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New Delhi, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) The Delhi High Court has sought the Centre’s stand on a plea alleging that it and the AAP government were not following through on their assurance to the court to ensure there would be no shortage of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs, used to treat HIV. Justice Sunil Gaur has asked the Ministry of Health to file a status report in response to the petition seeking contempt proceedings against the Centre, Delhi government and the National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) for “willful disobedience” of the assurance…

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Pune court remands Varavara Rao in police custody till Nov 26

November 18, 2018November 19, 2018 strong

Pune, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) Telugu poet Varavara Rao, accused of having Maoist links, was Sunday remanded in police custody till November 26. Rao was taken into custody in Hyderabad on Saturday after his house arrest ended on November 15 and his petition to quash the transit remand was disposed of by a court there on November 16. He was brought to Pune on Sunday morning and was produced before District and Sessions judge Kishor D Vadane, who remanded him in police custody till November 26. District government pleader Ujjwala…

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RBI trains 11k bank officers on MSME credit, nearly 3k branches covered

November 18, 2018November 19, 2018 strong

Mumbai, Nov 18 (DIN NEWS) While a debate is going on whether the RBI should do more to ease credit to MSMEs, banking officials said the central bank has provided special training to nearly 11,000 officers at various commercial banks on lending to micro, small and medium enterprises. This training has been provided to officers working at nearly 3,000 bank branches covering all districts in India through more than 2,000 special workshops in the last three years, the officials said. These are mostly specialised bank branches catering to the MSME…

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Chhetri-less India take on Jordan in Asian Cup tune-up

November 16, 2018 strong

India, despite missing their talismanic striker Sunil Chhetri, will fancy their chances when they take on hosts Jordan in an international football friendly here on Saturday. The match at the Jordan capital is in preparation for the AFC Asian Cup, scheduled to be held in January-February next year. India are ranked 97th while Jordan are placed 112th in the FIFA rankings. Even though they will be without Chhetri, the country’s all-time leading scorer, Stephen Constantine’s men will take confidence from their goalless stalemate in their previous friendly against higher-ranked…

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Hardik’s game was suited for Australian conditions, his absence will hurt India: Hussey

November 16, 2018November 16, 2018 strong

Mike Hussey, who has a fair idea about the current crop of India players, feels that all-rounder Hardik Pandya’s absence will “hurt” the visitors in the upcoming Test series against Australia. The series starts on December 6 in Adelaide. Pandya is undergoing rehabilitation after suffering a lower-back injury during the Asia Cup in Dubai last September. “I think Hardik is a wonderful talent and I am sure his game style would have been suited to the Australian conditions. Add to that, the balance he offers the team with his all-round…

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J K Simmons to star in ‘Veronica Mars’ revival

November 16, 2018 strong

Los Angeles, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) Veteran actor J K Simmons has joined the cast of Hulu’s “Veronica Mars” revival. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Simmons will play an ex-con named Clyde Prickett in the series. Clyde served 10 years for racketeering and was the first inmate in Chino to offer protection to Neptune real estate developer Big Dick Casablancas (David Starzyk) when he entered the prison. After getting free Clyde started working as the elder Casablancas’ fixer. He is the smarter and more dangerous of the two and has…

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I like to be criticised as it makes me aware, says Amitabh Bachchan

November 16, 2018 strong

Mumbai, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) Megastar Amitabh Bachchan says he is fine taking criticism as it at least assures that the creative work has been consumed by the audience as opposed to people not watching a film at all. Bachchan along with wife Jaya was in conversation with author Siddharth Dhanvant Shanghvi at the launch of his book “The Rabbit and The Squirrel” at the 9thedition of Tata Literature Live!, Thursday. When asked how do they both take criticism, Jaya quipped, “I don’t actually care.” Bachchan said, “The first assurance…

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Local court grants bail to Samachar Plus editor-in-chief

November 16, 2018 strong

Dehradun, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) A local court granted bail to the CEO and editor-in-chief of Samachar Plus on Friday, 19 days after he was arrested for mounting undue pressure on a subordinate to conduct a sting operation on Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat and a senior bureaucrat considered close to him. Samachar Plus CEO Umesh Kumar Sharma has been granted bail by the district and sessions court, Rajpur police station incharge Umesh Kumar said. The private news channel head was arrested from his Indirapuram residence in Ghaziabad on…

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Bhima Koregaon case: SC adjourns hearing on Maharashtra’s plea to Dec 3

November 16, 2018 strong

New Delhi, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court Friday adjourned to December 3 the hearing on the Maharashtra government’s plea challenging the Bombay High Court order by which the extension of time granted to the state police to conclude probe in the Bhima Koregaon violence case was set aside. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, and justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph deferred the matter to enable the counsel for the Maharashtra government to file a rejoinder affidavit in the case. The apex court on October…

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‘New RBI window may not increase credit to NBFCs’

November 16, 2018 strong

Mumbai, Nov 16 (DIN NEWS) The partial credit enhancement (PCE)facility by the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) for non-bank lenders is unlikely to have the desired impact of increasing credit flow to the troubled sector, a report said Friday. On November 2, RBI had allowed banks to provide PCE for debt raised by non-deposit-taking systematically important non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) and housing finance companies (HFCs). “The issuance volumes for NBFCs/HFCs under the PCE framework are likely to remain muted,” domestic rating agency Icra said in the note. Credit enhancement is…