Meteor 350 Fireball Is The New Bike From Royal Enfield

Royal Enfield is preparing to launch Meteor 350 Fireball in competition to Imperiale 400 of Benelli and Jawa Forty-Two. While the Royal Enfield’s is yet to be formally launched, its pictures with important details including price have been leaked on the web.

Royal Enfield Meteor 350 Fireball leaked details

Design

The screenshots grabbed during a TVC shoot show that the new design is based on J1D platform. The leaked images show the bike with a rounded headlamp cluster with LED DRLs and circular tail light. It has a twin-pod instrument panel and stepped seat. Also, the company is offering a tinted flyscreen as an optional accessory at a cost of Rs. 1,750.

Engine

The Meteor 350 Fireball is powered by the same 349 cc single-cylinder engine found in the Classic 350 model. But the new model will come with a fuel-injection upgraded BS6 emission norms. And it will produce a power of 19.8 bhp and 28 Nm. The engine will be paired with a 5-speed gearbox.

Suspension

There could be telescopic front forks and dual shock absorbers at the rear. And both the ends have disc brakes assisted by dual-channel ABS as standard.

Colours and price

Royal Enfield could launch the Meteor 350 Fireball in exciting bright shades that were seen on the Thunderbird X. The company is launching the new model as replacement to the Thunderbird 350 and it could cost approximately Rs. 1.68 lack at ex-showroom price.

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Sobhita Dhulipala Replied To The Accusation Of Faking a Self-Timed Photoshoot

Model-turned-actress Sobhita Dhulipalacame in the centre of a controversy when she faked a “self-timed” magazine cover. She released a statement on Friday in which she said that she stood by the flow of events with complete transparency.

Sobhita Dhulipala’s statement

Cosmopolitan magazine had a behind-the-scene picture of her. The picture has the actress getting clicked by a man on her terrace. Earlier, the actress shared her photographs claiming that she clicked those pictures herself. About the viral phone, she said that the man in the image was a stranger and that she allowed him to click her pictures.

Excerpt from the statement

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She said that some people wrote to her about that image she posted. And that it was upsetting to her that how people jumped to unkind conclusions. But she took that as a moment to learn something deeper. She further said that she shared that image with complete transparency. Later, she explained the chronology of the events.

Chorology of the Sobhita’s viral photo

Sobhita Dhulipala styled herself and went to the terrace with a coffee mug and a couple of tools to prop up her phone to take pictures. There were a couple of people on the terrace and a gentleman from those kind people offered help on seeing that Sobhita was trying to take pictures. And the gentleman offered help that Sobhita accepted.

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How Was Parshuram Related To Lord Rama And Lord Krishna?

Some people are celebrating Parshuram Jayanti on April 25 but others will celebrate the birth of Lord Parshuram on April 26. Since Lord Parshuram was born on the Shukla Tritiya in Vaishakh month, Akshaya Tritiya is celebrated at Parshuram Jayanti. Also, it is believed that Lord Parshuram took birth in PradoshKaal. His mother was Renuka.

But some people will celebrate the Parshuram Jayanti and Akshaya Tritiya on April 26 due to a difference in Parshuram Jayanti Panchag. People are asked to celebrate birth of Lord Parshuram at their homes due to lockdown.

Worship Lord Parshuram

Start early with taking bath. Clean the temple including the idol of Lord Parshuram or his picture. Offer flowers and water while chanting prayers of the Lord Parshuram. He is believed to be one of the incarnations of Vishnu that are physically present like Hanumanji and Ashwatthama. He is also called the God of Justice.

Relation with Shriram and Shri Krishna

In Tretayug, when Lord Rama broke the “shiv-dhanush”, Parshuram was worshipping on Mahendraparvat. And as soon as he heard the sound of breaking of “shiv-dhanush”, he got angry and went to that place where Shriram broke the bow. But later he bowed down to Shriram.

Shriram gave his Sudarshan Chakra and said asked him to return the chakra in Dwapar Yoga when Lord Vishnu was incarnated as Lord Shri Krishna. Parshuramji kept the Sudharshan Chakra with him until he met Shri Krishna in Dwapar and gave the chakra back to Lord Vishnu.

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What Are Local Shops On Amazon?

Local Shop on Amazon is new initiative by Amazon. The programme is launched to scale the business by starting selling goods directly from local shops. But the real objective is to get an edge over Reliance’s JioMart and Walmart-owned Flipkart.

