*Quote of D-DAY:*
You are the only person who can determine your intelligence and your capabilities. You are also the only person who can reduce them. When you put yourself down, you make less of your abilities. That’s not okay.
*Be good to yourself. Give yourself encouragement and acknowledgement.*
*Happy Reading on 09.01.2018*
*Mint*
=> Rural indicators point to worsening farm distress
=> Supreme Court set to review 2013 verdict criminalizing homosexuality
=> Banks may sell loans in RBI’s second list to ARCs in absence of bidders
=> Govt to seek expressions of interest for Air India after budget
=> Flipkart, PhonePe may chart separate routes for fintech
=> Govt to divest 1.5% in NMDC today at Rs153.5 per share
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*Business Standard*
=> Budget 2018: Finance ministry may tweak tax norms for listed stocks
=> Foreign banks' India footprint shrinks as domestic competition hots up
=> Cash demand was falling even before note ban, suggests RBI data
=> Nifty scales 10,600 for first time: Budget, results key factors ahead
=> H1B visa: Global firms setting up captives in India to tide over changes
=> Skoda puts growth plan in place, to invest Rs 152 billion in three years
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*Economic Times*
=> Soon, government will offer pan-India licence to firms providing contract workers
=> Big projects delayed, Yogi cracks the whip
=> After diagnosing Pak as the problem, US facing uphill task of acting against it
=> Coal India raises thermal coal prices by 9%
=> NPPA lens on five pharma companies for Hepatitis C drug overcharge
=> Nabard plans to almost double balancesheet to Rs 7 trillion in 5 years
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*Financial Express*
=> National Anthem row: Modi govt asks Supreme Court to reconsider order of playing it in cinemas
=> Alibaba founder Jack Ma says to consider Hong Kong listing, says media report
=> Wow! Unbelievable but true - Drones to oversee Indian Railways projects
=> Bharat Net Phase 2: Not a good news from Telecom Minister for non-performers
=> Food bill: Unpaid subsidy may touch Rs 1.25 lakh crore
=> On fast lane! Tractor sales on course to hit record high this fiscal
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*Hindustan Times*
=> Five people sleeping in Bengaluru restaurant killed as fire breaks out at night
=> SpaceX launches secretive US government payload code-named Zuma
=> Fall in enrolment in state-run schools as English medium trumps mid-day meals
=> Australia romp to innings victory in Sydney Test, complete 4-0 Ashes triumph
=> Home ministry wants special cell to combat lone wolf, DIY terrorists
=> China plans to build offshore naval base in Pakistan’s Gwadar Port, says report
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*Indian Express*
=> Section 377: Supreme Court will revisit its order banning gay sex; societal morality changes with time
=> Major reduction in Chinese troops in Doklam: Army Chief Bipin Rawat
=> No Padmavat screening in Rajasthan, her dignity at stake: Vasundhara Raje
=> Congress-ruled Karnataka’s e-billing project is now model for NDA’s GST
=> CBDT red-flags mismatch in AAP donations to Election Commission
=> Hounded for WhatsApp text saying she likes Muslims, girl kills self; BJYM activist held
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*The Hindu*
=> Hizbul claims AMU scholar joins ranks
=> Centre to launch portal to redress online abuse, fraud
=> No material to probe Gandhi death again: SC
=> WB bypoll: BJP candidate denies association with party
=> Rainbow of hope for LGBT community
=> Take back order on National Anthem in cinema halls till fresh circular is issued, Centre tells Supreme Court
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*The Times of India*
=> SC to review ruling which criminalised gay sex
=> China backs off on eastern front 'very maturely'
