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Market rebounds on easing crude, firming rupee; HCL Tech cracks 6 pc

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The BSE benchmark Sensex rebounded over 200 points to 35,540.49 Friday on fall in global crude oil prices and strengthening rupee against the US dollar.Investors also took positive cues from Asian equities after US Fed Chairman Jerome Powell signalled that the three-year tightening cycle was drawing to a close, and IMF chief Christine Lagarde said that the US was not likely to see an economic contraction in the near term.The rupee appreciated by 46 paise to 70.44 against the US dollar in early trade amid weakness in the greenback against…

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India are smelling blood, says Langer

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With Australia in turmoil, India are “smelling blood” but Virat Kohli’s men would also be under great pressure to perform during the four-Test series starting here Thursday, coach Justin Langer said Wednesday.”You sense they’re smelling blood. Just like the great Australian cricket team of 2001 felt and we just fell short (of winning in India) and we were able to (win in) 2004,” Langer told Australian radio channel SEN’s Whateley.”You sense these moments. I’m sensing India feel that.” India have never won a Test series in Australia and their recent oversees…

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Sensex tanks 250 pts on RBI status quo, grim global cues

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Benchmark indices nursed losses for the second straight day Wednesday as the RBI left the repo rate unchanged, while global markets wobbled on renewed concerns over the US-China trade dispute.The BSE Sensex tumbled 249.90 points, or 0.69 per cent, to close at 35,884.41. Similarly, the broader NSE Nifty fell 84.55 points, or 0.74 per cent, to end at 10,784.95.All sectoral indices on the BSE finished with losses, led by metal, pharma and rate-sensitive auto and banking stocks.The Reserve Bank of India Wednesday left the repo rate unchanged at 6.5 per…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

PM latching on to Michel for ‘smear campaign’ against opposition leaders: Cong

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The Congress on Wednesday said the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were “latching” on to Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the AgustaWestland chopper deal who was extradited to India from Dubai, for a “smear campaign” against opposition leaders. Congress’ chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala, in a statement, alleged that facing “imminent defeat” in state polls, Prime Minister Modi and the BJP government were seeking to “weave a web of lies” and construct a “mesh of deception to hoodwink” the people of India in the chopper case.Michel, the alleged middleman…

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Moscow dismisses ‘groundless’ US claim Russia breaching arms treaty

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Moscow on Wednesday dismissed US claims that Russia is violating a major Cold War treaty limiting mid-range nuclear arms, from which Washington is planning to withdraw. “Groundless accusations are again being repeated,” foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said, after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo declared Russia in “material breach” of the Intermediate Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty.“No proof has been produced to support this American position,” Zakharova said.She described the treaty as a “cornerstone of global stability and international security”.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov meanwhile said facts had been distorted…

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Johnny Depp feared Tom Hanks would replace him on ‘Edward Scissorhands’

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An old interview of Johnny Depp has resurfaced where the actor talks about of his fear of getting replaced by Tom Hanks from his breakout film “Edward Scissorhands”. In the 1990 dark fantasy feature, directed by Tim Burton, Depp played an artificial man named Edward who has scissor blades instead of hands. The film was instrumental in the success of Depp and his co-star Winona Ryder and it is considered a cult classic by many film aficionados.The interview, conducted by host Charlie Rose in 1999, was unearthed by The Hollywood Reporter.…

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Fight between 2 top CBI officers exposed agency to ridicule, Centre tells SC

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The Centre Wednesday told the Supreme Court that the fight between two top officers of the CBI — Director Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana — in public exposed the premier probe agency to ridicule.Attorney General K K Venugopal told a bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi that the fight between the two officers impacted the image of the CBI.The Centre’s main aim was to see that confidence of the public in this premier institution is restored, he said.”Dispute between CBI Director and Special Director was pulling down…

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जनता के पूरे पैसे लौटाने को तैयार : विजय माल्या

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भगोड़े शराब कारोबारी विजय माल्या ने बुधवार को कहा कि उनके ब्रिटेन से भारत में प्रत्यर्पण के मामले में कानून अपना काम करेगा लेकिन मैं “जनता के पैसों” का 100 प्रतिशत भुगतान करने के लिये तैयार हूं। माल्या प्रत्यर्पण को लेकर ब्रिटेन में कानूनी लड़ाई लड़ रहे हैं। उन्होंने दावा कि नेताओं और मीडिया ने उन्हें गलत तरीके से “डिफॉल्टर” के रूप में पेश किया। उन्होंने अपने ट्वीट में कहा, “मैंने देखा है कि मेरे प्रत्यर्पण के फैसले को लेकर मीडिया में कई चर्चाएं चल रही हैं। यह अलग मामला…

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खेल हिंदी न्यूज़ 

मोहम्मद हफीज ने टेस्ट क्रिकेट से संन्यास लिया

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पिछले कुछ समय से खराब दौर से गुजर रहे पाकिस्तानी सलामी बल्लेबाज मोहम्मद हफीज ने मंगलवार को यहां कहा कि वह न्यूजीलैंड के खिलाफ वर्तमान टेस्ट मैच के बाद टेस्ट क्रिकेट से संन्यास ले लेंगे। इस 38 वर्षीय बल्लेबाज ने पिछले महीने आस्ट्रेलिया के खिलाफ दुबई में शतक जमाया था लेकिन इसके बाद वह सात पारियों में केवल 66 रन ही बना पाये हैं। हफीज ने कराची में 2003 में बांग्लादेश के खिलाफ टेस्ट क्रिकेट में पदार्पण किया और अबुधाबी में चल रहा टेस्ट उनका 55वां मैच है। उन्होंने अब…

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विदेश हिंदी न्यूज़ 

भारतीय कामगार की मौत के मामले में ब्रिटिश इंजीनियरिंग कंपनी पर भारी जुर्माना

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ब्रिटेन के एक न्यायधीश ने एक इंजीनियरिंग कंपनी पर सुरक्षा चूक के चलते भारतीय मूल के एक कामगार की मौत के मामले में भारी जुर्माना लगाया है। स्थानीय समचार पत्र लीसेस्टर मर्करी के मुताबिक तरसेम सिंह की अप्रैल 2016 में नाइलाकास्ट लिमिटेड कंपनी में एक मशीन पर काम करने के दौरान हार्ट अटैक से मौत हो गई थी। जिला न्यायाधीश टिम डैबर ने कंपनी पर 2,93,000 पाउंड (करीब 2,62,49,553 रूपये) का जुर्माना लगाया है। साथ ही उन्होंने कंपनी को 10 हजार पाउंड (करीब 8,95,889 रूपये) अदा करने का भी आदेश…

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