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Brent crude was trading at $60.56 per barrel on Saturday morning, down by 2.43 per cent from the previous close of $62.07 per barrel on fears of slump in demand follwing the outbreak of deadly Coronavirus in China. … [Read more...] about Petrol, diesel prices see big cut on Saturday following Coronavirus outbreak

In fact, price cut on iPhone XR immediately made it the best selling iPhone within Apple portfolio for two successive quarters (Q2 2019, and Q3 2019). The Cupertino-based tech giant is fast selling almost all products -- iPhones, Apple Watch, Mac desktops and AirPods Pro -- apart from a growing Apple TV community in India. … [Read more...] about iPhone XR, iPhone 11 demand helps Apple grow 41% in India, capture 2% market share in Q4: Counterpoint

NEW DELHI: Travellers from India have begun cancelling bookings to China in light of the deadly coronavirus outbreak and search queries for cities like Beijing and Shanghai are declining, travel operators and online agents said. “We are getting cancellations from business travellers. This is not the season for leisure travel to China from India, but even leisure travellers are apprehensive about future bookings,” Bigbreaks.com managing director Kapil Goswamy said. “It is not a positive signal.” Balu Ramachandran, a senior vice president at Cleartrip, said the company is starting to see some signs of travellers refraining from booking to China in response to the news of the virus outbreak and the subsequent travel advisory issued by the health ministry. “In fact, last week registered a 31% dip in bookings from the week before that,” Ramachandran said. On travel portal ixigo, search enquiries for travel to China have dropped 37%. As per some media … [Read more...] about China bookings hit amidst Coronavirus outbreak

R Venkataramanan, managing trustee of Tata Trusts, India’s largest charitable group, may move to another part of the Tatas. The matter of Venkat’s continuation and his possible shift into another role may be taken up at the Trusts’ upcoming board meet next week, sources said. An email sent to Tata Trusts’ spokesperson on the issue went unanswered. Venkat, 44, joined the Trusts as an executive trustee in February 2014 and thereafter, became the managing trustee of the charitable organisation. He has also been supporting the office of Ratan Tata since early 2007 and, over the years, is widely considered to have become a trusted lieutenant of the chairman emeritus of the Tata Group. In recent years, Venkat has been in some controversy amid allegations of misuse of income tax exemptions and aggressive fund commitments by the Trusts. Besides overseeing the Trusts’ affairs, Venkat is a shareholder and director of AirAsia India, a joint venture between Tata … [Read more...] about Tata Trusts chief R Venkataramanan may move to new role within group

“The Ministry has approached all States/UTs [Union Territories] to review their preparedness, identify gaps and strengthen core capacities needed to prepare for, detect and respond to possible outbreaks. Integrated Disease Surveillance Programme has been issued advisory to all States/UTs to pick up any travel related case reported in the community and follow-up contacts of suspect/confirmed cases,’’ said Ms. Sudan. … [Read more...] about Novel coronavirus: 9,156 air travellers to India screened