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Putin sorry for not 'shielding' Russia athletes from doping scandal

Putin sorry for not ‘shielding’ Russia athletes from doping scandal

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 14:41

President Vladimir Putin told Russian Olympic athletes on Wednesday that he was sorry his government had not protected them from the fallout of a doping scandal.

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India’s premium smartphone mkt grows 20% in 2017: Counterpoint

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 14:40

NEW DELHI: The premium smartphone segment in India witnessed over 20 per cent growth in 2017 over the previous year, driven by strong uptake of devices from the stables of Apple and OnePlus, a report by Counterpoint Research today said.The premium smartphone segment (priced Rs 30,000 onwards) was the second ...

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Bharti Airtel did not submit a firm bid for Nigeria’s 9mobile

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 14:34

LAGOS: India's largest telecoms operator, Bharti Airtel has not taken part in a bidding round for Nigerian rival 9mobile which was aimed at finding new investors for the debt-laden company, a Bharti Airtel Africa spokesman said on Wednesday.Bharti Airtel's Africa spokesman confirmed a Reuters report from Tuesday that the Indian ...

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Conditions make Rahane strong No. 4 candidate for 2019 WC: Kohli

Conditions make Rahane strong No. 4 candidate for 2019 WC: Kohli

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 14:30

Indian skipper Virat Kohli on Wednesday said the experimentation in the middle order will continue for some more time though the conditions make Ajinkya Rahane a strong No. 4 candidate for the World Cup in England next year.

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PM Modi launches Khelo India School Games

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 14:27

Inaugurating the revamped Khelo India School Games here on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said it was the first step towards making the country a strong contender at the Olympic level.

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What poetic turns can be expected in Jaitley’s fifth Budget speech

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 14:24

Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, India's current finance minister carries on a long tradition of interspersing his prosaic Budget speech with fine poetry. A long line of finance ministers before him also used the levity that poetry provides to rationalise their hard and sometimes inevitable Budget trade-offs.The lawyer-turned-politician refrained from using ...

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Budget 2018: Can Professor Arvind Subramanian's call for vigilance mean something for stocks?

Budget 2018: Can Professor Arvind Subramanian’s call for vigilance mean something for stocks?

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 14:19

?It? ha?s barely been two days ?since? Professor ?Arvind ?Subramanian spoke, holding a pink colored document. The one and half hour long extempore speech that followed the unveiling of the ?document, motivated many into a minute reading of the voluminous Economic Survey of ...

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Cannot judge players based on IPL money, says Sourav Ganguly

Cannot judge players based on IPL money, says Sourav Ganguly

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 14:18

A cricketer should not be judged on the basis of how much he fetches in the Indian Premier League (IPL) as the cash-rich Twenty20 tournament is based on "demand and supply", feels former India captain Sourav Ganguly.

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‘Suit-boot’ jibe: BJP targets Rahul’s jacket; Cong chief attacks PM again

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 14:06

The BJP and the Congress tore into each other after the Meghalaya unit of the BJP, in an apparent bid to get even with Rahul Gandhi over his "suit-boot" jibe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claimed the Congress chief wore a jacket worth Rs 63,000 to a concert in Shillong ...

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Expect India to improve on poor ODI record in SA: Faf du Plessis

Expect India to improve on poor ODI record in SA: Faf du Plessis

Wednesday, January 31, 2018 14:01

South Africa captain Faf du Plessis on Wednesday acknowledged that it will be tough to beat India in the six-match ODI series starting Thursday and said the visitors' poor record here in the 50-over format will not be much of a factor.

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