Bollywood actor Taapsee Pannu unveiled a new peppy track from her upcoming movie ‘Saand Ki Aankh‘ titled ‘Woomaniya’ on Thursday.

The desi song is all about Tapsee and Bhumi Pednekar’s characters, Chandro and Prakashi Tomar, celebrating the new sterilization facility’s availability in their village.

The foot-tapping song has lyrics from Hanuman Chalisa.

In the video, the actors who are playing shooter grannies in the flick can be seen in young avatars.

Before this, the makers of the film released the first song of the film ‘Udta Teetar’ which depicts the heroic story of the shooter Dadis.

The trailer of the flick was released last month, which took the audience into the world of the brave ladies, who battled with a society dominated by men, in order to encourage their daughters towards a bright future and win against all odds. Read Complete Article

Having an optimistic mind-set may reduce the risk for cardiovascular disease and early death, a review of studies has found.

In previous studies, optimism has been shown to be associated with a range of favourable physical health outcomes and with greater success in work, school and relationships.

This new meta-analysis, published in JAMA Network Open, included 15 studies that measured optimism and pessimism by asking the level of agreement with such statements as “In uncertain times, I usually expect the best,” or “I rarely expect good things to happen to me.”

Analysis of the 10 studies that looked at heart disease, which pooled data on 209,436 people, found that compared with pessimists, people with the most optimistic outlook had a 35 per cent lower risk for cardiovascular events.

Nine studies with data on all-cause mortality included 188,599 participants and found that optimists had a 14 per cent lower risk of premature death than the most pessimistic people. Read Complete Article

Tier-II and tier-III cities are driving big business for e-commerce firms — Flipkart and Amazon — for the ongoing festival season.

Walmart-owned Flipkart on Monday night said tier-II and tier-III cities ushered in the festive cheer for the firm during the second day of its flagship event ‘The Big Billion Days’ 2019. Electronics category witnessed growth of over 70 per cent from tier-II cities, with a 100 per cent increase in women shoppers from smaller towns. “We witnessed the growing appetite of tier II and III cities for mobiles, large appliances and consumer electronics,” said Kalyan Krishnamurthy, CEO, Flipkart. “As consumers from these cities upgrade, they are coming at par with the metros showcasing unique needs and spending patterns across these categories,” added Krishnamurthy.

Affordability constructs were a big hit. There was over 2X adoption in the ‘product exchange’ construct for mobiles and laptops, according to Flipkart. Within laptops, key segments like gaming and thin and light laptops exceeded 2X as compared to last year, leading to the overall growth of more than 10 per cent in the average selling price of the products. Read Complete Article

Home-grown e-commerce platform Flipkart’s annual festive season sale, Big Billion Days sale‘, started on September 29 and will go on until October 4. Under this, the company is offering several deals, discounts and offers on several products, including smartphones. As part of Flipkart Big Billion Days, you can get up to 10 per cent instant discount on smartphones using Axis Bank credit and debit cards and ICICI Bank credit cards. Besides, the online e-tailer is also offering exchange offers, subsidised complete mobile protection plan, interest-free equated monthly instalment scheme, and more.

Here are some of the best deals on smartphones available under the Flipkart Big Billion Days sale:

Samsung Galaxy S9+ (6GB/64GB)

Flipkart Big Billion sale: Deals on phones from Xiaomi, Realme, Vivo & more This 2018 flagship smartphone from the South Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung is on sale at a discounted price of Rs 34,999, which is 50 per cent lower than its prevailing retail price of Rs 70,000. The phone has a 6.2-inch QHD+ infinity super AMOLED screen with curved edges. It is powered by Exynos 9810 mobile processor, mated with 6GB RAM and 64GB internal storage. The phone has dual 12-megapixel cameras on the back, and an 8MP camera on the front. Powered by 3,500 mAh battery, the phone supports wireless charging, also. Read Complete Article

E-commerce platform Amazon India is offering discounts, deals, exchange offers, bank offers, zero-interest equated monthly instalment schemes, etc, on a wide number of products, including smartphone, as part of its ongoing festive-season sale. The Amazon Great Indian Festival sale started on September 29 and will continue until October 4. In the sale, the e-commerce platform is offering up to 10 per cent instant discount on SBI cards and credit-card EMI transactions, free one-year screen replacement in partnership with Acko, besides exchange offers and besides interest-free EMIs on smartphones.

Here is a look at some of the best deals on budget smartphones:

Samsung Galaxy M30 (3GB/32GB)

Samsung Galaxy M30 This budget smartphone from South Korean electronics major Samsung is available at a discounted price of Rs 9,999, which is nine per cent lower than its prevailing retail price of Rs 11,000. The phone has a 6.4-inch fullHD+ screen with infinity-U-shaped notch on the top. Powered by Exynos 7904 mobile processor, the phone boasts a 5,000 mAh battery and 15W fast charge support. It has a triple-camera set-up on the back featuring a 13-megapixel primary sensor mated with 5MP ultra-wide sensor and a 5MP depth sensor. On the front the phone has a 16MP shooter for selfies. Readmore

Staying at a mid or top-end hotel will be less taxing from today, as the new goods and services tax (GST) rates kick in. On September 20, the GST Council had slashed GST rates for mid- and high-segment hotels and six per centage points and 10 percentage points, respectively.

