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825BSEGlobal Equity rout extends to India, Sensex loses over 1,000 points
Overnight DOW plummeted 4.8% wiping all gains from 2018. As the Asian markets opened after it, including NSE and BSE, each one...
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997Defence11 Martyrs in 35 Days. Modi busy campaigning in Karnataka
While the country mourns the lives cut short because of cross border shelling from Pakistan, the political leadership of the country has...
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1.3KOpinionGeneration Z: Are we rearing a generation of Volcanoes
FOLLOWING ARTICLE IS A CONTRIBUTION FROM GAURI JOSHI, A STUDENT OF DELHI SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM. WE HAVE REPRODUCED THE SAME WITHOUT ANY CHANGES....
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1.0K23OpinionMaldives turmoil: India should watch out for Chinese moves
In a brewing political crisis the Maldives government Sunday ordered its police and armed forces to reject any order by the Supreme Court to arrest...
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1.2K14BusinessBharatmala starts to take shape with NHAI’s 1.75L bid invites
The National Highways Authority of India has initiated work for 10,460 km highways by inviting bids for them. The projects are expected...
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98917WorldTurkish troops are getting closer to Syria’s Afrin city center
Turkish troops are getting closer to Syria’s Afrin city center, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Feb. 3. Turkey’s ongoing Operation...
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1.5K16EntertainmentNow Padmaavat banned in Malaysia
Religious feelings too seem to have a sense of irony. After (allegedly) hurting Hindu Rajput sentiments in India, Padmaavat has been banned in Malaysia, citing...
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94825Union Budget 2018Yet another hike in MSP- Agri reforms take a back seat to Populism
Yesterday the Finance Minister, Arun Jaitley, announced increase in the minimum support price of crops to 50% over the cost of production....
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88314OpinionThe unnecessary media circus around budget
Budgeting is a mundane exercise that no one enjoys. When it comes to the same exercise for 130 Crore Indians its...
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1.1KNationCongress alleges that Justice Loya’s death is too suspicious to be natural
Today Congress demanded that Justice Loya death must be investigated by an independent SIT where there is no CBI Officer, there is no NIA...
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966NationASEAN and India ‘Republic Day’ Summit that was’nt
When 11 heads of states meet at a common venue, one expects lengthy diplomatic tango which precede the event culminating in a...
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638BusinessEconomic Survey: More enterprises register for paying taxes
The Goods and Services Tax (GST) has increased industry taxpayer base by more than 50 per cent with 34 lakh businesses coming into...
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1.2KYemen Civil WarAnother Middle East Fracture: UAE V/S Saudi Arabia play in Yemen
In what can be called a new chapter in the ongoing destabilisation of entire middle east, apparently, UAE has broken ranks from...
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96921Middle EastTurkey asks US to vacate Syria’s Manbij
Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu had some tough words for US on Saturday. He demanded that the US must withdraw its troops...
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1.6KMiddle EastPrince Al-Waleed bin Talal freed
Billionaire Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, has been released two months after being arrested in Saudi Arabia on orders of Saudi Crown Prince...
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8891WorldAmbulance kills about 100 in Kabul
A vehicle – marked to protect lives, itself protected by Geneva convention, was packed with explosives and exploded in diplomatic enclave of...
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1.1KTechHomepod Launched today!
The HomePod is now available for pre-order from today in the Apple Store in the US, UK and Australia. Six months after...
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947Middle EastKurds Seek Bashar al-Assad’s help, question US’s relevance in Syria
In an unexpected tun of events, Kurds in Afrin, the enclave facing Turkish invasion have urged Bashar al-Assad to send troops to protect...
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1.2KNationLate Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala conferred Ashoka Chakra
Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala was a specialist weapon operator in the IAF Special Forces Detachment, who laid down his life on November...
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94321NationWhen School Buses are attacked and administration is helpless
Yesterday, a violent crowd protesting against a movie pelted stones at hapless young students in a school bus in Gurgaon. Kids as...
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816NationIn frozen Davos, India and China are clearly the world leaders
While west continues its bickering over free trade Davos World Economic Forum has clearly become an Asia dominated event. It was the...
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1.1K17NationWill Kejriwal repeat faces after ‘Office for Profit’ MLA disqualification?
While it is now certain that Delhi will get itself a midterm polls on 20 seats, what is still not sure...
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997BusinessAnd Jio breaks even…
Today a statement by Reliance proclaimed that ‘Jio, which with 160.1 million subscribers is the world’s largest and fastest growing mobile data...
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1.0KMiddle EastSyrians start claiming their own country
Syrian foreign ministry has announced that its forces will “end the presence of the US” in the country. In a separate statement...
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1.2K23TechAll Apple device owners beware, ‘text bomb’ is here
A newly discovered security vulnerability in all apple devices that can freeze your iPhone, and even macs. The Vulnerability can also...
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