Wednesday, 22 August 2018

22 August 2018 News

Quote of D-DAY

The True Measure of Success is How Many times you can *Bounce back from Failure.*

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Happy Reading on 22.08.2018

*Mint*

=> Max’s Analjit Singh in talks to refinance up to $600 million debt

=> Forex reserves seen adequate to tide over pressure on CAD

=> Seven states get new governors, Malik replaces Vohra in J&K

=> Bidadi plant Toyota’s greenest in the world

=> Crunch time comes for Reliance Communications debt restructuring

=> Kerala floods highlight India’s poor dam management
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*Business Standard*

=> WhatsApp to trace the origin of fake messages, set up servers in India

=> 40% firms failing to file returns under MCA lens, may get deregistered

=> KKR emerges as main suitor to buy 47.5% stake in Max Healthcare

=> Omnichannel is a constant consideration: Flipkart CEO Kalyan Krishnamurthy

=> Finance Ministry refuses Rs 300-bn fund-infusion proposal for Air India

=> Sebi planning to add more stocks to additional surveillance mechanism
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*Economic Times*

=> RBI asks rating firms to scan companies’ bank details

=> Infosys ropes in McKinsey to tweak sales plan

=> Money held by Indians in tax havens plunges during ’13-17

=> As ministries argue, draft ecommerce policy lands with PMO

=> Maltese government woos Indian filmmakers with rebates, incentives

=> Government unveils draft UDAN scheme for international routes
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*Financial Express*

=> Railways unlikely to withdraw flexi-fare system; transporter to refloat global tender for long rails soon

=> SC cracks whip on Unitech, orders sale of personal assets of directors to raise funds

=> Modi government hardens stance, clears prosecution of PNB's 2 executive directors and ex-MD Usha Ananthasubramanian

=> National Pension System: NPS goes subscriber-friendly with new PoP norms

=> Facebook takes down 652 accounts linked to Russia, Iran; Mark Zuckerberg issues big statement

=> PM Narendra Modi meets Chinese defence minister as relations between India-China warm further
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*Hindustan Times*

=> Centre and state will together rebuild Kerala, says Union minister Alphons

=> Ex-Trump aides Cohen, Manafort found guilty; US president implicated

=> Abducted BJP leader Shabir Ahmad Bhat found dead in Kashmir’s Pulwama

=> Dipa Karmakar to not compete in women’s artistic gymnastics final – Reports

=> CBI recovers pistol possibly used to murder rationalist Narendra Dabholkar

=> Crocodile, snakes take over Kerala’s flooded homes
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*Indian Express*

=> Key challenge is to win people’s confidence: New Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik

=> Gandhi black belt to Republic-Day, Nobel talks to reality shows: Govt’s year-long Mahatma plan

=> Imran Khan responds to PM Modi's letter: To uplift region, India, Pakistan need to talk & trade

=> Michael Cohen pleads guilty, implicates Donald Trump in hush-money scheme

=> Kerala floods: On foreign aid, India follows policy set in tsunami aftermath

=> War veterans back Navjot Singh Sidhu, call hug row ‘petty’
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*The Hindu*

=> Kerala flood relief: No finality in accepting ₹700 crore from UAE

=> Dialogue with India a ‘must’ to resolve conflicts: Imran Khan

=> Trump directed hush money, says his ex-lawyer Michael Cohen

=> ILO report flags wage inequality in India

=> SC moots steps to clean up politics

=> Madras HC bars land acquisition for Chennai-Salem eight-lane expressway
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*The Times of India*

=> Foreign ministers' meet next on India-Pak agenda?

