HP announces interest-free EMI and zero down payment on purchase of laptops before 30 November

  11 Nov 2016 , 18:16

In a move to help customers facing cash crunch owing to the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes, HP India on Friday announced a 50-day payment holiday for its notebook customers.

This facility will be available under a special zero-interest EMI scheme and no down payment will be required at the time of purchase, the company said in a statement.

The customers can buy any notebook launched in 2016 and the payment of EMIs will start from January 2017.

“We want our customers not to face any challenge in buying HP notebooks and have a hassle free experience to own a HP notebook,” said Ketan Patel, Director, Personal Systems, HP India.

The scheme covers HP notebooks with the starting price of Rs 23,190 and will be available at designated 1,100 HP stores including exclusive HP World stores across the country.

The scheme will remain applicable till November 30.

PM Narendra Modi announced the demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes from the night of 8 November. Old currency will have to be exchanged or deposited at banks before 30 December. Digital Wallet services like FreeCharge and PayTM have seen a massive surge in the use of their services.

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WikiLeaks releases emails that detail the effort to make PM Modi’s Silicon Valley visit a success

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  11 Oct 2016 , 18:30

The latest batch of emails released by WikiLeaks from Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta gives an insight into the planning done by the Obama administration to ensure a successful visit by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the Silicon Valley in 2015. More than a month and half before Modi was to visit Silicon Valley in the last week of September, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia Nisha Desai Biswal wrote an email to John Podesta, who had by then joined the Clinton campaign, seeking his advice and input on making the trip successful.

She also sought to know if former US president Bill Clinton could co-host a clean energy event with Modi at Stanford. In an email to Podesta dated 12 August, Biswal said there is a lot of interest in the Indian government to focus on two themes for the Silicon Valley visit.  First is the digital economy, she wrote, and added that the focus will be a visit to Google and some announcements on Google’s massive investments in India, she said.

“The other focus is on clean energy. Here, the Indians want to visit Tesla and hopefully announce a Tesla partnership/venture with India focusing on