=> Playing anthem in theatres not a must: Centre
=> 3 non-engineers score a 100 in CAT 2017
=> 96 gurdwaras in US ‘ban’ entry of Indian officials
=> AI plans to fly Delhi-Los Angeles non-stop soon
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*अमर उजाला*
=> सिनेमाघरों में राष्ट्रगान बजाने और दर्शकों के खड़े होने को अनिवार्य न बनाया जाए: सरकार
=> फिलेंडर के 'छक्के' से दक्षिण अफ्रीका ने जीता पहला टेस्ट, टीम इंडिया को 72 रन से दी मात
=> हाईकोर्ट के आदेश के बाद मंदिर से हटे लाउडस्पीकर, मस्जिदों को आपत्ति
=> जिग्नेश मेवाणी की रैली को अनुमति नहीं, आज होनी थी रैली
=> ताज, लाल किला और कुतुब मीनार का दीदार होगा महंगा
=> JNU: रजिस्टर में हाजिरी लगाने का बहिष्कार, विरोध में 2500 छात्रों ने किए हस्ताक्षर
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*हिन्दुस्तान*
=> अमेरिका: इंटेलीजेंस एजेंसी सीआईए ने पाक को कहा आतंकियों की पनाहगाह
=> मौसम दिनभर: उत्तर भारत में जारी है ठंड का प्रकोप, यूपी में 70 मौतें
=> केंद्र सरकार ने SC से कहा- सिनेमाघरों में अनिवार्य ना हो राष्ट्रगान
=> अगुस्ता वेस्टलैंड केस: दो शीर्ष अधिकारी बरी, घूस लेने का था आरोप
=> बड़ा झटका: उपचुनाव से पहले BJP प्रत्याशी ने थामा TMC का दामन
=> ISRO आज नहीं अब 12 को लॉन्च करेगा 28 विदेशी सहित 31 सैटेलाइट
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*दैनिक जागरण*
=> डोकलाम के बाद भारत को अरुणाचल में मिली सफलता, चीन को झटका
=> पकड़ी गई जेट एयरवेज की 'हवाला क्वीन', 3.5 करोड़ की विदेशी करेंसी बरामद
=> हज यात्रियों के लिए खुशखबरी, समुद्री मार्ग की योजना को सऊदी अरब की मंजूरी
=> कार्यवाही में बाधा से राज्यसभा के 34 घंटे हुए बर्बाद, सिर्फ आधे समय ही हुआ काम
=> न्यूयॉर्क के इंटरनेशनल एयरपोर्ट में भरा पानी, कई फ्लाइट हुईं रद
=> फिर शादीशुदा महिला पर आया इमरान खान का दिल, तीसरी शादी का दिया है प्रपोजल
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*प्रभात ख़बर*
=> चारा घोटाला: आरके राणा खुद और लालू प्रसाद के नाम पर करते थे पैसे की उगाही
=> बिहार और झारखंड के लोगों अभी चार दिन और सतायेगी शीतलहर
=> स्टेट बैंक ऑफ इंडिया कम कर सकता है मिनिमम बैलेंस
=> खुशखबरी! झारखंड में 1985 से पहले से सरकारी जमीन पर बस गये हैं, तो जमीन आपकी
=> 25 जनवरी को रिलीज होगी 'पद्मावत'
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Economic Times
Ø NPPA lens on 5 cos for Hepatitis C drug overcharge
Ø Investors poured $235 bn into emerging markets: IIF
Ø Affordable home-loans next threat to banks: Report
Ø Govt to sell 1.5% in NMDC at Rs 153.5 per share
Ø Adani's net worth soared fastest; Ambani's swelled 80%
Ø Agreeable to consolidation of both arbitrations: Voda
Ø Nabard plans to double balancesheet to Rs 7 trillion
Business Standard
Ø Videocon Industries Q2 net loss at Rs 10.33 billion
Ø Most hedge funds junk participatory notes for direct FPI route
Ø SBI to raise up to $2 bn through overseas bonds to fund expansion
Ø Unichem Labs Q3 net profit at Rs 25 bn
Ø Ponzi scam: ED attaches PACL group's property worth Rs 4.72 bn
Ø Workers, employees of Gujarat NRE Coke likely to move Supreme Court
Business Line
Ø Rural economy, monsoon to boost FMCG firms in 2018
Ø Lohia Auto scouting for land to set up greenfield plant in South
Ø Managerial pay: Stricter norms for defaulting companies
Ø Adani arm breaks into global top 15 list of solar power developers
Mint
Ø Govt notifies amendments to Companies Act
Ø DoT to discuss call drops with telcos, Trai on 10 January
Ø Brigade Enterprises may list proposed hotel unit as REIT
Ø Tata Steel’s India business to see volume-led growth in December quarter
Ø Orchid Pharma gets EIR from USFDA for its Chennai facility
Financial Express
Ø Rupee slides from 32-month high, falls 13 paise against US dollar
Ø Government assures sugar companies to hike duty on cheap Pakistan imports: ISMA
Ø Larsen & Toubro Construction bags orders worth Rs 2,265 crore
Ø GVKPIL signs deal for Navi Mumbai international airport
Financial Chronicle
Ø Sebi seeks new tax rules for hedge funds
Ø Strong lenders to get lions’ share of Rs 80K cr recap bonds
Ø Rural economy, monsoon to boost FMCG
Ø BharatNet phase 2 to be complete by December
