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Translating… HDFC net banking and mobile banking app are still inaccessible for the sixth consecutive day. HDFC Bank in a tweet acknowledged the service failure saying that there was a “technical glitch” in the system. The outage has left HDFC Bank customers frustrated for almost a week now. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken into account the HDFC Bank outage and has deployed experts on investigating the matter, ET reported. The RBI team…

Translating… A Maruti Suzuki Ciaz prototype has been spotted testing with a set of similarly styled alloy wheels as the Baleno; hiding a turbo petrol engine? The Ciaz replaced the SX4 in Asian, African and Latin American markets and it was introduced in India to address the C-segment dominated by Honda City. Only a couple of months ago, Maruti Suzuki announced that the Ciaz had reached 2.7 lakh sales milestone within half a decade of…

Translating… New Delhi: Telecom czar Sunil Bharti Mittal-led Bharti Airtel may consolidate its position at the expense of Vodafone Idea Ltd as it has better balance sheet strength to deal with the eventuality of having to pay past statutory dues in case the Supreme Court rejects their review petitions, brokerages said. Airtel and Vodafone Idea have filed separate petitions in the Supreme Court seeking review of the October 24 order of the apex court that…

Translating… What does the cabin of the Altroz look like from the inside? The Altroz is being billed as a premium hatchback. And one requirement that all premium hatchbacks need to fulfill is that of having a premium cabin. Take a look at these pictures of the Altroz’s cabin to judge for yourself if it feels premium or not. Dashboard The dashboard has a dual tone finish, being part black and part light grey with…

Translating… Airtel was hit with possibly the biggest security bug which could have left the telco’s 300+ million users’ data vulnerable. The security flaw existed in the API of Airtel smartphone app where sensitive information of Airtel users can be found. Airtel’s security flaw was discovered by independent security researcher Ehraz Ahmed who said it took him just 15 minutes to find it. Airtel said it has now fixed the security flaw after the telco…

Translating… With the government trying to promote the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in India, more and more carmakers are in the process of introducing their environment-friendly four-wheelers in our country. The launch of Hyundai Kona EV in July 2019 came as a welcome addition to the electric vehicle portfolio of India that included the likes of Tata Tigor EV, Mahindra eVerito and Mahindra e20 Plus till then. Now, MG (Morris Garages) Motor India is…

Translating… If you want to know how Alphabet Inc.’s new Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai will run the company you don’t need to look very far — he’s essentially been doing it for several years already. Pichai, a 47-year-old engineer, grew up in India and immigrated to the US to attend graduate school. His resume reads like the typical Silicon Valley operator: a Master’s degree from Stanford University, an MBA from the University of Pennsylvania’s…

Translating… NEW DELHI: The use of Pegasus ‘snoopware’ was successful on 20 of the 121 WhatsApp users in India whose mobile phones were targeted by the remote surveillance software made by Israel-based cyber tech firm, NSO, the Facebook-owned messaging platform has told the government. WhatsApp, in a response to a request for technical information, said that it was unable to conclusively determine what data, if any, was accessed on the devices of the targeted users….

Translating… MUMBAI : Market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in a Friday night order barred Karvy Stock Broking Ltd. from taking on new clients after finding alleged client fraud of ₹2,000 crore. Sebi said the firm misused client collateral for its own trades. As per Sebi’s intermediary regulations, brokerage firms cannot create additional pledges on clients’ securities. In an effort to prevent further misuse of clients securities, Sebi, as an interim measure,…

Translating… Dr Zhang Hong saved the man’s life by spending 37 minutes sucking urine from the man’s blocked bladder with nothing but a plastic tube and an empty wine bottle. PTI Updated:November 22, 2019, 11:18 PM IST Representative image New York: A courageous doctor rescued an elderly passenger from severe abdominal pain and possible complications mid-flight by sucking 800ml urine from his bladder, according to a media report on Friday. The China Southern Airways flight…