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Inspiring Innovation: How To Motivate Creative Marketing Teams

Tips from executives on how to inspire creativity in the workplace




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Yahoo to spin off its 15.4% stake in e-tailer Alibaba

Marissa Mayer, chief executive of Yahoo, said on Tuesday that the internet company would spin off its 15.4% stake in Alibaba...




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After Alibaba spin-off, Yahoo! may become a takeover target

By spinning off stake into a separate firm, Yahoo will be judged by its Web businesses




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David Carr, Times critic and champion of media, dies at 58

David Carr, a writer who wriggled away from the demon of drug addiction to become an unlikely name-brand...




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Etihad Airways’ rapid ascent frustrates rivals

Emerging from the desert like a giant steel squid, Abu Dhabi’s new airport terminal is starting to take shape.




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Creating a talent pipeline for tomorrow

By 2020, more than a third of the desired core skill-sets of most occupations will be comprised of skills that are not yet considered crucial.



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Diwali dhamaka! Amazon offers free shipping on all orders for the holidays

Amazon.com said on Monday it would offer free shipping with no purchase minimum for the first time this holiday season, heating up the competition with Walmart and other rivals vying for customers’ Christmas shopping sprees.




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Alibaba’s Jack Ma calls US-China trade war ‘most stupid thing’

Billionaire Alibaba co-founder Jack Ma called fighting over trade senseless and decried once again a widening conflict between the US and China.




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Donald Trump to take public opinion on H-4 visa revocation

The Trump administration has assured lawmakers and the American corporate sector that the public would get an opportunity to respond to its proposal of revoking work authorisation to H-4 spouse visas after they raised their concerns over the move, which will impact thousands of Indians. H-4 visas are issued to the spouses of H-1B foreign […]




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SoftBank sets $21-billion IPO, skipping price range

SoftBank has set an indicative price of 1,500 yen ($13.23) per share for its initial public offering (IPO), a regulatory filing showed on Friday, making the deal worth 2.4 trillion yen ($21.16 billion) in one of the world’s biggest-ever listings.




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Amazon gives AI to Harvard Hospital in tech’s latest health push

That’s increasingly important in a health-care market where patients have more choices, such as going to an urgent care clinic rather than a hospital emergency room.




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Despite zero MDR, RuPay transactions start slipping

According to the Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) website, the total number of RuPay cards issued so far stands at over 290 million.




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Bank of Baroda to raise Rs 13,500 crore additional capital

The remaining Rs 4,500 crore will be raised by way of additional Tier-1 and Tier-2 capital instruments with an inter-changeability option, the bank said in the release.




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IDFC First Bank to raise Rs 2,000cr capital from promoter, Warburg Pincus, 3 others

Warburg Pincus affiliate Dayside Investment Ltd and insurance firms ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Company, HDFC Life Insurance, and Bajaj Allianz Life Insurance will infuse capital in the lender.




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NBFCs tapping NCD market to raise funds amid Covid crisis

The three year NCD issue of Indiabulls Housing Finance opened on April 29. Although, the base issue size was Rs 100 crore, but it had a greeshoe option of Rs 900 crore.




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PSB NPAs likely to rise 2-4 per cent points; may push govt to recapitalise via RBI reserves, bonds: Report

The government can issue recapitalisation bonds, or the RBI's huge reserves of over USD 127 can also be dipped into to help the state-owned bank's recapitalisation needs, it said.




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Humans in India survived Toba supervolcano eruption; Here’s how 74,000 year-old event developed Homo Sapiens

Some schools of thought suggest that the eruption pushed Earth into volcanic winter that lasted as long as six years and the planet Earth had to endure a longish cooling period of a thousand years.




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NASA records highest resolution pictures of Mars! Check out 360-degree panorama captured by Curiosity rover

Curiosity's project scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ashwin Vasavada said that it is the first time that NASA has dedicated its operations to capture a 360-degree panorama.




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Pilibhit Tiger Reserve: 10 big cats living in sugarcane fields to be relocated

Saturation of Pilibhit Tiger Reserve with an increasing population of tigers has resulted in man-animal conflicts in the area.




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Delhi weather update: Light rains predicted in national capital

The weatherman has predicted a cloudy afternoon with possibility of thunderstorm and gusty winds accompanied by light rains in parts of Delhi.




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World Water Day 2020: India shifts focus to providing piped water to every home at household level by 2024

The report on World Water Day 2020 explains that in order to tackle climate change, a lot of marginalised communities need clean water and decent toilets as a front line defense.




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Air quality picking up in quarantined countries

Air quality is improving in countries under coronavirus quarantines, experts say, but it is far too early to speak of long-term change.




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Delhi weather: National capital sees dip in pollution, minimum temperature settles at 16.4 degrees Celsius

According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) data, the city's overall air quality index at 9 am stood at 112, which falls in the 'moderate' category.




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Space jam! Over 12,000 aspiring astronauts apply for NASA’s Moon, Mars mission! Check details

A total of 12,000 applicants applied to become astronauts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).




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India to see Pink Super Moon this week; check date and timings

One of the major lunar events India is going to witness this week is a Pink Super Moon. This appearance of the moon is considered as the brightest and the biggest.




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Pink Super Moon: 7 things you need to know before witnessing it today

Witness the Pink Super Moon from your balconies today! One of the celestial events, which is an occurrence of a Super Moon, is set to take place today and can be witnessed by many from their balconies only.




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Supermoon 2020: After a beautiful ‘Pink Moon’ on Tuesday night, viewers share pics on Twitter

Explaining the difference between a normal Full Moon and a Supermoon, Brown told The Guardian that the Supermoon is just closer to the Earth than the usual Full Moon.




