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Vedanta spends Rs 331 cr on CSR in FY21

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 Vedanta Group on Wednesday said it spent Rs 331 crore on social impact initiatives in 2020-21. In 2019-20, the company had spent Rs 296 crore on its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives. “Vedanta Group…is focused on its commitment towards communities as it spent Rs 331 crore on social impact initiatives in FY2021,” the company said in a statement. Vedanta’s CSR spend is 28 per cent or Rs 93 crore more than the stipulated requirement. The company’s CSR expenditure has been spread across the company’s core impact areas of education, health,…

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UK set to irk EU with bid to change post-Brexit trade rules

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Tense post-Brexit relations between Britain and the European Union face further strain on Wednesday, when the UK calls for major changes to trade rules agreed on by both sides. Brexit minister David Frost will set out proposals for smoothing out trade arrangements for Northern Ireland, the only part of the UK that has a land border with the 27-nation bloc. The divorce deal agreed before Britain’s departure means customs and border checks must be conducted on some goods moving between Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK. The regulations…

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Nearly 60 Congress MLAs turn up at Sidhu’s Amritsar home

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In what is seen as a show of strength, nearly 60 Congress MLAs gathered at the residence of new state party chief Navjot Singh Sidhu here on Wednesday, amid a suspense over a possible truce between him and CM Amarinder Singh. Sidhu and Amarinder Singh has been at loggerheads for the past some time, with the Amritsar (East) MLA recently attacking the CM over the desecration cases. The chief minister was also averse to his appointment as the state Congress chief. After Sidhu’s elevation, the CM had said that he…

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Dhawan moves up two places to 16th, Kohli remains second in ICC ODI rankings

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India opener Shikhar Dhawan jumped two places to 16th after his unbeaten half-century in the first match against Sri Lanka while Virat Kohli remained at second spot in the latest ICC ODI rankings issued on Wednesday. Dhawan’s unbeaten 86 in the first game of the ongoing three-ODI series in Colombo helped him accumulate 712 rating points and gain two slots, while Kohli has 848 points. Another senior India batsman Rohit Sharma is at third position with 817 points in the list headed by Pakistan’s Babar Azam (873). The rankings took…

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This is the last era of superstars: Priyadarshan

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With films taking a “more realistic turn”, director Priyadarshan believes the allure of superstars will slowly be replaced by the power of good storytelling. One of the most bankable filmmakers, Priyadarshan has worked with some of the biggest names in Bollywood — from Salman Khan in the 2005 drama “Kyon Ki…”, Shah Rukh Khan in “Billu” (2007), to Akshay Kumar, his long-time collaborator on hits like “Hera Pheri”, “Garam Masala” and “Bhool Bhulaiyaa”. While his films with the superstars ranged from dramas to comedies, the 64-year-old director, who has been…

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Honoured to play doctor on screen for first time: Ayushmann Khurrana on ‘Doctor G’

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Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has approached the Bombay High Court seeking the quashing of proceedings initiated by a city magistrate on a criminal defamation complaint filed against her by lyricist Javed Akhtar. In an appeal filed through advocate Rizwan Siddiquee, Ranaut claimed that the Andheri metropolitan magistrate’s court initiated proceedings against her by relying only on the police’s report and did not examine witnesses independently. Akhtar filed a criminal complaint against Ranaut in November 2020 before the magistrate for allegedly making defamatory and baseless comments against him in television interviews.…

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Byju’s acquires Epic for USD 500 mn

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Edtech major Byju’s on Wednesday said it has acquired Epic, a digital reading platform for kids, for USD 500 million (about Rs 3,729.8 crore). The company will invest an additional USD 1 billion in North America to accelerate its vision of “helping students fall in love with learning”, a statement said. The acquisition will help Byju’s expand its footprint in the US by providing access to the more than two million teachers and 50 million kids in Epic’s existing global user-base, which has more than doubled over the last year,…

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Dramatic in Covid deaths but US must stay vigilant about Delta variant: Biden

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President Joe Biden has said that even though the United States has seen a dramatic drop in the number of COVID-19 deaths due to its vaccination programme, the people must remain vigilant about the more virulent Delta variant that is spreading fast in the country. Stressing the need for people to get vaccinated, he said “virtually all” of the Covid deaths and hospitalisations in the country are among the unvaccinated. The highly contagious Delta variant, also known as B.1.617.2, was first detected in India in December and is spreading quickly…

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DRDO successfully test-fires new-generation Akash surface-to-air missile

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The DRDO successfully flight-tested the new-generation Akash surface-to-air missile system from an integrated test range off the Odisha coast on Wednesday. The defence ministry said the missile was test-fired at around 12:45 pm from a land-based platform and that the “flawless performance” of its weapons system was confirmed by the complete flight data. The new variant of the Akash missile (Akash-NG) can strike targets at a distance of around 60 km and fly at a speed of up to Mach 2.5. “The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested…

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Go for elusive medal: Tendulkar tells Tokyo-bound track and field athletes

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 Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar on Tuesday urged India’s 26-strong squad for Tokyo Olympics to enjoy the pressure and not be bogged down by it during the Games as he joined the Athletics Federation of India in giving them an online send-off. In the virtual event, Tendulkar told them to chase the dream of winning an Olympic medal relentlessly. “A lot of people say there is win or loss in sport but my message is that the loss should be for your opponent and the win for you. You should go…

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