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Goyal, industry discuss ways to quicken project implementation

January 19, 2018January 19, 2018 strong

Railway Minister Piyush Goyal has met representatives of construction and consultancy majors and discussed with them ways to expedite the implementation of projects including high-speed and dedicated freight corridors. Goyal met representatives from KEC International, Siemens, Larsen and Toubro, Systra MVA Consulting India Pvt Ltd, Tata Projects Ltd and Afcons Infrastructure in Delhi. The meeting yesterday was also attended by senior officials of the Railway Board, a ministry statement said. Chairing the meet, Goyal discussed with them the issues related to construction timelines for India’s first high- altitude rail projects,…

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GST Council discusses making return filing process simpler

January 19, 2018January 19, 2018 strong

The all-powerful GST Council today veered around the idea of making the GST return filing process simpler to ease compliance burden for small businesses. The panel, headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising representatives of all states, at its 25th meeting today decided to reduce tax rate on 29 items and 54 categories of services with effect from January 25. Briefing reporters after the meeting, Jaitley said the next meeting of the Council may consider bringing items like crude oil, natural gas, petrol, diesel, ATF and real estate within…

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Sharapova cranks up title charge on day four

January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 strong

Maria Sharapova laid down her Australian Open title credentials on a scorching hot Melbourne day Thursday, with Caroline Garcia and fellow veteran Agnieszka Radwanksa joining her in the third round. With the temperatures heading towards an energy-sapping 39 Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) and ice-towels in use, the Russian drawcard worked hard to get off court early against Anastasija Sevastova. It was the Latvian 14th seed who ended her Grand Slam comeback in the last 16 of the US Open in 2017 as she returned from a drug ban. But not this…

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Kareena to walk for Anamika at LFW Summer-Resort 2018 finale

January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 strong

Actor Kareena Kapoor Khan will be the showstopper for fashion designer Anamika Khanna at Lakme Fashion Week Summer-Resort 2018. Anamika will bring down the curtains to the upcoming fashion week with her collection ‘Reinventing Nudes’. The designer, who has often dressed Bollywood celebrities, said choosing the actor was an easy choice. “For this one it’s simple, it’s Kareena Kapoor. She’s the face of Lakme,” Anamika told PTI. The designer, known for her work with rich craftsmanship that blends Indian colours with global contours, said there is a need to look…

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Weinstein taunted Chastain for not wearing a Marchesa gown

January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 strong

Actor Jessica Chastain said disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein once put pressure on her to wear his wife fashion label Marchesa. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, Chastain said the Hollywood producer tried to bully her into wearing a Marchesa, his soon-to-be-ex-wife Georgina Chapman’s fashion label, to the premiere of her film “The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby”, which was distributed by The Weinstein Company. The “Molly’s Game” actor said she refused and instead wore a blue Atelier Versace gown to the event, which resulted in Weinstein mocking her…

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No eatery in Hauz Khas Village has sanctioned building plan:HC

January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 strong

Not a single restaurant or pub in south Delhi’s Hauz Khas Village have taken a sanctioned building plan from the municipal authorities to run their businesses, the Delhi High Court has observed. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice C Hari Shankar made the observation after the south Delhi municipal corporation (SDMC) replied in the negative to a court query whether it had sanctioned a single building plan for an eatery or a pub in the area. “Have you sanctioned even a single building plan for a…

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Rupee rebounds 16 paise to 63.88 a dollar

January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 strong

Showing an impressive resilience, the rupee bounced back in style after a brief overnight crash and ended higher by 16 paise at 63.88 against the US currency on bouts of dollar selling by exporters and banks. The government’s decision to slash its additional borrowing requirement for the current fiscal to Rs 20,000 crore from Rs 50,000 crore, estimated earlier, literally brought some much-needed relief for the battered forex market. Moreover, a sharp pull back in crude prices — below the psychological USD 70-mark a barrel — too supported the rupee…

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Sensex hits another peak of 35,476.70; Nifty at 10,887.10

January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 strong

The BSE Sensex continued its record-setting spree for a second day, scaling a new high of 35,476.70 in opening trade today as banking stocks led rally on sustained foreign fund inflows. Also, the broader NSE Nifty zoomed to a new high of 10,887.10. The 30-share index rallied by 394.88 points, or 1.12 per cent, to hit the peak of 35,476.70, breaching its previous intra-day high of 35,118.61 hit yesterday. Foreign investors put in Rs 625.13 crore in stocks on net basis yesterday, while domestic institutional investors bought shares worth Rs…

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France, Britain to announce new migrant treaty: Macron

January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 strong

French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Theresa May will announce a new treaty on how to handle migrants hoping to head to Britain, the French presidency said today. The treaty, set to be announced at a summit in London on Thursday, will “complete the Le Touquet accord”, Macron’s office said in reference to a 2003 deal that effectively put Britain’s border in northern France. The details are “still being finalised”, the French presidency said, but the treaty will include measures on how to manage unaccompanied minors, and Britain…

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Trump reveals ‘Fake News’ award winners

January 18, 2018January 18, 2018 strong

US President Donald Trump has declared ‘The New York Times’ as the winner of the ‘Fake News Award’. Others in Trump’s unique award were ‘ABC News’, ‘CNN’, ‘Time’ and ‘The Washington Post’. Trump announced the award by a tweet yesterday. The website GOP.Com — where the winners were listed — crashed soon after Trump announced his Fake News Awards. “2017 was a year of unrelenting bias, unfair news coverage, and even downright fake news. Studies have shown that over 90 per cent of the media’s coverage of President Trump is…