Daily Newsletter | Wednesday, November 15, 2017
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| Suresh Prabhu signals focus on new sectors to boost mfg, exports |
| Commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu has signalled a shift in India’s manufacturing and export strategy, with a focus on new emerging sectors such as genomic, while giving a thrust to export of goods that are not currently among the top 10 items shipped out of the country. |
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| ‘Lifestyle diseases biggest killer in Indian states’ |
| Lifestyle diseases like heart and chronic respiratory diseases now kill more people than communicable ones like tubercolosis or diarrhoea in every state in India, including the most backward. This was revealed in the India State-Level Disease Burden Initiative’s Report released on Tuesday. |
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| PM for rules-based regional security architecture |
| The two countries signed four agreements as Modi and Duterte held their first bilateral summit in Manila on the sidelines of the Asean summit and the PM strongly pitched for a rules-based regional security architecture, reflecting a growing convergence among India, the US and Japan over the need to deal with China’s intent to dominate the region. |
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| Delhi air a shade better, but emergency measures to stay |
| Air quality in the national capital remained ‘very poor’ on Tuesday despite showing a marked improvement, prompting the Environment Pollution (Prevention & Control) Authority (EPCA) to continue with the emergency measures such as ban on trucks and construction. |
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| Look at your career before commenting on Dhoni: Shastri |
| India’s chief coach Ravi Shastri on Tuesday once again extended unflinching support to Mahendra Singh Dhoni, saying those commenting on the two-time World Cup winning former skipper should look back at their own careers. |
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| Focus on remaining No. 1 in Tests: Rahane |
| India vice-captain Ajinkya Rahane on Tuesday said their 9-0 clean sweep in Sri Lanka will have no bearing in the return series and they remain focussed on maintaining the No. 1 spot in Tests. |
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