Customer refuses food from non-Hindu rider, Zomato retorts 'no religion for food'

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July 31, 2019

New Delhi, Jul 31: Zomato, the homegrown restaurant search, and food delivery platform, which is also known for its savage comebacks, recently called out a customer for religious discrimination and the company's classy reply is winning the internet!

A customer, whose Twitter handle goes by the name 'Amit Shukla', had cancelled an order via the food delivery platform as the company had allocated a non-Hindu driver for his order.

According to Amit Shukla, he had ordered food from Zomato, but the company had allotted a non-Hindu rider to deliver his order. He then revealed that because he didn't want his food to be delivered by a non-Hindu driver. He cancelled the order and didn't even demand a refund for it.

The customer tweeted to Zomato recently saying, "Just cancelled an order on @ZomatoIN they allocated a non-Hindu rider for my food they said they can't change rider and can't refund on cancellation I said you can't force me to take a delivery I don't want don't refund just cancel."

His tweet soon went viral and in response to his bizarre request, the company tweeted, "Food doesn't have a religion. It is a religion."

Zomato's founder Deepinder Goyal also echoed his company's stand and said that "we aren't sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values."

"We are proud of the idea of India - and the diversity of our esteemed customers and partners. We aren't sorry to lose any business that comes in the way of our values," he tweeted.

Zomato's savage comeback to the man has left everyone impressed online, with many calling out the customer and coming in support of the company.

Hailing Zomato's reply, a person used a still from Sanjay Dutt's 'Munna Bhai M.B.B.S', in which the actor can be seen saying, "Tum bohot mast kaam karta hai."

Another user wrote, "My next 5 orders will be from you," along with a heart emoji.

"Thanks for taking this stand, Zomato. Giving in to such idiots would only empower them more," another person tweeted.

"It's 2019 and people with such mentality still exist. Smh," a user tweeted.

Many others hailed Zomato's response and called out the customer.

"Thanks. Zomato for standing out against these bigots," a person wrote.

Another tweeted, "Can you please block customers like him forever so that they are made to learn a lesson? Religious hatred has no place among food lovers."

Zomato's tweet has already collected over 13,000 likes and more than 5,000 retweets, while Goyal's tweet has received over 3,000 likes and more than 1,100 retweets.

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May 9,2020

Bengaluru, May 9: With 41 new cases of COVID-19 reported on Saturday, the total number of positive cases in Karnataka has reached 794, said the state Health Department.

Out of the total number, 386 are discharged and 30 patients have passed away. The total number of active cases now in Karnataka is 377.

The total number of positive coronavirus cases across the country is 59,662, including 39,834 active cases.

Till now, 17,846 patients have been cured and discharged and 1,981 deaths have been recorded in the country, as per the data provided by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. 

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February 1,2020

New Delhi, Feb 1: The budget is a little more demanding of the non-resident Indian. Firstly, to be categorized a non-resident, an Indian now has to stay abroad for 240 days, against 182 previously. In other words, an Indian national, to claim the non-resident status, can’t stay in India for 120 days or more in a year.

“We've made changes in Income Tax Act where if an Indian citizen stays out of the country for more than 182 days, he becomes non-resident,” said Revenue Secy Ajay Bhushan Pandey. “Now in order to become non-resident, he has to stay out of the country for 240 days.”

The second rule is more deadly: a non-resident Indian, who is not taxed in the foreign country, will become taxable in India.

“If any Indian citizen is not a resident of any country in the world, he'll be deemed to be a resident of India and his worldwide income will be taxed,” said Pandey.

"It's a very big disadvantage for Indians residing overseas only to save on tax,"  said Dinesh Kanabar of Dhruva Advisors. He expects that many Indians stay abroad in countries, where the income tax is low or nil such as Dubai. Now they will be taxed in India if they are in the income tax bracket.

For Indians, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman revised income tax rats and proposed new tax slabs.

The new income tax rates will, however, not allow exemptions under Section 80C. Home loan exemption, insurance exemptions, the standard deduction will also not stay under the regime.

"The new tax regime will be optional and the taxpayers will be given the choice to either remain in the old regime with exemptions and deductions or opt for the new reduced tax rate without those exemptions," Sitharaman said while unveiling Budget.

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Kannadiga
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Saturday, 1 Feb 2020

Good news NRIs vote for modi . 

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April 4,2020
Udupi, Apr 4: District Commissioner Jagadeesh has warned that the vehicles of people who break lockdown norms will be seized.
 
Addressing the media, he said, “People who want to buy essential items are allowed come out of the house between 1100 hrs and 1900 hrs, but we have noticed that some are unnecessarily coming out and blocking the roads. If this continues, vehicles of such people will be seized.”
 
No new COVID-19 positive cases were reported since Friday Udupi district.

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