Terms and Conditions

Copyright/Trademarks [Collectively "Intellectual Property Rights"]

The trademarks, logos & service marks ("Marks") displayed on the Site are the property of India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED & other parties. Users are prohibited from using any Marks for any purpose including, but not limited to use as metatags on other pages or sites on the World Wide Web without the written permission of India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED or such third party which may own the Marks. All information & content including any software programs available on or through the Site ("Content") is protected by copyright. Users are prohibited from modifying, copying, distributing, transmitting, displaying, publishing, selling, licensing, creating derivative works or using any Content available on or through the Site for commercial or public purposes.

India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED grants you a limited licence to access and make personal use of this site but not for commercial purposes. We permit the use of materials on this website subject to due credit is given to India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED . The use shall also be subject to non-commercial use and limited to personal or academic dissemination. (including on social media and use on all kinds of media). Copyright should be acknowledged. Such use should not infringe on the Intellectual Property Rights of any person. When using material on this website, proper attribution to authors and/or copyright holders must be given. User is granted a limited, revocable and non exclusive right to create hyperlinks to the home page or any other page of Website so long as any of these links do not portray India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED or their podcast or products or services in a false, misleading, derogatory or offensive manner. You may not use Website logos or proprietary graphics or trademarks as part of the link without express permission.

General Conditions of Website Use

If any user chooses to use the Website or its related mobile sites and applications or any of the features of this site, including but not limited to API, software and other downloads (collectively, the "Services"), then the user will be agreeing to abide by all of the terms and conditions of these Terms of Service between stipulated by India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED

India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED may change, add or remove portions of these Terms of Service at any time, which shall become effective immediately upon posting. It is the users responsibility to review these Terms of Service prior to each use of the Site and by continuing to use this Site, it is deemd that the users agree to any or all changes.

IF ANY OF THESE RULES OR ANY FUTURE CHANGES ARE UNACCEPTABLE TO YOU, YOU MAY CANCEL YOUR MEMBERSHIP BY SENDING E-MAIL TO: unsubscribe@republic.com(SEE SECTION REGARDING TERMINATION OF SERVICE). YOUR CONTINUED USE OF THE SERVICES NOW, OR FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF NOTICE OF ANY CHANGES IN THESE OPERATING RULES, WILL INDICATE ACCEPTANCE BY YOU OF SUCH RULES, CHANGES, OR MODIFICATIONS.

India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED may change, suspend or discontinue any aspect of the Services at any time, including the availability of any Services feature, database, or content. SARG Global Digital Pvt Ltd. may also impose limits on certain features and services or restrict user access to parts or all of the Services without notice or liability.

The contents of the Website and Services are for personal, non-commercial use. All materials published or displayed in the Website including but not limited to articles, essays, photographs, videos, stories etc., are copyright belonging to or licensed to India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED.

User may download or copy the content or any part thereof for personal use only. Copying or storing the content in this Website for other than personal purposes are expressly forbidden unless a written permission is obtained from India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED.

Certain content in this Website may be provided by third party providers under license and SARG Global Digital Pvt Ltd, is not and shall not be responsible for its accuracy, errors, omissions in any such content or any time delay in the same being available

No Warranties

ALL CONTENT ON THE SITE IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY & FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, NON-INFRINGEMENT, SECURITY OR ACCURACY. India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED DOES NOT ENDORSE & IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACCURACY OR RELIABILITY OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR STATEMENT MADE THROUGH THE SITE BY ANY PARTY OTHER THAN India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED . OTHER THAN AS REQUIRED UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCE WILL India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE CAUSED BY A USER'S RELIANCE ON INFORMATION OBTAINED THROUGH THE SITE. IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE USER TO EVALUATE THE ACCURACY, COMPLETENESS OR USEFULNESS OF ANY OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT AVAILABLE ON/THROUGH THE SITE. PLEASE SEEK THE ADVICE OF PROFESSIONALS, AS APPROPRIATE, REGARDING THE EVALUATION OF ANY SPECIFIC OPINION, ADVICE OR OTHER CONTENT.

