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2. Global Innovation Index, GII- 2018 launched in India
3. Dr. R. G Anandappointed Member, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights.
4. 295 New Underpasses/Over Bridges projects to be completed by March 2019
5. Cruise Terminals at Major and Non-Major Ports in the Country
6. Surveillance System in Toll Plazas
7. Cabinet approves MoU between India and Indonesia on Health cooperation
8. Cabinet approves extension of the term of the Commission to examine the issue of Sub-categorization of Other Backward Classes in the Central List
9. Cabinet approves creation of two posts equivalent to Joint Secretary level in the Interpreters' cadre of the Ministry of External Affairs
10. Parliament Passes Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2018
11. President of India hosts ‘At Home’ for freedom fighters on the 76th anniversary of Quit India Day
12. Indian Railways Begins Largest Recruitment Exercise OF The World
13. WCD Ministry has asked all States/UTs to complete inspection of all CCIs and related facilities by 15th September, 2018: Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
14. More than one lakhs cases registered under Sexual Abuse, POCSO Act 2012 from 2014-2016
15. Nearly 32 lakh women have received benefits under Maternity Benefit Scheme since its inception
16. Death Penalty for Rape of Girls Below 12 Years
17. Nirbhaya Fund for Forensic Laboratories
18. PM addresses event to mark World Biofuel Day
19. “World Biofuel Day 2018’’ event organized
20. Swachh Bharat Abhiyan car cum bike rally
21. President of India inaugurates ‘One District one Product’ Summit
22. Tech Mahindra collaborates with NITI Aayog and PSCDCL to launch first Smart City Hackathon - Indiainfoline
23. NITI Aayog hosts Investors' conference for holistic development of Islands - All India Radio
24. DIGITAL PAYMENTS - Trends, Issues And Opportunities
25. Need for an Aluminum Policy in India
26. Output Outcome Monitoring Framework 2018-19 (Volume 1)
27. Output Outcome Monitoring Framework 2018-19 (Volume 2)
28. Breathe: An Action Plan for Combating Air Pollution - Consultation Paper
29. Composite Water Management Index - June 2018
30. Concept Note on Rationalisation of Trade Margins of Medical Devices - Date Extended
31. Discussion Paper on National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence
32. Selected Best Practices In Water Management
33. Sampark: Reaching out through school student helpline in Odisha
34. Saakshar Bharat: Sustaining and enhancing efforts in adult education in Andhra Pradesh*
35. Pota Cabins: Residential schools for children in LWE-affected areas of Chhattisgarh
36. Migration Card and Migration Monitoring Software: Tracking and educating migrant children in Gujarat
37. Pratibha Parv: Strengthening quality of education in government schools of Madhya Pradesh
38. Avadi Sewage Treatment Plant: Sustainable off-grid sewage treatment in Chennai
39. SAFAR: System of Air quality Forecasting And Research in metropolitan cities like Delhi
40. Sustainable Plastic Waste Management Plan: Defending the fragile ecosystem of Himachal Pradesh
41. Lake Restoration: Two successful models of lake restoration in Rajasthan (Mansagar) and Karnataka (Kaikondrahalli)
42. Mazhapolima: Ensuring water security through participatory well recharge in Kerala
43. Forest Produce Tracking System: Facilitating resource management from source to sink in Karnataka
44. Environment Management Initiative: A unique low-cost model in Andaman and Nicobar Islands
45. Dhara Vikas: Creating water security through spring-shed development in Sikkim
46. Integrated Basin Development and Livelihood Promotion Programme: Fostering a spirit of entrepreneurship in Meghalaya
47. Panchayat Banks: Providing banking facilities at the village level in Jharkhand
48. Arun ePDS: ICTs and process re-engineering for an efficient Public Distribution System in Arunachal Pradesh
