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Friday, August 31, 2018

Mamata remembers martyrs of 'Khadya Andolan'

Remembering the martyrs of 1959 Khadya Andolan, Bengal chief Minister Mamta Banerjee said that her government provides food security to 90% of the people through the Khadya Sathi scheme. Bengal witnessed a mass movement in the late 1958 by the then undivided CPI and other left groups protesting against food crisis.

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Hotel tender scam: Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav granted bail by Delhi court

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Friday heaved a sigh of relief after a special Delhi court on Friday granted bail to Rabri Devi, RJD supreme Lalu Prasad's wife and for to his sons Tejashwi Yadav who are co-accused in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation tender scam.

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SC to decide validity of Article 35A on J&K: All you need to know

A three-judge constitutional bench of the Supreme Court (SC) will hear a legal challenge today regarding constitutional validity of Article 35A which bars non-residents of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) from purchasing land in the state. Similar hearings have been adjourned twice this month.

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GLSV-F11’s cryogenic engine tested



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How sexual abuse survivors battle to heal scars



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Minor forest produce may see MSP boost



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SC/STs still outcasts, need quota in promotion: AG



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‘Register names of all members, admins of WhatsApp groups’



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Sedition law should not be misused to curb free speech, says Law commission



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‘BJP men’ fire at 3-year-old as mom ‘defects’ to TMC



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Why ‘8 o’clock - 4 o’clock’ is safest for highway driving



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How this young monk pulls off the great memory trick

In his pursuit to become a ‘maha shatavdhani’,17-year-old Jain monk, Muni Padma prabhchandra sagar, will display his prodigious memory by allowing audience to ask questions randomly from a lot of 200. Sagar, a disciple of Acharya Nayachandrasagarji, used techniques like silence and meditation to increase attention span and working memory.

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Apple iPhone 2018 launch confirmed for September 12, Apple sends Gather Round invite

Apple iPhone 2018 launch confirmed for September 12, Apple sends Gather Round invite

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Arrest of Activists: All evidence scientifically analysed, says Pune top cop



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Coca-Cola to buy Costa chain for £3.9bn

The UK's biggest coffee chain is being sold by owner Whitbread, which also owns Premier Inns.

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Homebase future in doubt as creditors meet

If landlords do not approve a rescue deal for the DIY chain, it is likely to go into administration.

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Trump threatens to pull US out of World Trade Organization

The US president says he will abandon the global trade body "if they don't shape up".

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PwC tells new staff they can choose what hours to work

Accountancy giant PwC gives some new recruits the option to work the hours they want.

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Ad giant WPP 'to name Mark Read as CEO'

He is expected to replace Sir Martin Sorrell, who quit the firm in April amid a misconduct scandal.

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Argentina raises rates as peso plummets

Central bank raises benchmark interest rate in an effort to stabilise the country's financial crisis.

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Wonga collapses into administration

The payday lender's collapse follows a surge in compensation claims amid a government clampdown.

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Trump calls for CNN boss Jeff Zucker to be fired

The US president says AT&T should fire CNN's president Jeff Zucker to "save credibility".

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Panasonic to move Europe headquarters from UK to Amsterdam

The Japanese electronics giant says the move to Amsterdam aims to avoid potential tax issues after Brexit.

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Gay dating app Grindr to sell shares

Kunlun Group, the Chinese owner of Grindr, plans to sell shares in the dating app.

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Plastic bags: Charge could rise to 10p and be extended to smaller shops

All shops in England would have to implement the charge under proposals announced by the PM.

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Emails while commuting 'should count as work'

Wider access to wi-fi on trains and the use of mobile phones has extended the working day, a study says.

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Vodafone in $11bn Australian merger

The UK telecoms giant has confirmed plans to combine its Australian business with TPG Telecom.

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Argentina asks IMF to release $50bn loan as crisis worsens

Calls to speed up a $50bn bailout come amid rampant inflation and the tumbling value of the peso.

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UK car manufacturing tumbles in July

SMMT blames model changes and other factors for an 11% slide in vehicle production last month.

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The power of 'pink money' in India

Some businesses in India have found that catering to the LGBT community makes financial sense.

