Daily Newsletter | Friday, February 02, 2018
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| Budget 2018: It all adds up to 2019 polls |
| Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday read out long portions of his speech in Hindi. The repeated resort to the vernacular, as much as the content of what he said, revealed the political nature of his Budget. The appeal was primarily to sections that make up the numbers at the hustings – the poor, farmers, lower middle class, young jobseekers, senior citizens. |
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| 1st ODI: Kohli ton helps India to six-wicket win in Durban |
| Virat Kohli peeled off yet another century as India defeated South Africa by six wickets in the first ODI of the six-match series to take 1-0 lead in Durban on Thursday. India chased down 270 in 45.3 overs thanks to a measured century from Virat Kohli, his first limited-overs ton in South Africa, who was out after scoring 112 off 119. |
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| Sindhu, Saina ease into quarters; Srikanth stunned |
| Malaysian qualifier Iskandar Zulkarnain caused the biggest upset of the India Open 2018, a part of the BWF World Tour 500, when he took down home favourite and World No. 3 Kidambi Srikanth in straight games. |
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| Life ban on Sreesanth: SC to hear plea on February 5 |
| The Supreme Court has agreed to hear on February 5 an appeal filed by cricketer S Sreesanth against a Kerala High Court verdict that restored the life ban imposed on him by the BCCI in the wake of the 2013 IPL spot-fixing scandal. |
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| Budget 2018: GST biggest earner for the government |
| Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said in a post budget conference that in 2017-18 (ending March 2018), the government will be “receiving GST revenues only for 11 months, instead of 12 months” which “will have fiscal effect”. |
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| Watch: ‘Veerey Ki Wedding’ trailer |
| After the Mumbai High Court ruled in the favour of the makers of ‘Veerey Ki Wedding’ over a title dispute with the producers of Sonam Kapoor- Kareena Kapoor starrer ‘Veere Di Wedding’, the first trailer of the former film is finally out. |
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| Preity celebrates b’day with hubby in LA |
| Actress Preity Zinta, who turned a year older on Wednesday, headed to Los Angeles to be with her husband Gene Goodenough after celebrating her birthday with former co-stars Salman Khan and Bobby Deol in Mumbai. |
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| ‘Padmaavat’ leak: Makers approach cyber cell |
| Despite some states still continuing with the ban considering the protests against ‘Padmaavat’ by the Rajput Karni Sena and other fringe groups, the film has turned out to be a huge success at the box office. |
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