=> Imran lifts censorship of Pak TV, radio: Minister

=> Satya Pal Malik to replace NN Vohra as J&K guv

=> Imran wants India-Pak talks to resolve conflicts

=> 3rd Test: India just a wicket away from victory

=> India, China to discuss border hotline, jt exercise
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*अमर उजाला*

=> आशुतोष के बाद अब आशीष खेतान ने भी दिया आम आदमी पार्टी से इस्तीफा

=> गोल्ड मेडल जीतते ही बजरंग-विनेश फोगाट की बल्ले-बल्ले, बनेंगे रेलवे में अफसर

=> 16 पारियों के बाद पुजारा ने जड़ा अर्धशतक, बोले- काउंटी खेलने से मिली मदद

=> मुंबई में ‘भगोड़े’ नीरव मोदी के आलीशान बंगले पर चलेगा बुल्डोजर

=> 7 राज्यों के राज्यपाल बदलेः 10 साल बाद कश्मीर को मिला नया राज्यपाल

=> ENGvIND: 'विराट' जीत से एक कदम दूर टीम इंडिया
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*हिन्दुस्तान*
=> केरल बाढ़ःअरब की 700 करोड़ रुपये की वित्तीय सहायता ठुकरा सकती है सरकार

=> दुनियाभर के लोगों ने 3 महीने में Whatsapp पर बिताए 85 अरब घंटे

=> ट्रम्प के पूर्व वकील का आरोप, चुनाव प्रभावित करने के लिए किया भुगतान

=> ‘आप’ से इस्तीफे पर आशीष खेतान बोले- फिलहाल सक्रिय राजनीति में नहीं

=> JEE, NEET और UGC NET का शेड्यूल जारी, NTA आयोजित करेगी सभी परीक्षाएं

=> भारत और चीन डोकलाम जैसे गतिरोध टालने के तलाशेंगे तरीके
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*दैनिक जागरण*

=> AAP को लगा दूसरा बड़ा झटका, अब आशीष खेतान भी दूर हुए केजरीवाल से

=> ईद-उल-अजहा आज, राष्ट्रपति और PM मोदी ने दी बधाई

=> Ind vs Eng: तीसरे टेस्ट मैच में इंग्लैंड की हार पक्की, भारत को जीत के लिए एक विकेट की जरूरत

=> अंतरिक्ष में बजा भारत का डंका, पानी के बाद अब चंद्रयान ने की चांद पर बर्फ होने की पुष्टि

=> आज तक पांच लाख से ज्‍यादा लोगों की जान बचा चुकी है NDRF, केरल में भी सबसे आगे

=> राहुल गांधी चार दिनों की ब्रिटेन, जर्मनी यात्रा पर रवाना, दो सभाओं को करेंगे संबोधित
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*प्रभात ख़बर*

=> IIT हैदराबाद ने फैबलेस चिप डिजाइन इन्क्यूबेटर किया शुरू

=> भारत इंग्लैंड तीसरा टेस्ट: जीत के दरवाज़े पर भारत

=> WhatsApp को केंद्र का सख्त निर्देश, फेक न्यूज रोकने के उपाय खोजें, नहीं तो लगेगा जुर्माना

=> ईरान ने बनाया चौथी पीढ़ी का पहला स्वदेशी फाइटर जेट

=> बारिश व बाढ़ से बर्बाद केरल में अब पटरी पर लौट रही जिंदगी

=> पीजीटी शिक्षक नियुक्ति :शिक्षकों की 840 में 597 सीटें रह गयीं खाली, आरक्षित सीटों में तीन ही पास
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22.08.2018 Economic News

👉The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) here is likely to deliver its judgment on August 27, on the application filed by the Interim Resolution Professional (IRP) of Lanco  Infratech Limited for the liquidation of the company.

👉With the banking sector being dented by a slew of frauds in recent months, the country’s top banks are increasingly depending on artificial intelligence (AI)-based solutions to improve their internal risk management operations.

👉In a relief to FPIs(foreign portfolio investors), markets regulator Sebi on Tuesday extended the deadline by two months till December for providing a list of beneficial owners, and assured them that issues raised will be looked into by an expert panel.

👉The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is considering doubling or even quadrupling the minimum ticket size for investment in portfolio management services (PMS) schemes. The regulator is worried about the current investment limit of Rs 2.5 million may be inadequate to prevent retail investors from using this route

👉Kerala is planning to raise an additional Rs 10,500 crore debt for rehabilitation and rebuilding. To achieve this, the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan today said that his government will ask Centre to raise the ceiling on borrowing for the state to 4.5 per cent of the GDP. The borrowing limit is currently capped at 3 per cent.