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Sunday, 20 August 2017

20 August 2017 News

*Happy Reading*

=== *Corporate and General Updates on 20th August, 2017* ===

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*Mint*

=> Infosys approves up to Rs13,000 crore buyback of shares at 24.57% premium

=> 23 dead after 14 coaches of Utkal Express derail near Muzaffarnagar in UP

=> Shivraj Singh Chouhan will lead BJP in Madhya Pradesh polls: Amit Shah

=> GST Council extends July payment and return filing deadline to 25 August

=> Govt plans monthly fellowship of Rs70,000 for IIT, IISc researchers

=> Sebi board may take up listing of ARC securities at next meeting

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*Business Standard*

=> Govt extends GST return filing date to August 25

=> Infosys board clears Rs 13,000-crore share buyback at Rs 1,150 apiece

=> Muzaffarnagar train mishap: 23 killed as 14 coaches of Utkal Express derail

=> Nitish-led JD(U) formally ditches Grand Alliance to join hands with BJP

=> Three US law firms to file class action suits against Infosys on Sikka exit

=> Soybean price gloom for farmers to continue

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*Economic Times*

=> Infosys: Unlucky 13% intraday plunge for stock as ‘distracted’ CEO quits

=> Utkal mishap: 'Unofficial' track maintenance reason

=> MTNL increases 3G data limit up to 3 times in same price

=> Central fellowship of Rs 70,000 for IIT PhD researchers

=> Jaitley reviews readiness of Western Naval Command

=> Utkal derailment: 3 trains cancelled, 6 diverted

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*Financial Express*

=> Kalinga Utkal Express accident: 23 dead, over 80 injured after train derails in Uttar Pradesh

=> State funeral for Pakistan's Mother Teresa, Ruth Pfau

=> RBI data shows no impact in most places due to ban on Rs 500, Rs 1000 notes

=> Yes Bank savings account interest rates cut; turns 5th lender to do so

=> China company to build Afghan embassy in Pakistan

=> Three Mumbai university law students move High Court over delay in examination results

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*Hindustan Times*

=> Railway track was under repair but Utkal Express train driver was not informed, preliminary probe finds

=> Did Indian, Chinese soldiers pelt stones at each other in Ladakh on Aug 15? Video surfaces

=> Nitish joins NDA, Sharad calls it betrayal of voters

=> Mahakali actors Gagan Kang and Arjit Lavania killed in car crash, Twitter reacts

=> 200 cows die of starvation at a shelter run by BJP leader in Chhattisgarh

=> Far-right politician wants to offer Indians money to leave UK

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*Indian Express*

=> Utkal Express derails in UP, 20 die: 14 coaches go off track, over 80 injured

=> Stage set for merger of ADMK factions

=> Chhattisgarh horror: In 2 more gaushalas, dozens of carcasses, starving cows

=> Sharad Yadav holding parallel JD(U) meet, Nitish decides to join NDA at the Centre

=> Kaziranga: 30 per cent still under water, park lost 334 animals in two waves of floods

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*The Hindu*

=> 23 dead, over 400 injured as Utkal Express derails

=> Video shows troops trading kicks, punches in Ladakh

=> Hope India will act in a sovereign manner: Venezuelan Ambassador Augusto Montiel

=> Stirred up Darjeeling hills alive with the spirit of cooperation

=> India’s roads to be safer, greener under new NHAI plans

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*The Times of India*

=> Utkal Express mishap: 23 dead, over 70 injured

=> 35% faculty posts vacant in IITs, 53% in varsities

=> Panneerselvam may settle for deputy CM's post

=> Indians are top H-1B visa applicants till July

=> Mahakali actors killed in road accident

=> Video surfaces of India, China face-off in Ladakh

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*अमर उजाला*

=> खतौली में उत्कल एक्सप्रेस की 14 बोगियां पटरी से उतरीं, 23 की मौत, 81 घायल

=> भाजपा में शामिल हो सकते हैं महाराष्ट्र के पूर्व मुख्यमंत्री राणे

=> टीवी सीरियल 'महाकाली' के दो एक्टर्स की रोड एक्सीडेंट में मौत

=> 5 स्टार होटल में नहीं ठहरेंगे मंत्री, न करेंगे पीएसयू कंपनियों की कार का इस्तेमालः मोदी

=> IndVsSL: आज होगा वनडे सीरीज का आगाज, जीत के नए फार्मूले के तलाश में 'विराट सेना'

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