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PM Modi’s inspiring message on Earth Day: A shout out to all working at forefront to defeat COVID-19

PM Modi also said let us pledge to work towards a cleaner, healthier and a more prosperous planet.




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Delhi air quality: Lockdown cuts PM2.5, PM10 levels by half in national capital

In its report, the CPCB said, "Significant reduction in PM2.5, PM10 and NO2 levels observed. Overall, 46 per cent reduction in PM2.5 and 50 per cent reduction in PM10 concentration observed during the lockdown period."




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Massive planet ‘King’ Kepler-88 d discovered! Newly found exoplanet is 3 times bigger than Jupiter

The discovery was made by a group of astronomers led by the University of Hawaii Institute for Astronomy (UH IfA). The new plant was discovered after studying six years of data.




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Legal opinion from experts

Hello Experts, I want a legal opinion. I was having a conversation with my friend and he told me that in certain situation clear title of property can be transferred from one person to another without Registry and without paying any stamp duty. eg. Partnership firms property. If a Plot is owned by a partnership firm with some partners. If the plot is brought by reconstituting the partnership firm by getting our names added in the partnership firm and retiring the existing partners in the partnership firm. By this process--- PLOT CAN BE BROUGHT BY NOTARISED PARTNERSHIP DEED ONLY NO REGISTY IN SUB REGISTRAR NEEDED NO STAMP DUTY HAS TO BE PAID TO GOVERNMENT . CLEAR TITLE WILL BE TRANFFERED BY THIS PROCESS I Don't what law says, BUT IS IT REALLY TRUE??????




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Filmmakers draw inspiration from Russia lockdown

Director and producer Timur Bekmambetov, who is regarded as one of the inventors of the 'Screenlife' format, in which movies take place entirely on computer screens, wants to produce a film about the lockdown in the new genre



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PIL in SC by justice for rights foundation seeking waiver of fees in pvt. university/colleges

A PIL has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to State Governments pertaining to private and public college for providing relief, waive off, or moratorium on academic fees for the next semester and restrict them from asking lump sum am




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The conspiratorial style in pandemic politics

Over half of the world’s population is in self-confinement as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. And though the lockdown has slowed the spread of the coronavirus, it has accelerated the progress of another insidious phenomenon: conspiracy theories.




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As European leagues plan for restart, will France regret stopping football season?

With the German Bundesliga resuming next week and other leagues around Europe making preparations to restart after the coronavirus-induced suspension, could France end up regretting the decision to call an early end to its football season?




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Scorpio Horoscope for May 9, 2020

Your generous attitude would be a blessing in disguise as you are likely to be liberated from many vices like doubt, disloyalty, depression, lack of faith, greed, attachment, egoism, and jealousy. You'll come to understand the fact today that investing often proves to be very beneficial for you, as any old investment made by you an offer profitable returns. The family's situation won't be normal as you think. Today, there is a possibility of an argument or dispute within the family. Hence, control yourself in such a case. Time to refresh your friendship by reminding good times you shared. Travel undertaken for business purpose will prove to be beneficial in the long run. You keep getting jokes on married life over social media, but today you will get really emotional when the startling beautiful facts about your married life will come afore you. If you are married, then you may hear any complaint related to your children, which can make you upset.




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Inspiring Innovation: How To Motivate Creative Marketing Teams

Tips from executives on how to inspire creativity in the workplace




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HOWELL SCHOOL ROAD LANDSCAPING

HOWELL SCHOOL ROAD LANDSCAPING




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COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION FUND, NORTH II, 2020 PILOT

COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION FUND, NORTH II, 2020 PILOT




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COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION FUND, NORTH I, 2020 PILOT

COMMUNITY TRANSPORTATION FUND, NORTH I, 2020 PILOT




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CAPITAL CITY TRAIL, GATEWAY TO SOUTH STATE STREET

CAPITAL CITY TRAIL, GATEWAY TO SOUTH STATE STREET




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Clix Capital debuts AI-enabled Bot ‘Maya’

Maya will help customers avail instant loans as well as check their eligibility and credit score




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From medical consultations, dating to workouts: How internet is keeping our worlds running amid lockdowns

From home workouts and remote medical consultations to online classes and even virtual dating, technology today is ensuring that our lives go on, albeit from behind the screen




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Coronavirus outbreak: Tamil Nadu to get 1 lakh rapid test kits from China by April 9 for quick screening

These kits will help the state in quick screening of suspected Covid-19 patients. The chief minister said RTKs will be sent to all districts the very next day.




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Mumbai’s Wockhardt Hospital sealed after 29 health workers, doctors test Coronavirus positive

The hospital’s admissions and out patient department services were sealed on March 28 after two nurses tested positive that day.




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Keeping up the spirit: Coronavirus has wreaked havoc on industries – a look at where F&B industry stands

In other words, we can speculate, but frankly, we don’t have much to go by till we know that work can be resumed to some extent.




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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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Covid-19: Converging materialism with spiritualism

By Vinay Kumar Dutta During the Covid-19 pandemic, many people may be rethinking how to converge materialism with spiritualism. Why is this thought pervading in their? Are they intimidated, or truly inspired to embrace spiritualism? Humans are materialistic by nature. Greed to acquire and obsession for possession is rooted in their minds. Highly materialistic individuals […]




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Tech boost for frontline workers: How IBM is helping ICMR to manage process of capturing COVID-19 data

The Watson virtual agent is AI-enabled and will be able to understand and respond to queries in English and Hindi.




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Online database to depict fish landing centres’ proximity to COVID hotspots in Kerala launched

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has launched an online GIS based database depicting the proximity of fish landing centres to Covid-19 hotspots in Kerala.