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Sensex, Nifty fall for 2nd day as banking, auto stocks slide

February 15, 2020 strong

Market benchmarks Sensex and Nifty dropped by almost half a percentage point on Friday as banking shares tumbled following the Supreme Court taking a strong note of non-compliance of its order asking telcos to pay Rs 1.47 lakh crore in statutory dues. The 30-share BSE Sensex fell by 202.05 points or 0.49 per cent to end at 41,257.74, with 22 of its constituents closing with losses. The broader NSE Nifty shed 61.20 points or 0.50 per cent to settle at 12,113.50 as banking, auto, FMCG and energy counters retreated. The…

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Trump says it’s honour that FB ranked him no. 1 and PM Modi no. 2

February 15, 2020 strong

US President Donald Trump has said it is a great honour that Facebook has ranked him number one and Prime Minister Narendra Modi number two on their popularity on the social networking site, ahead of his maiden visit to India. President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump will pay a state visit to India on February 24 and 25 at the invitation of Prime Minister Modi, it was announced this week. Taking to Twitter, he claimed to be the number one on Facebook, citing a remark of Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder…

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Transmission of rate cuts to improve further; credit growth momentum gathering pace: RBI chief

February 15, 2020 strong

Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das on Saturday said momentum is gathering pace on credit growth and expressed hope that transmission of rate cuts will improve further in the coming days His comments come against the backdrop of concerns over growth of the economy, which has also registered spike in inflation and slowdown in industrial production Addressing the media after RBI board meeting, which was also addressed by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Das said he does not agree that rate cut transmission is plateauing out Transmission of rate cuts is slowly…

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Struggling Sakshi seeks another trial to remain in hunt for a Tokyo berth

February 11, 2020 strong

Struggling Sakshi Malik is desperately seeking another round of trials to remain in contention for a Tokyo Olympics berth as she gears up for the upcoming Asian Wrestling Championships in non-Olympic category.The Rio Olympic bronze medallist was humbled by two-time Cadet World Champion Sonam Malik during the trials in the 62kg category.The Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) has already made it clear that it may hold fresh trials if the performance of the winners are not satisfactory at the tournament in Italy and the Asian Championship.Sonam had lost the first…

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Coronavirus death toll in China crosses 1,000

February 11, 2020 strong

The death toll in China due to the novel coronavirus epidemic has crossed 1,000, while the confirmed cases have gone over 42,000, health officials announced on Tuesday. As many as 108 deaths were reported on Monday and 2,478 new cases of the lethal disease were confirmed, the National Health Commission said in its daily report.The death toll due to nCoV rose to 1,016 and the confirmed cases have gone up to 42,638, according to the commission.Among the deaths, 103 were in Hubei province, the epicentre of the outbreak, and one…

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AAP headed for second term in Delhi, BJP distant second

February 11, 2020 strong

The Aam Aadmi Party on Tuesday appeared to be heading back to power for a second term in Delhi with the party leading in 52 seats of the 70 and the BJP ahead in 18 as votes for last week’s assembly elections were counted, according to Election Commission figuresThe contest for political power over the national capital was a bipolar one with the Congress nowhere in the reckoning, according to initial trends.AAP supremo and Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was leading in the New Delhi seat by 4,300 seats, while his…

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Pitt says he writes his speeches, credits ‘funny friends’ like Fincher for help

February 11, 2020 strong

Hollywood superstar Brad Pitt has said that he wrote all of his acceptance speeches this award season but took some help from few of his “funny friends”.Pitt’s witty and self-deprecating speeches had led to speculation that the actor had hired a professional speechwriter.But that’s not true, Pitt, who won the best supporting actor Oscar for his role in “Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood”, said.”Historically, I’ve always been really tentative about speeches, like they make me nervous. This round, I figured if I’m going to do this, let’s put some…

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HC advices Twitter not to data of senior advocate’s suspended account

February 11, 2020 strong

The Delhi High Court Tuesday advised Twitter to not delete from its servers the data pertaining to a senior advocate’s account, which was permanently suspended by the social media giant.Justice Navin Chawla said the court was not passing any formal order in this regard while advising the US-based firm not to delete senior advocate Sanjay Hegde’s data, in case it hasn’t done so already.The court was hearing Hegde’s plea challenging permanent suspension of his account by Twitter on November 5, 2019, for allegedly re-tweeting two posts.As an interim relief, Hegde,…

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Sensex snaps 2-day slide as global markets regain footing despite coronavirus overhang

February 11, 2020 strong

Markets snapped their two-session slide to close with smart gains on Tuesday, mirroring optimism in the global markets as investors wagered on limited economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak.Led by gains in index heavyweights RIL, ICICI Bank and HDFC, the 30-share BSE Sensex settled 236.52 points, or 0.58 per cent, higher at 41,216.14.Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty rose 76.40 points, or 0.64 per cent, to 12,107.90.NTPC, Maruti Suzuki, SBI, PowerGrid, Bajaj Auto, UltraTech Cement and Axis Bank rose up to 2.95 per cent.On the other hand, Bharti Airtel, Mahindra and…

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Pakistan crush Bangladesh by innings in first Test

February 10, 2020 strong

Pakistan completed a crushing innings-and-44-run victory over Bangladesh on the fourth morning on Monday, taking a 1-0 lead in the two-Test series. Bangladesh were bowled out for 168 in their second innings after resuming the day on 126-6 as Pakistan’s pace and spin attack was too hot to handle despite a flat Rawalpindi stadium pitch. Fast bowler Naseem Shah, who at 16 years and 359 days became the youngest bowler to take a Test hat-trick on Sunday, finished with 4-26 and was declared man of the match. Despite Naseem being…