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28 hours a week: Indians spend 7X more time on smartphones than on TV

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Around 4 per cent of the time is spent on online shopping Indian  consumers spend as much as 28 hours a week on their smartphones , seven fold more than the time they end up spending in watching programmes on television as more users access internet on their mobile phone. According to the Mary Meeker report, released on Wednesday night, the delivery of  entertainment, education, healthcare and marketplaces is being reimagined in India with the mobile phone emerging as the primary device for access to consumers. In education sector, the report said education technology firm Byju’s has shown 15 per cent improvement in the quality of learning by accessing content on smartphones. In the healthcare sector, prices of laboratory tests have dropped by 50 per cent due to the aggregate inventory maintained by startups such as 1Mg and Portea. Customers made savings of around 20-30 per cent due to drug comparison on these platforms. As far as payments are concerned, the...

'Baahubali: The Beginning' to get the widest re-release ever

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Since the time of its inception, the ' Baahubali' franchise has been breaking numerous records. And now the first installment, 'Baahubali: The Beginning' has broken yet another record. With more than 900 screens allotted only to its Hindi version, SS Rajamouli's magnum opus is all set to get the widest re-release ever. Confirming the scale of the re-release, trade analyst Taran Adarsh tweeted, "The *Hindi version* of #Baahubali [first part] is being re-released in 900 screens in India tomorrow... Screen count could increase." Sharing details on the release of 'Baahubali: The Beginning,' Karan Johar had said, "When a movie continues to be topical for two years, you know people are loving every bit of it! Both, exhibitors and film lovers, have approached us to make Baahubali a binge-watching experience." "Hence, we are re-releasing the first part on April 7th with a special offer that takes care of tickets for both parts. We...