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IRCTC up for seventh straight session; zooms 106% against listing price

IRCTC up for seventh straight session; zooms 106% against listing price

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Shares of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) were trading higher for the seventh straight day, up 10 per cent to Rs 1,328 on the BSE on Saturday. The stock has rallied 17 per cent in the past two trading days.

IRCTC, the government-owned travel support services company, was trading at its highest level since market debut on October 10, 2019. The stock has…

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Rooting for the Midwest to Win Super Bowl Glory

Rooting for the Midwest to Win Super Bowl Glory

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The weather forecast for the AFC title game on Jan. 19 told me all I needed to know. The temperature on the field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., home to the Chiefs, was 18 degrees, but it felt more like 5. I watched from the comfort of my apartment on the east coast, where it was a balmy 42 degrees, but as a native of Chicago I remembered that Midwestern cold. Growing up, we…

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JeM Militants Killed at Jammu Toll Plaza Carried Ammo That Could Pierce Bulletproof Vehicles: Police

JeM Militants Killed at Jammu Toll Plaza Carried Ammo That Could Pierce Bulletproof Vehicles: Police

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Jammu: Three JeM militants, killed in a gunfight near a toll plaza here, had left an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) under a hoarding on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway which another member of the module was to use to target security forces, police said on Saturday.

The Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militants also carried ‘armoured piercing steel core ammunition’ which can go through…

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Amazon Is Big ... Really, Really Big; Workforce Hits 798,000 Worldwide

Amazon Is Big … Really, Really Big; Workforce Hits 798,000 Worldwide

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Need more proof that Amazon is big? It came this week. Amazon’s U.S. workforce has topped 500,000 for the first time, up 43% from the year before and more than triple what it was five years ago, the company said Friday. It gained 150,000 workers last year, more than the size of Apple’s entire workforce.

When it reported its quarterly performance Thursday , Amazonrevealed that 150 million…

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Watch: Afghan Spinner 'Mankads' Pakistan Batsman In U-19 World Cup, Leaves Twitter Divided | Cricket News

Watch: Afghan Spinner ‘Mankads’ Pakistan Batsman In U-19 World Cup, Leaves Twitter Divided | Cricket News

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While the likes of James Anderson, Dale Steyn and Mark Waugh were dead against the ‘mankad’ dismissal, others like Harsha Bhogle and Tino Best supported it.

Absolutely. And I am waiting for the day when people say you must warn a batsman before stumping him. The spirit of the game is violated if the non-striker runs less than he should and claims a run. https://t.co/rSobZnKZGT

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Budget 2020: Finance Minister Yields To BJP Demand For 'Gaon, Gareeb, Kisan' Budget, Allocates Rs 2.83 Lakh Crore For Agriculture And Allied Sectors

Budget 2020: Finance Minister Yields To BJP Demand For ‘Gaon, Gareeb, Kisan’ Budget, Allocates Rs 2.83 Lakh Crore For Agriculture And Allied Sectors

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Budget 2020: The Budget speech claimed to set the agricultural credit target at Rs 15 lakh crore.

New Delhi:

In a major rural push, the government has allocated a massive Rs 2.83 lakh crore for agriculture and allied sectors, as sought by the BJP in its pre-Budget meet with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on January 9.

For agriculture, allied activities, irrigation and rural…

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Amid Battle Against Worst Slowdown in 11 Yrs, FM's 'Feel Good' Plan for India: Rate Budget 2020 Here

Amid Battle Against Worst Slowdown in 11 Yrs, FM’s ‘Feel Good’ Plan for India: Rate Budget 2020 Here

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New Delhi: Even as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) blamed the slowdown in India for creating a drag worldwide, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday announced that the country is now the fifth largest economy in the world and the Central government debt has reduced to 48.7 per cent of GDP from 52.2 per cent in March 2014.

Assuring that the Union Budget for 2020-21 was…

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IDBI Bank rallies 17% as FM Sitharaman proposes to sell entire govt stake

IDBI Bank rallies 17% as FM Sitharaman proposes to sell entire govt stake

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Shares of IDBI Bank surged up to 17.4 per cent to Rs 39.8 on the BSE on Saturday after finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the government would sell its entire stake in the bank to private players.

The finance minister made the announcement while presenting the Union Budget for financial year 2020-21.

