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How brands are adopting innovative means to drive consumer engagements

From redesigning logo to driving digital campaigns, brands are adapting to the situation by driving sensitive and timely campaigns




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Online classes: Learning remotely with Microsoft Teams

Teams enables teachers and students to connect over video-enabled remote classrooms, offering a host of interactive and collabora-tive tools on one platform




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Games people play: Online games are providing much more than just entertainment in lockdown

Exploring the world, going on an adventure or practising life in quarantine, online games are providing much more than just entertainment in lockdown.




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The hard road ahead: Stories of sectors facing their own unique challenges amid Covid pandemic

While millions face the disease, almost all are facing economic hurdles. No sector is untouched, and no impact is small. Looking beyond oil and aviation, we bring you stories of sectors facing their own unique challenges.




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MI Bluetooth speakers, earphones: Enjoy your music anytime, anywhere

Xiaomi’s new audio devices sound great and are perfect for folks on a budget.




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App Review: Cambly – Now, speak in English without fear

Cambly gives you instant access to native English speakers over video chat, so you can learn and gain confidence.




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upGrad starts courses at Rs 10k

Edtech firm allows learners to start certified Master’s degree at Rs 10,000; receives more than 50,000 interests.




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Tech and COVID-19: Smart Cities solutions to fight the pandemic

Although Artificial Intelligence is not being used now, Chowdhury says that rapid visualisation and data analysis is being done to provide better solutions.




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Blurams Dome Pro Camera: Make your homestay carefree

An affordable pan-and-tilt camera for home security; use it to monitor pets, babies or the elderly at home.




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After salary defaults, Maharashtra private school teachers seek RBI intervention

The MESTA said the government, schools and parents should work together to ensure salaries are paid, while simultaneously minimising the financial impact on parents.




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Women’s cricket gets a start-up boost

The 2017 women's World Cup in England was the turning point with 180 million watching the game out of which 156 million were from India, says Lahoti.




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The book of life: Meet these contemporary writers who are helping reshape little minds

From gender equality and adoption to mental health and sustainability, authors today are training the spotlight on many sensitive topics.




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Let’s hear a story: Children’s books have undergone a huge transformation

Children’s books have undergone a huge transformation. The latest rage are audiobooks, ensuring there’s a grandma for every kid yearning for a bedtime story.




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Teen reading: List of book titles recommended by Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puruskar-winner Paro Anand

We bring to you a list of book titles recommended by Sahitya Akademi Bal Sahitya Puruskar-winner Paro Anand.




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Test-prep platforms start online live classes

TIME, the test-prep institute, has started online courses. These include CLAT + IPM, BBA and CAT etc.




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Covid in India: Kerala swings to reverse quarantine as 4 lakh NRIs plan to return

Kerala has decided to place people aged over 65 under reverse quarantine in the third phase of lockdown, as the magnitude of reverse migration to the state seems larger than what was anticipated.




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Covid outbreak: Kerala elderly to go on reverse quarantine as over 4 lakh NRIs return

Kerala has decided to send people aged above 65 years on reverse quarantine during lockdown 3.0 as the magnitude of reverse migration to the state seems larger than what was anticipated.




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IIT-M start-up develops unique coating material to ‘inactivate’ coronavirus

The Indian Institute of Technology-Madras’ (IIT-M) incubated start-up Muse Wearables has developed new methods for coating textiles with nanoparticles-based antimicrobial agents that can ‘inactivate’ the human coronavirus on contact.




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HP Smart Tank 530 Printer: Remote workers will love this machine

HP Smart Tank 530 delivers hassle-free, reliable printing at an affordable price. It is designed to provide good ink tank experience and print quality for home users.




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Nasdaq, the envy of markets! Nasdaq composite erases 2020 losses as big earnings drive gains

While big tech has shouldered the load, the Nasdaq Composite is also home to 700 health-care and biotechnology companies that have stoked investor interest as they search for ways to treat the coronavirus.




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Still hiring! Walmart, other superstores buck U.S. employment trend

Amid the carnage of the U.S. employment report for April was one bright spot: superstores led by Walmart Inc, added more than 90,000 jobs.




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SBI Card Q4 profit slides 66% y-o-y as impairment losses soar

The total balance sheet size as on March 31, 2020 was Rs 25,303 crore, up 25.6% from Rs 20,146 crore on March 31, 2019.




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Coupon on new benchmark bonds settles at 5.79%

Market participants have been anticipating the coupon on the new 10-year bonds to settle at levels close to 5.85%, around 15-18 basis points lower than the yield on the current benchmark bonds.




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Hike MSP, levy cess on sugar: NITI task force

The report of the panel on sugarcane and sugar industry, headed by NITI Aayog member Ramesh Chand, was submitted on April 21.




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Cadila Pharma shuts operations at Ahmedabad plant after employees test Covid-19 positive

The company manufactures 38 APIs and intermediates across various therapeutic categories — respiratory, diabetology, gastroenterology, pain management, orthopedics, etc. The company has more than 850 formulation products.




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New road route to cut travel time to Kailash Mansarovar

Minister for road transport and highways (MoRTH) Nitin Gadkari said for the first time that the border is finally connected by roads.




