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Why your credit score may have dipped lately

The credit score algorithm now monitors your three-year credit history compared to the earlier two-year period. It also has new credit attributes along with other additional features.




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Analyst Corner: Maintain ‘neutral’ on Hero MotoCorp; TP at Rs 2,000

The near-term outlook is challenging amid economic stress across sectors due to the lockdown, which has added pain to the already weak demand environment and anomalies due to the BS VI transition.




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Supply of essentials remains far from smooth

Grofers said the company’s warehouses are operational with 60% staff and to meet the surge in demand, the firm is hiring an additional 2,000 temporary warehouse and delivery staff across the country.




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Moratorium on power charges: After Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh to give relief to industrial consumers

The ongoing lockdown is seen to take a toll on the finances of the state-run discoms which are finding it difficult to continue meter reading exercises and collect payments from consumers. To make matters worse for discoms, their revenues are seen to decrease on account of lower usage by high paying consumers such as the railways, industrial and commercial users.




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CERC reduces late payment surcharge for discoms

Additionally, the quantum of advance payment that discoms need to furnish as security has been reduced to half till June 30.




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Digital payments slide in March as consumption slows

At present, people are choosing to access cash through the BC channel rather than going to branches where they will come in contact with other people or to ATMs which are not being sanitised.




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WiFi usage down marginally in weeks starting March 9, shows Opensignal data

The decrease in WiFi usage can also be attributed to people staying at homes.




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Containing Covid-19: Nasscom CoE incubated startups show their mettle

While DronaMaps is helping map Covid-19 patients in Haryana and other states, Blinkin has provided remote tech support for installing air ventilation systems in two Wuhan hospitals




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Work from home: Digital tools are helping evolve a new work culture

Google Hangout, Microsoft Teams, Webex and Zoom are enabling businesses to create a collaborative work environment.




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Safety Matters: A look at some offbeat group video calling apps that score well on privacy

App Annie’s latest report highlights that Zoom is the most downloaded app on iOS amongst all users. But it has also put focus on privacy and security.




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Now streaming, more than ever: Netflix, Amazon, others need to up their game

OTT platforms see a surge in consumption and subscriber count, as viewers seek fresh content.




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Covid-19 expected to mar FY21 for airlines

Passenger traffic for carriers is expected to register de-growth of 20-25% in FY21, CARE Ratings has said.




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A longer lockdown? Here is what researchers have to say

A study by two India-origin researchers at the University of Cambridge, is based on the SIR approach, but takes into account age and social contact structure to assess the impact of the lockdown and social distancing measures adopted before it.




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Coronavirus Impact: How broadcasters are dealing with content shortfall

From playing the reruns of popular shows to using video conferencing tools to create content, broadcasters are using different methods to keep the audience entertained during lockdown




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COVID-19 lockdown: How national highways construction will take a hit

After a fiscal that saw the pace of work slowing down, a first for the NDA govt, FY21 is likely to be impacted by Covid-19 and its aftermath.




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Icra highlights exports uncertainty in Basmati business due to Covid-19

Going forward, price trends would be a function of demand. Both domestic and exports demand will be key determining factors affecting price trends.




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Indian Immunologicals, Griffith University of Australia developing vaccine against Covid-19

IIL is already working with Griffith University for conducting R&D of Zika virus vaccine which is currently at pre-clinical toxicology testing stage.




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Airtel tops the chart on download speed: Opensignal report

Airtel emerged on the top in terms of latency experience with an average response time of 54.1 milliseconds, followed by Jio at 56.3 ms.




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Trai pulls up mobile operators over extension of validity

Trai on March 29 had asked all the telecom operators to extend the validity of talk-time of their pre-paid subscribers so that they continue to get uninterrupted services.




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Curbing fake news: WhatsApp sets limit to forwarded messages

The Facebook-owned company explained that its previous exercise of limiting a forwarded message to five chats led to a 25% reduction in message forwards globally at the time.




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Instagram Live: Make your ‘Live’ totally engaging

Instagram Live allows users to stream video to followers and engage with them in real time. Here are some cool tips to make your quarantine a little more interesting.




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Sennheiser PXC 550-II headphones: Now travel with superior audio

The PXC 550-II Wireless features a triple microphone array that makes it easy to stay connected while on the move.




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Upgrade your skills: Making people AI-ready

Nasscom launches free learning programme to enhance AI skill-sets.




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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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Eavesdropper: Racing will hold its charm intact

E-sports is gaining ground, now is the time to bring tech innovations.




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Techsplained @FE: Over the cloud

Now, companies like IBM are talking about cognitive clouds that can change the nature of computing. Data analysis was always a feature of cloud computing; now, the game is artificial intelligence and blockchain.




