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E-commerce vs. Retail is a war that is eminent world over. In India, Festive season 2014 was the time when most e-commerce players in India unleashed discounts and promotions for consumers, enticing buyers from traditional retail stores. 
 ‘It was technology, not the unnatural discounts that were the primary driver for this shift in <keyword id="46199" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Consumer">consumer</keyword> preference. The question was how we can use this same technology to give power back to the mom-and-pop <keyword id="44446" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="retailers">retailers</keyword>. This is what led to the formation of the <keyword id="3214435" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Just-Buy-Live">Just Buy Live</keyword>’ says <keyword id="1852" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="sahil">Sahil</keyword> Sani, CEO, Just Buy Live in conversation with <keyword id="824043" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Business-Insider">Business Insider</keyword>. 
 
Just Buy provides a platform that provides traditional retailers and institutional buyers access to consumer brands. 
 
They have built a platform that will 'democratize' and empower retailers, who drive 50% of GDP in India, according to the company. 
 
Sahil quips, ‘We don’t operate on a burn or discount model, where you spend a lot to acquire customers upfront with the intention to make revenues later. All our discounts and offers come out of our margins.’ They don’t store any products and deliver on demand which makes them asset light. 
 
Their business model is unique; not only in India but globally as well. ‘We are a brand-to-retail platform that focuses on selling to brick-and-mortar retailers. While the e-market players sell to the consumers who are their end-users of the products, we have replicated the entire process to suit us in our vision to help the retail segment. From using the distribution networks followed in India to technology, ours is a back-end chain offering a solution to mom-n-pop stores to buy food, beverages, stationery, toys, pharmaceutical products, mobile and electronic products etc.’ comments Sahil when asked about why the platform is different. 
 
This model helps in getting retailers access to online consumers. 
They have over 60,000 retailers onboard and confident of providing their services to over one lakh of these businesses in the next 100 days. 
 
They have even deployed on-field executives who assist retailers in not only registering themselves on the Just Buy app but also educating them on how to use it and place orders. This might turn out to be a brilliant middle ground in the commerce war that we see between online and offline retailers.

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Airports across four states have been cautioned of a conceivable terror attack by the inteligence agencies. Definite notices have been sent out to 22 airport terminals and high security measures are being by authorities. 
 
Border states like <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Jammu+and+Kashmir&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Jammu and Kashmir</a>, Punjab, <a href="http://www.businessinsider.in/searchresult.cms?query=Rajasthan+&amp;sortorder=effectivedate">Rajasthan </a>and <keyword id="24623" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gujrat">Gujrat</keyword> along with Delhi were marked as a red alert zone. Police chiefs, the <keyword id="6370623" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="CISF">CISF</keyword> or paramilitary power which monitors airplane terminals, and to state-run and private airlines in every states are additionally cautioned by the civil aviation security bureau. 
 
The security forces are thoroughly checking baggages and be prepared for random detailed checks also. Parking along with loading docks are also under the spotlight. 
 Agencies are concerned about the terror attacks in retaliation for <keyword id="639058" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Surgical-strikes">surgical strikes</keyword> on terror hubs in PoK in which eight terrorist launch pads were eliminated by the Indian Army. 
 Prime Minister <keyword id="6354477" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Narendra-Modi">Narendra Modi</keyword> was briefed over the security at LoC by the National Security Advisor Ajit Doval. Intelligence Agencies have been warned of nearly 100 terrorist being prepped to infiltrate in India border before winter sets in and the routes into Kashmir are covered with snow. 
 
Cross border firing and ceasefire violation has been simmered at the LoC. 
 Three Pakistan <keyword id="36724" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Terrorists">Terrorists</keyword> were killed by the Indian soldiers as they were trying to target an army base in the Kupwara district in Kashmir. Maps, arms and many other things were recovered from them. 
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India has been ranked 133th in a new Global Youth Development Index that was put together by the <keyword id="81874" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Commonwealth-Secretariat">Commonwealth Secretariat</keyword> on the Nation’s condition for youth when it comes down to employment, education, health, civic and political spheres. 
 India has ranked poorly, coming 133rd in the index that included 183 countries. India was placed below the neighboring countries like <keyword id="12266" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Nepal">Nepal</keyword> (77), Bhutan (69) and <keyword id="6355572" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Sri-Lanka">Sri Lanka</keyword> (31) and trailing behind the South Asian average. 
 
According to a report released last week that showed that India has seen an 11% improvement in score over the last five years and this highlighted the requirement for greater investment and hard-work to reap the the so-called demographic dividend. 
 
