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In 2020, many banks launched special senior citizen fixed deposit (FD) schemes offering higher interest rates for a specified tenure. However, these term deposits are offered for a limited time period. Here’s a look at how the interest rates of the State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank and compare. Which of these three major […]
San Francisco, November 29 After unveiling several features this year, micro-blogging site Twitter is reportedly readying new features, including Reactions, Downvotes and Sorted Replies for iOS users. According to reverse engineer Nima Owji, the Reactions feature, which started being tested a couple of months ago, is set to launch soon, reports 9To5Mac. With four new
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The announcement from India’s largest mobile operator comes days after Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea also implemented a tariff hike, signalling an end of the low tariff regime in the telecom sector. Reliance Jio on Sunday announced up to 21 per cent hike in its prepaid tariffs starting December 1. The announcement from India’s largest
GLASGOW: Negotiators at the Glasgow climate talks appeared to be backing away from a call to end all use of coal and phase out fossil fuel subsidies completely. The latest draft proposals from the meeting’s chair released on Friday call on countries to accelerate “the phaseout of unabated coal power and of inefficient subsidies for
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Image Source : FACEBOOK चेहरा पहचानने की प्रणाली को बंद करेगा फेसबुक, एक अरब से ज्यादा फेसप्रिंट करेगा डिलीट मेनलो पार्क (अमेरिका):फेसबुक ने कहा है कि वह चेहरे पहचानने की प्रणाली(Face Recognition System) को बंद करेगा और एक अरब से भी ज्यादा लोगों के फेसप्रिंट को डिलीट करेगा। फेसबुक की नयी पैरेंट (होल्डिंग) कंपनी ‘मेटा’
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File photo NEW DELHI: Entrepreneur Facilitation Centre (EFC), a Pune-based flexible workspace provider, has leased 28,000 sq ft office space in Hi-Tech city and 32,000 sq ft space in Begumpet, Hyderabad, informed Umeash Sahhaaii, CEO of the company. The company has also leased 38,000 sq ft space in Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC), Mumbai. Average rent
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SEOUL: A revision to South Korea’s real estate holding tax law will help the government collect 5.7 trillion won ($4.8 billion) in such taxes in 2021, the finance ministry said on Monday, a three-fold increase compared to 2020. The government revised the law last year, increasing the holding tax rate for homeowners, as part of
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WASHINGTON: Even the wildest parts of the Amazon untouched by humanity are being impacted by anthropogenic climate change, according to new research. Hotter, drier conditions over the past four decades are decreasing the rainforest birds’ body size while increasing their wingspans, a study published in the journal Science Advances said Friday. The changes are thought
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PARIS: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned of an impending “climate catastrophe”, while environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg dismissed Saturday’s COP26 climate conference deal as “blah, blah, blah”. And even those who welcomed the deal in Glasgow said a huge amount of work remained to be done. Guterres acknowledged the shortcomings of the agreement, in a
ZURICH: Major multilateral organisations will launch a new initiative next week aimed at developing a system of standards for companies, investors and financial institutions to measure their impact on global sustainability. The new Impact Management Platform is founded by organisations including four UN agencies, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and the World
Atmospheric rivers of the kind that drenched California and flooded British Columbia in recent weeks will become larger — and possibly more destructive — because of climate change, scientists said. Columns in the atmosphere hundreds of miles long carry water vapor over oceans from the tropics to more temperate regions in amounts more than double
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AN OCTOGENARIAN’S PASSION FOR WRITING: MR JAGMOHAN SHARMA AN OCTOGENARIAN’S PASSION FOR WRITING: MR JAGMOHAN SHARMA An Octogenarian pens a book titled Lord Shiva & Deot Sidh Baba Balak Nath. A new book on Lord Shiva & Deot Sidh Baba Balak Nath written by Mr. J. M. Sharma, 82 yrs, saw the light of
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