Alphabet unit Google’s proposal to create a level playing field for price comparison shopping rivals to stave off fresh fines has not led to more traffic for its competitors, Europe’s antitrust chief said on Thursday. European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager two years ago slapped Google with a 2.4-billion-euro ($2.65 billion)fine for favouring […]
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Note ban was futile exercise, knew it would ruin lives: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday said the Centre’s move to demonetise high- value currency notes on this day in 2016 was a futile exercise which had a negative impact on the country’s economy. Banerjee, on the third anniversary of note ban, asserted that she knew from the […]
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Rupee declines most in Asia as Moody’s cuts India rating outlook
Rupee declined the most in Asia, while sovereign bonds and stocks saw modest losses after Moody’s Investors Services lowered the nation’s rating outlook to negative citing growth concerns. The reduction comes at a time when investors have been skeptical about the government meeting its budget targets amid a slowdown in […]
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Lack of funds, staff hamper SC-backed pollution monitoring agency’s work powers
The Supreme Court-mandated Environment Pollution Control Authority (EPCA) is empowered to shut down industries, thermal power plants and other polluting sources. It can also take suo moto action against any pollution in the national capital region (NCR). But it doesn’t. The main reasons why EPCA has not utilised these powers […]
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Bollywood fashionistas show how to ace the boot look this winter season
Game Of Thrones is over, nevertheless, ‘winter is coming’. And as temperatures go down, the need to suit up to stay warm increases. It’s time to put those strappy sandals and pencil heels away and work on getting the boot game strong. From combat boots to knee-high ones, Bollywood fashionistas […]
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UP to have two helicopters on standby for emergencies ahead of Ayodhya verdict
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said two helicopters will be on standby in Lucknow and Ayodhya as part of the security arrangements in the run up to the Supreme Court verdict on the Ram Temple issue. Adityanath conveyed this during a late-night video conference on Thursday with the […]
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WhatsApp Business gets shopping catalogue feature, courting e-commerce
Facebook Inc on Thursday launched a catalogue feature for its WhatsApp Business app, it said in a blog post, building out the service’s e-commerce tools as it moves slowly toward monetizing the app it bought in 2014 for $19 billion (£14.82 billion). Facebook has been trying to boost revenue from higher-growth […]
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‘Never compromised on ideology’: PM Modi on LK Advani’s 92nd birthday
Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former deputy prime minister LK Advani turned 92 on Friday and Prime Minister Narendra Modi while greeting him said he is a ‘scholar, statesman and one of the most respected leaders’. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister lauded Advani for his contributions […]
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Bala movie review: Ayushmann Khurrana’s film is bold and beautiful, and a bit unsettling
Bala Cast: Ayushmann Khurrana, Bhumi Pednekar, Yami Gautam Director: Amar Kaushik There is more to a good comedy film than dropping a few clever jokes. Director Amar Kaushik understands the mechanics well – something he displayed earlier in Stree, and Bala takes it a notch higher. The film starring Ayushmann Khurrana as a prematurely balding man […]
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‘Tussle with Delhi cops could’ve been avoided if…’: Lawyer with whom it began
A little before 2pm on Saturday, six-foot tall Sagar Sharma drove a green Mahindra Thar into the Tis Hazari court complex and parked it right next to a prison van. A policeman objected to it and the subsequent argument snowballed into a full-blown clash between the lawyers and police, that […]
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China calls Hong Kong protesters ‘mobsters’ after stabbing
China has slammed radical protesters in Hong Kong as “mobsters” using violence to influence upcoming local elections, after a pro-Beijing lawmaker was injured in a stabbing. The international finance hub has been shaken by five months of huge and increasingly violent protests calling for greater democratic freedoms and police accountability. […]
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CJI Ranjan Gogoi to meet UP chief secretary, DGP ahead of Ayodhya verdict
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi will meet top officials of the Uttar Pradesh government on Friday ahead of the Supreme Court’s verdict in the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid title dispute case that has been among India’s most sensitive and divisive political issues, according to news agency Press Trust of India. […]
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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan threatens to open Europe gates for refugees
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on a visit to EU member Hungary repeated his threat Thursday to “open the gates” for millions of refugees eager to flee to Europe unless more international support was provided. Erdogan held talks with Hungarian nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban — a rare EU ally […]
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9-yr-old escapes with injuries as car crushes her against wall in Navi Mumbai
A nine-year-old girl was injured in a freak accident as a car crushed her against a wall inside a Navi Mumbai housing society on Tuesday. While Sakshi Singh is recuperating at MGM Hospital in Kamothe and is stable, the Kalamboli police have booked the driver. According to the police, the […]
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India rejects Nepal’s objection over map
India on Thursday rejected Nepal’s protest over the depiction of the Kalapani region in the new maps it released last week, saying the maps accurately portrayed the country’s sovereign territory and that New Delhi was committed to an exercise to delineate the boundary. On Wednesday, Nepal’s foreign ministry had protested […]