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“Attempted Murder,” Says Activist After Jet Airways Passengers Fall Ill

September 22, 2018 strong

A day after 30 passengers of a Jet Airways flight suffered bleeding through ears and nose, a Mumbai activist on Friday asked the police to book the airline for ‘attempted murder’. Activist Asad Ashraf Patel, who also runs a local newspaper, filed the complaint with Sahar Police Station through his lawyer, Rajkumarlaxman Arjunrao Rajhuns. In the four-pager, Mr Patel has accused the crew of Jet Airways of ‘dereliction of duty’ and ‘poor crisis management’ leading to the incident on September 20 on its Mumbai-Jaipur flight No. 9W-0697. The complainant said…

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Google Pay Tweaks Privacy Policy After Paytm’s Complaint

September 22, 2018 strong

Google has tweaked the privacy policy of its digital payments mobile application Google Pay, days after local rival Paytm complained that the US tech giant’s platform allowed disclosure of customer data for advertising and other purposes. The row has erupted amid heightened debate about user privacy and how technology firms treat data in India and abroad. The government is developing a new data protection law which could force companies to change how they transfer or store customer data. In a letter to the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), dated…

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Batsmen have to be better prepared when they go to England next time: Dravid

September 21, 2018 strong

Rahul Dravid, the last captain to lead India to a series win in England, says the current side faced unusually tough conditions in the recently concluded five-match rubber and the batsmen must prepare better before embarking on the next English tour.”Lets just be honest first. The conditions in England were not easy for batting. I think batsmen of both teams struggled. If you take out Virat Kohli from the equation, it was not an easy series for the batsmen. I have played in England quite a bit, the conditions can…

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Netflix renews ‘Sacred Games’ for season two

September 21, 2018 strong

Netflix has officially green lit the hit series “Sacred Games” for a second season.The thriller series, based on author Vikram Chandra’s novel of the same name, features Nawazuddin Siddiqui and Saif Ali Khan in the lead. Directed by Anurag Kashyap and Vikramaditya Motwane, the first season of the series premiered on Netflix on July 6. The second season will pick up from Sartaj Singh (Khan) pursuing his relentless battle of saving the city and Ganesh Gaitonde (Siddiqui) facing bigger challenges to retain his position as the legendary kingpin of Mumbai,…

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Chidambaram slams govt for its ‘heavy-handed’ approach towards NPA

September 21, 2018 strong

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Friday slammed the Modi government for its banking policy, saying due to its “heavy-handed” approach towards non-performing assets, banks have no money to lend.In a series of tweets, the former finance minister also claimed that though export credit had declined from Rs 39,000 crore in June, 2017, to Rs 22,300 crore in June, 2018, the government thinks that it is taking steps to boost exports.”In a climate of suspicion and vendetta, the only thing a banker looks forward to is the date of retirement. “Thanks to…

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No ‘deal’ with Saudi for release of Sharif & family from jail: Pak minister

September 21, 2018 strong

There was no “deal” between the governments of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia for the release of jailed former prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his family members after a top court suspended their sentences in a corruption case, a senior Pakistani minister has asserted.The Islamabad High Court Wednesday suspended the jail sentences of Sharif, his daughter Maryam and son-in-law Capt (retd) Muhammad Safdar in the Avenfield corruption case and they were released from the Adiala Prison in Rawalpindi.”No country asked for his release. Nawaz Sharif is not so important for Saudi…

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“RBI unlikely to hike repo rate in Oct despite weak INR”

September 21, 2018 strong

Weakness in the rupee does not offer a sufficient alibi for a rate hike and the Reserve Bank may go for a status quo at the policy review next month, a Japanese brokerage said Friday.The markets have priced in tightening as well, but it is unlikely to materialise, Nomura said in a report. “Because of the RBIs inflation-targeting mandate, currency weakness in itself may not provide a sufficiently strong argument for rate hikes,” its economists said. It added that the August inflation data release has also surprised on the downside,…

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Court seeks ED’s response on Virbhadra Singh’s plea

September 21, 2018September 21, 2018 strong

A special court has granted two weeks to the Enforcement Directorate to respond to a plea of former Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh seeking certain documents in a money laundering case against him. Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj directed the probe agency to file by October 5 its reply to the applications moved by Singh and other accused, including his wife Pratibha Singh and LIC agent Anand Chauhan Special public prosecutors N K Matta and Nitesh Rana, appearing for the ED, had sought six weeks from the court for filing…

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Buoyant India take on gritty Bangladesh

September 20, 2018 strong

Pakistan pummelled, India will look to up the ante against Bangladesh, who have a penchant for playing the party poopers, in their opening Super Four encounter of the Asia Cup here Friday.For India, the worry will be the team combination as Hardik Pandya has been ruled out of the tournament owing to back spasms, while Bhuvneshwar Kumar might be rested after back-to-back games against Hong Kong and Pakistan.The pull-outs of Axar Patel and Shardul Thakur further compounded India’s injury woes. Left-arm pacer Khaleel Ahmed may come in place of Bhuvneshwar…

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Mahesh Bhatt returns to direction with ‘Sadak 2’

September 20, 2018 strong

Mahesh Bhatt is set to return to direction with “Sadak 2”, after a hiatus of 19 years, his daughter, actor Alia Bhatt said Thursday.Alia, who is also part of the cast of the film, which is a sequel to Bhatt’s 1991 film, made the announcement on her father’s 70th birthday.”On your 70th birthday you have given me the greatest present I could ask and dream for. Your are directing me! ‘Sadak 2’ is a dream come true… “What I thought will never be possible you have made possible. Thank you…