Daily Newsletter | Sunday, May 21, 2017
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| India to enter high-speed internet era with Isro’s new satellites |
| India is still behind many Asian countries when it comes to internet speed. But things are set to change in the next 18 months when Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to usher in an age of high-speed internet in the country with the launch of three communication satellites. |
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| China killed 18 CIA men, crippled US spying ops |
| The Chinese government systematically dismantled CIA spying operations in the country starting in 2010, killing or imprisoning more than a dozen sources over two years and crippling intelligence gathering there for years afterward. |
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| Ten die due to diarrhoea outbreak in Mathura |
| In a suspected outbreak of diarrhoea in Mat and Surir villages of Mathura, 9 children, between the age group of one and a half years to 12 years, and a 30-year-old woman have died in the last three days and over 150 have been admitted to hospitals. |
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| GST: Laptops, desktops to become costlier |
| Laptops and desktops are set to become dearer when GST comes into effect, making the industry, which has been arguing for a lower rate of tax to help boost the Digital India drive, to raise concern about the new rates. |
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| IPL 2017: Smith, Rohit play down head-to-head results |
| Steve Smith and Rohit Sharma refused to read too much into their their head-to-head record, where the enviable mingles with the undesirable, on the eve of the title clash of Indian Premier League’s tenth edition. |
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| Tax refunds to exporters within 10 days: Sitharaman |
| Commerce minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday that the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) will help improve exports and assured exporters that they would get their tax refunds within 6 to 10 days under the new regime. |
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| China-Myanmar oil pipeline opens enhancing tie |
| Crude oil began flowing from Myanmar to China over a 1,420 km long pipeline putting the relationship between the two countries on better footing. The oil reached Ruili, a border city of in China’s Yunnan Province at 4 pm on Friday. |
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