Daily Newsletter | Friday, September 08, 2017
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| North Korea’s hydrogen bomb test ignites fresh worries in India |
| Concerns over the continuing clandestine quid pro quo between Pakistan and North Korea in terms of nuclear and missile proliferation, all under the benign guidance of China, have further accentuated in India after Pyongyang detonated a possible thermonuclear or hydrogen bomb last Sunday. |
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| Grandparents not part of Trump’s travel ban: Court |
| A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the US shouldn’t be prevented from coming to the country. |
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| India refuses to join declaration against Myanmar |
| India on Thursday dissociated itself from a declaration adopted at an international conference as it carried a reference to violence in Rakhine state of Myanmar, from where 125,000 Rohingyas have fled to Bangladesh. |
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| Wayne Rooney faces Everton drink-driving punishment |
| Wayne Rooney, England’s all-time record goal scorer and former captain, was pulled over by police near his home in Cheshire, northwest England in the early hours of Friday morning last week and is due to appear at Stockport Magistrates’ Court on September 18. |
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| Yuvraj not part of top 74 players as BP XI squad named |
| The national selection committee on Thursday picked up a fourth string 14-member Board President’s XI squad for the warm-up game against Australia, making it clear that Yuvraj Singh is now not a part of even the top 74 cricketers in the country. |
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| Government considering auto makers concern on hike in GST cess |
| Luxury vehicle manufacturers have hit out at the move to hike cess on large cars and sports utility vehicles (SUVs) to 25 per cent, saying it was against the spirit of liberal market dynamics and would affect future plans of expansion under Make in India initiative. |
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| Markets trade rangebound, finish flat |
| 30-share BSE Sensex gained a meagre 0.77 points to finish on 31,662.74 and broader 50-share NSE Nifty closed on 9,929,90, up by 13.70 points. Sensex had opened with a gain of 77 points and had extended it to 153 points to hit the intra-day high of 31,814.96 in morning session. |
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| Rekha, Hrithik at Rakesh Roshan’s b’day bash |
| Rakesh Roshan celebrated his birthday on Wednesday evening, in the company of family and friends. It was a star-studded bash which saw Bollywood’s senior brigade including Rishi Kapoor with wife Neetu Kapoor, Randhir Kapoor, Sheeba and the evergreen star Rekha in attendance. Looking beautiful in her trademark silk sari and makeup, the ageless beauty was the star of the night along with her on-screen son Hrithik Roshan. |
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