up guard against ‘invisible enemy’

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has time and again sought to drive home the point that complacency cannot be afforded despite a seemingly better show.




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Coronavirus pandemic: Taiwan makes new push for inclusion in World Health Assembly

Chen Shih-chung told international media at a news conference that global health officials "have not been honest and failed in their responsibilities," in an apparent reference to the UN World Health Organization that oversees the assembly.




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Valuable Lessons From Mother Shaped My Political Life: Pinarayi Vijayan

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan remembered his mother on Mother's Day and said that the courage and determination with which his mother faced the life, taught him valuable lessons and laid the...




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The Advancement of Ad Blockers

69.8 million Americans will use an ad blocker this year, according to eMarketer.




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End of lockdown not end of trouble for migrant labour; here’s what workers may face when economy opens

The end of lockdown will likely start a new phase of problems for migrant workers, as labour exploitation may rise significantly in the pockets where there is an oversupply of workers.




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GSTN develops functionality for transfer of amount available in electronic cash ledger

In a statement, GSTN said this new functionality on the GST portal is aimed at providing a major relief to taxpayers, especially at the time of the COVID-19 crisis when there is limited access to cash resources.




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Online education in India extremely scalable: Abhijit Banerjee tells why shift to digital is good

Explaining why online learning has changed the education scenario, the Indian-origin economist said that with classes going online, someone in India can now take a course at MIT.




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Hong Kong announces visa requirement for Central African Republic nationals

Hong Kong’s immigration department has announced that Central African Republic nationals will have to acquire a visa to enter Hong Kong for any purpose of visit with effect from 21 July 2014.  From the beginning, Hong Kong has followed a progressive…