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BLACK DOG: No 10 fears working-class Leavers won't vote in a post-Brexit election on a Friday

BLACK DOG: Those at No 10 are worried Northern, working-class Leavers backing Boris won't vote as they'll be in the pub on Friday nights spending their well-earned wages.




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New insurance rules could save holidaymakers with pre-existing medical conditions up to 40%

Millions of travellers with pre-existing medical conditions should soon be able to find appropriate cover more easily, according to new rules from the Financial Conduct Authority.




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Amazon Echo may have recorded murder of a Florida woman

Silvia Galva, 32, died when a spear impaled her chest in her Hallandale Beach condo back in July. Her husband, Adam Crespo, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.




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Black Friday UK 2019: When is it and how to prepare for Amazon's deals

Black Friday 2019 will soon kick off in the UK and around the world, with Amazon set to offer huge discounts on products. Here are all the details from when Black Friday is to how to prepare for it.




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Amazon Black Friday 2019: How to get the very best deals this year

Black Friday 2019 is almost upon us and Amazon will once again be offering deals across tech, home, beauty and more. Here are our top tips on how to get the very best Amazon deals this year.




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Amazon early Black Friday deals: Save on Nintendo Switch consoles and games

Black Friday 2019 is upon us and Amazon is offering more great offers than ever, including some great deals on Nintendo Switch consoles and games - from the Switch Lite to Pokemon Sword.




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Black Friday UK 2019: Amazon's sale prices for Echo, Kindle, Fire and TV devices revealed

Amazon's Black Friday deals have launched with huge savings on their smart home devices including the Echo Dot, Echo Show, Fire Sticks, Kindles and more. Find out what you can save here...




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Black Friday Xbox One S deals: eBay wins Black Friday with £99 Xbox deal - back in stock today

Looking for the best Xbox One S Black Friday deals?eBay is offering of a 1TB Xbox One S All Digital console with Minecraft, Sea Of Thieves and Fortnite for £99.




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Are Black Friday deals still on?

Black Friday deals were kicking off in full yesterday, If you weren't able to nab an Amazon Echo device or Apple iPad yesterday, find out how you can still take advantage of Black Friday deals today.




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Very's Nintendo Switch Black Friday deal sold out but here's the next best offers

Black Friday 2019 is well under way, but there are still many online bargains to be had, including great savings on Nintendo Switch Black Friday deals on Amazon, Very and Argos.




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Trinidad and Tobago

High Commission of India, Port of Spain
No. 6, Victoria Avenue, PO Box 530,
Port of Spain.
[*Con.acc. to Grenada (St.George s), Dominica (Roseau) and Montserrat (Plymouth)].

Telephone: 001-868-627-7480/7481
Fax: 001-868-627-6985/5731/4652
E-Mail: hc.pospain@mea.gov.in, hcipos@tstt.net.tt, hoc.pospain@mea.gov.in, ssci@hcipos.org
Website: www.hcipos.org

High Commissioner*
Malay Mishra
Second Secretary
M.P. Bhardwaj




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Kerala CM will be decided on Friday: Prakash Karat

The Left Democratic Front led by the CPI (M) is set to win 91 of the 140 seats in the state assembly




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This £3.5m Lancashire Huf Haus has holiday lodges that earn £500k

The Lancashire house, lake, eight holiday lodges and 34 acre site is up for sale for £3.5million, and the business generated a turnover of more than £500,000 last year.




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Swapping a buy-to-let to a short-term holiday let can prove profitable,

Renting out a property as a short-term let or holiday home can be profitable, and a combination of changes to buy-to-let tax and the rise of Airbnb and rivals has made it increasingly popular.




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Coronavirus: Rishi Sunak announces three month mortgage payment 'holiday'

Rishi Sunak today announced any homeowner who is adversely affected by coronavirus will be eligible for a three month mortgage payment 'holiday'.




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Coronavirus UK: 'Greedy' holiday home owners claim £50m bailout

Five thousand lets have claimed £10,000 each from the fund in Cornwall (pictured, St Ives), which was set up to help minor firms survive the coronavirus lockdown.