Amazon’s new programme

The US e-commerce giant has promised to invest Rs. 10 crores in its “Local Shop on Amazon” programme. The company has already started the project with over 5,000 traditional retailers. The programme will provide the convenience of ordering goods online and scalability to offline retailers.

The pilot project has been kicked off in over 100 cities including big metros and Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities like Ahmedabad, Coimbatore, Faridabad, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Lucknow, Pune, Saharanpur and Surat. The sellers participating in the project include automotive, books, furniture, home décor, jewellery, kitchen appliances, sports and toys.

Traditional retailers are included in the programme with a condition that is to have a robust delivery mechanism of same day or the next day. Amazon wants the retailers to use pin-code delivery system to ease the burden from its delivery fleet. The shopkeepers are provided “Amazon Delivery App” that will help the customers and Amazon in keeping track of shipments.

Timing of the launch

Like other e-retailers, Amazon is also struggling to fulfil its orders due to national lockdown in the event of spread of novel coronavirus. And the arrival of local shops into the business will help solve the delivery issue to a large extent.

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Over 12 Million Audiences Attended Scott’s Virtual Concert

Travis Scott gave a spectacular virtual performance. It was the first time that he mounted a virtual stage to perform and he went on to break a record. According to the developer Epic Games, approximately 12.3 million concurrent players participated in the event. The concert took place inside of the Fortnite.

Record breaking virtual concert

Epic Games developer called it “an all-time record” for the battle royale game. But the number of virtual viewers of the concert will increase once the figures of other platforms start coming out. More people saw the concert outside of the Epic Games website. Streamers broadcasted the event on platforms like Twitch and YouTube.

Scott’s mini world tour

Travis Scott will give more performances in the coming week. He is on a mini-world tour with a handful of dates for the enthusiasts. And people that missed the record-breaking performance can check the date and time of upcoming events and get ready for a great weekend.

Last record of virtual performance

Last year, Marshmello made a record in virtual performance. It was reported that over 10.7 million viewers attended the Marshmello concert at that time. But it was much lesser than Scott’s record.

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World Book Day 2020: Theme, History, Significance And Capital

April 23 is celebrated as World Book and Copyright Day by UNESCO and other related organizations. Observed in more than 100 countries, it is celebration of books and reading material. Also, it is homage to renowned literary figures including William Shakespeare, Miguel Cervantes and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.

World Book Day 2020 theme

Director General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, gave the theme in his words. He said that books had the unique ability both to entertain and to teach. There were at once a means of exploring realms beyond the personal experience through exposure to different authors, universes and cultures.

History of World Book Day

Theidea was to honor the renowned author, Miguel de Cervantes better known for Don Quixote. Valencian writer Vicente Clavel Andressuggested celebrating a World Book Day on October 7, the birth anniversary of Cervantes but he later changed the date to April 23, that is the death anniversary of Cervantes. Co-incidentally, several other renowned authors have death anniversaries on April 23.

Significance of World Book Day

It is celebrated to recognize the role of books as a link between the past and the future. And it is an addition to being a cultural and generational bridge. UNESCO selects the World Book Capital for a year to continue celebrations of books and reading. Last year, Sharjah in UAE was the capital and this year, Kuala Lumpur is recognized as the capital.

The World Book Day is used as a platform for authors, publishers, readers and NGOs and everyone to come together to promote readership and literacy.

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COVID- 19 Vaccine: Human Trial Starts Today

University of Oxford will start human trial of its coronavirus vaccine from April 23 according to UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock. The official said that the government had thrown everything at developing a vaccine.

Coronavirus vaccine

Presently, the universities of Oxford and Imperial College are working on developing a potential coronavirus vaccine in UK. Matt Hancock said that he could announce that the vaccine from the Oxford project would be trialed on people from April 23. He further said that it would take years to achieve this stage in normal times but he was very proud of the work taken that far. Hancock was speaking in a press conference that was later broadcasted on Twitter.

Coronavirus vaccine fund

The UK government had allocated GBP 44.5 million (Rs. 420 crore) to both the universities working on coronavirus vaccine. The allocated fund would be used for clinical trails that ad been making rapid progress, added the secretary. He further said that the government was ready to fund manufacturing of the vaccine.

