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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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RIL rights issue: What’s in it for you

The rights issue offers an opportunity for existing shareholders to reap the benefits from RIL’s new and emerging businesses such as digital, telecom and retail business.




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With 4G tender facing hurdles, BSNL decides to upgrade existing 2G, 3G sites

With BSNL facing hurdles in its 4G tender for deployment of 50,000 new sites, the state-run firm has decided to upgrade existing 2G/3G sites, so that 4G services can be offered to customers in the coming four-six months.




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Weak business performance, elevated debt levels to impact credit metrics of sugar industry

The Covid-19 pandemic is expected to exert downward pressure on the credit quality of sugar mills by eroding operating profitability and shoring up debt in fiscal 2021.




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Analyst Corner: SBI Life – upgrade to ‘buy’ with fair value of Rs 1,000

SBI’s focus on the insurance business during a challenging year and SBI Life’s technology push to improve digital agent and client engagements remain crucial.




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NSE readying its systems to handle crude-crash like crises

The National Stock Exchange (NSE) on Wednesday said it was working to equip its systems to handle crises such as that caused by the crash in crude prices.




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Uttar Pradesh ushers in agri reforms, waives mandi tax for 46 fruits, veggies

This effectively eliminates the role of middlemen and allows farmers to sell their produce directly to consumers and traders outside the mandi yard.




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Onion auctions come to a halt at Lasalgaon as 3 test positive with COVID-19

Suvarna Jagtap, chairperson, Lasalgaon Agriculture Produce Market Committee (APMC), told FE that three cases of coronavirus were reported at Lasalgaon at a distance of 3 km from the main market yard.




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ICICI Securities Q4 net profit up 28% y-o-y

With increased focus on other products like home loans, fixed income products, corporate bonds and deposits, insurance, AIF, PMS, SGBs and NPS, non-MF distribution revenue rose 13% y-o-y to Rs 54 crore.




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Analyst Corner: Property sector – initiate ‘buy’; Godrej Properties top pick

The bright spot in the Indian real estate market viz leasing is likely to see an abrupt end to its rental uptick cycle.




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Why digital upskilling isn’t a choice anymore

With the upcoming trends in technology, and with the advent of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, India can meaningfully leverage its demographic dividend only with sustained efforts to upskill its large workforce




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Connected future: Digital to spearhead India’s $5 trillion economy ambition

Digital technologies have the potential to create $1 trillion economic value, says EY




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Cyberattacks get a new dimension: Political and economic intentions of cybercriminals

Threat trends show political and economic intentions of cybercriminals.




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COVID19: Can it impact your foreign study plans?

Ask yourself why did you decide on studying abroad?




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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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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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India is a dynamic market with a fluid media scene: Nick Emery, Global CEO, Mindshare

Mindshare and GroupM have implemented their own tools that are better than the industry standards, and we use our own competitive advantage to give our clients better insights than they could get through an industry model.




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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Eavesdropper: Racing will hold its charm intact

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




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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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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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IT jobs during Covid-19 times

Sectors such as healthcare, pharmaceuticals, grocery and warehouses would call for additional talent with new skill-sets.




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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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Agri-tech: Harvesting benefits of tech at the mandi

Private e-mandis, farm-to-fork startups and location tracking & geo-fencing tech platforms are helping farmers sell their produce amidst the lockdown.




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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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$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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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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Jefferies puts ‘Hold’ rating on Strides Arcolab with Rs 1300 target price

Under the scheme, Strides shareholders will get 1 share of SSL for every 6 shares of Strides while Sequent shareholders will get 1 share of SSL for 25 shares of Sequent.




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After Adityanath, deputy CM Dinesh Sharma does a Kejriwal, pays surprise visit college in Lucknow

"Students say that they believe in giving exams without cheating" Sharma said.




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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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EGov: Panasonic eyes projects under Smart Cities mission in Guwahati, Jabalpur

The Japanese electronics firm has bagged city surveillance projects in Bhopal and Ludhiana. It is now eyeing projects under Smart Cities mission in Guwahati and Jabalpur.




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If Digital India is successful, rural Indians may well beat their urban counterparts online

If Digital India delivers on its promise, rural Indians are likely to outnumber urban Indians online.




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IndusInd Bank MD & CEO Romesh Sobti: We don’t rule out acquisitions

Refusing to clear the air on the buzz around the bank acquiring a microfinance lender, Sobti said the bank’s microfinance portfolio will grow to Rs 10,000 crore from Rs 3,000 crore over the next three years.




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Amazon India’s Amit Agarwal: Have seen reduction in cash-on-delivery after demonetisation

We don't really drive our strategy based on what's happening around. Our approach is to give maximum return on investments to our sellers




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Asset allocation: Looking to book profits in equity now? Here’s why you should shift to short term bond funds

It has been proven that portfolio allocation leads to long-term optimum results on investments. Awareness among investors is gradually increasing on the imperative of allocation.