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Kia Carnival India Review: Good to beat Toyota Innova Crysta as India’s most desired MPV?

Kia Carnival is now ready to enter a segment that has been completely dominated by the Toyota Innova Crysta. Positioned above the Crysta, does the Kia Carnival have enough to become the most desired MPV in India? We find out




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Ather 450X Electric Scooter Review | ‘X’ means more speed, comfort and range

Ather 450X Electric Scooter Review: Ather 450 found quite a lot of popularity in two major Indian cities, and now there is an 'X' in its name and personality. The changes are immense in how quickly it moves to how the rider interacts with it.




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Suzuki Gixxer 250 review, road test: Why should one buy this motorcycle?

In this story, we aim to explore who exactly is the Suzuki Gixxer 250 aimed at and the good as well as not-so-appealing bits associated with it. This one is a naked street motorcycle and we concentrate first on its good points.




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Honda Activa 6G First Ride Review: King of scooters now bigger and better!

Honda Activa 6G gains multiple new features and now has a more environmental-friendlier engine. So, what all it packs in, how it is to ride and most importantly, does it justify the Rs 8,000 premium in pricing? All these questions answered below.




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TVS iQube First Ride Review: TVS’ second innings in electric scooter territory looks a promising one!

During its second innings in the EV space, TVS is quite confident with the iQube and why not! In this review, we tell you is TVS' latest offering has got what it takes to be a worthy all-rounder.




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Toyota Glanza hybrid review: Is the disguised Baleno better or not?

The Toyota Glanza hybrid is one car which is hard to find faults with; perhaps just a bit more of creature comforts will have made it the go-to vehicle.




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Warren Buffett recites history to prove ‘nothing can stop America’: Coronavirus can’t kill economy

Warren Buffett on Saturday took a dive into the 231-year history of the United States of America to predict the future of the country’s economy struggling to stay on its feet amid the struggle against coronavirus and lockdown: “Nothing can basically stop America.”




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Reliance Industries hot on brokerages shopping cart; rights issue, Facebook deal drive estimates

Despite reporting a fall in profits in the January-March quarter, the 10% stake sale in Reliance Jio to Facebook and the biggest-ever rights issue in India of Rs 53,000 crore that Reliance Industries announced on Friday has made brokerage firms stay firm on their ‘buy’ calls for India’s most valuable company.




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3 utility stocks with potential to jump as much as 78% to help investors dodge Covid-19 power shock

With the majority of the population asked to stay indoor, power demand across the country tanked over 8% in March and was expected to fall another 32% in April.




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Sebi extends reduced cut-off time for MFs subscription, redemption till further notice

For subscriptions to liquid and overnight schemes, the regulator has revised the time to 12.30 pm, while the same for other schemes is 1 pm.




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Market Highlights: Sensex ends 241 pts down, Nifty settles below 9,200; HDFC Bank, Kotak Bank fall, Yes Bank up 6%

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: ONGC was the top laggard on BSE Sensex, with a fall of 4.54 per cent. NTPC, Kotak Mahindra Bank, Bharti Airtel and Titan were other losers on the Sensex pack




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Rakesh Jhunjhunwala recently bought 2.75 lakh shares of Rallis India, but here’s why you should not

Among one of the companies that ended up in Rakesh Jhunjhunwala’s shopping cart during the January-March quarter was another Tata Group company -- Rallis India.




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Spectrum dues: No corporate guarantee, need bank guarantee, DoT to Voda-Idea

The department of telecommunications (DoT) is understood to have turned down the offer of Vodafone Idea to furnish a corporate guarantee instead of a bank guarantee to cover its deferred spectrum installment for the current fiscal.




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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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Investors may need to take control of Zee Learn from promoters: IiAS

A proxy advisory firm has raised objections to the corporate governance structure at Zee Learn, part of the Essel group, expressing concerns over the company’s capital allocation decision, related-party transactions and acquisition of MT Educare.




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Maharashtra govt withdraws decision to allow sale of BT Cotton seeds from May 1

The decision was taken after the state agriculture department approached the Central Institute of Cotton Research (CICR), Nagpur, seeking advice against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic affecting the country.




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Cotton Corporation purchases record 7.5L bales from Gujarat growers

According to an official source, CCI had purchased more than 13 lakh bales in 2008 as that year too, cotton prices had nosedived due to the global recession.




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Muthoot Finance Rating: Retain ‘add’ with FV of Rs 900

A solid security and appreciating asset prices will augur well for Muthoot Finance’s stable asset quality performance during a period when most NBFCs have negligible visibility on their recoveries.




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Indian cotton prices under pressure due to lockdown and fears of drop in consumption: CAI

Indian cotton prices have come down by 12-15% due to the ongoing lockdown and fears that the country’s cotton consumption will reduce, resulting in more carry-forward stocks by September 2020, officials of the Cotton Association of India (CAI) said on Tuesday.




