Daily Newsletter | Thursday, April 20, 2017
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| Emirates trims US flights after Trump administration curbs |
| Emirates, Dubai govt-owned carrier and West Asia’s biggest airline, is cutting flights to the US due to a drop in demand caused by tough US security measures and Trump administration’s attempts to ban travellers from Muslim-majority nations. |
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| Babri case: Advani, Joshi, Bharati to face trial |
| In a serious setback to BJP veterans, the Supreme Court resurrected criminal conspiracy charges against L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, Uma Bharati and others in the 25-year-old Babri Masjid demolition case and set a two-year deadline for conclusion of trial. |
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| At least 6 dead as fire guts Noida building |
| Of the 40 staffers in the company, Excel Greentech Pvt Ltd, around 15 were inside the building when the fire started at 1.30am and blazed for four hours. The others had stepped out for lunch. |
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| Woman constable strangles live-in-partner |
| In a shocking incident, in Saharanpur a woman constable, Rashmi Kumari, allegedly strangulated her colleague and live-in partner, constable Lalit Kasana, for putting pressure on her not to get married after she recently got engaged, according to police sources. |
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| Facebook F8: Instagram gets offline mode on Android |
| The profiles that users have visited before too will be visible, as well as the cached versions of the Explore tab and their own profile pages. The ‘offline mode’ feature is expected to be especially useful in emerging nations where internet connecti… |
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| IPL: Williamson, bowlers trump Daredevils |
| Needing 192 to win, Sunrisers Hyderabad finished on 176 for 5 with Siddharth Kaul bowling a magnificent final over, conceding just eight off it and winning the match for his side. |
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| China Grand Prix Gold: Kashyap, Harsheel Dani into last 16 |
| In his comeback to competitive badminton after a three-month absence, 2014 Commonwealth Games gold medalist Parupalli Kashyap has beaten Thailand’s Suppanyu Avihingsanon 21-16, 21-17 to enter the final 16 of the 2017 China Grand Prix Gold. |
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| 4 major private airports need Rs 27,000cr for capacity expansion |
| The four private airports — New Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad and Bengaluru — cater to nearly 55 per cent of the country’s total air traffic.These airports are operating at near-full capacity and will need to spend heavily on expansion through 2021, said the report by ratings firm Crisil. |
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| China, EU keen to push message of free trade, engagement |
| Top diplomats from China and the European Union pledged closer cooperation, at a time of global uncertainty, highlighting their common interests in peace and security and pushing a message of free trade and open engagement. |
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| Sensex logs first gain in five days |
| The 30-share index opened higher at 29,369.90 buoyed by forecast of a normal monsoon and advanced to a high of 29,388.25 but succumbed to profit-booking and slipped to 29,241.48, before concluding 17.47 points, or 0.06 per cent higher at 29,336.57. |
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