49. Dilli Annashree Yojna: Food security for the vulnerable in Delhi
50. e-Uparjan: Re-inventing the procurement system through digitisation in Madhya Pradesh
51. NRHM Initiatives: Improving access to healthcare through strategic incentives in Assam
52. Indira Bal Swasthya Yojana: Applying preventive healthcare measures to promote children’s health in Haryana
53. KIDROP: Preventing vision loss in premature infants of underserved areas in Karnataka
54. Arogyakeralam Palliative Care Project: Ensuring care and support for the chronically ill & infirm in Kerala
55. Decentralisation of ICDS Supplementary Nutrition Programme: Ensuring timely and quality nutrition to all beneficiaries in Odisha
56. Mo Masari Using a simple solution to protect pregnant women and children from malaria in Odisha
57. CATCH: Ensuring quality healthcare for all in Sikkim
58. Intelligent Transport System: Improving urban public transport in Mysore
59. Entitlement-Based District Planning: Innovating planning process for accuracy and efficiency in Bihar
60. 24 x 7 Metered Water: Improving water supply in rural areas of Punjab
61. Aam Aadmi Bima Yojna: Life insurance for rural landless labourers in Andhra Pradesh*
62. Himayat: Placement linked skill development in Jammu and Kashmir
63. Samarpan: Early identification and intervention to check disability in Madhya Pradesh
64. Forest Rights Act, 2006: Distributing land deeds to tribal people in Tripura
65. Daliya Jalao: Liberating and rehabilitating manual scavengers in Badaun district of Uttar Pradesh
66. Community Managed Water Supply Programme: Bringing drinking water to the doorsteps of people in rural Gujarat
67. Open Defecation Free Villages: Creating and sustaining Nirmal Grams through community participation in Jharkhand
68. Ghar Doghaanche Abhiyan: Joint ownership of housing by husband and wife in Maharashtra
69. Organic Rice Production by SRI: Empowering women in Maharashtra
70. Case Studies from Andhra Pradesh
71. Cash prize awards aren’t enough to incentivize young students to Innovate
72. Promoting Diversity of Food Basket: Welcome to the World of Nutri-Cereals
73. Unleashing Innovation: A Young Professional’s Experience
74. Will India ever get an International Gas Pipeline?
75. Island Development: A hidden potential for the Indian Economy
76. Improving Justice Delivery through E-Courts: Jammu & Kashmir leads the way
77. India needs to Develop Skill Development Indicators
78. National Employment Policy for India : A Perspective
79. RCT: Rigour, Creativity, Talking â€" unravelling the mysteries for taking the pathway out of poverty
80. Sustainable Urban Transport is the Way Forward
81. UNGA President-Elect, Modi seek stronger action on global challenges
82. Outfit booked for burning Constitution's copy
83. Anthony Horowitz's reliably authentic prequel to the first James Bond novel
84. Crisil DRIP index: Four states feel the heat as rains turn patchy
85. 718 dead in rains, floods in 7 states during monsoon: Home Ministry
86. At ODOP summit, President Kovind says UP can be a trillion dollar economy
87. Sowing of kharif crops at a steady pace despite deficit monsoon
88. Antigua examining India's request to extradite Mehul Choksi, says MEA
89. Several CR suburban trains cancelled due to Mumbai motormen's
90. Central Railway commuters were severely inconvenienced today after suburban drivers, called motormen in railway lingo, followed a mechanism known as "work to rule" which led to the cancellation of scores of trains, said railway officials.
91. DMRC to assist NMRC in operating Aqua Line for a year
92. The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) will assist the Noida Rail Metro Corporation (NMRC) over the next one year in operating the Noida Greater Noida Metro rail service, which is expected to begin later this year, according to an agreement signed today.
