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Archive for July, 2019

Global smartphone shipments slip 1.2 per cent to 360 mn units in Q2 2019: Counterpoint

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 11:03

NEW DELHI: Global smartphone shipments fell 1.2 per cent to 360 million units in the second quarter of 2019, making it the seventh consecutive quarter of decline, research firm Counterpoint said on Wednesday.A total of 364.3 million units were shipped in the April-June 2018 quarter globally. The research firm attributed ...

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Suspended footballer Gharami says ‘was not aware of banned substance’

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 11:00

The suspended Delhi Dynamos player Rana Gharami has told the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and All India Football Federation (AIFF) that he "wasn't aware of the presence of any banned substance" in the medicine that he took to treat fever.

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India in Australia’s working holiday visa plan

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:55

Australia plans to expand the 'Working Holiday Maker' visa programme to over a dozen countries, including India, to recruit workers to regional areas to solve the labour shortages particularly on farms, Immigration Minister David Coleman said on Wednesday.The Australian government is in discussions to extend the scheme to include backpackers ...

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Harbhajan’s Khel Ratna snub: Punjab minister orders probe into alleged delay

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:50

The Punjab government has ordered an inquiry into the allegations levelled by veteran India player Harbhajan Singh that administrative delay on the part of the state's sports department was the reason for the rejection of his nomination for the prestigious Khel Ratna Award.

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Air Force is giving you ‘chance’ to be Abhinandan

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:50

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Nifty forms bullish candle, lower highs & lows suggest weakness

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:42

By Chandan Taparia Nifty opened negative on Wednesday and drifted towards the 11,000 mark, but bounced back from lower levels in the latter part of the session. It formed a Bullish Candle on the daily scale, but continued to form lower highs and lows, which has been seen for last ...

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Vedanta contributes 0.40% to India GDP, says study

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:39

NEW DELHI: Mining giant Vedanta Ltd contributes around 0.40 per cent or Rs 67,554 crore to India's GDP through its operations, according to a study released on Wednesday.Taking into account the company's suppliers and their ability to generate employment, the indirect impact is another Rs 1,69,550 crore or 1 per ...

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If we lacked vision, Pandya, Bumrah wouldn’t have played Test: MSK

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:27

Jasprit Bumrah's superb performance in the Test arena and making a decent Test player out of a T20 slogger like Hardik Pandya would be the lasting legacy of a selection committee accused of "lacking vision", chairman of selectors MSK Prasad has asserted.

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Some hungry cows may rescue India from a sugar glut

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:20

By Pratik ParijaIndia's second-biggest sugar producing region is facing an unusual situation: Attractive returns in the cattle-feed market are prompting farmers to sell sugar cane as fodder.That may cause sugar output in Maharashtra to drop below an earlier estimate of 6.44 million tons for the year starting in October, said ...

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526 teeth removed from Chennai boy’s mouth

Wednesday, July 31, 2019 10:09

The swollen right cheek of 7-year-old Ravindranath looked like symptoms of a decayed tooth to his parents. But tucked inside his right lower jaw were 526 teeth that dentists had to remove surgically. The abnormal teeth were not visible from outside the mouth. Dentists surgically removed all of them and ...

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