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Archive for May, 2018

Virat Kohli hits nets, goes through light training

Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:40

Less than two weeks after he suffered a neck injury while fielding in an IPL match, India captain Virat Kohli hit the nets at Mumbai's Bandra Kurla Complex (BKC) facility on Wednesday.

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Vikas Gowda, discus star, calls it quits

Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:40

Gowda ensured that the Indian flag fluttered high during many international meets as he won gold medals, including in the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games and at the Asian Championships in 2013 and 2015.

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Niti Aayog to work on boosting Make in India for medical devices

Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:31

NEW DELHI: In a move to boost production of medical devices in India, government policy think tank Niti Aayog on Wednesday held a meeting to mull measures like tax-based incentives and caps on distributor and retailer margins of these products, said three persons directly aware of the development.The discussion was ...

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Bad loans turning worse force a cut in PSU Bank price targets

Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:31

Public sector banks have seen deep cuts in consensus target prices by brokerages this year as the bad loan woes of the sector worsened during the fourth quarter.Punjab National Bank, which has been at the centre of a multi-crore fraud, posted the highest loss among PSU banks at Rs 12,283 ...

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Bengal tense as BJP worker found hanging from tree

Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:27

rilochan Mahato, a final-year history honours student of Balarampur College, was associated with BJP Yuva Morcha.His cellphone, purse, cap and bicycle were found nearby, police said.

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Xiaomi is ready to shake up India’s television market with a Make-in-India twist

Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:21

KOLKATA: China's Xiaomi may start making television sets in India from the next quarter in partnership with Taiwanese contract manufacturer Foxconn instead of importing them as it plans to dominate online sales in the upcoming festive season, three senior industry executives said.The company, which is the biggest seller of smartphones ...

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In nod to India, US renames Pacific Command

Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:12

"In recognition of the increasing connectivity between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, today we rename the US Pacific Command to US Indo-Pacific Command," US defense secretary Jim Mattis said.

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‘I always say the pressure is on Harendra’

Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:00

After a long and circuitous route coaching the junior team and the women's team, Harendra Singh is, finally, back at the helm of India's men's hockey team.

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India won’t levy duty on solar gear imports

Thursday, May 31, 2018 1:49

Bengaluru: The government has decided not to impose safeguards duty on solar equipment from China and Malaysia, overruling the directorate general of safeguards' recommendation of a 70% levy that had delighted local manufacturers but alarmed developers who felt that the steep rise in input costs would make projects unviable.The Delhi ...

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SBI alerts branches of Iran, Russia pitfalls

Thursday, May 31, 2018 1:35

Mumbai: The country's largest lender State Bank of India (SBI) has alerted all its offices on the pitfalls of dealing with companies carrying out trade with Russia and Iran which are battling US sanctions.Large corporate branches handling oil import payments to Iran have been told to inform Indian refiners that ...

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