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Stay home, stay safe: Brands try to convey message of optimism amid crisis

Advertisers ask consumers to stay calm and keep their distance, find ways to keep the engagement going under a lockdown




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Byju's, Toppr close social distance as demand for online education spikes

Edtech brands offer discounts, add fresh content and engage more frequently with users




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With witticisms, warnings & videos on lockdown, cops turn stars on Twitter

From being quick to quell rumours and call out fake news to using popular movie dialogues to tell people to stay in, the Mumbai Police Twitter handle has been moving at dizzying speed.




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Competitors join hands to tide over supply-chain challenges amid lockdown

Towards the end of last week, at least three such tie-ups were announced




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Recovery for brands look difficult as anxious consumers maintain distance

India among the top 3 nervous nations in the world; consumers expect long-term spending to be hit, want brands to spread optimism and cheer: Kantar




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How retailers upped the ante to deal with supply chain constraints

The biggest lesson in the situation is redefining the hygiene of the shopping environment, which will now be an ongoing exercise, says Big Bazaar CEO Sadashiv Nayak




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What to prioritise? Challenges galore for business leaders post lockdown

What will be the priorities for business leaders as and when employees come back to work?




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Amul brings nostalgia back in ads to stay relevant amid Covid-19 lockdown

Leaning in on nostalgia and its long-standing relationship with customers, the legacy brand strives to be seen and heard amidst a lockdown




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Hurt by consumption slowdown earlier, small brands bounce back in lockdown

Over 150 new players seen in hygiene category alone; food business also sees similar rush




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How tech firms are helping build robust local supply chains amid Covid-19

Now that many areas are out of bounds for big retailers for various reasons, is there an opportunity for local kiranas?




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Special visa for SAARC businessmen from April




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Mercedes-Benz launches upgraded SUV GLS 350d

German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Wednesday launched an upgraded version of its seven-seater sports utility vehicle GLS 350d in India, priced at Rs 80.4 lakh (ex-showroom Pune).




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Air passenger traffic jumps 24% in Feb

Marking a growth of over 24 per cent in passengers number, domestic airlines flew 74.76 lakh people in February with majority of the carriers recording over 80 per cent seat occupancy. In February last year, the carriers had ferried 60.16 lakh passengers.




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10 Indian companies in 25 top workplaces list for Asia

India offices of MNCs like DHL, Google and Marriott ranked among the top workplaces in Asia. 10 Indian companies including Lupin, M&M and InterGlobe Enterprises also made it to the list under the '25 Best Large Places to Work' category.




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Sebi moots new norms for warehouses in comex space

Sebi has come out with a consultation paper on how comexes should deal with warehouses registered with them. It has specified minimum standards for warehouses which want to be part of the commodity derivatives space in the country.




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Sensex tanks 133 pts in early trade on Asian cues

The benchmark BSE Sensex lost 133 points to 25,571.97 in early trade on Thursday on sustained fund outflows amid weak trend at other Asian markets.




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RBI cracks whip to stop ATM fraud

RBI on May 26 ordered all operators to ensure that their existing machines can process “EMV chip and PIN cards by September 30, 2017” while “all new ATMs shall necessarily be enabled for EMV chip and PIN processing from inception.”




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Corporates switching to eco-friendly PET bottles

With increasing research that bubble top containers, used to store drinking water, may contain bisphenol A (BPA), corporates are increasing looking at safer, more eco-friendly options and hence, the switch to PET.




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Experian launches CrossCore for intra-bank connectivity

With banks tying up with as many as two to five software vendors, credit rating agency Experian expects the launch of CrossCore to ease workflow at banks and help integrate third-party solutions for fraud management.




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NetApp India launches programme for product-ready startups

The storage and data management company said the response to its startup accelerator programme in India has been so overwhelming and the rewards so good that it is launching a new programme to engage with startups on an ongoing basis




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Nirma, Lafarge cement Rs 9000 crore deal




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L&T chief Naik pledges 75% of income to philanthropy

He’s set up two charitable trusts — the Naik Charitable Trust for education and skill training and the Nirali Memorial Medical Trust, named after his grand daughter.




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Sensex back on rails, up 127 points




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Anil Ambani gets a seat on Atlantic Council advisory board

Reliance Group Chairman Anil Ambani has been inducted into the international advisory board of global think-tank The Atlantic Council.




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Cloud services are reducing the need to code: Amazon Web Services

AWS exec Olivier Klein says the company offers fully managed services in areas like machine learning/AI. He says users don’t need to understand how to build the machine learning model, or train it




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The myth today is H-1B visas are all taken by Indian companies: Nasscom

Indian IT cos take less than 12% of H-1B visas. The biggest takers of H-1B are the top US giants. And they are also the top-spenders on R&D. And that tells you why they are coming to India to take the people – because they need the talent, say Nasscom president Debjani Ghosh




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Muerte y la doncella. English

Dorfman, Ariel




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Copenhagen / Michael Frayn ; with commentary and notes by Robert Butler

Frayn, Michael, author




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Writing fiction : a guide to narrative craft / Janet Burroway ; with Elizabeth Stuckey-French and Ned Stuckey-French

Burroway, Janet, author




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Angels in America : a gay fantasia on national themes / Tony Kushner

Kushner, Tony, author




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The Cambridge companion to David Foster Wallace / edited by Ralph Clare (Boise State University)




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Barracuda / Christos Tsiolkas

Tsiolkas, Christos, 1965- author




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Leaving Elvis : and other stories / Michelle Michau-Crawford

Michau-Crawford, Michelle, author




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Isn't justice always unfair? : the detective in southern literature / J.K. Van Dover and John F. Jebb

Van Dover, J. Kenneth




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Salman Rushdie and the genesis of secrecy / Vijay Mishra

Mishra, Vijay, author




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Postcolonial poetics : 21st-century critical readings / Elleke Boehmer

Boehmer, Elleke, 1961- author




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Ian Watt : the novel and the wartime critic / Marina MacKay

MacKay, Marina, 1975- author




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Works. Selections 2018

Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900, author




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Beginning theory : an introduction to literary and cultural theory / Peter Barry

Barry, Peter, 1947- author




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Arthur C. Clarke / Gary Westfahl

Westfahl, Gary, author




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Women poets of the English Civil War / edited by Sarah C.E. Ross and Elizabeth Scott-Baumann




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All the plagues of hell / Eric Flint, Dave Freer

Flint, Eric, author




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British literature : a historical overview / general editors, Joseph Black [and nine others] with Laura Cardiff [and three others]




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A manual for writers of research papers, theses, and dissertations : Chicago Style for students and researchers / Kate L. Turabian ; revised by Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams, Joseph Bizup, William T. FitzGerald, and the University

Turabian, Kate L., author




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Dynamics of media writing : adapt and connect / Vincent F. Filak

Filak, Vincent F




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The basics of media writing : a strategic approach / Scott A. Kuehn, Andrew Lingwall

Kuehn, Scott A., author




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"They say/I say" : the moves that matter in academic writing / Gerald Graff, Cathy Birkenstein

Graff, Gerald, author




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Postcolonial writing in the era of world literature : texts, territories, globalizations / Baidik Bhattacharya

Bhattacharya, Baidik, 1975- author




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The tamer tamed / John Fletcher ; edited by Lucy Munro

Fletcher, John, 1579-1625




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The rover / by Aphra Behn ; edited and with an introduction by Simon Trussler

Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689