Daily Newsletter | Tuesday, February 28, 2017
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| Ramjas row: Rijiju, MP attack martyr’s daughter |
| The slugfest over last week’s violence at DU’s Ramjas College has snowballed into another nationalist-versus-liberal confrontation, with Kargil martyr’s daughter and DU student Gurmehar Kaur coming under fierce attack from the saffron camp for her social media posts. |
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| Ramjas College violence: AAP slams Delhi police |
| Calling BJP’s student being ABVP the party’s goon brigade, AAP has asked what action has been taken by Delhi Police against those ABVP members who allegedly indulged in violence at Ramjas College last week. |
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| Pune youth found hanging in Panaji hotel |
| A 24-year-old resident of Pune, Sangram Vachkul on Monday committed suicide by hanging in his room at a city hotel. Police said that the youth had come to Goa alone on February 24 as a tourist and since then he was staying in the hotel at Panaji. |
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| How Indian IT companies are reworking their business models |
| IT companies are reworking every part of their business — from how to win deals to how to cut costs with the help of outside consultants — as they look to weather the perfect storm created by automation, protectionism in their major markets, and in… |
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| ‘Indecision’ Review System: India get 17 out of 55 calls right |
| He may have been a vocal advocate of Decision Review System but Kohli’s dismal success ratio indicates that calling for referrals is not exactly his ‘calling card’. The five-match England series against India was start of India using DRS — something they had strong reservations during Dhoni’s era. |
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| Kohli named captain of the year at ESPNcricinfo Awards |
| Winners were selected by an independent jury including former cricket greats, ESPNcricinfo’s senior editors, comprising Ian Chappell, Mahela Jayawardene, Ramiz Raja, Isa Guha, Sambit Bal, Courtney Walsh, Mark Butcher and Simon Taufel among others. |
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| ‘Note ban affected auto sales in north and west’ |
| Withdrawal of old 500 and 1,000 rupee notes affected automobile sales in north and west India but the sales in southern region were not, said a Kotak Institutional Equities report. According to the report, passenger vehicle demand was less impacted than that of two-wheelers and commercial vehicles. |
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| Railways partners with India Post in parcel business |
| The Railways will now provide space to postal department and private players to ferry their parcels in the guard’s compartment of some selected trains. Railways, which earns about Rs 2000 crore a year from parcel buisness, aims to attract more parcel with the increased e-commerce activities. |
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| RIL stock gains 5%, m-cap tops Rs 4 lakh crore |
| Reliance Industries Limited is the second company after TCS to cross Rs 4 lakh crore market cap mark. TCS market valuation stands at Rs 4,90,419.81 crore. The stock was the top gainer among the bluechips on both Sensex and Nifty. |
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| Rani Mukerji confirms comeback with ‘Hichki’ |
| She took everyone by storm with her power-packed performance as the policewoman in ‘Mardaani’, and then took time off for motherhood. Now, actress Rani Mukerji is returning to the big screen with ‘Hichki’, which she says is built on a positive response. |
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