At 12:52 pm, the stock was trading at 16.96 per cent…

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Union Budget 2020: Delhi-Mumbai expressway to be completed by 2023 | Delhi News - Times of India

Union Budget 2020: Delhi-Mumbai expressway to be completed by 2023 | Delhi News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: The Delhi-Mumbai expressway will be completed by 2023, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday while presenting the second Union Budget of Modi’s re-elected government. Union road transport minister Nitin Gadkarihas already asked National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) to take up the project on top priority considering the large-scale impact it will have on…

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Former K-Pop Star Seungri Indicted for Prostitution and Habitual Gambling

Former K-Pop Star Seungri Indicted for Prostitution and Habitual Gambling

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The indictment is the most recent event in the Burning Sun scandal, which revealed the scale of a sexual abuse scandal in the Gangnam district.

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Updated:February 1, 2020, 12:19 PM IST

The indictment is the most recent event in the Burning Sun scandal, which revealed the scale of a sexual abuse scandal in the Gangnam district.

Former K-pop idol Seungri has been indicted…

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"Aspirational India": Budget 2020 Earmarks Rs 99,300 Crore For Education

“Aspirational India”: Budget 2020 Earmarks Rs 99,300 Crore For Education

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New Delhi:

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced a Rs 99,300 crore allocation for education, tagging it as one of the key points of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s vision of “Aspirational India”. Rs 3,000 crore was earmarked for skill development.

The outlay marked a big hike over the revised Rs 94,853.64-crore earmarked for the education sector in the 2019-20 fiscal.

“T…

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Samsung Galaxy S20 Series Sale Date to Be March 6, US Website Reveals

Samsung Galaxy S20 Series Sale Date to Be March 6, US Website Reveals

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Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event is set for February 11, and the company is expected to unveil the Galaxy S20 series and possibly a second foldable phone called the Galaxy Z Flip at the event. Reservations for the next Galaxy device are now underway, and the company is taking registrations of interest on its official site. These aren’t pre-orders, but just registrations for notifications…

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FM Proposes Kisan Rail in PPP Mode for Cold Supply Chain to Transport Perishable Goods

FM Proposes Kisan Rail in PPP Mode for Cold Supply Chain to Transport Perishable Goods

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Perishable goods like fruits, vegetables, dairy products, fish, meat need to be carried in such temperature controlled vans in order to travel long distances.

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Updated:February 1, 2020, 12:27 PM IST

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New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Saturday proposed to set up Kisan Rail in public-private-partnership (PPP) mode for cold supply chain…

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Nirbhaya case: Ready to carry out hangings, Tihar jail to seek legal advice | Delhi News - Times of India

Nirbhaya case: Ready to carry out hangings, Tihar jail to seek legal advice | Delhi News – Times of India

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NEW DELHI: With another date of execution getting deferred in the Nirbhaya case, Tihar authorities are now planning to consult legal experts to push for reducing the 14-day period given to the convicts to “making peace with God.” Till Friday afternoon, preparations for the hanging of the four convicts in Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case were on in full swing. Tihar Jailauthorities had…

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1st Unofficial Test: India A Trail New Zealand A By 219 Runs At Stumps On Day 3 | Cricket News

1st Unofficial Test: India A Trail New Zealand A By 219 Runs At Stumps On Day 3 | Cricket News

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India A were left with an arduous task of saving the first unofficial Testafter New Zealand A notched up a mammoth 562 in their first innings on Saturday. Responding to India A’s first innings total of 216, the hosts declared shortly after losing their seventh wicket on the third and penultimate day at the Hagley Oval. In their second essay, the visitors were 127 for two when bad light…

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Budget 2020: India Now 5th Largest Economy Globally, Says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

Budget 2020: India Now 5th Largest Economy Globally, Says Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman

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Budget 2020: India now 5th largest economy globally, says finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman

New Delhi:

India is now the fifth largest economy in the world and the Central government debt has reduced to 48.7 per cent of GDP from 52.2 per cent in March 2014, Finance Minister Nirmma Sitharaman said on Saturday.

Presenting the Union Budget for 2020-21, she said growth of 7.4 per cent…

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Chola to raise Rs 900 crore through QIP; Singapore govt among investors

Chola to raise Rs 900 crore through QIP; Singapore govt among investors

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Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company will raise around Rs 900 crore through Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP).

Government of Singapore (24.39 per cent of the issue size), Monetary Authority of Singapore (5.61 per cent), Janchor Partners Opportunities Master Funds (10 per cent), ICICI Prudential Mutual Fund (15.56 per cent), and Aditya Birla Sun Life Mutual Fund (15.56…

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