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Ajit Wadekar: A captain on the field, perfect gentleman off it

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New Delhi, Aug 16 (DIN NEWS) Ajit Wadekar did not possess the princely demeanour of Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi but with his middle-class grit coupled with pragmatic thinking, he scripted one of the most glorious chapters in Indian cricket history. An astute thinker of the game, Wadekar blended the copybook ‘Bombay School of Batsmanship’ with his carefree approach that included muscular pulls and audacious hook shots. His biggest achievement certainly was leading the country to twin series victories in England and the West Indies in 1971 but he was much…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

I never announced a film with Shahid: Imtiaz Ali

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Mumbai, Aug 16 (DIN NEWS) Shahid Kapoor sent fans in a frenzy when he had said he would be teaming up with Imtiaz Ali for a film but the project never happened and the filmmaker says queries around the movie should not be directed to him as he never announced it in the first place. In December last year, Shahid had expressed excitement about his team up with his “Jab We Met” director for a new film with an “interesting” subject. The actor had said he would start shooting for…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

SC directs reducing water level at Mullaperiyar dam by three feet

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New Delhi, Aug 16 (DIN NEWS) The Supreme Court today directed the Disaster Management sub-committee of Mullaperiyar Dam to consider reducing water level up to 139 feet from the present 142 feet, considering the “grave” flood situation in all the 14 districts of Kerala. A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Indu Malhotra took a serious note of the grim flood situation in Kerala and asked the sub-committee to hold an urgent meeting tomorrow morning with the Centre’s National Crisis Management Committee (NCMS) and the Chief Secretaries of…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Sensex falls 188 points on global cues, weak macro data

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Mumbai, Aug 16 (DIN NEWS) Benchmark Sensex tumbled over 188 points to close at 37,663.56 today, tracking weak global cues on concerns over Turkey’s financial crisis amid sustained foreign fund outflows. The rupee stoked more worries, slumping to an all-time low of 70.40 per dollar (intra-day). Sentiment took a hit after the country’s trade deficit soared to a near five-year high of USD 18 billion in July. The trade data was released by the Commerce Ministry on Tuesday after market hours. After opening lower at 37,796.01, the 30-share Sensex slipped…

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NEWS CATEGORIES WORLD NEWS 

US newsrooms to Trump: We’re not enemies of the people

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New York, Aug 16 (DIN NEWS) The nation’s newsrooms are pushing back against President Donald Trump with a coordinated series of newspaper editorials condemning his attacks on “fake news” and suggestion that journalists are the enemy. The Boston Globe invited newspapers across the country to stand up for the press with editorials today, and several began appearing online a day earlier. Nearly 350 news organisations have pledged to participate, according to Marjorie Pritchard, op-ed editor at the Globe. In St Louis, the Post-Dispatch called journalists “the truest of patriots .”…

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NATIONAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Vajpayee – pragmatist, orator and statesman who went beyond BJP’s nationalist political agenda

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New Delhi, Aug 16 (DIN NEWS) Statesman and pragmatist, orator and poet, a man of peace and conviction. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was a towering nationalist who softened the often sharp edge of his party’s politics with a gentle sophistry of words, earning him the sobriquet “ajaat shatru” or the man with no enemies. The first prime minister from a non-Congress party to complete a full term in office, Vajpayee began shakily — his first stint as prime minister in 1996 lasted only 13 days when his unlikely coalition government failed…

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NEWS CATEGORIES SPORTS 

I am yesterday’s man looking for next champion: Bindra

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Vijayanagar, Aug 15 (DIN NEWS) Labelling himself as ‘yesterday’s man’, Olympic gold medallist shooter Abhinav Bindra today said that the country should focus on finding the next champion instead of talking about his feat. Bindra had scripted history by winning the 10 metre Air Rifle event at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as he became the first Indian to win an individual gold medal in Olympics. “In sports, yesterday never counts, I am yesterday’s man looking ahead for the next Olympic champion,” Bindra said at the launch of JSW’s Inspire…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

We still discourage individual thought: Kalki Koechlin on mob mentality

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New Delhi, Aug 15 (DIN NEWS) Kalki Koechlin says mob mentality continues to thrive in India as independent thought is not given an environment to flourish in, something that can only change with education. With incidents of lynching and vandalism on the rise, the actor feels there is no state of “social security” in the country. “We have no social security. There is no system that’s protecting us actually. Everybody is each to their own here. No government force is going to come and help you… There’s so much population…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

It is easy to criticise but difficult to transform an institution, says CJI Misra

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New Delhi, Aug 15 (DIN NEWS) Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra said today that to criticise, attack and destroy a system was easy but it was difficult and challenging to transform it into a performing one. The Chief Justice, while delivering his speech after unfurling the national flag at the 72nd Independence Day celebrations organised by the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), said one has to transcend his personal ambitions and take constructive steps with positive mindset so that the institution can go to greater heights. “To criticise, attack…

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BUSINESS NEWS CATEGORIES 

Comfortable forex reserves to deal with undue Re volatility: Jaitley

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New Delhi, Aug 15 (DIN NEWS) A day after the rupee plunged to record low, Union Minister Arun Jaitley said India has comfortable foreign exchange reserves to deal with any undue volatility in the currency market and developments are being closely monitored. The Indian currency yesterday crashed to a life-time low of 70.09 on concerns over Turkey’s economic woes that have impacted various emerging markets, even as the US dollar gained strength against other currencies. Recent developments relating to Turkey have generated global risk aversion towards emerging market currencies and…

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