Category: GENERAL NEWS

Baba Ramdev-led Patanjali Ayurved group announced this week that it had selected Netmeds Marketplace Ltd. as the first exclusive e-commerce portal for its ayurvedic medicine. This announcement follows closely on the heels of Patanjali’s recent tie-up with e-commerce giants Flipkart, Amazon, Big Basket and a few others picked to sell the Patanjali line of FMCG products. But the Netmeds alliance is different in that Netmeds will be the first ‘sole source’ for Patanjali medicine. Pradeep Dadha, Netmeds’ CEO, stated that the company was “Thrilled beyond description to learn that we…

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R Madhavan has been in the film industry for over two decades and the actor says the fact that he still gets to play a lead in the movies is the “biggest award” for him. The 47-year-old actor, who started off as a TV actor with hit shows such as “Sea Hawks” and “Ghar Jamai”, said he is proud of his achievements. “They all give titles to actors in the South. They also wanted to give me a title which meant ‘King of Smiles’, but I said no. And they…

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Two brothers were arrested today for duping people at ATMs to the tune of several lakh rupees, police said. Police said that Satendra Mishra (32) and Bhupendra Shivbahadur Mishra (35) used to watch over people’s shoulders while the latter were using an ATM in order to memorise the PIN. The duo, along with two to three more accomplices, would then get the victim to use another ATM machine saying that the first one was malfunctioning, said police. An official explained that one member of the gang, meanwhile, would keep the…

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The contentious bill that criminalises instant triple talaq among Muslims, already passed by the Lok Sabha, is set to be introduced in the Rajya Sabha tomorrow. The bill, which makes instant triple talaq illegal with up to three years in jail for the husband, was passed by the Lower House last week. The Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill is listed for introduction in the Rajya Sabha by Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on January 2, according to the list of business of the Upper House. This bill…

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