Smartphones emerge as bright spot for Indian manufacturing

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Delhi braces for "deadly cocktail" of pollution as air quality slides New Delhi is set for a "deadly cocktail" of pollution in coming weeks, a senior government official said, as air quality in the New Delhi area plummeted on Wednesday, alarming doctors and environmentalists. Smartphones emerge as bright spot for Indian manufacturing PM Modi's vow to create tens of millions of new jobs has stuttered on many fronts, but domestic smartphone production has emerged as a bright spot for Asia's third-largest economy. What we know about the explosive devices targeting Democrats The packages arrived in familiar manila envelopes affixed with lots of stamps, some bearing the American flag. But what was inside was alarming: crude pipe bombs wrapped in black tape, with wires sprouting from each end. Here's what we know: Data breach: Major companies who have faced the public wrath After social media websites and cab-hailing applications confessed to losing data shared by their users, Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific has gone down the same path. This Australian billionaire is building Titanic-2 To mark the 100th anniversary of the Infamous RMS Titanic, an Australian billionaire and politicians has declared his plans to build a replica of the ship. Malaysia struggles as global scrap piles up Hundreds of sacks filled with plastic waste from the United States, Britain, South Korea and Spain spill onto the streets of an industrial zone in Pulau Indah, an island town just an hour's drive from Kuala Lumpur and home to Malaysia's biggest port. Mail bombs are not a new thing for the United States From Washington to New York City pipe bombs mailed to prominent democracts, including former President Barack Obama and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton sent the US secret service and federal agencies into a tizzy. Wealth-flaunting meme goes viral in China Chinese social media users have seized on a viral meme in which people are pictured literally rolling in their own wealth, spawning a range of cheeky counter-posts poking fun at the country's nouveau riche. Triumph unveils Scrambler 1200 XC and Scrambler 1200 XE Triumph launched two off-road capable versions of the new Scramber 1200 namely the XE and XC. The 1200 CC liquid-cooled engine on the bikes churn out 90 hp and 110 nM of torque. Five points to remember while investing in aggressive hybrid schemes Some mutual fund advisors are once again pitching aggressive hybrid schemes or 'balanced schemes' as the ideal way to navigate the current market. They argue that 'mix portfolio' would offer the much needed cushion to conservative investors during volatile times.

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