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Vikas a win away from medal, enters quarterfinals
Rio de Janeiro: Vikas Krishnan stood a win away from an elusive Olympic medal as the Indian outclassed Turkey's Sipal Onder 3-0 to comfortably advance to the quarterfinals of men's 75kg middleweight boxing at the Rio Games here.
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Rupee drops 3 paise against dollar in early trade
Mumbai: The rupee edged lower by 3 paise to 66.87 against the dollar in early trade today on fresh buying of the American currency by importers ahead of RBI policy.
Forex dealers said strength in the dollar against some other currencies…
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India is now looking beyond the Mahatma
Gautam Mukherjee
Advocates and cat's paws of change are trying it on social media, virally growing in importance in India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a major presence on it, directly tweeting his observations, without distorting…
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Mehbooba making all the right moves
AARYAN SHARMA
JAMMU: Before packing her bags and shifting base to the summer capital for next six months, first woman Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti made all the right moves to win hearts and minds of the people of…
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FIRs slapped against NIT students, stone-pelters given amnesty
Aaryan Sharma
JAMMU: The BJP-PDP alliance government headed by Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday faced an embarrassing situation after the state police registered two separate FIRs' against the NIT students less than 24 hours after the Chief…
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New mechanism to protect from cancer identified
Houston: For the first time, researchers have identified a new innate immunity pathway that protects mammals from viral oncogenesis, the process by which viruses cause normal cells to become cancerous.
The discovery is significant - and…
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Karan Johar ‘dying’ to direct SRK again
Mumbai: Karan Johar and superstar Shah Rukh Khan last worked together on 2010 drama "My Name Is Khan" and the filmmaker says the two will be teaming up again "very soon".
Johar began his directing career with Shah Rukh-starrer "Kuch Kuch…
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Lahiri enters Top-10 at World Golf Champs in Doral
Doral (USA): Indian golfer Anirban Lahiri turned in a second successive two-under 70 and jumped into the top-10 at tied ninth at the midway stage of the USD 9.5 million WGC Cadillac Championships.
Lahiri, who had three birdies -- two of…
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Jammu and Kashmir Vigilance body registers case against SMC officers
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir State Vigilance Organisation (SVO) today registered a case of corruption against some officers of Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) and Roads and Buildings Department.
The case under Prevention of Corruption…
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Indo-Israel ties
In spite of working closely on defence, counter-terrorism, agriculture and energy related issues India-Israel ties for the last 23 years have not taken off on the confidence level and it needs to be nurtured on a much wider spectrum leaving…
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