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Govt to sell 100 pc stake in Air India; issues bid document

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The government on Monday announced sale of 100 per cent stake in debt-laden Air India as it issued the preliminary bid document for the strategic disinvestment with the deadline for submitting expression of interest set as March 17 As part of the strategic disinvestment, Air India would also sell 100 per cent stake in low-cost airline Air India Express and 50 per cent shareholding in joint venture AISATS, as per bid document issued on Monday Management control of the airline would also be transferred to the successful bidder This is…

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Rahul relishing dual role, says staying behind stumps helps batting too

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Wicket-keeping alongside batting is a lot more work but India’s KL Rahul on Friday said “he is loving” the additional responsibility as it is bringing the best out of him. Rahul scored 56 off 27 balls as his 99-run partnership with Virat Kohli set up the base for India to chase New Zealand’s 203 runs in the opener T20 here. Rahul kept full-time first during three-match ODI series against Australia last week. Following his good work with both bat and behind the stumps, Kohli had said he will continue with…

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Scriptwriting is underrated: Ayushmann Khurrana

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Bollywood star Ayushmann Khurrana believes scriptwriting is an underrated art in the film industry but a good script makes all the difference in an actor’s performance. “Film writing is different. Writing a script is so difficult… (It’s) the most under-rated. Actors are puppets as (whatever they do) it is all in the script,” he said during an interaction with the audience at Tata Steel Kolkata Literary Meet here on Thursday evening. Ayushmann, who has established himself with content-backed movies such as “Vicky Donor”, “Shubh Mangal Saavdhan”, “Dum Laga Ke Haisha”,…

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Sebi fines Scan Steels Rs 18.8 lakh for fraudulent trading

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Markets regulator Sebi has levied a penalty of Rs 18.80 lakh on Scan Steels Ltd for indulging in fraudulent trading in the stock options segment of the BSE. The matter pertains to a probe conducted by the regulator between April 2014 and September 2015 after observing large scale reversal of trades in stock options segment of the BSE by certain entities including Scan Steels that led to creation of artificial volume. The probe found that the trades executed by the company “were not genuine trades and being non-genuine, created an…

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SC refuses to entertain plea against imposition of NSA amid anti-CAA protests

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The Supreme Court Friday refused to entertain a plea challenging the imposition of National Security Act (NSA) in few states as also in the national capital amid anti-CAA protests. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Indira Banerjee said that it cannot pass a blanket order with regard to the imposition of NSA and asked lawyer M L Sharma to withdraw the plea. It asked Sharma to file a fresh petition or an interim application in pending pleas on the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) giving specific details of violations of…

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Lanka Prez Rajapaksa stays arrest of judge in tape controversy

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has halted the arrest of a judge accused of conspiring with Opposition leader Ranjan Ramanayake to fabricate evidence in an ongoing court case. Attorney General Dappula de Livera had directed the police to arrest Judge Gihan Pilapitiya over tapes where he and Ramanayke are heard discussing impending judgments and ongoing investigations. The recent tapes controversy has rocked the island nation in which there are over 1,20,000 conversations of Ramanyake speaking to politicians, their wives, top judges, policemen and investigators. Pilapitiya had been interdicted following the…

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Govt will not allow universities to become political battlegrounds: Ramesh Pokhriyal

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Union Human Resource Development Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal on Friday said the government will not allow universities to become political battlegrounds. He was speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a function at SKICC here. “We cannot keep students entangled in petty issues, so we will not allow universities to become political battlegrounds, we will never allow it. Students have to reach a higher level and they are doing so. There is an academic atmosphere across the country. The same goes for students in Jammu and Kashmir who are hard-working and…

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Upbeat India take on injury-struck Kiwis as build-up to T20 World Cup continues

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Preparations for the World Cup on top of their agenda, India will take on an injury-hit New Zealand in a rare five-match T20 International series starting Friday during which seam-friendly wickets would be a major challenge for the visitors.Unlike most overseas tours, this will be a quick start for the Indian team. In a tight season, the first T20 comes only five days after their last ODI against Australia at home.The team arrived in Auckland on Tuesday and chose to rest on Wednesday. Thursday was when they hit the nets…

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Democrats present case against President Trump in Senate impeachment trial

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Led by Congressman Adam Schiff, House Democrats on Wednesday began making a strong case before Senators to remove President Donald Trump in the third ever impeachment trial in the American history.Knowing that they are unlikely to succeed in ousting Trump from the White House as Republicans enjoy a 53-47 majority in the 100-membered Senate, the managers of the House, wherein Democrats enjoy a majority, had their arguments on the Senate floor with an eye on the November elections. Making a strong plea before Senators, Democratic Congressman Schiff, who is the…

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Aadhaar, dabba, hartal, shaadi make it to Oxford dictionary

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The latest edition of the Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary features 26 new Indian English words, including Aadhaar, chawl, dabba, hartal and shaadi.The 10th edition of the dictionary, which was launched on Friday, has 384 Indian English words and incorporates over 1,000 new words such as chatbot, fake news and microplastic.The dictionary focuses on language change and its evolution through the years, and has ensured that the language and examples used in the new edition are relevant and up to date with the times, Oxford University Press (OUP) said.The new edition…

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