Force majeure in contracts typically allow parties to avoid performing their contractual obligations when inevitable, unforeseen, and uncontrollable circumstances arise, rendering the performance of the contract impossible.

The Association of Power Producers (APP) had requested Coal India Ltd (CIL) to extend the timelines for the auction as well as reassess the eligibility for participation in the third round of auction under the SHAKTI B (ii) scheme.

"Looking at the performance in the last one year, the turnover of Khadi registered a growth of 31 per cent from Rs 3215.13 crore in 2018-19, to Rs 4211.26 crore in 2019-20. 

The Mi Box 4K, like every other Xiaomi product out there, also punches way above its weight when it comes to feature set and pricing.

The DoT sent a notice to GAIL soon after the February 14 hearing in the Supreme Court on dues owned by telecom companies such as Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea.

A substantive stimulus is required from the government in the form of support to the poor and to the industry, especially MSMEs, it said.

Cyber security firm Cyble has revealed that the database of education technology firm Unacademy has been breached and details of various account holders, including those registered with corporate e-mail accounts, are on sale in the dark web.

Insights from Emma and their customers on storytelling across marketing channels, from the Marketing United summit

Google's Gmail update went live this week. Here's what marketers need to know

CEO Madhav Sheth officially confirmed that the Realme X3 SuperZoom is coming - and that it will have a 60x zoom camera. He shared a photo of the Milky Way taken with the phone's Starry Mode and challenges you to try and get a better shot with your current phone. So, this is clearly a periscope camera that we're talking about, likely with 6x optical zoom. Of course, the 60x magnification is achieved with digital processing, but astro-photography relies on a lot of computational skills anyway (astronomers have been doing image stacking for years before phones started doing it). The shared...

Xiaomi had a massive announcement today in India - the company finally introduced the Mi 10 smartphone, the Mi True Wireless Earphones 2, and also unveiled the Mi Box 4K - an Android TV gadget for streaming video content with voice-assisted remote control. The Xiaomi Mi 10 comes with Snapdragon 865 chipset and 8 GB RAM, while storage is either 128 GB or 256 GB. The price is INR49,999 ($660/€610) or INR54,999 ($727/€672), but some fans might be disappointed to learn that the Mi 10 Pro won't be arriving in India for now. They are left with the vanilla version that has a 108 MP main...

A few days ago China sent a survey team to study Mt. Everest, today they reached the Advanced Base Camp at 6,500m (21,300ft). What's interesting about this expedition (besides the scientific work that it will do) is that two photographers, Li Pu and Cai Qing, used two Honor phones to capture some beautiful shots. One of these was the Honor X10 5G, which hasn't been officially announced yet (so these are the first official camera samples from the phone). The five shots have 10MP resolution, since pixel binning was used - the X10 will feature a custom Sony IMX600ysensor with 40MP raw...

The Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G Speed Edition appeared earlier today on JD.com with a chipset called Snapdragon 768G. It may have looked like a typo, but one leakster on Weibo revealed this is an actual platform by Qualcomm that will be unveiled with the new Redmi phone. While there were no specs in the initial leak, later a tweet revealed the internals of the SoC. Snapdragon 768G & Snapdragon 765G posters The CPU cluster contains one core at 2.8 GHz, another at 2.4 GHz, and a cluster of six at 1.8 GHz. The GPU will remain the same - Adreno 620 - but clocked at 750 MHz instead of 625...

The Meizu HD60 ANC over-ear headphones were unveiled alongside the Meizu 17 flagships and they are a serious piece of kit. They feature active noise cancellation, of course, but there's more to them than that. Meizu HD60 ANC over-ear headphones The HD60 is Hi-Res certified, so it will deliver high-quality audio. They connect over Bluetooth 5.0 and support aptX. There's an analog plug if you want to use a 3.5mm jack too. Noise cancellation is implemented by two chips. Sony's CDX3775 handles the ANC part while a Qualcomm chip with cVc does noise reduction during...

