Daily Newsletter | Tuesday, September 12, 2017
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| Convince Myanmar to end violence against Rohingyas: B’desh to India |
| Bangladesh high commissioner in New Delhi conveyed Bangladesh’s concerns regarding what they saw as India’s unhelpful stand on the issue during PM’s visit to Myanmar. This coincides with the UN human rights chief calling the ongoing violence “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing”. |
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| UN body slams India for its stand on Rohingyas |
| India came under fire yet again from the UN Human Rights Council over its threat to deport 40,000 Rohingyas, cow vigilantism and the recent murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh. Earlier this year, the UN body had slammed India for rising communalism, caste violence, attacks on Africans, etc. |
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| Ladakh tense over Buddhist-Muslim marriage |
| The Ladakh Buddhist Association (LBA) is up in arms against the PDP-BJP government in Jammu & Kashmir and has decided to approach Prime Minister Narendra Modi to resolve the growing feud between Buddhists and Muslims. |
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| Xiaomi Redmi 4 smartphone to go on sale today on Amazon |
| Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi launched its Redmi 4 smartphone in India in May this year. Successor to the Redmi 3S Prime, the smartphone comes with a starting price tag of Rs 6,999 and will go on sale today on Amazon India’s website at 12pm today (… |
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| Federer, Nadal reliving their prime in 2017 |
| Tennis has seen one of their best phase in the last one-and-half decade, mostly because of Federer and Nadal, and their rivalry is arguably the best in the game’s storied history. |
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| Rule on alcoholic test endangers lives: Pilots to DGCA |
| As per rules framed by the civil aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), pilots and cabin crew of flights originating from India have to undergo pre-flight breath-analyser test while those of flights originating from destinations outside India will be subjected to an examination on reaching India. |
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| Direct tax revenue grows 17.5% to Rs 2.24 lakh crore in April-August |
| “The direct tax collections up to August 2017 continue to register steady growth. Direct Tax collection, net of refunds, stands at Rs 2.24 lakh crore which is 17.5% higher than the net collections for the corresponding period of last year,” a finance ministry statement said, |
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| Inflation to hit five-month high in August on rising food costs: Poll |
| Consumer prices were forecast up at 3.20 per cent in August from a year ago, jumping from July’s 2.36 per cent. Food and beverage inflation, which accounts for nearly half of the consumer price index basket was expected to have rebounded in August after prices fell in the three previous months . |
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