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Consumer goods firms flag Covid hit, cut festive season forecast

Production cuts will be most in premium portfolio as consumers curb discretionary spending.




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Tourism Ministry launches strandedinindia.com for tourists stranded in the country

The ministry said the portal will help tourists get information on state tourism departments and regional offices of the ministry of tourism to help them stay safe and healthy while in India. It will also help them find information on ways of getting back to their home country, the ministry added.




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Ministry of Tourism launches "DekhoApnaDesh" webinar series

The ministry said the webinar series will provide information on the many destinations and the 'depth' and 'expanse' of the culture and heritage of India. The first webinar on Tuesday touched upon the history of Delhi and was titled " City of Cities- Delhi's Personal Diary'.




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FAITH doubles loss guidance on tourism from Rs 5 lakh crore to Rs 10 lakh crore in meeting with EG-6

Federation of Associations in Indian Tourism & Hospitality, the policy federation of all the national associations representing the tourism, travel and hospitality industry of India has revised upwards its value estimates at risk to Indian tourism.




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Can India's first multi-bank mobile payment platform, Chillr, stand up to a fight from wallet biggies?

It has been billed as the 'WhatsApp of money'.




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For mobile wallet players, it's survival of the fittest, not the fastest

Bhavik Vasa, chief growth officer of ItzCash, contends the market opportunity is huge as 85% of the population is still dealing with cash.




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Future Group's Devendra Chawla on why eating healthy is likely to remain on the 'to do' list

It is that moment of impulse, where satiation of a craving overtakes all rationale and emotions.




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Wall Street ends near flat as Russia concerns linger

US stocks ended near flat as concern about an escalation of the Russia-Ukraine conflict offset gains in consumer staples shares.




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Consequence of digital transformation is the human transformation of customer relations

Smart companies automate the operational part of the business - to create time for their people to connect with customers




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Reliance Foundation to adopt 4 flood-hit villages in Gujarat

Ambani visited the two districts and took a survey of the worst-affected areas to assess first-hand the primary and immediate requirements of the victims




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Indian Oil Corporation plan to cut debt hinges on demand revival

Gross debt at Indian Oil, the nation’s largest refiner and fossil fuel retailer, has risen from ₹86,400 crore at the beginning of 2019-20 to ₹1,16,000 crore at the start of 2020-21. About 50% jump in debt in the January-March quarter came following the weakening of demand due to the Covid-19 pandemic, dividend outflow and delay in fuel subsidy transfer by the government.




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Numaligarh Refinery to import 21TMT of crude oil from Petronas Malaysia

Managing Director of NRL S K Barua tweeted, “NRL is importing 21TMT crude oil from Petronas through Haldia port to be rail freighted to Numaligarh for future processing. A step towards ensuring energy security.”




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India, Russia plan MoU on coking coal; boost crude oil trade

The ministers also reviewed ongoing projects and plans including the participation of Indian companies such as Indian Oil Corporation in Russias state-owned Rosneft’s Vostok oil project in the Russian Arctic, Novatek’s deal to supply of LNG to H-Energy, cooperation between Gail and Gazprom.




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Disaster planning top priority for India Inc

For India Inc, disaster planning for business continuity and survival has emerged as the top priority.




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Working capital loan sanctions doubled in 2 days: Nirmala Sitharaman

A day after suggesting that Indian economy is "poised to recover" as indicated by high levels of loan sanctions by banks over last two months, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday pointed out that banks are leaving no stone unturned to ensure that the current coronavirus situation does not result in liquidity crisis for businesses.




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India exports 33.5 lakh tonnes sugar so far in 2019-20 marketing year

The government has allowed export of 60 lakh tonnes of sugar under Maximum Admissible Export Quota (MAEQ) during 2019-20 marketing year to liquidate surplus sugar in global markets. The country had exported 38 lakh tonnes of sugar during 2018-19 marketing year.




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Govt to roll out regulatory guidelines for biostimulants

“Framing of rules is in final stages. As per the proposed guidelines, biostimulants will have to be first registered with government and have to prove efficacy before hitting in the market. Proper labelling will have to be done including name of manufacturers, ingredients and expiry date,” said a senior agriculture ministry official.




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As China stumbles, India plans big exports push in bulk drugs

The government is mulling incentives for reviving old pharmaceutical ingredient units.




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India open to mutually benefitting collaborations with interested countries: Goyal

The minister said India gives the most importance to "the fair dealing and the reciprocity" while signing any multilateral agreements. He said it was not there because of which India did not participate in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).




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Rice exports to Bangladesh via West Bengal likely to commence soon

Rice exports to Bangladesh through West Bengal will likely begin soon as the ministry of home affairs (MHA) has taken a tough stand against the state government for not allowing border trade with India's eastern neighbour.




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RBI extends regulatory benefits under SLF-MF to all banks

The banks claiming the regulatory benefits would be required to submit a weekly statement, the central bank said in its release.




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Salaries increase for top mutual fund CEOs

According to an analysis of the data made public by mutual funds, the CEO salary given by the top 12 fund houses in terms of assets under management increased in the range of 2-132 per cent in 2019-20 from the preceding fiscal year.




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​Debt, hybrid mutual funds see large outflows in April; advisors blame Franklin fiasco

Most debt mutual fund categories have witnessed outflows in the last month, data shows.




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Full-width pinned layouts with flexbox

Learn how to use flexbox to pin two things to opposite ends of the viewport with a heading centered in between. Using media queries and flexbox's re-ordering capabilities, we can make this layout pattern even more responsive.




