Daily Newsletter | Friday, August 25, 2017
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| China says India slapping itself in the face with new road |
| China on Thursday intensified its criticism of India and issued a second advisory warning its citizens living in India about various safety risks. The advisory says, “There frequently occurred natural disasters, traffic accidents and infectious diseases in India.” |
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| Dera chief verdict today, Panchkula in lockdown |
| e Manohar Lal Khattar government spent tense moments on Thursday, a day before a special CBI court gives its verdict in a rape case against Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh. More than 1.5 lakh of his followers gathered in Panchkula, taking over the campuses of several government buildings and plunging the city into chaos amid a looming fear of violence across Punjab and Haryana. |
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| 2nd ODI: Bhuvneshwar, Dhoni help India beat Sri Lanka |
| Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Mahendra Singh Dhoni added a record unbeaten 100-run stand for the eighth wicket to help India register a thrilling three-wicket win over Sri Lanka in the second one-day international in Pallekele on Thursday. |
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| Cristiano Ronaldo wins UEFA Player of the Year award |
| Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo was named UEFA’s Player of the Year, beating Lionel Messi and Gianluigi Buffon to the prize, European soccer’s governing body announced during the Champions League group stage draw in Monaco. |
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| Vishal Sikka likely to join Hewlett Packard Enterprise as CTO |
| Last Friday, Vishal Sikka ceased to be the CEO and managing director of Infosys and got a new designation as executive vicechairman. In less than a week, he has lost that position, too. On Thursday, Sikka stepped down from the company with immediate effect. |
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| RBI to issue Rs 200 note on Friday. All you need to know |
| New 200 rupee note: The height of the note would be the same as the new Rs 500 notes that were issued post demonetisation. However, the width will be much less. “Dimension of the banknote will be 66 mm × 146 mm,” the RBI said. The base colour of the Rs 200 note is bright yellow, reminiscent of the now discontinued Rs 2 note. |
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| Markets finish flat as Sensex, Nifty stay rangebound |
| The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 28.05 points to close at 31,596.06 while the broader 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 4.50 points to end at 9,857.05. Analysts said that the cautious note of trading can be owed to the long weekend as markets will remain closed on Friday on occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi. |
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| Pics: Esha Deol turns a bride for her baby shower ceremony |
| Esha Deol had her baby shower recently and it was a thing that dreams are made of. The diva had a traditional Sindhi godh bharai ceremony for which she turned a bride again to take three pehras with hubby Bharat Takhtani as part of the rituals. |
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