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Government Should Allow Private Vehicles To Ferry Migrants: Sanjay Raut

Senior Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday said the Maharashtra government should give permission to private vehicles for ferrying migrant labourers to their native places during the lockdown.




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5 Air India Pilots, 2 Staff Members Test Positive For Virus: Sources

Five pilots, an engineer and a technician of Air India have tested positive for coronavirus, sources in the airline have told NDTV. The pilots were detected after 77 pilots of the airline were tested...




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Benelli Imperiale 530, 600N revealed in patent images: Here’s when to expect these in India!

The two upcoming Benellis - Imperiale 530 retro cruiser and the 600N naked streetfighter have been revealed in a couple of patent images. Here is what to expect!




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BS6 TVS Radeon launched with higher fuel efficiency, new features: Priced at Rs 58,992

The new TVS Radeon is now BS6 compliant. Here is what all it offers and how much more you need to pay compared to the BS4 version.




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BS6 TVS Radeon vs Hero Splendor Plus: Budget commuters compared in price, specs, features and more!

TVS Radeon and Hero Splendor Plus, the two popular entry-level commuters have been launched in BS6 avatars very recently. Here's how the two fare against each other on paper.




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6 evergreen scooter, bike ads from the 90s: A trip down the memory lane amid Covid-19 lockdown!

Want to feel a bit nostalgic amid this Covid-19 lockdown? Let us make you revisit the 90s era with these immensely popular bike and scooter advertisements.




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BS6 technologies common to scooters, bikes: Fuel-injection, sensors and more

Whether you buy a Rs 40,000 TVS XL100 moped or even the Rs 2 lakh Bajaj Dominar, these technologies in the BS6 era are now common to all.




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BS6 Yamaha FZ 25, FZS 25 official accessories revealed with prices: 250cc bikes to be launched after lockdown!

Both, the BS6 compliant Yamaha FZ 25 and the FZS 25 will be launched in India post lockdown. Ahead of the official launch, the company has revealed the official accessories for the two bikes along with their prices.




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Best BS6 125cc scooters: Honda Activa 125, TVS NTorq and more

All the major two-wheeler makers in the country are investing in 125cc scooter space and moving away from the 110cc segment.




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Big News! Royal Enfield working on 14 new motorcycles: Here’s what all bikes to expect

No, there is no typo in the headline! As many as fourteen new Royal Enfields are currently under consideration. Sounds exciting enough?




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Share Market Highlights: Sensex nosedives 2,000 pts, Nifty ends at 9,293; RIL, HDFC twins, ICICI Bank top draggers

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: As many as 28 stocks out of 30 Sensex stocks settled in a deep sea of red with ICICI Bank as top laggard, down 11 per cent, followed by Bajaj Finance, HDFC, IndusInd Bank and Axis Bank.




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Market Highlights: Sensex ends 810 pts down from day’s high, Nifty below 9,250; financial stocks drag markets

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: As many as 19 stocks out of 30 Sensex stocks ended in negative territory with SBI (State Bank of India) as top Sensex loser, down 4.64 per cent.




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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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Share Market Highlights: Sensex, Nifty end higher in volatile trade; RIL, HUL, Infosys among top index contributors

Share Market News Today | Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices Highlights: Out of 30 Sensex stocks, 16 scrips finished trade in red with NTPC as top laggard, down 4 per cent, followed by M&M, Axis Bank, IndusInd Bank and State Bank of India (SBI)




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SEBI rebukes Franklin Templeton after CEO’s comments: ‘Focus on returning investors money’

Market regulator SEBI, late Thursday night advised Franklin Templeton to focus on returning investor’s money after the fund house decided to wound up six of its debt mutual fund schemes.




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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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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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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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COVID-19 woes: Marico net profit declines 3% in Q4

Consumer goods major Marico posted a 3% year-on-year (y-o-y) decline in net profit to Rs 204 crore for the quarter ended March 31, while the revenue from operations, at Rs 1,496 crore, declined 7% y-o-y.