"While India's overall rank is relatively low, it has registered an impressive improvement of nearly 11 per cent in its youth development scores in the period between 2010 and 2015. The research for this report also shows that youth development levels in India lag particularly in the domains of health, education and employment. Improvements in these sectors will give India a much better chance of reaping a handsome demographic dividend," Abhik Sen, the lead author of the '2016 Global Youth Development Index' report told ET. 
 
The report highlighted the areas in which improvement is needed and they included education, employment opportunity and health and wellbeing. 
 The top 10 countries on the index are largely from <keyword id="3791301" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="europe-germany">Europe - Germany</keyword> (1), <keyword id="49968" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Denmark">Denmark</keyword> (2), <keyword id="103" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Switzerland">Switzerland</keyword> (4), <keyword id="6361754" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="United-Kingdom">United Kingdom</keyword> (5), <keyword id="44173" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Netherlands">Netherlands</keyword> (6), <keyword id="21177" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Austria">Austria</keyword> (7), <keyword id="63763" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</keyword> (8), <keyword id="6359079" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Portugal">Portugal</keyword> (9) - with <keyword id="6355478" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Australia">Australia</keyword> (3) and <keyword id="6355311" type="COUNTRY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Japan">Japan</keyword> (10) as the two exceptions. 
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In the backdrop of rising tension between India and Pakistan, the Indian government has asked arm suppliers and the industry to be ready for increasing the production and supply contracts at a short notice. 
 
As per reports, government officials and top company executives said that feelers had originated from the government in the course of recent days to evaluate the ability and ability to meet quick necessities of the military. 
 
Weapon suppliers, incorporating some with the greatest organizations in India, have been reached to pass on that, if need be, contracts for extra arms could be put on a prompt premise. 
 
"The government wants a realistic estimate of the industry's ability to deliver on a short notice; to upscale current production and to meet urgent orders,” a top defence executive told ET. 
 Government had made comparable asks after the <keyword id="6367205" type="CITY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Pathankot">Pathankot</keyword> air base assault in January. Specifically, the defense ministry is taking a gander at little arms and ammo and extra parts and weapons for the Sukhoi and Mirage fighter fleets on a need premise. 
 <keyword id="47209" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Finance-Ministry">Finance Ministry</keyword> <keyword id="42575" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Arun-Jaitley">Arun Jaitley</keyword> had additionally shown a day prior to the September 29 surgical strikes that an expansion in the defence budget could be conceivable to address security issues. 
 
"In India, in addition to all the global events which leave an impact on us, we also have the security challenge. The security challenge involves an element of uncertainty. It also involves a lot of national resources being diverted in that direction and it will always get top priority,” Jaitley had said at a banking conference. 
 
The military will be quick to meet basic deficiencies, especially in ammo and little arms, that point of confinement its ability to meet a full-scale war challenge past a couple days. 
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<keyword id="6359474" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Volvo">Volvo</keyword> Rs 1.25 crorelaunched its mightiest car ever, which is going to be the first big SUV in India with a plug in hybrid variant. The <keyword id="2300370" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="XC90">XC90</keyword> <keyword id="3650358" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="T8-Twin-Engine">T8 twin engine</keyword>, in this hybrid beast form, is priced at Rs 1.25 crore (ex-showroom, Delhi). The beast is going to overtake the kinds of <keyword id="47099" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Audi-Q7">Audi Q7</keyword>, the <keyword id="169780" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="BMW-X5">BMW X5</keyword>, the <keyword id="1908327" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Range-Rover-Sport">Range Rover Sport</keyword> and the <keyword id="3650963" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Mercedes-Benz-GLS-">Mercedes-Benz GLS.</keyword> 
 
Changes in the exterior of the car are few and major changes include an external charging port cover on the left fender. Except for the new t8 badging tailgate, the rest of the styling is same as the diesel XC90. Other than that, the car has a rectangular 'iron mask' grille, a sleek set of projector headlamps with the signature Thor's Hammer daytime running LEDs and L-shaped taillamps. The wheel size is gigantic and is of 20-inches while 19-inchers are also optionally available. 
 
The new model is only a four-seater as compared to the present model which is a seven-seater. Apart from that, the car shares similar features from the existing variants, barring the 20-speaker premium surround sound Bower and Wilkins audio system. 
 Inside the beast is a <keyword id="3650964" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="2-0-litre-turbocharged-motor">2.0-litre turbocharged motor</keyword> combined to an electric motor and produces 412 <keyword id="1355750" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="horsepower">horsepower</keyword> and 650Nm of torque, the best in class. The car reaches 0-100 kmph in just 5.6 seconds, the company claimed. 
 
