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Airtel pays Rs 10,000 crore to govt towards statutory dues

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With the government coming down heavily on telcos after the Supreme Court’s rap, Bharti Airtel on Monday said it has paid Rs 10,000 crore to the telecom department towards statutory dues.The company said it will make payment of balance amount after self-assessment exercise.”The…amount of Rs 10,000 crore has been paid on behalf of Bharti Airtel, Bharti Hexacom, and Telenor,” the Sunil Mittal-led company said in a statement.As much as Rs 9,500 crore has been paid on behalf of Bharti Airtel (including Telenor India which merged with the company), and another…

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SC directs Centre to grant permanent commission to women officers in Army within 3 months

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The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Centre to grant permanent commission to all women officers in the Army within three months, terming the Centre’s argument of physiological limitations and social norms for denying them command posts “disturbing”.A bench headed by Justice D Y Chandrachud said there will not be any absolute bar on giving them command postings.It said women officers in the past have brought laurels to the country and change of mindset is required on the part of the government to put an end to gender bias in…

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‘Bad mistakes’ cost Woods in second round at Riviera

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Tiger Woods’s hopes of a record-setting 83rd US PGA Tour victory at the Genesis Invitational dwindled Friday with a disappointing two-over par 73 at Riviera Country Club. Already five off the pace to start the day, Woods finished the second round at even par 142 for 36 holes and seven behind clubhouse leader Harold Varner, who carded a 68 for a seven-under total of 135. Australian Adam Scott, South Korean Kang Sung and American Vaughn Taylor were in the clubhouse on six-under. Scott had seven birdies in his seven-under 64,…

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Prosecutor: Weinstein saw victims as ‘complete disposables’

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Harvey Weinstein believed he was so powerful he could get away with denigrating aspiring actresses drawn into a world where the Hollywood big shot considered them “complete disposables”, a prosecutor said on Friday in closing arguments at his New York City rape trial. “The universe is run by me and they don’t get to complain when they get stepped on, spit on, demoralised and, yes, raped and abused by me the king,” Joan Illuzzi-Orbon said, mimicking Weinstein. Using a TV monitor next to the jury box, the prosecutors displayed photos…

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SC allows Karti Chidambaram to travel to UK, France

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The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Karti Chidambaram, who is facing criminal cases being probed by the ED and CBI, to travel to the UK and France this month for attending a tennis tournament. A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde permitted Karti Chidambaram to travel abroad from February 14 to 28 subject to compliance of conditions imposed earlier. The apex court had earlier allowed Karti, the son of Congress leader P Chidambaram, permission to travel abroad after depositing Rs 10 crore with the secretary general of the…

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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