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Dicey England batting gives India chance to win Test series: Ian Chappell

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New Delhi, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) Former Australia captain Ian Chappell feels that India have the best opportunity to win the five Test series against England, exposing the multiple chinks in the home team’s armoury. “There’s a rare opportunity beckoning for India – the chance to beat both England and Australia in away Test series. England are in a state of flux after a devastating loss at Lord’s and then a less-than-convincing win over the predictably inconsistent Pakistan at Headingley,” Chappell wrote in his column for the ESPN Cricinfo. Chappell…

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Women’s Asia Cup: Bangladesh pip India to win maiden title

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Kuala Lumpur, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) Indian women faced abject humiliation after Bangladesh beat the six-time champions by three wickets to win their maiden Asia Cup trophy here today. The tournament turned out to be the most embarrassing for the ‘Women in Blue’ as they lost to the minnows twice inside a week. The tournament also raised a big question mark about the utility of two veterans Mithali Raj and Jhulan Goswami in the shortest format even as the BCCI is forced to carry on with them due to lack…

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Cinema is slipping away, the streamers are taking over: Andy Serkis

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London, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) Actor-director Andy Serkis believes cinema is losing its charm with the increasing popularity of streaming services. The 54-year-old actor, who has pioneered motion capture in Hollywood, with characters like King Kong, Caesar in “Planet of the Apes”, and Supreme Leader Snoke in “Star Wars”, says people mostly come to cinema halls to watch “tent-pole blockbusters”. “We’re entering into a different realm now, because entertainment will no longer just be cinemas as we know it. Cinema is slipping away, sadly, apart from tent-pole blockbusters. The streamers…

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Movie making is an illusion and we try to live up to it: Amitabh Bachchan

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Mumbai, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says the process of making films is an “illusion” and artistes try to live up to the expectations. The 75-year-old actor says giving a shot in a film is at times, a moment of great interest. “Movie making is an illusion… And we try to live up to it,” Bachchan wrote on his blog. The actor recalled how actors have used different methods to remember their lines in the past, highlighting “The Godfather” star Marlon Brando’s “intriguing” technique for getting his dialogues…

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HC raps Bengal govt for denying employment benefits to cop

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Kolkata, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) The Calcutta High Court has rapped the West Bengal government for failing to implement an order it passed 28 years ago on restoring employment benefits to a reinstated police constable. A division bench of the high court directed the state Advocate General in the presence of the West Bengal Home secretary that it has to retrieve relevant records of Hasibar Rahaman, who has since retired from service, by August 13, when the matter will come up for hearing again. The bench observed that it is…

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Convict’s appeal against death penalty: SC seeks reply from UP govt

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New Delhi, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court has sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response on a plea by a death-row convict challenging the Allahabad High Court’s judgement upholding the capital punishment awarded to him for burning alive his son and two brothers. A vacation bench of justices Adarsh Kumar Goel and Ashok Bhushan issued notice to the state on the appeal and called for the original records of the case. The counsel representing convict Irfan requested the apex court to stay the execution of sentence. “When the appeal…

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India Inc raises Rs 67,200 cr via QIP in FY18

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New Delhi, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) Indian firms mobilised Rs 67,200 crore by issuing shares to institutional investors during 2017-18, registering nearly eight-fold rise over the previous fiscal. The firms had mopped up Rs 8,464 crore in 2016-17. As per the latest data available with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), the capital garnered by the listed companies through the Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) route stood at Rs 67,257 crore in FY18. During 2017-18, June was the busiest month, with the firms raising Rs 15,000 crore, followed by…

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SBI to auction 12 bad accounts this month to recover over Rs 1325cr

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New Delhi, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) The country’s largest lender SBI will conduct auction of 12 non-performing accounts (NPAs) later this month to recover dues of over Rs 1,325 crore. The e-auction of these accounts will take place on June 25, according to an SBI notice. The NPA accounts that have been put under the hammer include Ankit Metal & Power Ltd (Rs 690.08 crore), Modern Steels Ltd (Rs 122.61 crore), Good Health Agrotech Pvt Ltd (Rs 109.14 crore), Amit Cottons Pvt Ltd (Rs 84.70 crore), and Ind-Swift Ltd (Rs…

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Putin dismisses G7 criticism as ‘babbling’, calls for cooperation

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Qingdao, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) Russian President Vladimir Putin today dismissed criticism by the Group of 7 nations as “creative babbling” and said it was time to start cooperating again. “I believe it’s necessary to stop this creative babbling and shift to concrete issues related to real cooperation,” Putin told reporters in the Chinese city of Qingdao, when asked to comment on a G7 joint statement. He also said the G7 countries had “again” failed to provide any evidence that Russia was behind the poisoning of a former double agent…

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1,000 autos to welcome Rahul Gandhi in Mumbai, says Nirupam

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Mumbai, Jun 10 (DIN NEWS) One thousand auto-rickshaws will welcome Congress president Rahul Gandhi on his day-long visit to the city on Tuesday, party leader Sanjay Nirupam said today. “Almost a thousand auto-rickshaw drivers have decided to welcome Rahul ji to the city in their vehicles. This is the love the common man feels for our party president,” Nirupam said in a statement here. “Rahul ji ensures that the common man’s opinions, grievances and inputs not only reach him but also are responded to. And this is the way the…

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