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Coffee war brews in the land of tea

Luckin Coffee, a new chain in China where customers must pay by app, is taking on traditional cafes.

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'My robot makes me feel like I haven't been forgotten'

How internet-connected robots are helping combat the scourge of isolation and loneliness.

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How do you market a country?

With nearly 200 nations around the world, what can a country do to stand out?

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What Airbnb really does to a neighbourhood

Does an influx of temporary rentals have a positive or negative effect on the surrounding area?

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Reality Check: What are the tariffs on trade with Africa?

UK Prime Minister Theresa May is setting out a plan for future trade and investment relationships with African countries.

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Age: 43. Hobby: Lego. Rise of the middle-aged toy fans

From Lego to model railways, the popularity and spending on toys and games is rising among adults.

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'Rewards don't improve school attendance'

Harvard researchers find that rewards for good attendance do not reduce absenteeism.

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Is this African teenager a future coding superstar?

Nigerian schoolgirl Tomisin Ogunnubi is impressing tech companies with her coding ambitions.

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Article 35(A) validity in J&K: SC adjourns hearing until January

The Supreme Court on Friday again adjourned its hearing on a plea challenging the constitutional validity of Article 35-A, this time until January. The J&K government and the Centre on Friday sought postponement of the hearing on the ground that the Panchayat polls in the state would go on till December.

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Asian Games Live: Boxer Vikas settles for bronze

Indian boxer Vikas Krishan (75kg) settled for a bronze medal after he was declared medically unfit to fight his semifinal bout due to a cut on his left eyelid sustained earlier in the event

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ITR filing last day today: Guide to avoid penalty

It is very important to pick the correct ITR form while filing the returns. Some of the available forms are ITR 1 (SAHAJ), ITR 2, ITR 3, ITR 4, ITR 4S (SUGAM), ITR 5, ITR 6 and ITR 7. After filing the returns online, taxpayers can quickly e-verify it using 'digital signature certificate' (DSC). For those who don't have a DSC, they can fill the verification form and send it to the tax department's office within 120 days of filing the returns.

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New low: Rupee@71, these people feel the pain

On Friday Rupee breached the 71-mark for the first time against the dollar, hitting a fresh low. The weakening of the rupee over the last few days has been attributed to month-end dollar demand from importers, the pressure being on currencies by Turkish lira and Chinese offshore yuan and rally in crude oil.

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Pak backs down after Imran govt's spat with US

NEW DELHI: Pakistan's new Imran Khan government is bending backwards to put behind it its first spat with the US over whether terrorism was discussed or not in the US administration's first chat with Pakistan's new premier last week. "Politically, we need to move on," said Pakistan yesterday .

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Trump's intense sensitivity to slights suggests he fails to see politics as a cause greater than the individual

President Donald Trump is in no mood to take lectures from John McCain and the weeklong national civics lesson the Arizona senator sketched with his own funeral rites.


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Trump defends response to McCain's death

President Donald Trump defended his response to the death of Sen. John McCain in an interview with Bloomberg News.


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In pictures: The John McCain memorials

Americans are paying tribute this week to US Sen. John McCain, who died last Saturday at the age of 81.


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How McCain helped save Ernest Hemingway's home

Though a fierce critic of Cuba's communist government, the late Senator John McCain went to great lengths to quietly help a US-Cuban project to restore Ernest Hemingway's home in Havana. CNN's Patrick Oppmann explains why.


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India's world-beating growth not enough to end job drought

Holding India back are glacial economic reforms, a fragile banking sector, rigid labor laws and a spotty educational system that imparts limited skills to the 12 million young people who enter the job market each year.

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Rupee has now breached 71 for the first time

On Friday Rupee breached the 71-mark for the first time against the dollar, hitting a fresh low. The weakening of the rupee over the last few days has been attributed to month-end dollar demand from importers, the pressure being on currencies by Turkish lira and Chinese offshore yuan and rally in crude oil.

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ITR filing last day today: Guide to avoid penalty

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You need to pay more for CNG, piped gas from Oct

After petrol and diesel, consumers using CNG (compressed natural gas) and PNG (piped natural gas) will have to pay more from October 1 as the benchmark price for natural gas produced from domestic fields is expected to hit a 28-month high during the routine six-monthly revision.