In case, either of the vaccine works safely, the government will pump finance in manufacturing to boost production and made the vaccines available for UK citizens as humanely as possible.

UK coronavirus cases

According to data shared by the UK Department of Health and Social Care, the country had 129,044 confirm cases of COVID-19 since the outbreak of the pandemic. The number of deaths due to coronavirus were 17,337 till Tuesday.

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Facebook Invests $5.7 Billion In Reliance Jio

Reliance Industries share took a high jump when the social media giant Facebook announced buying a minority stake in Reliance Jio. It would invest $5.7 billion (Rs. 43,574 crore) in the Mukesh Ambani owned telco firm. With the investment, Facebook will become the largest minority shareholder in Jio Platforms Limited.

Highlights of the share market news

• Reliance Industries witnessed a jump of 103 points (8.33%) from Rs. 1,236 to Rs. 1,339

• Sensex traded 131 points higher at 30,758

• Reliance Industries share was also a top gainer on Nifty

• On NSE, its share gained over 8% to Rs. 1,339

• Total 4.11 lack shares were traded on BSE

• The trading value of shares was Rs. 55.72 crore

• After trading, the market cap of the firm increased to Rs. 8.23 lack crore on NSE

Stock of Reliance Industries Limited

The 5, 20 and 50 day moving average of RIL stock was higher after the trading but lower than the 100 and 200-day mowwving averages. Also, RIL reported a gain of 13.57% in one week and 28.03% in one month. On BSE, the share opened with a gain of 6.79% at Rs. 1,320.

Facebook’s investment in RIL

Jio said in a statement that Facebook’s investment will translate to a 9.99% equity stakes in Jio Platforms on a fully diluted basis. Facebook said that it wanted to collaborating WhatsApp with e-commerce venture of Reliance. Facebook wants to enable people to connect with small businesses on JioMart.

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Google’s Earth Day Doodle Is Dedicated To Bees

Today is Earth Day. It is celebrated every on 22 April and it started in the year 1970. Since then, it has become an annual event. This year, the world is celebrating 50th Earth Day. And this year, the Earth Day is given the theme “Climate Action”.

Earth Day celebrations

It called Prithvi Diwas in Hindi and Earth Day in English. And it started as a movement on April 22, 1969. The man behind the movement was Julian Konig. Taking inspiration from his movement, the world started celebrating the Earth Day from April 22, 1970.

Google Doodle for Earth Day

Google launched a Doodle on the 50th anniversary of the Earth Day. The important thing on the Earth Day Doodle is that it is dedicated to the smallest and the most useful creature of the world, bees. To tell the value of bees, the Doodle comes with a “Play Button” to start a small video that describes the life of a bee.

Google Doodle video on bees

The video gives details about how bees contribute to the two-third of the world’s crops through pollination. Also, approximately 85% of the world’s flowering plants depend on bees for flourishing. The video also includes a quick and interesting game to learn more about the bees and how they help in pollination. The game has a bee that would move on your command and pollinate the world. Objective of the Doodle is to educate the world about the importance of every creature on the earth.

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Biggest Ever Meltdown In Crude Oil Prices Explained

A measure of oil volatility skyrocketed to more than 400% on Monday when crude oil went below to $10 a barrel and then to zero and then slipped into the land of negative. And it is the first time that crude crashed into negative territory.

Monday’s wild market action

Brimming storage tanks signal extreme disconnect between supply and demand due to coronavirus-led economic slowdown. The present demand for crude oil is at a standstill. Here’re three actions that describe the market condition.

Selling Frenzy

The May contract of West Texas Intermediate crude’s front-month contract closed at a more than $50-a-barrel discount to the June contract. And it is the biggest discount on record. It could be due to the traders rushing to sell the May contract ahead of its expiration on Tuesday.

Wild Swings

Tariq Zahir, a commodity fund manager at Tyche Capital Advisors LLC commented on the falling crude oil prices to negative zone. He said that oil prices in their opinion had nowhere to go but lower from there on the June contract. He further maintained that the demand wasn’t coming back anytime soon. They would have a massive glut to work off for months to come.

Mega Moves

The United States Oil Fund, that is the biggest exchange-traded fund tracking crude, witnessed enhanced activity after the Monday market crash. Last week, investors poured more than $1.6 billion into the fund and exchanged over $3 billion on Monday. It was the highest traded value since the inception of the fund.

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