Daily Newsletter | Monday, September 04, 2017
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| PM springs surprise, names first woman full-time defence minister |
| PM Narendra Modi on Sunday picked Nirmala Sitharaman as India’s first full-time woman defence minister, delivering the biggest surprise in a Cabinet recast that saw nine new ministers being sworn in, elevating the next generation of BJP leaders to key berths and inducting in-house technocrats with an eye on the 2019 polls. |
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| Pradhan, Goyal get their due with fresh challenges |
| After three years of five-star performance, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday gave two of his government’s poster boys — Dharmendra Pradhan and Piyush Goyal — their due by elevating them to cabinet rank but also indicated he expects much more from them by giving new tasks. |
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| Watch: Apple CEO Tim Cook’s cameo in this university’s ad |
| Auburn University has released two new commercials featuring one of its most notable alumni, Apple CEO Tim Cook. The advertisements focus on how a degree from the university can be a powerful tool to achieve success in career goals. |
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| 5th ODI: Kohli century seals 5-0 clean sweep against Sri Lanka |
| A superb century from captain Virat Kohli guided India to six-wicket win in the fifth and final ODI against Sri Lanka in Colombo as they completed a 5-0 clean sweep on Sunday. Chasing a below-par 239, Kohli hit his 30th ODI ton and remained unbeaten on 110 to help his side chase down the target in 46.3 overs. |
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| Quite amazing to have won the series 5-0: Kohli |
| His earlier thoughts of a “more challenging” contest in ODIs did not materialise as Sri Lanka hardly gave a fight to the Indians but the visiting captain Virat Kohli on Sunday expressed happiness at winning the series 5 -0. |
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| Global cues, rupee movement to drive equity markets |
| Global cues, along with the government’s measures to revive growth and tackle the non-performing assets (NPAs) issue are expected to determine the way forward for the Indian equity markets during the upcoming week. |
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