Limitation Of Liability

India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED specifically disclaims any liability (whether based in contract, tort, strict liability or otherwise) for any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, or special damages arising out of or in any way connected with access to or use of the Site, (even if India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED has been advised of the possibility of such damages) including liability associated with any viruses which may infect a user's computer equipment.

Privacy

Users are invited to submit comments, questions, ideas, reviews or any other information concerning India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED and the website's contents, provided they understand that such comments will be subject to moderation & India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED reserves the right to remove or edit such content. All such submissions should not be illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory or infringing on privacy or on intellectual property rights of others.

Confidentiality Of User Communications

Except as required by law India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED will maintain the confidentiality of all user communications which contain personal user information & which are transmitted directly to Website. Postings by a user on any message board or in any chat room will not be protected as confidential & Website may use & provide information contained in any such postings (including any ideas, concepts, know-how or other intellectual property) to India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED for any purpose whatsoever & as deemed appropriate by India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED.

Linked Internet Sites

India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED prohibits caching, unauthorized hypertext links to the Site & the framing of any Content available through the Site. India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED reserves the right to disable any unauthorized links or frames & specifically disclaims any responsibility for the Content available on any other Internet sites linked to the Site. Access to any other Internet sites linked to the Site is at the user's own risk.

Postings

India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED is under no obligation to review any messages, information or content ("Postings") posted on the Site by users & assumes no responsibility or liability relating to any such Postings. Notwithstanding the above, India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED may from time to time monitor the Postings on the Site & may decline to accept and/or remove any Postings that contain any unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, profane, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable material of any kind, including, but not limited to, any material which encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability or otherwise violate any applicable local, state, national or international law.

Users are prohibited from uploading or posting any content which contain information that is: -

1. Libelous / Defamatory/ obscene/ pornographic/ abusive/ illegal
2. Advertisements or solicitations of any kind.
3. Messages posted by users impersonating others.
4. Personal information such as messages which state phone numbers, social security numbers, account numbers, addresses, or employer references.
5. Messages by non-spokesperson employees of India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED purporting to speak on behalf of India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED
6. Messages that offer unauthorized downloads of any copyrighted or private information. Multiple messages placed within individual folders by the same user restating the same point.
7. Chain letters /mails of any kind.

Any submission that the user makes i.e user generated content including and not limited to comments, text, video, audio, photographs and the like may be edited, modified, transmitted, removed, published, displayed etc by India Herald Group. and the user hereby waives any or all rights they may have including no objection to the edited material if the said changes are not agreeable to the user. Further, the submissions may be used by the Website.

Any submission made by any user in the Website comes with the implicit commitment of no objection for the said content being displayed or published with modifications or moderation as decided by SARG Global Digital Pvt Ltd.

Changes To Rules & Regulations (R & R)

We reserve the right to revise these R & R at any time & Users are deemed to be apprised of & bound by any changes to these R & R. The latest updated R & R would be posted on the Site.

Violation Of Rules & Regulations

India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED reserves the right to seek all remedies available at law & in equity for violations of these T&C & R&R, including the right to block access from a particular Internet address to the Site.

Access To Password Protected/Secure Areas

Access to & use of password protected and/or secure areas of the Site is restricted to authorized users only. Unauthorized individuals attempting to access these areas of the Site may be subject to prosecution.

Arbitration

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this agreement, including any question regarding its existence, amendment, validity or termination, shall be referred to & finally resolved by arbitration in accordance with the Indian Arbitration & Conciliation Act, 1996. The arbitration shall be a "documents only", evidence through affidavits "fast track" arbitration. The Tribunal shall consist of one (1) arbitrator to be appointed by India Herald Group of Publishers P LIMITED . The exclusive seats of arbitration shall be Chennai, India & the language of the arbitration shall be English.

Governing Law

This agreement shall be governed by & construed in accordance with the laws of India. User access to & use of the Site is subject to all applicable laws.

Jurisdiction

In respect of all matters/disputes arising out of, in connection with or in relation to this agreement, only the civil courts at Mumbai, India shall have jurisdiction, to the exclusion of all other courts.

Publication

The Web site is deemed to be published from/at Mumbai, India (irrespective of where it is accessed from).

Any matter, dispute, resolution on the presents are subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of Mumbai Court only.

All communications and notices of any kind may be sent to:
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