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Chhetri-less India take on Jordan in Asian Cup tune-up

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India, despite missing their talismanic striker Sunil Chhetri, will fancy their chances when they take on hosts Jordan in an international football friendly here on Saturday.   The match at the Jordan capital is in preparation for the AFC Asian Cup, scheduled to be held in January-February next year. India are ranked 97th while Jordan are placed 112th in the FIFA rankings. Even though they will be without Chhetri, the country’s all-time leading scorer, Stephen Constantine’s men will take confidence from their goalless stalemate in their previous friendly against higher-ranked…

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Hardik’s game was suited for Australian conditions, his absence will hurt India: Hussey

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Mike Hussey, who has a fair idea about the current crop of India players, feels that all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s absence will “hurt” the visitors in the upcoming Test series against Australia. The series starts on December 6 in Adelaide. Pandya is undergoing rehabilitation after suffering a lower-back injury during the Asia Cup in Dubai last September. “I think Hardik is a wonderful talent and I am sure his game style would have been suited to the Australian conditions. Add to that, the balance he offers the team with his all-round…

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J K Simmons to star in ‘Veronica Mars’ revival

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Los Angeles, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) Veteran actor J K Simmons has joined the cast of Hulu’s “Veronica Mars” revival. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Simmons will play an ex-con named Clyde Prickett in the series. Clyde served 10 years for racketeering and was the first inmate in Chino to offer protection to Neptune real estate developer Big Dick Casablancas (David Starzyk) when he entered the prison. After getting free Clyde started working as the elder Casablancas’ fixer. He is the smarter and more dangerous of the two and has…

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I like to be criticised as it makes me aware, says Amitabh Bachchan

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Mumbai, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he is fine taking criticism as it at least assures that the creative work has been consumed by the audience as opposed to people not watching a film at all. Bachchan along with wife Jaya was in conversation with author Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi at the launch of his book “The Rabbit and The Squirrel” at the 9thedition of Tata Literature Live!, Thursday. When asked how do they both take criticism, Jaya quipped, “I don’t actually care.” Bachchan said, “The first assurance…

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Local court grants bail to Samachar Plus editor-in-chief

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Dehradun, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) A local court granted bail to the CEO and editor-in-chief of Samachar Plus on Friday, 19 days after he was arrested for mounting undue pressure on a subordinate to conduct a sting operation on Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and a senior bureaucrat considered close to him. Samachar Plus CEO Umesh Kumar Sharma has been granted bail by the district and sessions court, Rajpur police station incharge Umesh Kumar said. The private news channel head was arrested from his Indirapuram residence in Ghaziabad on…

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Bhima Koregaon case: SC adjourns hearing on Maharashtra’s plea to Dec 3

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New Delhi, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court Friday adjourned to December 3 the hearing on the Maharashtra government’s plea challenging the Bombay High Court order by which the extension of time granted to the state police to conclude probe in the Bhima Koregaon violence case was set aside. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph deferred the matter to enable the counsel for the Maharashtra government to file a rejoinder affidavit in the case. The apex court on October…

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‘New RBI window may not increase credit to NBFCs’

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Mumbai, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) The partial credit enhancement (PCE)facility by the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) for non-bank lenders is unlikely to have the desired impact of increasing credit flow to the troubled sector, a report said Friday. On November 2, RBI had allowed banks to provide PCE for debt raised by non-deposit-taking systematically important non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs). “The issuance volumes for NBFCs/HFCs under the PCE framework are likely to remain muted,” domestic rating agency Icra said in the note. Credit enhancement is…

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Rupee ends at fresh 2-month high of 71.93 despite oil rebound

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Mumbai, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) The rupee Friday strengthened further by 4 paise to close at a fresh two-month high 71.93 against the US currency, continuing its gaining streak for the fourth day, despite a rebound in oil prices and a stronger dollar. Crude oil prices falling below the USD 70 per barrel mark and forex inflows have boosted the rupee sentiment as the domestic currency posted gains of 57 paise or 0.79 per cent this week to touch two-month high levels. Increased selling of the US currency by exporters…

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मनीषा की दमदार जीत, अगले दौर में विश्व चैम्पियन से भिड़ेंगी

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फार्म में चल रही भारतीय बैंथमवेट मुक्केबाज मनीषा मोन ने शुक्रवार को यहां केडी जाधव हाल में शुरूआती दौर के मुकाबले में अमेरिका की अनुभवी और 2016 विश्व चैम्पियनशिप की कांस्य पदकधारी क्रिस्टीना क्रूज पर 5 – 0 से शानदार जीत दर्ज कर प्रीक्वार्टरफाइनल में प्रवेश किया। मनीषा (57 किग्रा) अब क्वार्टरफाइनल में जगह बनाने के लिये 18 नवंबर को कजाखस्तान की डिना जोलामैन से भिड़ेंगी जिन्होंने मिजुकी हिरूता को 4-1 से हराया। युवा मुक्केबाज मनीषा के लिये यह जीत इसलिये भी अहम रही क्योंकि उन्हें पहले ही दौर में…

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चीनी पर सब्सिडी को लेकर भारत के खिलाफ डब्ल्यूटीओ पहुंचा ऑस्ट्रेलिया

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ऑस्ट्रेलिया ने भारत के खिलाफ चीनी पर सब्सिडी को लेकर विश्व व्यापार संगठन (डब्ल्यूटीओ) में शिकायत दर्ज कराई है। उसका मानना है कि भारत सरकार की सब्सिडी नीति से दुनियाभर में चीनी की कीमतों में ‘भारी गिरावट’ आयी है जिसका नुकसान ऑस्ट्रेलियाई उत्पादकों को हुआ है। ऑस्ट्रेलिया का आरोप है कि इसी सब्सिडी के चलते इस साल भारत में चीनी का उत्पादन बढ़ कर 3.5 करोड़ टन तक पहुंच गया है जबकि इसका औसत उत्पादन 2 करोड़ टन सालाना है। आस्ट्रेलिया का आरोप है कि भारत कृषि सब्सिडी के मामले…

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