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Onsitego: Financial support matters too

This startup has launched a fund to support service partners affected by Covid-19.




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Covid-19 effect: Content production companies stare at large losses

OTT platforms do have a buffer in their libraries but delayed production schedules will hit revenues.




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CSIR-CCMB developing digital platform to help in surveillance of coronavirus spread

CCMB and Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB), New Delhi are working together on the whole genome sequencing of the SARS-CoV-2 virus isolates which will help them to understand the evolution of the virus and its spread route.




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Solar tariff of Rs 2.55 per unit discovered in latest auction

The auction had received a positive response from investors with NHPC receiving bids of 3,540 MW for the tender. This is a shift from the recent trend of tenders being under-subscribed.




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Amazon Alexa: Stay informed, connected and entertained

A few tips on how to use Alexa and Amazon smart speakers while you are stuck at home.




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Covid-19 could hardly dent the earnings of Darjeeling first flush

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee has allowed resuming operations in the gardens of Darjeeling, Doars and Terai with a workforce of 25%.




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Techsplained @FE: What is edge computing? How it works and why we need it

Now, any developer could create an app and run it on Amazon, Microsoft or Google’s servers and make millions or billions in the process.




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Interview: Covid-19 pandemic will accelerate digitalisation, says Anjali Bansal, founder, Avaana Capital

Startups must maintain their financial health by conserving cash, cutting down on costs and renegotiating their existing contracts.




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Shoot like a pro with these camera phones in range of Rs 10,000

Capturing a still image or recording a special moment is among the best ways to preserve a memory. However, to truly enjoy the experience, the quality of the digital image is paramount, and so, it is important to get yourself a device with an amazing camera.




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How Google Meet helps keep your video conferences protected

Google Meet deploys a range of counter-abuse protection features, ensuring the safety of meetings.




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Netflix sees ‘big growth’ in India as subscribers binge on local content

According to data released by market research firm Kalagato, user engagement on Netflix shot up to as much as 80 minutes a day as of March 28 from a little under 50 minutes on February 5.




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Revenue, profitability of private hospitals to be hit in short-term: Icra

The ratings agency explained that private sector is dominated by small doctor-run facilities in terms of number of facilities and number of beds.




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BSNL tender faces delay over complaint on procurement norms

As per the tender, a bidder should have a minimum turnover of Rs 8,000 crore each in the last two years (2017-18 and 2018-19 in case of financial year and 2017 and 2018 in case of calendar year.




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MSME trade body pegs loss to sector at Rs 40,000-crore per day

AIMO has requested the government to look at protecting the elders and senior citizens of the country and allow the working class to return to their livelihoods, by introducing a citizen risk assessment module.




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$4.7-m deal with Swiss firm: SC sets aside arbitration award against Nafed

Nafed, a canalizing agency for the GoI, and Alimenta had entered into a contract for supply of 5,000 tonne Indian groundnut during1979-80.




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Wi-Fi calling: Work for home clicks with fixed broadband sector, says Crisil

Internet Service Providers Association of India (ISPAI) said this was a good opportunity for the sector. The association also raised its long-standing demand of allowing active infrastructure sharing to include internet service provider (ISP) players, which is available to all other licences.




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Coal ministry’s 710 million tonne production target makes CIL stakeholders jittery

The ministry could have set a target of removing the huge burden and could have kept coal at exposed seams. As and when required coal could be extracted out of the seams.




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Extended validity: Incoming calls only for pre-paid, needy users

The Cellular Operators Association of India had said that the operators had incurred a cost of Rs 600 crore by such extension.




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Restaurants’ body launches scheme to support members, their employees

The virtual cash can be used within six months from the purchase date, with limitless purchases and no minimum expenditure amount, blackout dates or redemption conditions.




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Amazon, Flipkart, other e-tailers allowed to sell non-essentials in orange, green zones

E-commerce firms have been urging the government to allow sale of non-essentials like smartphones, electronic and stationary items on the premise that access to the items have become necessary as Corporate India shifted to work from home while students moved to online classes.




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Covid-19 lockdown: Trai to conduct discussions via video conferencing from May 6

The official also said as the social distancing norms will remain in effect in near future, it has to start conducting its discussions and other work online.




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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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Pune Metro project work resumes; deadline to start first 5 km stretch missed

Work on the Pune Metro comprising two lines of 32 km started in December 2016 and was to end in 2022. Commissioning of work on 10 km of Line 1 and Line 2 was to be done in the first half of 2020.




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Indian rupee falls 31 paise against US dollar at the Interbank Foreign Exchange

The Indian rupee weakened by 31 paise to 62.64 against the US dollar today at the Interbank Foreign Exchange on month-end demand for the...