Daily Newsletter | Monday, September 18, 2017
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| Swaraj in New York, trilateral today with Tillerson, Japanese foreign min |
| Swaraj, leading a high-powered Indian delegation, is expected to hold about 20 bilateral and trilateral meetings over the next week with leaders attending the session. She is scheduled to meet with her American and Japanese counterparts Rex Tillerson, and Taro Kono respectively, in a trilateral today. |
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| 3 cops for a VIP, just 1 for every 663 common man |
| Out of a total 19.26 lakh police officers in the country, 56,944 are deployed just for the safety of 20,828 VIPs across 29 states and six Union territories. That makes an average of 2.73 cops for every VIP in the country. |
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| Conspiracies were hatched to stall dam: PM |
| “No other project in the world has faced as many hurdles as the Sardar Sarovar Dam,” PM Modi said at a rally. “There was a tirade of false allegations at us and several conspiracies were hatched to stall this project. But we were determined not to take make it a tool for political disputes,” he said. |
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| Pre-poll violence: Section 144 clamped on Utkal University campus |
| Tension sparked at Utkal University after some unidentified persons hurled at least two high-intensity crackers on the campus forcing the police to clamp prohibitory orders under Section 144 of the CrPC near the main gate. This has pushed the forthcoming student union election in the university to uncertainty. |
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| Nomura raises Zomato valuation to $1.4 billion |
| Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities has pegged Zomato’s valuation at $1.4 billion, which is almost twice of how much the food delivery and ordering company was valued at the last time it raised capital. |
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| 1st ODI: India beat Australia by 26 runs (DLS) |
| Hardik Pandya’s all-round flamboyance complemented by Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s customary calm enabled India to record a comfortable 26-run win over Australia in the rain-curtailed opening ODI of the five-match series. |
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| Former Everton star Lukaku ruins Rooney’s United return |
| Right-back Antonio Valencia gave United an early lead with a spectacular half-volley before late goals from midfielder Henrikh Mkhitaryan — set up by Lukaku just before he got on the scoresheet himself — and an Anthony Martial penalty sealed the win. |
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