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Land Your Dream Job with Vettery (Sponsored)

Whether you’re an experienced pro or someone new to the industry, finding a great job can be a scary, stressful process. Engineers and designers get inundated with Hacker Rank tests, portfolio requests, and a variety of other queries. Vettery improves the experience for free agents by creating an atmosphere where businesses reach out to you! […]

The post Land Your Dream Job with Vettery (Sponsored) appeared first on David Walsh Blog.




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Lazy Object Initialization

The Firefox DevTools underlying code, which is written with JavaScript and HTML, is a complex application. Due to the complexity and amount of work going on, the DevTools team has done everything they can to load as little as possible. Furthermore the team has a system of lazily importing and initializing objects when they’re needed. […]

The post Lazy Object Initialization appeared first on David Walsh Blog.




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How to Simulate Long HTTP Requests

It happens less frequently these days but there are times when we need to accommodate for a HTTP request timing out. The service could be down, under heavy traffic, or just poorly coded, or any host of other issues. Whenever I need to simulate a long HTTP request, I use a bit of PHP to […]

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How to Play Retro Game ROMs on Windows

Video games are always a fun time, something we desperately need during our COVID lockdown. A few years back I shared how to play retro games on Mac, as well as how to patch games to play popular ROM hacks like Grand Poo World and Invictus. One disadvantage that Macs have, however, is performance — […]

The post How to Play Retro Game ROMs on Windows appeared first on David Walsh Blog.




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Track Your Keyword Placement with Ranktrackify (Sponsored)

I don’t need to tell you how important search engine placement is. You either earn it with quality content, loads of SEO work, paying for placement, or all of the above. And even we you achieve best placement, you need to be wary of your content becoming stale or someone else coming along with a […]

The post Track Your Keyword Placement with Ranktrackify (Sponsored) appeared first on David Walsh Blog.




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How to Display Mode-Specific Images

Now that we have most of the basics of HTML and CSS in the browser, we’ve begun implementing new features that I would consider “quality of life” improvements, many of which have been inspired by mobile. One great example is the CSS prefers-color-scheme media query, which allows developers to cater their design to system theme […]

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CSS3 Flexible Box Model…Layout Coolness…also Oddities & Confusion

In August, due to a twitter discussion with Molly, and of course while partying on a Saturday night, Dave Gregory and I were looking at whether the Flexible box layout module (still a working draft) is getting close to ready for prime time yet. Our hope was that it will solve some of the frustrations [...]




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Firefox multi-column layout bug… and a unicorn

Last night, I was getting a file ready to share with Estelle Weyl, one of my co-presenters for our CSS3 workshop at SXSW11. The page was a silly little demo that used media queries, multiple backgrounds, transitions, generated content, multi-column layout and, well, a unicorn. I had only viewed the file in Chrome since that’s [...]





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COVID-19: Hard times for lower-ranked tennis players

While tennis is a lucrative sport for those at the top -- the 2020 Australian Open singles champions each took home A$4.12 million ($2.52 million) -- those in the lower echelons often struggle to make ends meet.




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PIX: Sports stars Mary Kom, Kohli, Sachin light lamps

India's sports fraternity on Sunday joined the country in showing solidarity in the fight against the rapidly-spreading coronavirus pandemic by lighting lamps and candles in response to Prime Minster Narendra Modi's call to demonstrate the nation's collective resolve. PM Modi had appealed to the people to turn off lights and instead lit diyas, candles and other forms of light for nine minutes at 9pm IST on Sunday to show the nation's collective resolve to fight coronavirus.




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PIX: Belarus club cheered on by virtual fans in stands

The Belarusian league is filling the void for foreign fans starved of football at home, by inviting fans from around the world to buy virtual tickets online.




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PIX: 'Homebody' Osaka making the most of isolation

Following a whirlwind few years, Japanese tennis star Naomi Osaka can be forgiven for taking time to reset and relax as the sporting world goes on an indefinite pause due to the coronavirus crisis. Osaka, a two-time Grand Slam winner who also became the first Japanese player to reach world number one, had been preparing for another action-packed summer including her Olympics debut on home soil at Tokyo 2020.




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Organisational behaviour (Palgrave Macmillan)




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Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Every State and Territory Gets Their Fair Share of GST) Bill 2018 [Provisions] / The Senate, Economics Legislation Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Economics Legislation Committee, author, issuing body




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The law of misleading or deceptive conduct / Colin Lockhart

Lockhart, Colin, author




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The leadership experience / Richard L. Daft, with the assistance of Patricia G. Lane

Daft, Richard L., author




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Treasury Laws Amendment (Making Sure Foreign Investors Pay Their Fair Share of Tax in Australia and Other Measures) Bill 2018 [Provisions] and related bills / The Senate, Economics Legislation Committee

Australia. Parliament. Senate. Economics Legislation Committee, author, issuing body




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Corones' competition law in Australia / Arlen Duke

Duke, Arlen, author




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Construction law in Australia / Ian Bailey ; with foreword by Justice Robert McDougall

Bailey, Ian H., author




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Contract and the Australian consumer law / J W Carter ; Laina Chan

Carter, J. W. (John W.), author




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European and international media law / Jan Oster, Universiteit Leiden

Oster, Jan, 1978- author




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Media law / Jacob Rowbottom

Rowbottom, Jacob, author




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Cases and materials on contract law in Australia / J.W. Carter

Carter, J. W. (John W.), author




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Advisory report on the Telecommunications and Other Legslation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Bill 2018 / Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security

Australia. Parliament. Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security




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The Australian consumer law / S G Corones

Corones, S. G. (Stephen G.), author