Volvo has also claimed an outstanding fuel economy of 47.6kmpl. With the hybrid XC90, you also get two charging stations that can charge the car up within 150 minutes. According to the company, the T8 will only be available in the top-end Excellence trim of the Volvo XC90. 
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According to media reports, the Central Bureau of Investigation (<keyword id="6354572" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="CBI">CBI</keyword>) has questioned former Prime Minister <keyword id="6359397" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Manmohan-Singh">Manmohan Singh</keyword> in a case related to the allocation of the <keyword id="1928982" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Talabira-II-coal-block">Talabira II coal block</keyword> in Orissa to Hindalco in 2005. Manmohan Singh was in charge of the coal ministry at that time. 
 
Various media reports suggest that a team of CBI officers went to Singh’s residence and enquired him about two letters — dated May 7, 2005 and June 17, 2005 — that were sent to Singh by industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla. In the letter, Birla had requested to allocate the coal block to Hindalco. 
 
Earlier, a special CBI court had refused to accept a closure report filed in the case. It had also asked the CBI to examine the role of the former Prime Minister. “I am of the considered opinion that before the matter is examined further as to what offence, if any, stands committed or by whom the same has been committed, it will be appropriate that the then minister of coal be first examined qua various aspects,” Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar had said. 
 
The court had also noted that the letter written by Hindalco chief Birla “certainly raised eyebrows.” It further added that “The number of reminders which were sent by the PMO, as well as repeated telephonic requests seeking an early response from the coal ministry raises grave shadows of suspicion.” 
 
“There are certain circumstances which need to be elaborated and explained, especially regarding the manner and the circumstances under which the matter was taken up in the PMO or under what circumstances the recommendations of the 25th screening committee were set aside even though it already stood approved,” the court had said. 
 
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The <keyword id="459514" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vibrant-Gujarat-Global-Summit">Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit</keyword>, which is scheduled to be held in January 2017, is going to highlight '<keyword id="3653902" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="Make-in-Gujarat">Make in Gujarat</keyword>' and lure investors, ditching any possibility to political stir. As the state goes to polls next year, the biennial investors' summit will present the state as an ‘engine of India's incredible growth story under <keyword id="6354814" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="prime-minister-Narendra-Modi">Prime Minister Narendra Modi</keyword>’. 
 Preparations have already begun for the summit, which will be held January 10-13. <keyword id="6435171" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="bureaucrats">Bureaucrats</keyword> from <keyword id="6354766" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="Gujarat">Gujarat</keyword> are already going around the world, meeting investors in 23 countries to attract investment in aerospace, defense, petrochemicals and food processing under a more liberal FDI policy announced this year. The summit is also likely to have an interactive session of investors with <keyword id="6354642" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Modi">Modi</keyword>. 
 "The business policy announced in May, offering several incentives such as capital subsidy, interest subsidy, <keyword id="771283" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="20" keywordseo="VAT-reimbursement">VAT reimbursement</keyword>, freight subsidy and power tariff incentive, is expected to attract potential investors," a senior official, who did not wish to be identified, told ET. 
 
The summit will cover seminars regarding ease of doing business, public-private partnership in infrastructure and urban development, international development finance, innovation, startups and entrepreneurship, and smart villages. 
 It will also have a Nobel laureates' me in which more than 10 <keyword id="52659" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="nobel-prize">Nobel Prize</keyword> winners from science are expected to participate. A fashion show on khadi and handlooms will be part of the event too. 
 
As per the officials, the delegates touring the world will be bringing the recent policy interventions of the NDA government and state government in Gujarat into the light. 
 "Our roadshows in both India and Canada have evoked a lot of interest among investors. They are keen to come to India. This will create opportunities for our youth," said <keyword id="2256559" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Bharat-Lal">Bharat Lal</keyword>, Gujarat government's Delhi-based resident commissioner. "The focus this time is not just on attracting the best investment but also bringing good technology to India," <keyword id="193875" type="PERSON" weightage="20" keywordseo="Vijay-Rupani">Vijay Rupani</keyword> told ET. 
 
According to officials, bureaucrats that are on the tour to find sponsors, have met head of several fortune 500 companies till now. New areas like waste management, pension funds and energy are attracting the investors. 
 
"The 'Make in India' initiative has seen a large number of small industrial units come up, and under this Gujarat has received close to Rs 85,132 crore of investment under 'Make in India'. Gujarat is next only to Maharashtra in the number of IEMs (industrial entrepreneurial memorandums) and next only to Karnataka in the amount of investment," an official told ET. 
 
Another official said that 100% FDI is permissible in the chemicals sector in India and manufacturing of most chemical products is de-licensed in Gujarat. "This is helping us attract a lot of companies in the chemicals and petrochemicals sector," he said. 
 
"Gujarat has received 22 licences out of 121 for defence equipment manufacturing in the past 18 months - the highest in India. Also, the country's first aviation park is to come up in Gujarat to serve as a one-stop destination for aerospace," he further added. 
 
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