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Meizu HD60 ANC headphones arrive with Sony-powered noise cancellation

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...




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Moto G8 Power review




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Our Apple iPhone SE (2020) video review is up

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...




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Leaked Samsung Galaxy A21s render shows a familiar design

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...




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Two new mystery Realme phones visit TENAA - could be the X3 and X50 Youth

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...




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UK PM Aims to Attract Top Global Scientists through a Fast and New Visa

The UK immigration rules are showing unexpected results but there is a positive side to them. There is a plan for the benefit of elite researchers and special professionals in engineering, science, and technology to immigrate and enjoy the fruits of…




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UK Home Secretary Says Post-Brexit Minimum Salary Threshold will be 36k Pounds

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…




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English Language Skills Necessary in the New Immigration System of UK

The English language abilities of an applicant are likely to get a rank based on proficiency in the new British visa regime that is getting finalized by UK after it makes an exit from the EU.UK Immigration and Need for an Evaluation The authorities…




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UK Warmly Invites Overseas Graduates and Extends Work Visas for Two Years

The restrictive immigration policies of the UK appear to be over as it has decided to offer a work visa for two years after graduation from a British university to the overseas students. UK Jobs get a boostPresently, the duration for graduates having…




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Britain Needs to Welcome A New Point-Based Immigration System

Britain will soon accept immigrants only when they possess the right skills. An immigration system based on points is common to Canada, Australia, and New Zealand and in the immediate future, it appears that Britain will join them. The election results…




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The New Immigration Plan and a Fresh Environment in the UK

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…




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Your Money: Eight guiding principles when buying a health plan

Understanding your health coverage, getting familiar with the services covered and how much you will have to pay in case of an unfortunate eventuality is important.




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Tax Talk: Know the benefits of creating HUF

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




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Health Insurance: Know how a medical insurance claim is processed

Treatment expenses can be reimbursed by insurer or customer can opt for cashless facility




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Fixed Income: Want safety of capital? Check out liquid funds

You may park a portion of your funds in a high-rated liquid fund while you wait for the current volatility in the markets to play out




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Your Queries: Mutual Funds -Balanced funds, hybrid funds can switch between equity & debt

Gold ETFs investors can exit only by selling to secondary market participants on the stock exchange.




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Your Money: Covid-19: Why health insurance is critical now

Group health insurance plus personal health insurance: Higher the number of family members, higher the insurance cover.




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Your Money: How asset allocation can help reduce risks

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




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Your Queries: Loans – banks will charge interest for 3-month moratorium period

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).




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CBDT extends validity of lower withholding tax orders till June 30

CBDT said that assessees holding valid certificates for FY20 would get the benefit of extension, which otherwise would expire on March 31.




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Covid-19 & your money worries: Tips to handle the impact on your finances

When it comes to surviving financial crisis, focus on what you can control and you can do rather than on what you cannot control or what is not possible to do now




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Your Queries: Continue SIP when markets are falling to benefit from lower price

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




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Want to save tax: Should you go for PPF or ELSS?

To achieve the stated investment objective, the fund manager of an ELSS maintains a diversified portfolio of equity-and-equity related instruments, and practices a bottom-up approach to stock picking that is market-cap and sector agnostic.




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Fixed income: Falling interest rates? Ways to reduce re-investment risks

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.




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Your Money: Do you have a cashflow for next 12-18 months?

In a single day, there was a double-digit fall of 13.2% in Sensex—unprecedented in the past 16 years.




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Your money: Here’s how you can get better interest rate on personal loan

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




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Your Income Tax Queries: NRIs do not need to quote Aadhaar in ITR or link PAN with Aadhaar

As per Section 44ADA, a resident individual, engaged in any business/ profession can declare income on presumptive basis only if gross receipts do not exceed Rs 50 lakh in previous year.




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Provident Fund withdrawal for COVID-19: EPFO remits Rs 280 crore to subscribers under special window

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.




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Mutual Funds see net outflows of Rs 2.12 Lakh crore in March, highest since September 2018

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.




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CBDT clarifies on TDS deduction by employers on old/new regime

The Budget this year introduced a new income tax regime under which individuals can opt for lower tax rates provided they don’t avail certain exemptions and deductions otherwise available under the law.




