Yesteryears actresses were gold, today's are just bold: Jackie Shroff

Yesteryears actresses were gold, today's are just bold: Jackie ShroffNew Delhi, June 29 - For Bollywood actor Jackie Shroff, old is gold! The actor believes that today's actresses pale in comparison and "lack the elegance, beauty and sensuality" of yesteryears stars.

"The new brigade of actresses lack elegance, beauty and sensuality that was instilled in yesteryears stars like Nanda or Sadhana. There is a lot of skin show happening," Jackie, 50, told IANS on the phone from Mumbai.

Tata Motors expects to benefit from Petrol price policy in long-run

tata-motorsThe country's largest home grown auto major, Tata motors is expected to give a tough fight to Hyundai for a second slot in the Indian passenger car market after the government has decided to free the prices on Petrol, it is believed that more hikes will come in the way of the Indian consumer.

Keeping in mind the fact that Tata motors has a decent offerings in diesel to offer to the Indian consumer while other players like Maruti Suzuki and Hyundai have a lot of dependence on petrol variants especially in small cars.

Mercedes plans a finance arm for India

Mercedes-BenzThe German luxury carmaker, Mercedes Benz India has recently announced that the company is planning to launch its own finance arm in the Indian market with which it will be able to fulfil the demand of the Indian consumer more easily. The MD of the Indian arm, Wilfried Aulbur recently announced the same at the launch of the second car arm in the Indian market.

Notably, BMW also said last year that it will opening a retail financing arm by April this year but the company will take another two to three months to do so.

Petrol is consumer’s favourite

maruti-suzuki-swiftWhile the diesel cars are cheap in the running cost but it hasn't been able to lure as much consumers as the petrol cars are able to do in the Indian market.

Auto exports to grow by 10-15% this year

Automobile-ExportsAccording to the government, it expects that automobile exports to grow by a healthy 10-15% this year. Notably, as demand from Europe is expected to rise, the government is confident of the fact that the Indian exports market will be able to a decent hike in number in the current fiscal.

Joint Secretary in the Department of Heavy Industry Ambuj Sharma said that the government expect a 10-15% in export numbers in the current fiscal as compared to last fiscal. According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), the Indian exports grew by over 17% in the last fiscal.

Say NO to drugs

DrugsEvery parent wants their children to be successful in life. When a child is born to a family the parents use to see many dreams for their children to be a great one in future.

They also try to mange to their best to bring up the child irrespective of the difficulties they face for the same in this fast moving competitive society. But where remained the mistake they normally can't assess, when they see their children going astray.

Drug abuse is one of such kinds that spoil the future life of many youngsters.

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