93. Pakistan's Imran Nazir set to return to cricket
94. Pak SC issues show cause notice to PTI leader Aamir Liaquat
95. China's key weapon in global trade war? Its 1.4 billion consumers
96. Pawar play
97. Interacting With This Therapy Bot Can Help Children With Autism Perfect Their Social Skills
98. Turns Out Musk Might Actually Be Serious About Taking Tesla Private
99. Tour NASA's Five 3D Printed Mars Habitat Competition Finalists
100. Waymo’s Phoenix Project Could Tell Us If Self-Driving Cars Can Improve Public Transportation
101. QTrobot holds the children's gazes for longer than humans.
102. #autism
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106. This Week in Tech: July 28 â€" Aug 3, 2018
107. Apple May Prove Powerful Enough to Get the U.S. Its First Hyperloop
108. Huawei's Consumer Business Chief Talks Market Share, Kirin 980, And Mate 20
109. This Hidden Resort in Panama Is the Ultimate Private Island Getaway
110. JFK Airport's Stylish TWA Hotel Is Now Accepting Event Reservations
111. The 15 Best Cities in the World for Remote Working and Digital Nomads
112. A Millennial Couple Finds Their Sweet Spot in Cannabis Soda
113. Papa John’s Agrees To Financial Relief For Franchisees
114. Channel - Block C - Lifestyle - blog - Position 1 - This Hidden Resort in Panama Is the Ultimate Private Island Getaway
115. Channel - Block C - Lifestyle - blog - Position 3 - JFK Airport's Stylish TWA Hotel Is Now Accepting Event Reservations
116. Channel - Block C - Lifestyle - Position 3 - Eric Rosen
117. Channel - Block C - Lifestyle - blog - Position 4 - The 15 Best Cities in the World for Remote Working and Digital Nomads
118. Channel - Block C - Lifestyle - Position 4 - Duncan Madden
119. Channel - Block C - Lifestyle - blog - Position 5 - A Millennial Couple Finds Their Sweet Spot in Cannabis Soda
120. Channel - Block C - Lifestyle - Position 5 - Iris Dorbian
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125. Channel - Block D - Billionaires - Position 1 - Dan Alexander
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128. Channel - Block D - Billionaires - blog - Position 3 - Papa John’s Agrees To Financial Relief For Franchisees
129. Channel - Block D - Billionaires - blog - Position 4 - New Details About Wilbur Ross’ Business Point To Pattern Of Grifting
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143. Europe’s top clubs were underpaid for their World Cup stars
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146. The scope of the Indecent Representation of the Women (Prohibition) Act, 1986 to be broadened: Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi
147. More than 7 lakh out of school adolescent girls (11-14 years) benefitted under the scheme for Adolescent Girls in 2017-18
148. NCW to train 60000 women across the country through its Digital Literacy Programme in collaboration with Facebook
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150. President-elect of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garcés and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday discussed the need for stronger UN action on major global challenges including terrorism, UN reform and climate change, according to an official release.
151. Man involved in stealing 500 luxury cars held in Delhi
152. Delhi Police on Friday registered an FIR against an organization 'Youth for Equality' for burning a copy of the Constitution and shouting slogan against Dr. Bheem Rao Ambedkar.
153. Microsoft now fixing 'Surface Pen' inaccuracy issues
154. Microsoft has reportedly curated a software fix for the inaccuracy of its stylus called "Surface Pen" for Surface Pro tablet users who have been facing issues on using the digital pen, while resting the hand on the screen.
155. Scientists identify gene that helps treat cancer
156. Nipah virus claims 10 lives in Kerala, two serious
157. 2080 to witness heatwave deaths!
158. Lifestyle Changes One Needs to Make to Avoid Diabetes
159. Tips to Ensure Proper and Effective Use of Breast Pump
160. SC notice to Centre, states on in-house pharmacies
161. India’s Forex reserves rise by $1.19 bn
162. Core mobile gamers to propel PC gaming market in India
163. Kangana clears air on controversy over ‘Manikarnika’
164. Over 320,000 Displaced by Syrian Conflict: UN
165. Will look into making film on exam pressure in future: Shoojit Sircar
166. Will look into making film on exam pressure in future: Shoojit...
167. Modi on Palestine, West Asia tour to balance growing ties with Israel
168. Modi on Palestine, West Asia tour to balance growing ties with...
169. Why Jet Airways may not come out of the woods anytime soon
170. Delhi HC freezes Singh brothers' accounts
171. Bullet train: Govt plans to connect these 6 cities
172. Govt may defer 4G, 5G spectrum auctions to 2019
173. Hoping for divine justice: When gods become litigants
174. Government may defer 4G, 5G spectrum auctions to 2019
175. Rising fuel costs make for an even shorter runway at Jet, which is burdened with $1.2 billion in net debt.
176. The judge didn’t block an August 13 EGM at which Fortis shareholders will vote on the IHH deal.
177. PNB MetLife Mera Term Plan
178. The deferment will be relief to the sector which sought that the auctions to be held late 2019 on account of the financial stress exacerbate...
