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India's export on 6-year high in 2017-18: Suresh Prabhu
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 26 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry and Civil Aviation Suresh Prabhu on Friday said that country's exports rose by 9.8 per cent in the financial year 2017-18, which is the highest rate of growth in last six years.
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Madras HC upholds disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Justice M. Sathyanarayanan, Supreme Court-appointed third judge of the Madras High Court, on Thursday upheld the validity of Tamil Nadu Speaker's September 18, 2017 order disqualifying 18 Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs) belonging to the All
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Afghanistan- A long hard winter
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 25 (ANI): Reports in January this year were that the Taliban claimed that they controlled 70% of Afghanistan where for nearly 17 years the United States (US) had poured in billions to eliminate the Taliban and Al Qaeda. Even though the Taliban were in full control i
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Schaeffler successfully completes merger of Indian entities
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 24 (NewsVoir): Further to the announcement made on August 30, 2017 and following clearance of the transaction by the key stakeholders and relevant regulatory authorities, Schaeffler India Ltd. announced the successful completion of the merger of INA Bearings India Priv
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US Airstrike Slays 60 Al-Shabaab Terrorists in Somalia: AFRICOM
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mudug [Somalia], Oct 17 (ANI/Sputnik): United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) announced that an American airstrike coordinated with the Somalian federal government killed "approximately 60 terrorists" from Al-Shabaab, the most destructive air raid against the militant Salafi group since Nove
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Hate crimes in England, Wales grew 17% in 2017-18: Statistical Bulletin
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], October 16 (Sputnik/ANI): The police officers in England and Wales registered over 94,000 hate crime offenses in 2017-2018, which showed an increase of 17 percent compared to the previous year, according to a statistical bulletin released by the UK Home Office on Tuesday.
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CVC analyses top 100 bank frauds
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 16 (ANI): The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) during an analysis of 100 top bank frauds identified several loop holes and modus operandi of the companies involved in such frauds. The analysis was conducted of top 100 bank frauds that took place in India up to March
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Gender-sensitive campaigns awarded at Laadli Media Awards
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Oct 13 (NewsVoir): Gender-sensitive media campaigns by not so-called mainstream media- be they blogs on mental disability, podcasts on sexual reproductive health for ragpickers or a transgender startup YouTube channel on busting myths on lives of Transgender
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Retail inflation picks up
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 12 (ANI): Increasing prices of fuel, cereal, clothing, footwear and depreciation of rupee has led to India's retail inflation rate pick up from 3.69 per cent in August to 3.77 per cent in September, 2018. Despite the increase, the inflation rate remains within the 4 pe
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Egypt: 17 people given death sentence for church attacks
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], Oct 12 (ANI): A military court in Egypt awarded death sentence to 17 people over their involvement in three church suicide bombings in 2016 and 2017 that claimed 80 lives.
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Cabinet approves PLB for Railway employees
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (ANI): The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved the payment of Productivity Linked Bonus (PLB) for Railway employees, equivalent to 78 days' wages for the financial year 2017-18 for all eligible non-gazetted employees. It excludes Railway Protection Force/Railway
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Luvstay clocks USD 1 mn revenue in FY 2017-18
Updated : 7 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct 10 (NewsVoir): While most Indian startups are struggling to make revenues Luvstay has disrupted the hospitality industry by clocking USD 1 million revenue in the FY 2017-18.
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