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Nirav Modi drops out of Forbes billionaires list

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Diamond trader Nirav Modi, accused of pulling off the country’s biggest bank fraud, is no longer a part of India’s billionaires club. Modi, who had featured in Forbes’ 2017 rich list with a fortune of USD 1.8 billion, could not make the cut in this year’s rankings. “Nirav Modi is among the drop-offs from this year’s the list, along with Papa John’s Pizza founder John Schnatter, Christoffel Wiese of South Africa, and Saudi Arabia s Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Al Saud,” Forbes said. Forbes said India’s billionaire count has increased…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

American porn star sues Trump

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A former adult film actress has sued US President Donald Trump, claiming that his lawyer forced her to sign a statement in 2016 to stop her from going public about her alleged relationship with the then Republican-presidential candidate. Stephanie Clifford, who is known as Stormy Daniels in the adult film industry, filed a lawsuit in a California State court yesterday. Running into 28 pages, the lawsuit alleges that she was paid USD 130,000 by Michael Cohen, personal lawyer of Trump, to not to go public with her alleged sexual encounters…

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Kimmel calls Trump ‘lowest rated president in history’

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Popular TV host Jimmy Kimmel has slammed US President Donald Trump over his Oscars ratings comments and called him the “lowest rated President in history”. After the 90th Academy Awards wrapped up this Sunday, Trump took a jibe at the low TV ratings of the ceremony with a tweet that the problem with the Oscars is “we don’t have stars anymore”, except him. Kimmel, who hosted the Oscars for the second time, got back at the POTUS tweeting, “Thanks, lowest rated President in HISTORY.” He later followed up his reply…

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Lok Sabha proceedings disrupted for third day

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The proceedings of the Lok Sabha were today disrupted for the third consecutive day amid protests by various parties, including NDA allies TDP and Shiv Sena over various issues. As soon as the House met for the day, members from various parties, including TDP, Shiv Sena, TRS, YSR Congress, AIADMK and TMC started raising slogans over various issues, following which Speaker Sumitra Mahajan adjourned the proceedings for an hour this morning Most of the protesting members were in the Well before the Speaker took her chair to conduct the proceedings.…

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Deal strictly with those vandalising statues, Rajnath tells parties

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Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh today asked all political parties to ensure that those found desecrating statues are dealt with strictly and said such incidents of vandalism can never be justified. The minister’s comments came hours after the Home Ministry said it had sent an advisory to all states and Union territories to take strong action against anyone involved in the destruction of statues. “I appeal to everyone, all parties, that anyone indulging in such acts should be dealt with strictly. These incidents can never be justified,” Singh told reporters…

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पेशेवर प्रबंधक तैयार करने के लिये एनटीपीसी-आईआईएम-अहमदाबाद के बीच गठजोड़

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देश में ऊर्जा क्षेत्र में पेशेवर प्रबंधकों की भारी कमी को देखते हुए सार्वजनिक क्षेत्र की एनटीपीसी ने शीर्ष प्रबंधन संस्थान आईआईएम-अहमदाबाद के साथ गठजोड़ किया है। कंपनी के अधिकारियों ने एक अनुमान के आधार पर बताया कि ऊर्जा क्षेत्र में लगभग 20,000 पेशेवर प्रबंधकों की जरूरत है जबकि आपूर्ति ‘‘केवल कुछ सौ’’ तक सीमित है। देश की सबसे बड़ी बिजली उत्पादक कंपनी एनटीपीसी और भारतीय प्रबंधन संस्थान-अहमदाबाद के साथ पांच साल के लिये समझौता हुआ है। इस समझौते के तहत आईआईएम-अहमदाबाद, देश की सबसे बड़ी बिजली कंपनी के शैक्षणिक…

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Australia’s ex-dragflicker Ciriello joins Indian hockey team as analytical coach

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With an eye on the upcoming Commonwealth Games and the Asian Games, Hockey India has roped in former Australia dragflick specialist Chris Ciriello as the analytical coach of the men’s side. Even though his appointment is yet to be officially confirmed by the Sports Authority of India (SAI), the 32-year-old Ciriello, the youngest to join the Indian team management, started working with the Indian national side from the New Zealand tour in January. However, a top Hockey India official has confirmed that Ciriello is already on board and it’s a…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Rick Ross recovering at home after hospitalisation

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Music mogul Rick Ross is reportedly recovering at his Miami home after a health scare landed him in a Florida hospital. According to TMZ, the 42-year-old hip hop mogul was discharged early Monday morning following a four-day hospitalisation. Ross was found “unresponsive” in his Miami mansion. According to a Davie Police Department report obtained by the People magazine and first published by The Blast, someone at the Miami mansion belonging to Ross, called 911 at 3:34 a.m. for emergency medical support saying a person matching Ross’ description was “breathing heavy”…

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Man suspected of stealing Frances McDormand’s Oscar arrested

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Hours after winning her second Best Actress Oscar, Frances McDormand almost lost her gold statue, when the trophy went missing at the annual Governors Ball party. The actor went to attend the party after the award ceremony with her filmmaker husband, Joel Coen. The security was soon able to recover the trophy and returned it to her. “I can confirm that after a brief time apart, Frances and her Oscar were happily reunited last night. They celebrated their reunion with a double cheeseburger from In-N-Out,” McDormand’s representative told People magazine.…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Eminent jurist in panel for selecting Lokpal to be appointed soon: Centre to SC

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The Centre today told the Supreme Court that the selection committee for appointing a Lokpal met on March 1 and decided to first fill up the vacancy of an eminent jurist in the panel. Attorney General K K Venugopal told a bench comprising Justices Ranjan Gogoi and R Banumathi that the vacancy of an eminent jurist in the committee, which also includes the prime minister, would be done at the earliest. Senior advocate P P Rao was appointed as an eminent jurist in the panel but the post became vacant…

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