179. The COAI said blocking an entire app would “likely impinge on the principles of freedom of speech and expression” and such an action would b...
180. Blocking apps is curbing freedom of speech: COAI
181. Can govt save Rs 12k cr in the next oil bill?
182. The deferment will be relief to the sector which sought that the auctions to be held late 2019 on account of the financial stress exacerbated by debt of nearly Rs 8 lakh crore.
183. An estimated 40,000 people visited IKEA’s 400,000 sq ft big box store on Thursday in Hitec City.
184. The COAI said blocking an entire app would “likely impinge on the principles of freedom of speech and expression” and such an action would be disproportionate and “harm the constitutional rights of users” at large.
185. InterGlobe's Chief Operating Officer Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said that on A320 neo planes, it has full confidence.
186. Why Jet Airways may not come out of the woods anytime soonRising fuel costs make for an even shorter runway at Jet, which is burdened with $1.2 billion in net debt.
187. NEW DELHI: IKEA had a gate-crasher of sort when the world’s largest furniture retailer opened its first store in India: Kishore Biyani.Biyani’s home furnishing chain, Home-Town, strategically placed ads on the walls just across the IKEA outlet. Those were visible even from the inside of the sprawling store in Hyderabad’s Hitec City.The ads sought to entice customers with 50% discounts. “What is not there … is here,” they declared, with the word “there” written in dark blue with yellow background â€" the signature colours of IKEA.“Here”, of course, was in the red Home-Town colour. “Free lifetime maintenance in more than 50 cities across India,” the advertisements read.That indeed was ambush marketing, Biyani admitted. He also didn’t see anything wrong in the ads.Neither did IKEA, with its India country manager Ulf Smedberg calling the interest from Biyani as “super interesting”.“That is fair,” Biyani said on the ads, while declaring his admiration for the Swedish giant as a retailer. In fact, ‘Leading by Design â€" The IKEA Story’ is his favourite book on retail.HomeTown, a local knock-off of IKEA that operates through much smaller stores, will benefit from the entry of the Swedish retailer to the market, Biyani said.“Our business is bound to increase, and the category will be created by IKEA.”A possible indication: On Thursday, when IKEA opened its first India store, “our sales have gone up at the three Hyderabad stores”, he said.In an emailed response to ET’s questions, IKEA’s Smedberg said with many players together, the company believed the home furnishing sector in India would grow and there would be room for more growth. On the HomeTown ads, he said: “This is a creative and fun way to reach out to us and we feel very welcome in India.”An estimated 40,000 people visited IKEA’s 400,000 sq ft big box store on Thursday in Hitec City, a technology hub that houses offices of multinationals like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Deloitte, Accenture and Dell. The retailer said it signed up about 9,000 loyalty members on the first day and its cafeteria, the largest for any store for the company, sold about 16,000 pieces of samosas and 5,000 cups of yogurt.Biyani saw it coming and seized the opportunity to troll IKEA and pitch his own chain.“IKEA is ranked from 1-100 and everybody else starts from 101. They are a unique and probably the best retailer of the world,” said the founder of the Future Group, which operate more than 2,000 outlets from supermarkets to department store chains. “IKEA is IKEA and they are an institution.”Biyani said the HomeTown ads were getting noticed. “We are the largest furniture retailer in India but we don’t get that kind of attention otherwise.”
188. NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court restrained former Fortis Healthcare and Ranbaxy promoters Malvinder and Shivinder Singh from operating their bank accounts in India and Singapore while it executes Daiichi Sankyo’s Rs3,500-crore arbitration award against them. The court however didn’t block a key Fortis Healthcare shareholder meeting to vote on the hospital chain’s acquisition by IHH.The Singhs, who were present in court on Friday, were questioned about their accounts and assets in India and overseas. This was the first time the brothers had appeared in court since Daiichi Sankyo initiated the arbitration award enforcement proceedings against them in 2016.Justice Rajiv Shakdher suggested the brothers declare themselves bankrupt if they were unable to pay the award. The next hearing will be on September 5.“If they don’t have the money, why don’t they declare themselves insolvent? Either they have the money or they don’t have the money,” Shakdher said.The judge didn’t block an August 13 extraordinary general meeting (EGM) at which Fortis Healthcare shareholders will vote on a deal that will see the hospital chain being acquired by Malaysian healthcare group IHH. Daiichi had sought to stall the EGM on the grounds that a proposal to strip the Singhs of their promoter status would “cut the umbilical cord” linking the brothers to Fortis Healthcare and leave the Japanese firm “with nothing.”IHH didn’t respond to queries.The court sought the Singhs’ account statements from April 2016 onward. Their holding companies RHC Holding Pvt Ltd and Oscar Investments Ltd have also been directed to submit bank statements for the period.Malvinder Singh was directed not to finalise any transaction related to his Singapore apartment, for which he had taken a loan from DBS bank. He’s been asked to submit the apartment’s title document and a gift deed for a sculpture valued at over Rs7 crore that he said he had given to his daughter last year. Any additional bank accounts not disclosed during proceedings on Friday would also have to be revealed, according to the judge.Shivinder Singh told the court that an inherited property in India he co-owned with his brother and mother had been pledged with IndiaBulls and had been sold for about Rs 185 crore to repay it. The Singhs did not receive any financial benefits from the sale, he added.He also told court that the Singh family had “nothing” to do with Religare Health Trust in Singapore, which holds 12-14 assets that Fortis Healthcare plans to buy back following its proposed Rs4,000-crore deal with IHH. Daiichi had argued that the brothers held stakes in the trust.He also said the family “never” held any stake in Prius Commercial Real Estate Pvt. Ltd after Daiichi raised the issue over the brothers’ reported talks to sell six commercial properties held by the company to BlackRock for Rs 1,000 crore.Shakdher asked why the Singhs hadn’t disclosed the existence of a top-up agreement pertaining to the brothers’ shares in Fortis pledged to various banks when they had disclosed the value of their unencumbered assets to the court last year. While the brothers did not divest the unencumbered shares following their disclosure, the top-up agreement allowed banks to encumber more shares if the value of the Fortis stock dropped below a certain threshold, their lawyer said.“How can you file an affidavit that only speaks half-truth?” Shakdher asked.The Singhs’ “extensive” negotiations with “motivated” buyers to secure a deal for their controlling stake in Fortis over the last year had been “thwarted” by Daiichi’s constant interventions at court, according to the brothers’ reply at court.The brothers’ controlling stake in Fortis was diminished following an order by the Supreme Court in February this year that allowed banks to invoke and sell Fortis shares pledged to them, argued their senior counsel, Akhil Sibal. “We were trying to avoid a fire sale,” he said. “At every stage, we were trying a stake sale,” he added.At the last hearing on August 1, the court had directed the brothers to appear personally on Friday to understand the assurances that they had given last year and ensure that sufficient funds would be available to satisfy the arbitration award. Shakdher had told the Singhs' counsel that “somebody” would have to “cough up” Daiichi's money or “go behind bars.”The Delhi High Court had ordered the former Ranbaxy promoters to pay Daiichi Sankyo Rs 3,500 crore as part of the arbitration award earlier this year. A Singapore tribunal had said the brothers needed to pay the money for concealing information related to wrongdoing at Ranbaxy, once India's largest drug maker, when Daiichi acquired it from the brothers for $4.6 billion in 2008.
189. In order to provide high-speed connectivity across the country, the government has identified six routes for feasibility studies for high-speed bullet trains, it informed the Parliament. Replying to a question in the Lok Sabha, the government recently announced that feasibility studies are being conducted on six routes to connect India's four key metro cities of Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai and Kolkata through a diamond quadrilateral network. The routes that have been identified for feasibility studies are Delhi-Mumbai; Delhi-Kolkata (via Lucknow); Mumbai-Chennai; Delhi Nagpur part of Delhi-Chennai route; Mumbai-Nagpur part of Mumbai-Kolkata route and Chennai-Bengaluru-Mysuru. The government is taking assistance from governments from France, Spain, China, Japan and Germany to complete these projects. These six routes are apart from Mumbai-Ahmedabad project. India's first Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project is expected to be constructed by August 2022 with the help of Japan. Currently, travel between Mumbai and Ahmedabad takes about 7 hours but after completion of bullet train project the travel time will be reduced to just 2 hours. Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is providing a soft loan of Rs 88,000 crore for the Mumbai-Ahmedabad project for a period of 50 years at a nominal annual interest rate of 0.1 per cent. Japan has given a moratorium of 15 years to the railways, which means the railways will start paying only after 15 years from the date the loan was released. According to estimates, the ambitious project will cost around $17 billion.