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S&P says Indian banks highly stressed, quotes Axis Bank Q4 results

It said Axis Bank identified that more than 10% of its customers (25% of its loan book by value) as on April 25 availed the payment moratorium.




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Remote Working: Working from home brings a whole new dimension to cybersecurity

There are dozens of ways to access networks and today, remote offices are common.




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Expansion of equalisation levy: Why it’s not well-timed

By expanding the scope of equalisation levy to cover foreign e-commerce platforms, India has rushed to incrementally cast its net wide insofar as the digital service user-base is concerned.




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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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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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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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How Edge computing is fast becoming a base for most IoT devices

Edge computing is the way forward, but are we ready to surrender control to corporations.




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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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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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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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Moto G5 priced at Rs 11,999 makes good first impressions

Moto G5 makes a good first impression with its high-end features




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As promoters fail to infuse capital, recast loans of Rs 50,000 cr fail at CDR cell in FY12

Aggregate recast loans worth around Rs 50,000 crore (Rs 49,332 crore) failed at the corporate debt restructuring (CDR) cell in FY17, taking total failures since the inception of the cell in 2001 to Rs 1.37 lakh crore.




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Manpasand Beverages stock gets ‘Reduce’ rating from Kotak, TP at Rs 700 after reporting healthy quarter

Manpasand reported a healthy quarter overall albeit EBITDA/PAT were below our estimates. Overall, FY2017 was broadly in line with company guidance at start of the year and both Mango Sip and Fruits Up posted robust growth.




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Stressed asset purchases likely to pick up in next few months, say senior Kotak Mahindra Bank officials

Kotak Mahindra Bank on Thursday reported a surge in its first quarter net profit while maintaining the asset quality.




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Covering cotton yarn under MEIS will boost India’s exports: Textile industry body

To benefit the farmers with better price for raw cotton, the Centre shall also bring the cotton yarn under MEIS coverage, said the Confederation of Indian Textile Industry.




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Not so sweet! Millers’ sugar offer in lieu of FRP fails to cheer farmers

Sugarcane arrears in Maharashtra have now mounted to Rs 5,000 crore and industry sources claim the position is likely to worsen.




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Analyst Corner| Jyothi Labs — Product launches to boost volume growth

Dishwashing has been one of fastest-growing categories for JYL and we expect strong growth to continue on account of market share gains and lower overall penetration in the category.




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Lower output, price rise to hit cotton yarn margins

India’s cotton production is expected drop by over 5% in cotton season 2019 (the CS is usually from October 1, 2018, to September 30, 2019) due to low water availability and inadequate south-west monsoon in key cotton producing states and higher incidences of pest attacks.




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Cotton association reduces crop estimates for 2018-19 to 315L bales

CAI’s current estimates for the North Zone, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh are lower by 1 lakh bales each compared to its previous month estimate.




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Promoters’ pledged shareholding falls to 2.83% in Jan-Mar: Kotak Institutional Equities report

Outstanding promoters’ pledged shares were Rs 1.95 lakh crore, which is about 1.38% of the total BSE-500 Index’s market capitalisation in March 2019.




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Weak exports, uncompetitive prices to hit cotton spinners, says report

With India exporting roughly one-third of its cotton yarn production every year, trends in export demand play a crucial role in determining the overall performance of the domestic spinning sector. 




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Pink bollworm attack on cotton crosses economic threshold limit in Maharashtra

Last year’s cotton sowing was estimated at 126.44 lakh hectare. Scientists say that early cotton sowing may be responsible for pink bollworm attack.




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Inspiring Innovation: How To Motivate Creative Marketing Teams

Tips from executives on how to inspire creativity in the workplace




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Solving quota-cap riddle

It also said that the gubernatorial order didn’t stand the test of the provisions of Schedule V of the Constitution, and that the 100% reservation, apart from junking considerations of merit, violated the rights of other reserved groups.




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Inside Track: Amid COVID-19 crisis, steps seem afoot to ensure Rahul Gandhi returns as Congress president

The impression was reinforced when Rajnath Singh, and not Shah, was appointed last month to head the 15- member high-power ministerial committee coordinating with states on ensuring movement of essential supplies during the lockdown.




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Post-pandemic economics: The new normal will not be very different from the old one

Idealist notions of the State overtaking the Market as the one in charge are unfounded.




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Rebooting the economy: India needs a stimulus package of at least 5% of GDP

To bounce back from the pandemic quickly, India needs a stimulus package of at least 5% of GDP that focuses on broad-based development in laggard eastern states.




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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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Lacking Leadership: Trump, Bolsonaro and others need to take their accountability seriously

The president has claimed that he was being sarcastic when he talked about injecting disinfectant and exposure to high-dose UV rays as ways to fight Covid-19.