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Amitabh Bachchan To Be Feted At IFFI 2017
Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan will be feted with the Personality of the Year Award at the upcoming 48th International Film Festival of India (IFFI) in Goa, Information and Broadcasting Ministry sources said.....
Climate Progress In India Brightens Hopes For Bonn
Just a few years ago, India relied almost exclusively on coal to fuel its rapid development, opening new coal-burning power plants and increasing coal mining and imports. This year, however, in a remarkable turnaround, India cancelled plans for an additional 14 gigawatts of coal power and announced that it won't build any new coal plants for at least a decade -- thanks to a rapid rise in renewable energy.....
Jaitley In Singapore: Lists GST, Note Ban As Major Reforms
Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has urged Singaporean businesses to invest in India, highlighting the country as one of the largest FDI recipients with the government undertaking major structural reforms, including Aadhaar, GST and demonetisation.....
'Kadvi Hawa' The Well Known Experiment In Cinema
Drishyam Films and Nila Madhav Panda in 'Kadvi Hawa' have done their best to be well-known experiment in Cinema. They have put all their energies into movies that are interestingly idiosyncratic, smart, and more than a little enigmatic. In other words, their small-scale productions reflect deeply their shaping influences. They have made no reference to some media-crafted image in the movie.....
Sonia Hits Out At Modi Over Delay In Winter Session, Making 'false Promises'
Hitting out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi for delaying the Winter Session of Parliament on "flimsy grounds", Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday warned the NDA regime that it can not escape constitutional accountability by "locking the temple of democracy". ....
Not Upset With Tharoor's Tongue-in-cheek Remark: Manushi Chhillar
Miss World 2017 Manushi Chhillar on Monday said she is not upset that Congress leader Shashi Tharoor referred to her as "chillar", which means small change.....
BSES' App For Consumers To Verify ID Of Visiting Staff
To check the menace of imposters extorting money posing as electricity distribution company (discom) officials, BSES on Monday announced the launch of an app to verify the identity of its inspection staff.....
Pakistan's Anti-narcotics Force Foils Drug Smuggling Attempt
The Anti-Narcotics Force (ANF) of Pakistan has foiled an attempt to smuggle drugs from Benazir Bhutto International Airport Islamabad.....
Pakistani Graft Court Declares Finance Minister An Absconder
Pakistan Finance Minister Ishaq Dar was declared an absconder by an accountability court in Islamabad on Tuesday in a corruption reference filed against him by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). ....
RIL Raises $800 Mn Through 10-year Bonds At Lowest Rate
Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) on Tuesday said it has raised $800 million by selling 10-year bonds in the first offering since Moody's last week raised India's sovereign rating after 14 years.....