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Covered for 12 months of payments: Adani Enterprises

Adani Enterprises (AEL), the parent company for the group’s airports and renewable energy businesses, is covered for 12 months of payments amid the lockdown-related economic disruptions, the management said.




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Networking forms the core of all future technologies: Jetking VP

And in this age of AL, ML and blockchain that are network-based technologies, networking has gained a lot of importance, says Siddarth Bharwani, VP, Brand & Marketing, Jetking Infotrain.




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New jobs: Choosing a stock market as a career

As a stock market is one of the key barometers that represent the health of any economy, the growth story of India coupled with the current low rate of penetration in the stock markets suggests that there will be increased demand for professionals in this sector.



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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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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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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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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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Upgrade your skills: Making people AI-ready

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




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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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Kerala’s ‘Kole’ paddy fields must be used as prawn farms: MPEDA

Such an initiative will work effectively in the coastal state that is endowed with water bodies and enjoys high domestic demand for prawns, MPEDA chairman KS Srinivas noted here at ASCEND Kerala 2019 meet, which aims to showcase Kerala as a top-notch investment destination.




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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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Govt, RBI done all that they could for NBFCs: SBI chief Rajnish Kumar

There is nothing further the government can do, Kumar said, adding that there is liquidity, partial credit enhancement and interest rates have moderated. Asked about the progress made in the resolution of stressed NBFC Dewan Housing Finance (DHFL), Kumar said: “That you should ask the company.”




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Easy loans: Banks to sanction retail loans through portal

Industry members claim that the turnaround time after loan sanctions through the portal has been long. In a meeting with finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman earlier this month, an industry association raised a complaint to this effect.




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Avanti Feeds: Maintain ‘Buy’ with a target price of Rs 400

We note the stock price correction of 30% over the past four months offers an attractive entry price and we retain our 'Buy' rating with a DCF-based target price of Rs 400.




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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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Coronavirus crisis: Politics of a pandemic

The Centre's fiscal management of the Covid crisis vis-a-vis availability of funds to states might result in creating a coercive, rather than a cooperative federalism.




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Coronavirus crisis: India simply can’t afford another lockdown extension

Even supporting the poor—whose numbers will double—can cost Rs 65,000-130,000 crore per month




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Covid crisis: Govt orders like no pay and job cut can severely dent business confidence

Government orders on waiver of rents impinge on contractual rights.




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Dressing Covid numbers: Bengal’s handling of the Covid outbreak raises many questions

Bengal’s handling of the Covid outbreak raises many questions.




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Covid crisis: India at the cliff edge of a rating downgrade

India’s Achilles heel on ratings is its parlous state of fiscal affairs and the risk of a sharp deterioration of government debt to potentially ~75-80% of GDP.




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Without due process: Government orders on waiver of rents impinge on contractual rights

By Abhinav Mukerji Recently, there have been a spate of news reports on measures issued through executive orders directing waiver of rents, reduction or freezing of school fees, continuation of employment, restriction on termination of employees, and restriction on reduction in salary in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. The government has also issued executive […]




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Covid crisis: States must be assigned their rightful role

The basic decision making on the ground must be left to the states and should involve municipal corporations and wards.




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Challenges beyond Covid-19 crisis: UGC should seriously think about an SAT-style entrance test

Covid-19 presents an opportunity for UGC to push for US SAT-style common entrance exam




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Gathering Coronavirus data from states: More central monitoring teams is a good idea

Even now, a state like West Bengal’s data looks dodgy; others like Gujarat and UP also pose challenges




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Rationing Reforms: Ration card portability good, but DBT better

With wage-flow stoppered, and unable to get ration in the cities, most migrant workers have had to rely on food distribution by government and NGOs.




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The Hudhud lessons: Ensuring a healthy insurance biz

Insurers must help clients mitigate the risks of any eventuality