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Trump threatens to pull US out of WTO

US Prez Donald Trump has said that if the WTO does not treat US better then he will pull ut of the organisation.The consequences of US withdrawal from the WTO is expected to be greater than Trump's growing trade war with China. US has accused the WTO dispute-settlement system of interfering with US sovereignty, particularly on anti-dumping cases.

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Rural India goes for anti-ageing cream

According to consumer insights gathered by rural tech startup StoreKing, international brands like Garuda Foods and Maybelline cosmetics have found their way into markets beyond the cities without companies making significant investments.

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I-T returns surge 60%, cross 5 crore filings

Income-tax returns hit the five crore mark on Thursday evening, a rise of over 60% compared with filings a year ago. The authorities believe that compliance improved on account of persuasion, education of taxpayers, imposition of penalty on missing the Aug 31 deadline along with Nov 2016 demonetization of Rs.500 and Rs.1000 currency notes.

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Markets rally ahead of Q1 GDP numbers

Sensex opened just above the 38,700-mark, gaining 14 points. However, soon after the trading started, the gauge extended its gains and was up 120 points at 9.40 am, having regained the 38,800-mark. The broader 50-share NSE Nifty had also regained the psychological mark of 11,700.

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Demonetisation turned India into tax-compliant society: Jaitley

“Was the invalidation of the non-deposited currency the only object of demonetisation? Certainly not,” Jaitley said in a Facebook post dismissing criticism that demonetisation had not met its objectives. The FM listed the benefits of demonetisation which ranged from higher tax receipts, more money in the system and eventually higher growth.

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Arun Jaitley hits out at note ban critics, says demonetisation fulfilled objective

Jaitley suggested that the 'larger objective' of demonetisation was to make India a tax-compliant society, an exercise which involved the formalisation of the economy and a blow to the black money​. The minister noted that in the last two years, income tax returns have increased by 19 per cent.

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GST will benefit economy, honest taxpayers: President Kovind

Addressing a group of probationers of the Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), he said a nation's tax structure should be just, efficient, honest and equitable. Kovind said the government last year introduced the Goods and Services Tax, the most comprehensive tax reform ever seen by the nation.

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Drones and stakeouts: How Tesla 'haters' put pressure on CEO Musk



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Exporters facing uncertainty due to rupee depreciation: FIEO

Federation of Indian Export Organisations (FIEO) president Ganesh Kumar Gupta said that with fluctuation in rupee value, global buyers start asking for review of contracts. "Exporters are facing uncertainty due to this. They are unable to hedge as they do not know where the rupee value would go tomorrow," Gupta said.

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Fortis Healthcare CFO Gagandeep Singh Bedi quits

The Board of Directors of the company at its meeting held on Thursday have considered Bedi's resignation from the services of the company, and accepted the same, with effect from September 30, 2018, Fortis Healthcare said in a filing to BSE. The resignation is due to personal reasons, it added.

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The 3-carat yellow diamond behind PNB fraud

The price of the large yellow diamond alternately shrank and spiked by about a million dollars as it moved across the globe. The three-carat gem was shipped at least four times between shadowy companies allegedly controlled by Indian billionaire Nirav Modi.

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Markets end with losses, Sensex under 38,700

Sensex, which had almost touched 39,000 on Wednesday has now scaled down quite a bit, facing resistance at the 39k-mark. The shares fell on Thursday on profit-booking in financials ahead of the expiry of futures and options contracts later in the day. Among sectors, Nifty FMCG and Nifty Pharma gained more than a per cent each while bank stocks dragged.

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Paytm Mall looks to take on Flipkart, Amazon

Patym Mall, owned by Paytm E-Commerce, is currently the third biggest player in India’s rapidly-growing online retail space. The company already has a revenue sharing partnership with Future Retail, which owns hypermarket stores like Big Bazaar and fashion shops.

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Your Rs 100 note is more likely to be counterfeit

The central bank detected 36.1 per cent of the total 522,783 fake notes last fiscal — a nine-fold increase from 4.3 per cent in 2016-17, the yearly report revealed. This data came to light primarily on the back of processing of notes withdrawn from circulation after demonetisation.

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