Daily Newsletter | Monday, December 11, 2017
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| In first winter stay, 1,800 Chinese troops camping at Doklam |
| Chinese troops have now virtually established a permanent presence in the Doklam area, near the Sikkim-Bhutan-Tibet trijunction, with the construction of two helipads, upgraded roads, scores of pre-fabricated huts, shelters and stores to withstand the freezing winter in the high-altitude region. |
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| Pak working with Cong to beat BJP in Guj: PM |
| The alleged meeting between Pakistani leaders saw Modi attack Congress in what came across as a bid to play the polarising card by sticking a “pro-Pak” label on Congress. Modi said the ‘secret meeting’ lasted three hours. |
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| 1 in 5 urban families borrow to fund hospital stay |
| In rural India, about two-thirds – ranging from 65.6% in the poorest to 68% for the richest – depend on the household income or savings, while 27% of the poorest household and 23% of the richest households depended on borrowings. |
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| HWL Final: Australia clinch second straight gold |
| In the end, the penalty corners made the difference. Both Australia and Argentina boasted of some of the top exponents of the art but it was the former who beat them to retain their Hockey World League Final title, with a 2-1 win in the summit clash here on Sunday. |
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| Priority is to have permanent solution on public stockholding: Prabhu |
| Commerce and industry minister Suresh Prabhu on Sunday said that India is pushing for an improvement over the Bali package for its public procurement programme for foodgrains and seeking to build a coalition of developing countries to push its case and block moves for putting in place global rules for e-commerce. |
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