Daily Newsletter | Tuesday, November 28, 2017
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| ‘Just 100 desis so far, IS lure has been limited’ |
| Around 100 ‘radicalised’ Indians have joined the Islamic State (IS) terror group so far and travelled to IS-controlled territories in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan. while 50 citizens have left India since 2014 to join IS, the remaining 50 are members of the diaspora who left for IS-held lands. |
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| Ivanka Trump reaches Hyderabad ahead of GES |
| United States President Donald Trump’s daughter and advisor Ivanka Trump arrived at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad early Tuesday morning. Ivanka reached the state capital ahead of the Global Entrepreneurship Summit scheduled on Tuesday. |
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| 5 killed as car falls into canal in Aligarh |
| Five people were killed and two others injured when the driver of the car they were traveling in lost control of the vehicle and plunged into Sofa canal in Aligarh on Sunday night. |
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| N K Singh appointed chairman of 15th Finance Commission |
| The other members of the commission, which is required to submit its report by October 2019, are former Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das and former Chief Economic Advisor Ashok Lahiri, Niti Aayog Member Ramesh Chand and Georgetown University professor Anoop Singh. |
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| Shaktikanta Das appointed as India’s G20 Sherpa |
| There are two tracks in G 20 – Finance Track and Development Track. Finance Track is managed by the Secretary (Economic Affairs) as India’s Deputy to G20 and the Development Track is coordinated by the Sherpa. The Department of Economic Affairs will provide necessary support to the Sherpa. |
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| Adani may not receive million dollar-loan from Australian government |
| Indian energy giant Adani’s controversy-hit Carmichael coal mine project in Australia may not receive a A$900 million (900 million Australian dollars) after the Labour party- led Queensland government said it will exercise its veto to not support the financial assistance. |
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