The Redmi 9 just popped up on Xiaomi's global RF certification page, confirming that the phone exists and its model number - M2004J19G. This number was also spotted in a batch of devices that were recently certified by the 3C. These certifications don't reveal much. A related model, the M2004J19C, is listed at the 3C with a 10W charger, though that would be a weird downgrade - both the Redmi 8 and the cheaper 8A support 18W charging. Anyway, these will be 4G phones, which probably comes as no surprise. Previous leaks showed a photo of the quad camera on the back of the phone, which...

After implementing a countrywide lockdown in March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Indian government has begun to slowly lift its restrictions. These measures forced manufacturers like Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo and vivo to temporarily suspend their smartphone production but with the eased restrictions all four are getting back to normal working conditions. Samsung Noida factory Samsung India issued a statement where it confirmed smartphone production in its Noida factory has already been restarted in limited capacity. Xiaomi also confirmed its manufacturing partner Foxconn has been...

After a very long wait, Apple finally outed the successor to the original iPhone SE from 2016, and it's fair to say that the new model took the world by storm with its flagship chipset and affordable price (for an Apple device, at least). The iPhone SE (2020) is thus one of the most interesting smartphones of the year, so we couldn't resist reviewing it on video, for your viewing pleasure. Will is going to take you through all of the phone's relevant features, including its build and screen quality, battery life, performance, and camera image quality - all in under eight minutes. So buckle...

LG announced the Stylo 5 last June and it seems the company will soon unveil its successor Stylo 6 that has appeared in a press render shared by reliable leakster Evan Blass. Unlike its predecessor, the LG Stylo 6 packs a notched display surrounded by slimmer bezels at the top and bottom. On the back, the Stylo 6 features a triple camera setup placed horizontally as opposed to the single camera on the Stylo 5. The back of the Stylo 6 also houses a fingerprint scanner for biometric authentication. LG Stylo 6 • LG Stylo 5 On the right side of the Stylo 6 is the power button...

Redmi announced the Note 9 Pro and Note 9 Pro Max in India back in March. The Note 9 Pro went on sale in the country on March 17, but the sales of the Max variant were postponed due to the COVID-19 lockdown. However, the Chinese phone maker has now announced that Note 9 Pro Max will be available for purchase in India, starting from May 12 through Mi.com. This announcement from Redmi comes days after the Indian government eased lockdown restrictions in the country and allowed e-commerce companies to deliver non-essential goods in areas marked as orange and green zones. The Redmi Note...

The Samsung Galaxy A21s has been popping-up in the rumor mill from time to time, over the last couple of months. Now, a new leak claims to showcase a render of its front side. It's a slightly odd, yet totally believable development, since the front of the phone, as shown here, looks nearly identical to a set of recent Galaxy A21 leaked renders. Not only that, but the Galaxy A11 and M11 appear to be in the exact same boat, as well. Interestingly enough, despite their lower standing in the lineup, the latter two sems to show slimmer chins and top bezels in their respective renders. Alongside...

The plot continues to thicken around Realme's seemingly never-ending stream of new devices. Last month, a certain RMX2142 appeared on Chinese certification authority TENAA's website. Now, the very numerically-similar RMX2141 and the RMX2052 have joined its ranks. RMX2142 There are more than a few similarities between these devices, as listed by TENAA. All of them seem to have the exact same dimensions of 163.8 x 75.8 x 8.9mm, which, coincidentally, or rather not, match-up perfectly with the existing Realme X50m 5G. Same goes for the reported weight of the RMX2142 and the...