190. NEW DELHI: The government is unlikely to hold the spectrum auction this fiscal year as the financially stressed sector will take some more time to stabilise fully and an early sale could affect demand for airwaves, including the prized 5G.“We need to give some time to the telcos after announcing the auction prices. Right now, who has the money to pay? Let the industry stabilise…we will most likely have the auctions next fiscal,” said an official who did not wish to be identified.The deferment will be relief to the sector which sought that the auctions to be held late 2019 on account of the financial stress exacerbated by debt of nearly Rs 8 lakh crore. A little over a week back, the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) recommended the starting prices for spectrum in the 4G bands of 700 MHz, 800 MHz, 900 MHz, 1,800 MHz, 2100 MHz, 2300 MHz and 2500 MHz, besides 5G airwaves in the 3300-3600 MHz bands.Trai suggested that at least 8600 MHz of airwaves be offered to Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio Infocomm and the Vodafone India-Idea Cellular, estimated to fetch over Rs 5 lakh crore, if all bandwidth is sold at base price. The regulator, though, left the timing of the sale to the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in a nod to the financial stress in the sector but also said the auction should not be delayed.The DoT will now take a final decision on the pricing and timing before sending it to the Union cabinet for approval.Industry watchers say the department would want to avoid a situation where airwaves, especially the 5G ones as well as the ones in the premium 700 Mhz band â€" whose starting price was cut 43% from the last sale â€" go unsold once again. That would mean a major embarrassment for the government which has been very vocal about its intent to introduce 5G in tandem with the rest of the world.The DoT had managed to sell just 41% of all the airwaves on offer in the October 2016 auction, fetching nearly Rs 66,000 crore out of the over Rs 5 lakh crore worth of airwaves on sale.The communication ministry would need to factor in the views of the finance ministry which needs funds to meet its fiscal deficit target of 3.3% for FY18-19 and for social sector spending in the run-up to the general elections in 2019.The government has budgeted in FY19 revenue from the sector at Rs 48,661.42 crore, a 58% rise from the year ago, but far lower than the Rs 78,715 crore it received in FY16-17 with the October 2016 bandwidth sales.“We think that the auction should take place in the second half of 2019, and even then, these rates are going to be expensive,” said Rajan Mathews, director general of industry body Cellular Operators Association of India.Trai has pegged the base price of 5G airwaves at Rs 492 crore per unit, or Rs 9,840 crore for pan-India airwaves and suggested the band “should be put to auction in the block size of 20 MHz.” For 700 MHz, the authority proposed cutting the base price to Rs 6,568 crore a unit, or Rs 32,840 crore for a block of 5 MHz.“Besides the cost of acquiring spectrum, the rollout of networks is also burdensome for the debt weary industry. 5G is still settling down as specifications and the ecosystem could take until 2020 to settle down, when it might be more appropriate,” said industry veteran Sandip Das, now a senior adviser at consultancy firm Analysys Mason.
