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Mueller Probe: Dutch lawyer first person to be sentenced
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [United States], April 4 (ANI): A Dutch attorney has become the first person to be sentenced in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.
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Direct tax collected in FY 2017-18 sees 17.1% YoY growth
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Apr. 2 (ANI): The provisional figures of Direct Tax collections for Financial Year 2017-18 witnessed a 17.1 percent increase compared to net collections for FY 2016-17, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said on Monday.
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ICICI examines pending insolvency cases in Board meeting
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Apr. 2 (ANI): In its first board meeting after a controversy erupted involving Chanda Kochhar and the Videocon Group, leading private lender ICICI Bank examined insolvency cases pending before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) under the Insolvency and Ban
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The Mehbooba dilemma
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): When Mehbooba Mufti decided to become Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir in 2016 after her father's death and continue the alliance with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP); she was faced with a Hobson's choice. If she hadn't agreed to terms and conditions
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Truth behind Angelina's ultimatum to Brad Pitt finally revealed
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington D.C [USA], Apr. 01(ANI): The entertainment world woke up to the news of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie parting ways in September 2016.
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Bihar topper scam 2016: ED attaches kingpin's properties worth Rs 4.53 cro
Updated : 7 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar. 31 (ANI): Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday attached properties worth Rs 4.53 crore of Baccha Rai, the main accused in 2016 Bihar Topper Scam.
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World Tuberculosis Day: Know all about the disease
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): According to World Health Organisation (WHO), tuberculosis (TB) is one of the top 10 causes of death globally and resulted in 1.8 million deaths in 2016, alone. 95% of TB deaths occur in low-and middle-income countries.
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Indian Automotive Industry's "Vivek Chaand Sehgal" enlightened many minds
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (NewsVoir): The automotive industry of India ranks amongst the biggest ones in the world; thanks to companies like Samvardhana Motherson Group (SMG) who has been producing world-class auto ancillary products since 1975. SMG leads the list of product suppliers to the
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Table tennis player Soumyajit Ghosh accused of rape, kin deny charges
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Barasat (West Bengal) [India], March 22 (ANI): An FIR has been lodged against India's youngest national table tennis champion and Olympian Soumyajit Ghosh for allegedly raping an 18-year-old girl.
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Jayalalithaa refused to go to hospital: Sasikala to Commission
Updated : 7 years, 12 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Mar. 21 (ANI): Jailed All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) leader VK Sasikala on Wednesday recounted the September 22, 2016 incident before former chief minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa was rushed to the hospital.
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Cambridge Analytica suspends CEO amid Facebook data scandal
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.], March 21 (ANI): Cambridge Analytica, the political data firm with ties to United States President Donald Trump's 2016 election campaign, suspended its chief executive, Alexander Nix, on Tuesday, amid a furor over the access it gained to private information on more t
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Human development and economic growth go hand in hand
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Rajasthan [India], Mar 18 (ANI): On January 1, 2016, the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development - adopted by world leaders in September 2015 at an historic UN Summit - officially came into force.
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