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How Dotcom Survivors Built A $950 Million Startup In India

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Tech startups are typically founded by young entrepreneurs with more passion than experience. This is as true in India as it is in Silicon Valley. Then there’s Bigbasket, whose founders are veterans of the dotcom bust and mostly north of 50. Drawing on their successes and failures, they’ve turned their six-year-old startup into country’s biggest e-grocer and are taking on a host of competitors, including Amazon and brick-and-mortar chains operated by the nation’s biggest conglomerates. Bangalore-based Bigbasket delivers everyday cooking essentials like ghee (clarified butter), diced coconut and fragrant basmati…

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Uttar Pradesh Potato Farmer Commits Suicide, Allegedly Due to Debt Burden

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A 46-year-old potato farmer in Agra has commited suicide on Tuesday, allegedly because he had a huge loan burden. The family of Kanchan Singh, claims that he had borrowed Rs. 7 lakh, from a bank and private money lenders. Kanchan Singh’s potato crop had failed for successive years, said his family, and he was unable to repay the loan. The farmer was also worried about his daughter’s marriage scheduled next month. ‘My father owed Rs. 5 lakh to the bank and Rs. 2 lakh to local moneylenders,” the farmer’s son told news agency . He also…

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Winning in Davis Cup tough without playing together on Tour:Amritraj

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Tennis great Vijay Amritraj says there should be least controversy with regards to India’s doubles combination in Davis Cup since the doubles match matters only when there are “even singles matches”. AITA has teamed up Leander Paes and Rohan Bopanna for the next month’s tie against China despite latter’s reservations about being paired with the veteran legend. Asked if it was a good idea to pair the players, who do not share chemistry, Amritraj said “I dont know” but pointed that those players, who play together on the Tour are…

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ENTERTAINMENT NEWS CATEGORIES 

As an actor, it is my duty to innovate: Rani Mukerji

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She is back to the big screen after a gap of four years and going forward Rani Mukerji’s aim is to tell stories that have a strong emotional connect and resonate with people of all ages. The actor believes artistes should keep reinventing themselves to stay relevant. “I think it is very important to be with the times. Your audience changes every 10 years. It is very important that your films are being watched by all ages and people should be able to relate and connect with you. “The only…

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LEGAL NEWS NEWS CATEGORIES 

HC asks DGCA to file affidavit on airworthiness of A320 Neos

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The Delhi High Court today directed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to file an affidavit as required under the Aircraft Rules on the safety and airworthiness of the A320 Neo planes flying in India. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar said the affidavit would be signed by an officer not below the rank of joint director of the DGCA and listed the matter for further hearing on April 6. The order by the bench came after the petitioner, Yashwant Shenoy, told…

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SC seeks Centre’s reply on plea for CBI probe into Junaid lynching case

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The Supreme Court today sought the Centre’s response on a plea seeking a CBI probe into the Ballabhgarh mob lynching case in which 17-year-old Junaid Khan was stabbed to death on a train in June last year. A bench of Justices Kurian Joseph and M M Shantanagoudar also stayed the trial in the case till further orders. Junaid’s father has challenged the Punjab and Haryana High Court’s November 27 last year order, refusing a CBI probe into the matter, and sought that the accused be booked under offences of hate…

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Amitabh Bachchan Is ‘Angry’, Might Lose Rights To Father’s Work. Here’s Why

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Megastar Amitabh Bachchan is ‘angry’ over the fact that he might legally lose the exclusive copyright to his late father Harivansh Rai Bachchan‘s famous literary work, 60 years after his death due to Copyright Act, 1957. The ‘Term of Copyright in Posthumous Work’ clause only allows the exclusive rights to heirs of original literary work for 60 years after the death of the author. Big B expressed the displeasure in his blog and wrote, “Written copyright and whatever else in the realm, lives 60 years after the passing with the elements of them…

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Indian Wells: Juan Martin del Potro Topples Milos Raonic To Set Up Showdown With Roger Federer

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World number eight Juan Martin Del Potro raced past Milos Raonic in straight sets on Saturday to book an Indian Wells final clash with world number one Roger Federer. Former US Open winner Del Potro improved to 16-3 on the season with his 6-2, 6-3 victory over the hard-serving Canadian Raonic in just 65 minutes. Del Potro is looking for his 22nd career and second straight ATP title in a row after winning earlier this month in Acapulco where he beat three top eight players in a row. “I broke his serve quick in…

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Rupee weakens 9 paise against dollar in opening trade

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The rupee depreciated by 9 paise against the US dollar to 65.03 against in opening trade today as the greenback firmed up ahead of US Federal Reserve’s policy meet this week. A strong dollar and sustained foreign fund outflow weighed on the domestic unit amid rising current account deficit in the December quarter, a currency dealer said. The current account deficit rose to 2 per cent of the GDP at USD 13.5 billion in the December quarter, up from USD 8 billion or 1.4 per cent in the year-ago period,…

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China Elects New Economic Team As President Xi Kicks Off Second Term

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China elevated a key confidante of President Xi Jinping to one of the top positions in government on Monday as Beijing cracks down on riskier financing and a debt to reduce systemic risks to the world’s second-largest economy. The election of Liu He by parliament to be a vice premier also comes as the United States presses China to cut its trade surplus by $100 billion. Harvard-educated Liu, 66, was the most prominent envoy to visit Washington recently in a bid to prevent the outbreak of a trade war. While most of the personnel changes…

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