So now, travellers staying in a hotel room costing over Rs 7,500 per night will have to pay GST at the rate of 18 per cent, against 28 per cent earlier. Similarly, for mid-segment hotels (in the price range of Rs 2,501 to Rs 7,500), the GST rates has been reduced to 12 per cent from 18 per cent.

While hotels in the price range of Rs 1,001 to Rs 2,500 will continue to attract a levy of 12 per cent, rooms that cost less than Rs 1,000 remain in the zero GST bracket.

The move, aimed at giving a boost to the hospitality sector, was welcomed by the hotel industry, which said it could provide a major fillip to the hospitality and tourism sectors.

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South Korean electronics manufacturer Samsung is gearing up to launch the Galaxy Fold in India on October 1. The information came from the company’s official Twitter channel, where the company published a teaser video showcasing the Galaxy Fold, with the following message: “We changed the shape of the phone, and the shape of tomorrow. Future unfolds on October 1, 2019”.

Announced earlier this year, the Galaxy Fold is a new category of smartphones with foldable screens. The phone has two displays — a 7.3-inch dynamic AMOLED foldable display that bends inwards and a conventional 4.6-inch secondary super AMOLED display on the back that becomes primary display when the device is folded. The phone’s primary display supports HDR10+ and has 1536 x 2152 resolution. The secondary display has an HD+ resolution (1680 x 720), stretched in a 21:9 aspect ratio.

The device supports the app continuity feature, which allows easy transition between both displays. For example, you can open an app on a secondary display and continue using it on the primary after you unfold the device. The primary screen also supports three-window multitasking, allowing you to utilise a bigger screen estate to open three different supported apps. Read Complete Article

Samsung recently launched Galaxy A50s, the upgraded version of Samsung A50, with 6.4-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED screen and 48MP main shooter. The smartphone has a sleek profile that complements its overall look and design, but faces tough competition as there have been notable entries in the mid-range segment. Can the Galaxy A50s make a mark? Let’s have a look:

Design

Galaxy A50s impresses with its looks. The first thing you’d probably notice is the Prism-cut design on the solid glassy rear panel. We had the Prism Crush White variant and it can take on any rival in terms of looks. The metallic frame adds to the looks while the thin bezels highlights the screen.

The phone is sleek and very easy to hold despite the 6.4-inch screen size. The power and volume buttons are placed on the right side of the frame, while the left side has the tray for two SIM cards and a microSD card. The headphone, USB Type-C and speaker grille sit at the conventional bottom position. However, it’s a bit difficult to reach the sound and power buttons with single-handed use. Read Complete Article

Dispelling the fear that a slowing economy may affect consumer behaviour, e-commerce majors Flipkart and Amazon India have said they witnessed record transactions on their platforms on the first day of their annual festive sale, which started early on Sunday.

While home-grown Flipkart, which is now owned by American retail major Walmart, said it registered two times more sales on Day One of its flagship sale event Big Billion Days (BBD) over last year, rival Amazon claimed it witnessed the biggest opening day sale ever with a huge surge in participation in smaller towns.

According to Amit Agarwal, senior vice-president and country head, Amazon India, the company also saw the single-largest day of Prime sign-ups, with 66 per cent of Prime members shopping in 24 hours coming from tier II and tier III towns. The company added that 91 per cent of new customers were from smaller cities.

“Whether it is the Diwali festival season or any other shopping event, the primary objective for us is to add as many new customers as we can and convert the existing customer into Prime members. We are relevant to customers, no matter the macroeconomic conditions,” said Agarwal. Read complete Article

In a global unveiling event from India, Chinese smartphone brand OnePlus is set to launch the OnePlus 7T and the OnePlus TV on Thursday at 7 PM (IST). This is the first time the company is launching a product in India before any other of the global markets where it is present, including home country China. Before the launch, the company has revealed some key features and specifications of the upcoming products.

Here is a look:

OnePlus 7T

Successor to the OnePlus 7, launched earlier this year, the OnePlus 7T would get major all-round upgrades, including a new frost mist matte glass build, a triple-camera set-up on the back, AMOLED screen of a higher 90Hz refresh rate, and maybe a bigger capacity battery with 30W fast-charge (Warp charger) support. On the basis of the features revealed by the company, the phone seems to be inspired by its on-going premium flagship OnePlus 7 Pro. However, it might get a lower price tag, which would make it an affordable offering in the midrange segment. Read Complete Article