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New Delhi [India], Feb 20 : Global OTT leader in South-Asian content YuppTV on Monday announced that it has entered an exclusive partnership with ETV Telugu in the United States.

As part of the association, users will now be able to enjoy the entertainment content from ETV Telugu, while the brand is also introducing ETV Life, ETV Plus, ETV Cinema and ETV Abhiruchi for the first time in the US Market.

Viewers can watch all the popular ETV Telugu shows like Padutha Teeyaga, Jabardasth, Extra Jabadasth, Manasu Mamatha exclusively on YuppTV. The association would help ETV Telugu extend its offerings globally.

New Delhi [India], Feb 20 : Connect Broadband, the telecom arm of the Videocon Group and market leader in broadband in Punjab has collaborated with Indian mobile wallet major 'MobiKwik' to offer and promote cashless digital transactions.

As a part of this strategic tie up, any connect broadband customer who makes his connect broadband bill payment using the MobiKwik wallet service can avail a cash-back of up to Rs. 150 or 15 percent of the bill amount, whichever is lower.

New Delhi [India], Feb. 18 : The 10th council meeting of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to vet the draft supporting legislations crucial for its implementation has begun at Udaipur here today.

The meeting is being chaired by the GST council who aim to get clearance on a number of issues, including the formation of a GST Appellate Tribunal, which will discuss matters related to GST implementation and suggestions.

New Delhi [India], Feb. 18 : Delay in resumption of imports by Iran is likely to hinder the recovery in Indian Basmati rice exports, says credit rating agency, ICRA, in its latest update note on Indian Basmati rice industry.

ICRA has estimated this as a temporary delay, considering Iran's insufficient domestic rice production and depleting inventory levels to meet its demand.

In ICRA's view, the price cap of USD 850 per metric tonne (MT) could pose further hurdles for the Basmati rice industry; given that during the current procurement season average Basmati paddy prices have been higher by 20-25 percent. Thus an inflow of orders from Iran, even after the import ban is lifted, remains to be seen.

Washington D.C. [USA], Feb. 18 : To boost breeding of endangered poultry breeds, Briton researchers have come up with gene-editing techniques for the rare breeds to use them as surrogates that cannot produce their own chicks.

The advance -- using gene-editing techniques -- could help to boost breeding of endangered birds, as well as improving production of commercial hens, researchers say.

The appeared in the journal Development.

Researchers explained that donor primordial germ cells from other breeds could be implanted into the gene-edited chickens as they are developing inside an egg. The surrogate hens would then grow up to produce eggs containing all of the genetic information from the donor breeds.

New Delhi [India], Feb. 17 : Bengaluru based eGovernments Foundation has signed an agreement with Kozhikode Municipal Corporation to develop building plan automation software.

Kozhikode Municipal Corporation Secretary Mrunmai Joshi, eGovernments Foundation CEO Viraj Tyagi and Malabar Chamber of Commerce President P.V. Nidheesh were present and signed the agreement to develop the software for the city. The system will be functional in three months post software installation in the corporation office and training of the staff.

"The Building Plan module will greatly help in improving processing time, transparency and end to end tracking of building plan applications - ultimately improving the ease of doing business," said eGovernments Foundation CEO, Viraj Tyagi.