Employing foreign scientists and technicians and complying Home Office regulations is a difficult task for many UK laboratories. The United Kingdom is altogether suffering from skills shortages. The situation will be aggravated by decline of the EU workers.…

Owing to the surge in IT visa applications there are no Fears that migrants are discouraged from settling in the UK.  In fact they are keen to master their work and are also agreeable for the contract based work in the IT sector. In the past few…

The fast growing nationalities of overseas students in the UK belong to the citizens of India, China, America and Saudi Arabia. The promising trendThere was a major increase in the number of Indian students pursuing their studies in the United Kingdom.…

The UK Home Secretary will be asked to raise the recommended £30,000 minimum salary threshold for all latest international workers to defend lower-paid British workers.At the moment, the limitation only appeals to non-EU migrants, but it's assumed…

The UK Government aims to leave the European Union on 31 October 2019 at 11 pm. This will result in loss of Freedom of movement in the present form on that date and time, in case there is a No-Deal for it. All the EU clients need to secure their status…

Every department has aims and objectives, and the numbers are the focus of the Immigration Department in the UK. There is an opportunity to make this system fair but the focus needs to be away from strict control of borders. Boris Johnson, the PM has…

There is an issue in the world for stopping uncontrolled immigration of nonwhite, as it adversely affects the world.Boris Johnson the UK Prime Minister has made a campaign promise to make an onslaught on migration to control and check it. There is a…

PM Boris Johnson is set to change the plan about the minimum £30,000 earning the threshold for migrants who aim to enter the UK after the exit of Britain from the EU.The Reasons Behind the DecisionThe proposal appears to not fit in with his plan to…

Investment gains (in absolute terms) depend on the principal corpus invested and the returns delivered by the fund. Returns are a function of the performance of the asset class invested in.

Assuming that the shares are in the nature of ESOPs, they shall be taxed at two stages, once as perquisites in the hands of employees upon allotment and subsequently as capital gains upon sale of the shares.

Life insurance claims to the extent of basic sum assured if policyholder dies due to infection by the corona virus is admissible.

HUF is taxable as separate person; hence one can save tax under basic exemption of Rs 2.5 lakh

This is a real test for us as investors. Some of us are getting jittery because we are watching our overall returns deteriorating and some of us are thinking it is an opportunity to add more to our existing portfolio.

Once tax liability is calculated, you may claim a deduction of TDS/ taxes paid on such rental income, to arrive at net tax demand due.

Draft exposure aims to restrict proportionate deduction which would lead to, in most cases, the insured being able to get a higher percentage of the bill reimbursed by insurer

The regulations under the EPF will be amended to include “pandemic” as a reason to allow non-refundable advance of 75% of the accumulated amount or three months of the wages, whichever is lower, from their accounts.

The objective of a good asset allocation plan is to develop an investment portfolio that helps you reach your financial goals with the degree of risk you find comfortable

Actual return you get is not the ARR of 8% or 4% shown in the benefit illustration but net of various charges such as fund management, premium allocation, admin and mortality

Borrowers who opt for the moratorium on repayments will have to pay an additional interest charged on simple interest basis. Thus, those who have the capacity to repay should continue to make the payments regularly

The moratorium means in case of cash crunch in these extraordinary times, you may not pay the EMIs but the bank/FI will not classify your loan as a non-performing asset (NPA).

More units are bought when the market price of shares is low and lesser units are bought when the price is high.

Investors should continue to invest in small savings schemes as the interest rates are still higher than that of bank FDs. They should look at tax-free bonds and avoid company deposits.

With new developments in technology, it has become easier to get a quick personal loan.

With job losses & pay cuts likely in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, you need to take some special measures to cushion the impact and prepare for the worst

The macroeconomic backdrop has become favourable for gold; aim for 10-15% of portfolio alloc-ation to the yellow metal

Anticipating a huge surge in demand, it came out with a new software for online receipt and settlement of claims and deployed the software on March 29.

According to the ministry of health and family welfare as on April 9, 2020, there are 5,218 active cases of novel coronavirus in India and there has been 169 deaths due to this pandemic.

While debt funds saw sharp outflows, equity funds surprised the industry as it saw net inflows of Rs 11,722.74 crore in March — the highest in the current financial year.