Reliance to take on ITC, Patanjali, Tata, Adani with FMCG brand Independence

Mumbai, 18/12: Billionaire Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance will rival FMCG food businesses of ITC, Tata Consumer Products Ltd and Adani Wilmar with launch of brand ‘Independence’ for staples, processed foods, beverages and other daily essentials, analysts said.     Reliance Consumer Products Ltd (RCPL), the newly set up FMCG arm of Reliance Retail Ventures Ltd (RRVL)…

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No infighting within Himachal Congress, conflict was for CM post: Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu

Shimla, 18/12: There is no infighting within the Himachal Pradesh Congress and the “conflict” was only for chief ministership as there were three-four claimants, newly sworn-in CM Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu has said, adding if something were wrong, there would have been a “Rajasthan-like situation”.     He asserted that no Congress legislator in the state…

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Amid Twitter chaos, Koo offers to migrate historic tweets to escape intellectual assassination

New Delhi, 18/12: Koo — the Made-in-India rival of Twitter — has offered to migrate all historic tweets of any Twitter user willing to shift to its platform that will continue to not charge users for verification badge, its co-founder and CEO Aprameya Radhakrishna said.     Since taking over Twitter in a $44 billion…

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Iran arrests Oscar-winning actor Taraneh Alidoosti for supporting protests

Iran, 18/12: Iranian authorities arrested one of the country’s most famous actors on charges of spreading falsehoods about nationwide protests that grip the country, state media said Saturday.     The report by IRNA said Taraneh Alidoosti, star of the Oscar-winning movie The Salesman, was detained a week after she made a post on Instagram…

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North Korea fired ballistic missile, says South Korea military

Korea, 18/12: North Korea fired a ballistic missile towards the sea off the Korean Peninsula’s east coast on Sunday, South Korea’s military said.     Japanese public broadcaster NHK said the North Korean-fired ballistic missile landed outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), citing unnamed government officials.   The North’s missile launch comes just days after…

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‘Those who voted against BJP betrayed nation’: Gujarat Minister

Ahmedabad, 17/12: Gujarat MoS Cooperative, Salt industry, Printing and Small Scale Industry Jagdish Vishwakarma on Saturday said that people who voted against the BJP in Vadgam constituency in the state Assembly polls “have betrayed the nation”. Congress leader Jignesh Mevani got elected from Vadgam for the second consecutive time.   Addressing people at his native…

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Uttar Pradesh BJP leader announces Rs 2 cr reward for beheading Bilawal Bhutto

UP, 17/12: As the BJP staged nationwide protests against Bilawal Bhutto Zardari’s objectionable remarks on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a local party leader in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday said he would give Rs 2-crore reward to anyone beheading the Pakistani foreign minister.     Manupal Bansal, a member of zila panchayat of Baghpat, made the…

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SOA CONDUCTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED MATERIALS AND APPLICATIONS

Bhubaneswar,  : An international conference on Advanced Materials and Applications, focused on material science and technology and organised by the department of Physics of the Institute of Technical Education and Research (ITER), faculty of engineering of SOA Deemed to be University here, concluded on Saturday. The subjects covered in the conference included catalysis, spintronics, solar…

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