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Your Money: Digital payments, e-KYC make buying insurance, filing claims easy during Coronavirus lockdown

Most companies are encouraging their existing customers to use digital channels as there has been a surge of such requirements from customers along with scarcity of service personnel at insurance offices.




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Mutual funds: Exiting equity now may lead to missing out on any recovery subsequently

As of February 29, 2020; equities outperformed gold over the trailing 10-, 15- and 20-years, delivering annualised 10.39%, 13.89% and 12.0% respectively compared with 8.16%, 12.59% and 11.49% respectively delivered by gold.




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Insurers start standard health policy with sum insured Rs 1-5 lakh

Currently, there are several health insurance products in the market and every insurer designs products basis their underwriting guidelines, claims experience, risk assessment.




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Want to beat recession? Don’t forget to buy gold

Increase your allocation to gold via the gold fund route from the safety and comfort of your home.




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Mutual fund investment: Why index funds can be a good bet now

Index funds are better for those unable to select quality stocks or bear the risk of near term under-performance from actively managed funds.




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Your Money: Investment tips for those opting for new tax regime

For example, PPF offers you returns of 7.1% per annum completely tax-free whereas an 8% FD may offer you only 5.6% if you’re in the 30% slab.




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Equity investments: It’s the right time to review your portfolio

Investing in high-quality companies and proven MF schemes always pays in the long term and these would be the first to recover




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Your Queries: Loans; Interest will be charged on moratorium period

Closing a home loan account involves outstanding loan repayment, signing some forms, request for return of original documents, collecting no-dues certificate as well as the final interest payment certificate.




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EPFO: Rs 3,600 crore withdrawn in two weeks

Under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana, launched on March 26, a provision exists for withdrawal from one’s provident fund accumulation to fight the pandemic.




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HC protection to Indiabulls Housing Finance: MFs see no immediate cause of worry

Fund houses such as HDFC MF, Baroda MF, Nippon India MF, PGIM MF and UTI MF have exposures to debt papers issued by the Indiabulls Housing Finance, shows the data from Value Research.




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Dearness Allowance Hike for Central Government Employees, Pensioners: Implementation may be delayed

Dearness Allowance (DA) Hike Latest News: The April salary, which is due to be paid in a week’s time, was supposed to be based on revised DA, along with arrears for three months (January-March).




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Tax Saving Options: ELSS – A good bet now for Section 80C

If you want the market upside, benefit of current low prices and have appetite for volatility, you may invest in ELSS now in a staggered manner, that is, via SIP.




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Tax Talk: Know when your income can be clubbed

The income of a spouse or child is clubbed together with the income of major earner of the family when certain conditions are met.




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11.56 lakh new members added to ESIC scheme in February

In other previous months of 2019-20, the number of new subscribers joining in the scheme ranged between 12.19 lakh and 14.70 lakh.




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UP government freezes state employees’ DA for 18 months, allowances for a year

The order issued by the state finance department will impact over 16 lakh state employees and officers, approximately three lakh teachers and 12 lakh pensioners.




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Embedded Value: Plan for the year with insurance as first step

Now is the time to assess where you are in relation to financial goals, tax planning & cash inflows.




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Sebi’s enhanced borrowing limits didn’t help MFs

Credit risk funds have been seeing redemptions over the last one year. Between March 2019 and March 2020, most credit risk funds had seen outflows barring ICICI Prudential Credit Risk Funs, IDFC Credit Risk Fund and Mahindra Credit Risk Yojana.




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RBI’s credit window for mutual funds calms markets

Experts said the debacle at Franklin could lead to redemptions from other debt schemes. Investors could lose a big chunk of the Rs 25, 800 crore worth of assets held in the six debt schemes that Franklin has wound down.




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Franklin Templeton says will return money to investors

Franklin Templeton MF also said that their commitment to India remains steadfast as they have been early as patient investors in India.




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Your money: More power to Aadhaar based eKYC, video KYC needed

The RBI recently allowed banks to use Video KYC to validate loans and credit card applications. Video KYC is another effective mechanism to accelerate application processes wherein customers can use their smartphone cameras to validate themselves before a bank-appointed officer.