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Vista Equity Partners to invest Rs 11,367 crore in Jio Platforms

The rise in Jio’s ARPU (average revenue per user) during Q4FY20 was lacklustre, analysts said despite the fairly sharp 14-53% hike in tariffs in early December.




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Net inflows into equity MFs halve in April compared to March, as investors turn cautious

Industry experts say that lump-sum investments have stopped and even some investors are stopping their SIPs, due to the unpredictable equity markets.




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Sovereign rating: Moody’s warn of India downgrade, pegs FY21 growth at 0%

Separately, in a report released on Friday, S&P said it expected the banking systems of Indonesia and India to be among the worst hit in the Asia-Pacific region.




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Industries want suspension of most labour laws for 3 years

Earlier in the week, Uttar Pradesh promulgated an ordinance to exempt industries from various labour laws for three years to revive economic activities.




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FY21 borrowing target raised by a massive 54%

Announcing the revised calendar, the government said all the auctions covered by the calendar will have the facility of non-competitive bidding scheme, under which 5% of the notified amount will be reserved for the specified retail investors.




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FM Nirmala Sitharaman to meet PSB chiefs on Monday; to review credit flow, support to NBFCs

The meeting, to be held via video conference, will also dwell on credit disbursement since March, with the focus on Covid-19-related credit sanction and offtake.




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Maiden round-the-clock renewable energy auction gets tariff of Rs 2.90/unit

Since renewable energy is unpredictable in nature, other sources of energy are required for balancing it, increasing the actual cost of such power, dissuading state-run power distribution companies from buying such electricity.




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Fiscal slip up 2 ppt, need to structure package carefully

A Rs 4 lakh crore extra borrowing acknowledges huge fiscal slippage; raise loan-guarantee component in package.




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Country’s wireless subscriber base sees marginal rise in January to 1,156 million

In terms of wireless broadband subscribers, Jio is on top with 376.57 million users, followed by Airtel with 142.34 million subscribers and Vodafone Idea with 117.93 users.




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Pharma exports fail to meet FY20 target due to curbs

Drug formulations and biologicals, which contribute to almost 72% of exports, have shown 9.5% growth in FY20. However, export of bulk drugs and drug intermediates posted negative growth.




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Bharat Biotech to lead monoclonal antibodies project for Covid-19 therapy

This project brings together National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune; Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, and Gurgaon-based PredOmix Technologies in a collaborative mode for a public health emergency.




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NIIT Technologies Rating: Add; Execution stood out in a challenging scenario

Recovery is expected in Q2; upgraded to ‘Add’ given recent correction and other positives; TP cut to Rs 1,310.




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Flights from Riyadh, Bahrain carrying stranded Indians reach Kerala

The passengers were subjected to thermal test at the aerobridge itself before allowing them to undergo customs and immigration checks, Kozhikode airport sources said.




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Time spent on smartphones rose 16% during April 25- May 1, 2020: BARC-Nielsen report

Social networking, gaming and education apps recorded the highest growth




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Why Xiaomi didn’t talk about its software quirks during Mi 10 5G India launch

Why did Xiaomi not talk about one of Mi 10 5G’s biggest highlights at launch, or after? The reason is simple.




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Record single-day spike of 21 cases push Jharkhand COVID-19 tally to 153

Since the outbreak of the pandemic on March 31 in the state, two persons have died of the infection while one COVID-19 patient died due to underlying health condition after testing negative.




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AIIMS director rushes to Gujarat after sharp rise in COVID-19 cases, fatalities

Following directions from the Centre, Dr Guleria, who is a pulmonologist, and Dr Manish Soneja from the AIIMS department of medicine left for Ahmedabad.




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Entire family to be home-quarantined if one breaches seclusion rules

In Himachal around 90,000 persons returned home from other states on passes issued by state government in the past one week and another 20,000 plus are waiting to enter the state.




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COVID-19 recovery: Govt issues new guidelines for discharging patients; check details

The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has come up with some revised guidelines for discharging patients from healthcare facilities.




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COVID-19: Legislation introduced in Congress to give Green Card to 40,000 foreign nurses, doctors

The American Hospital Association (AHA) and the American Organization for Nursing Leadership (AONL) said there has never been a more urgent need for the care that foreign-born physicians and foreign-trained nurses provide than during the current COVID-19 pandemic.




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Share markets fall over 5% in first week of May; here’s what moved D-Street and what to expect ahead

Domestic benchmark indices were in for a bumpy ride this week with many ups and down along the way. Starting the week equity markets tanked and lost 80% of the gains made in the previous week as investors lost Rs 5.8 lakh crore.




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Only severe COVID-19 patients to be tested before discharge: Union health ministry

At the time of discharge, patient will be advised to follow home isolation for further seen days as per the prescribed guidelines.




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Why do migrant workers who left for their homes want to return to Haryana?

Amidst Coronavirus breakdown, a reverse trend of people wanting to get back to work has been noticed in Haryana.




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5-year-old boy dies from rare inflammatory illness linked to COVID-19 in US

Michael Gewitz, Physician-in-Chief of Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, where the boy passed away, said the child suffered "serious neurological complications" from the pediatric multi-symptom inflammatory syndrome.