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Reliance Industries shares slump 7% post Q2 results

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Shares of Reliance Industries Friday slumped 7 per cent despite the company reporting its highest ever quarterly net profit in the July-September quarter.The stock opened lower and declined further by 6.59 per cent to Rs 1,073.15 on BSE.At NSE, shares of the company dived 7 per cent to Rs 1,070.25.In terms of equity volume, 10.50 lakh shares of the company were traded on BSE and over one crore shares changed hands at NSE during the morning trade. Reliance Industries Wednesday reported its highest ever quarterly net profit of Rs 9,516…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border over migrant ‘onslaught’

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US President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to send the military to close its southern border if Mexico fails to stem the “onslaught” of migrants from Central America, in a series of tweets that blamed opposition Democrats.The attack comes less than three weeks before midterm elections where Trump’s Republicans are fighting to retain control of Congress, and as thousands of migrants from impoverished Honduras were marching north through Guatemala toward the United States.”I am watching the Democrat Party led (because they want Open Borders and existing weak laws) assault on our…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Not Cong, BJP flay Kerala government for bringing activists to Sabarimala

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The opposition Congress and BJP Friday hit out at the Left government in Kerala for allegedly extending support to bring women activists to Sabarimala temple, hurting the sentiments of devotees.They also alleged the police gave one of the women, who climbed to the hill shrine amid heavy security, their official uniform and helmet.The two women, identified as a journalist from Hyderabad and a Kochi-based activist, trekked Sabarimala and reached a few metres away from the holy 18 steps with police escort but had to return due to massive protest by…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

No insurance cover to persons suffering from congenital anomalies: HC seeks IRDAI explanation

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The Delhi High Court has asked the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDAI) to “explain the reasonableness” of not granting insurance cover to people suffering from congenital anomalies.”What is the objection to giving insurance cover to them (people suffering from congenital anomalies),” a bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V K Rao asked the IRDAI and sought its response before the next date of hearing on December 17.”Give the justification for such exclusion,” the court said to the insurance regulator.The bench also issued notices to the General Insurance…

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NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS 

I made a mistake, forgive me: Kaneria

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Banned Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria Thursday said he finally confessed to spot-fixing after years of denial to get closure for his mistakes and sought forgiveness from the country’s “shocked” cricket community.”I just want the cricket board, my fans and the Pakistani people to understand my situation and forgive me. I made a grave mistake in associating with a bookmaker(Anu Bhatt) and not reporting it to the concerned authorities and I have paid the price for it,” Kaneria told PTI.”I am gutted at the moment because it is not easy to…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

Trump threatens to close US-Mexico border over migrant ‘onslaught’

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US President Donald Trump threatened Thursday to send the military to close its southern border if Mexico fails to stem the “onslaught” of migrants from Central America, in a series of tweets that blamed opposition Democrats.The attack comes less than three weeks before midterm elections where Trump’s Republicans are fighting to retain control of Congress, and as thousands of migrants from impoverished Honduras were marching north through Guatemala toward the United States.”I am watching the Democrat Party led (because they want Open Borders and existing weak laws) assault on our…

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Not aware of any meeting between Sushma, Akbar on allegations against him: MEA

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M J Akbar attended official meetings on Monday and Tuesday as the junior external affairs minister after returning from a trip abroad, the ministry said Thursday, in first comments on the issue.At a press conference, MEA Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, replying to a question, said he was not aware of any specific meeting between External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Akbar on the allegations levelled against him. Akbar, a former journalist, stepped down Wednesday in the face of mounting pressure following a spate of allegations of sexual harassment against him by several…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

Javier Bardem defends Woody Allen over sexual assault allegations

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Javier Bardem says he does not approve of Woody Allen’s “public lynching” in the child sexual assault allegations that have resurfaced over the past years against the filmmaker. The 49-year-old actor, who worked with Allen in 2007’s “Vicky Christina Barcelona”, said he collaborate with the director in a heartbeat if he called him.”At the time I did ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’, the allegations were already well known for more than 10 years, and two states in the US deemed he was not guilty.”If the legal situation ever changes, then I’d change…

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No plans to scale down steel production target: Min

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The government has no plans to scale down its target for steel production unlike other countries as consumption of the alloy in India is growing slower than expected, Union Minister Birender Singh said Thursday.“…as far as China is concerned they reduction is 112 million tonnes (MT)….We are on a different footing and that’s why we (have) decided in 2017 to have a capacity of 300 MT, which is at present…is more than the double, rather 2.5 time more than our present capacity,” the steel minister said.Excess production of steel world…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Hearing on Akbar’s defamation plea to commence on Thursday

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M J Akbar’s criminal defamation complaint against journalist Priya Ramani, who has accused him of sexual misconduct around 20 years ago, is scheduled to come up for hearing on Thursday in the Patiala House court here. Akbar resigned as Minister of State for External Affairs on Wednesday following a spate of accusations of sexual misconduct levelled by several women. His lawyer Sandeep Kapur said the legal battle would commence from Thursday and the veteran journalist-turned politician would press for the prosecution of scribe Priya Ramani against whom he filed the…

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