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15 Jan

No need for 10-minute deliveries?

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A few days after the Centre directed quick-commerce platforms to stop promoting assured “10-minute” deliveries, a survey revealed that most consumers are not in favour of the model. The findings suggest that customers only see value in ultra-fast delivery for medicines, and to a lesser extent, daily essentials. The LocalCircles survey showed that 38% of users of quick-commerce services do not want any item delivered within 10 minutes. When respondents were asked which products truly require such rapid delivery, all 25,621 participants agreed that medicines should be delivered within that timeframe. This was followed by 55% who felt essentials warranted…

03 Dec

RBI’s silence in forex market may set stage for monetary policy surprise

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Despite the Indian rupee falling to a fresh record low and breaching the key 90-per-dollar mark, the Reserve Bank of India has remained largely absent from the market, stepping in only at select levels. Currency specialists believe this restrained approach hints at a possible surprise in the upcoming monetary policy, with some expecting a notable statement or measure in the December announcement. A treasury official indicated that the RBI may have intervened around 90.16–90.17, acting two to three times as the rupee slipped past the psychological barrier. Analysts like Dilip Parmar say the central bank’s limited involvement has allowed the…

02 Dec

Omnicom layoffs: Marketing giant to cut over 4,000 jobs

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Global marketing and communications major Omnicom Group is preparing to cut more than 4,000 jobs and shut down several agency brands after completing its $13.5 billion acquisition of Interpublic Group (IPG), according to company executives. The move comes as the advertising sector undergoes a major shift driven by artificial intelligence, with tech platforms like Meta enabling faster and more automated ad creation. Chief Executive John Wren said the job reductions form part of the integration process with IPG and will primarily impact administrative staff and selected leadership roles. He added that the restructuring is expected to generate around $750 million…

10 Oct

TCS Q2 show in-line, while Street ‘unclear’ on data centre push

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Shares of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) declined nearly 1% in early trading on October 10, following the release of its Q2FY26 results a day earlier. The IT major reported a 1.4% year-on-year rise in net profit to ₹12,075 crore, with revenue at $7.47 billion in constant currency terms—up 0.8% sequentially but down 3.3% YoY. The results met analysts’ expectations, despite a ₹1,135 crore restructuring charge, likely linked to layoffs affecting over 12,000 employees. TCS reported a total contract value (TCV) of $10 billion, including a $640 million deal with Scandinavian insurer Tryg. Sectoral growth was led by BFSI (1.1%) and…

29 Oct

Fireworks were displayed at a temple in Kerala

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Late Sunday night, a fireworks mishap at a temple in the Kasaragod district of Kerala left over 150 people hurt, 10 of them critically. As guests assembled on the temple grounds fled for their lives, shocking images taken from the scene showed crackers starting a huge fire and a cloud of smoke. In the north Malabar region, the tragedy happened near Anjootambalam Veerekavu during the celebration of the start of the holiday season. According to witnesses, a firecracker display was going on at around midnight, and it's possible that one of the crackers fell into the adjoining shed that held…

20 Apr

GMP feels that there will be more than 80 percent profit on this Rs 50 share on the first day

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Greenhitech Ventures shares can make investors rich on the very first day. Shares of Greenhitech Ventures can make a profit of more than 80 percent on the day of listing. People have invested a lot of money on the IPO of the company. Greenhitech Ventures' IPO total has been subscribed more than 769 times. The price of shares of the company in IPO is Rs 50. At the same time, shares of Greenhitech Ventures are trading at a huge premium in the gray market. The Gray Market Premium (GMP) of the company's shares is indicating that people can make huge…

29 Feb

Sendhwa Launches Campaign to Protect Children from Stray Dog Attacks

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Expressing deep concern over recent attacks by a number of stray dogs on children in Barwani and Bhopal, Sendhwa municipal president Basantibai Yadav has urged the chief municipal officer (CMO) Madhu Chaudhary to take immediate measures against this issue. Following this, the municipal president Yadav issued strict guidelines to capture all stray dogs in the town and release them outside the city, near Bijasan Ghat, to ensure the safety of residents, especially children. Municipality has swiftly responded to the directive, with CMO Chaudhary instructing sanitation inspector Mohan Dhamone to look into the operation. Two teams have been formed to catch…

05 Jan

National Green Hydrogen Mission

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The Union Cabinet approved an original disbursement of Rs19,744 crore for the National Green Hydrogen Mission. Addressing the nation on its 75th Independence Day in 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a public charge for green energies in line with the Centre’s stated target of making India energy-independent before completing 100 times of Independence. The charge will have four factors that aim at enhancing domestic product of green hydrogen and promote the manufacturing of electrolysers — a crucial element for making green hydrogen. The original disbursement for the charge will include Rs17,490 crore for strategic interventions for green hydrogen transition(…

04 Jan

To Take Voter Turnout in Tripura to over 90% Election Commission Launches ‘Mission-929’

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The Election Commission( EC) is fastening on 929 polling cells across Tripura, setting a target of 92 per cent namer turnout in the assembly choices due beforehand this time. These cells recorded a namer turnout of lower than 89 per cent, which was the normal across,328 cells in the 2018 assembly pates. The EC is also working on ‘ Mission Zero Poll Violence ’ to make the assembly choices peaceful. According to the ECI, these cells recorded a namer turnout of lower than 89 percent in the 2018 assembly pates. Except for these cells nearly all the cells in the…

04 Jan

World Braille Day 2023

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World Braille Day, marked on January 4, emphasises the significance of Braille as a form of communication for the partly observed and sightless. The purpose of the day is to raise mindfulness of the braille language, which attempts to bridge the gap among normal and fresh- abled individualities. Coupvray, France, gave birth to the creator of an vastly espoused touch device enabling visionless persons to read and write. Braille created a system of writing that employed, paradoxically, an awl- suchlike instrument to punch symbols on a distance that can be tasted and read by visionless people after himself being irreparably…