191. NEW DELHI: IKEA had a gate-crasher of sort when the world’s largest furniture retailer opened its first store in India: Kishore Biyani.Biyani’s home furnishing chain, Home-Town, strategically placed ads on the walls just across the IKEA outlet. Those were visible even from the inside of the sprawling store in Hyderabad’s Hitec City.The ads sought to entice customers with 50% discounts. “What is not there … is here,” they declared, with the word “there” written in dark blue with yellow background â€" the signature colours of IKEA.“Here”, of course, was in the red Home-Town colour. “Free lifetime maintenance in more than 50 cities across India,” the advertisements read.That indeed was ambush marketing, Biyani admitted. He also didn’t see anything wrong in the ads.Neither did IKEA, with its India country manager Ulf Smedberg calling the interest from Biyani as “super interesting”.“That is fair,” Biyani said on the ads, while declaring his admiration for the Swedish giant as a retailer. In fact, ‘Leading by Design â€" The IKEA Story’ is his favourite book on retail.HomeTown, a local knock-off of IKEA that operates through much smaller stores, will benefit from the entry of the Swedish retailer to the market, Biyani said.“Our business is bound to increase, and the category will be created by IKEA.”A possible indication: On Thursday, when IKEA opened its first India store, “our sales have gone up at the three Hyderabad stores”, he said.In an emailed response to ET’s questions, IKEA’s Smedberg said with many players together, the company believed the home furnishing sector in India would grow and there would be room for more growth. On the HomeTown ads, he said: “This is a creative and fun way to reach out to us and we feel very welcome in India.”An estimated 40,000 people visited IKEA’s 400,000 sq ft big box store on Thursday in Hitec City, a technology hub that houses offices of multinationals like Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Deloitte, Accenture and Dell. The retailer said it signed up about 9,000 loyalty members on the first day and its cafeteria, the largest for any store for the company, sold about 16,000 pieces of samosas and 5,000 cups of yogurt.Biyani saw it coming and seized the opportunity to troll IKEA and pitch his own chain.“IKEA is ranked from 1-100 and everybody else starts from 101. They are a unique and probably the best retailer of the world,” said the founder of the Future Group, which operate more than 2,000 outlets from supermarkets to department store chains. “IKEA is IKEA and they are an institution.”Biyani said the HomeTown ads were getting noticed. “We are the largest furniture retailer in India but we don’t get that kind of attention otherwise.”
192. The mobile association has written back to the Telecom Department, which had sought the industry's views on technical measures which can be adopted for blocking mobile apps.
193. India vs England 2nd Test LIVE: India tottering as wickets fall frequently
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195. India vs England 2nd Test Day 2 Live Cricket Score Streaming, Ind vs Eng Live Score: India tottering as wickets fall frequently
196. An Uighur woman holds the IDs of her relatives who are are currently detained, as she and others protest on a street in July, 2009
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199. A million ethnic Uighurs may be being held in "re-education centres", a UN rights panel has heard.
200. England dominate in bowler-friendly conditions on a rain-interrupted second day in the second Test against India at Lord's.
201. Man Utd and Leicester get the 2018-19 Premier League season under way - follow live text and radio coverage.
202. China detains one million Uighurs, UN told
203. Rampant England reduce India to 96-8 - in-play clips, radio & text
204. Man Utd v Leicester - Pogba captain, Lukaku & Vardy subs
205. US PGA Championship second round - Schwartzel chasing 62 as Rose stays in contention
206. Mah 'bandh': Criminal cases filed against perpetrators for causing loss of Rs 25 lakh to Govt properties
207. After HC intervention, 108 Ambulance Union agrees to resume duty
208. No takers for Referendum 2020 in Punjab: CM
209. Gaza ceasefire ends flare-up, Palestinians resume protests
210. DSEK for enrolment of out-of-school children to improve literacy rate
211. Mansbal park blast accused arrested in central Kashmir
212. Northern Army commander briefed about measures to foil infiltration from PoK
213. Women’s bike rally held in Nashik
214. Zimbabwe's Chamisa challenges election result; inauguration halted
215. President-elect of UN General Assembly calls on Prime Minister
216. Dhaka, Aug 10
217. Bangladeshi students in three US Universities - University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Marquette University and Cardinal Stritch University - have staged demonstrations, protesting against the attacks on agitating students in Bangladesh for safe roads.
218. As Imran sets stage for Aug 18 swearing in, India talks about "terrorism and infiltration"
219. Provisional bail of Lalu Yadav extended to August 20
220. MoU to be revived for setting up ropeway between Anandpur Sahib and Naina Devi: HP CM
221. Triple Gold for Anura in Railways Championship
222. Bangladeshi students in US stage demo
223. Parliament passes Insolvency Bill; RS returns Bill to LS
224. New Delhi, Aug 10 (UNI) Parliament on Friday cleared the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018 with Rajya Sabha passing it with a voice vote and returning to the Lok Sabha.
225. A resident arrives to cast her vote at a polling station at the Kennebunk Town Hall in Kennebunk, Maine, Tuesday, June 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
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228. New election security bill would require fast action from feds