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President meets Dejan Židan, President of the National Assembly of Slovenia in Ljubljana [ph]Photo Courtesy : PHOTO RB[/ph]





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Vice President meets Nabeela Farida Tunis, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sierra Leone in Freetown [ph]Photo Courtesy: Shiv Raj[/ph]




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ASK TONY: Travel agent pocketed £225 of our China holiday refund

Last July, my wife, daughter and I used travel agent Carlton Leisure to book flights to Beijing with British Airways, returning via Hong Kong, with an internal flight between there and Chengdu.




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Congress decimated in Delhi election, 63 candidates lose deposits

The party, which ruled Delhi for 15 years on the trot under former Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, failed to open its account for the second consecutive assembly election in Delhi




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Has Congress outsourced task of defeating BJP, Sharmishtha asks Chidambaram

Sharmishtha is daughter of former President Pranab Mukherjee, who has been a Congress leader all his life




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Kejriwal to take oath as Delhi CM at Ramlila Maidan on Feb 16: Sisodia

All cabinet ministers will also take oath along with Kejriwal at the event, he said




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SC asks parties to reveal pending criminal cases against poll candidates

The apex court said political parties will also have to upload reasons for selecting candidates with pending criminal cases on their website




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London-based woman declares herself CM candidate for Bihar Assembly polls

The advertisement mentioned Pushpam Priya Choudhary as president, Plurals, and the CM Candidate, Bihar




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Build Your Brand (Friday Crossword, May 8)

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Puducherry assembly polls: DMK announces candidates for 9 seats

As per the seat-sharing agreement between Congress and DMK, Congress will contest from 21 seats and DMK from nine




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Japan Stocks mixed on profit booking ahead of holidays

Total 17 issues of 33 industry category of Topix index were in positive territory, with Rubber Products, Air Transportation, Services, Electric Appliances, Precision Instruments, Securities & Commodities Futures, and Information & Communication issues being notable gainers, while Iron & Steel, Mining, Chemicals, Nonferrous Metals, and Land Transportation issues were notable losers.




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Hong Kong Market closed for holiday

Asian market advanced on Thursday, 30 April 2020, on following U.S. shares advancing overnight on reports the antiviral drug remdesivir is showing promise as an effective COVID-19 treatment.




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Japan Market closed for a national holiday

Asian stock markets fell sharply on Monday, 04 May 2020, as risk sentiment turned sour on reigniting tensions between the world's top two economies after U.S. officials tried to pin blame for the coronavirus pandemic on China.




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China Market closed for Golden Week national holiday

Asian stock markets fell sharply on Monday, 04 May 2020, as risk sentiment turned sour on reigniting tensions between the world's top two economies after U.S. officials tried to pin blame for the coronavirus pandemic on China.




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Japan Market closed for a national holiday

Asian stock markets advanced on Wednesday, 06 May 2020, as investors risk sentiments buoyed on tracking positive cues overnight from Wall Street after reports of easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions in Europe and the U.S. Stocks also saw a modest boost from a rebound in oil prices.




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5Paisa Capital reports consolidated net loss of Rs 1.70 crore in the March 2020 quarter

Sales rise 69.34% to Rs 35.41 crore




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Cyient consolidated net profit declines 74.41% in the March 2020 quarter

Sales decline 7.68% to Rs 1073.60 crore




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R Systems International consolidated net profit declines 23.02% in the March 2020 quarter

Sales rise 6.60% to Rs 209.26 crore




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Adani Gas consolidated net profit rises 60.28% in the March 2020 quarter

Sales decline 0.77% to Rs 462.25 crore




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Shree Cement consolidated net profit rises 57.60% in the March 2020 quarter

Sales decline 2.13% to Rs 3415.14 crore




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Uttam Galva Steels reports consolidated net loss of Rs 536.04 crore in the March 2020 quarter

Sales decline 57.18% to Rs 118.66 crore




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Reliance Power reports consolidated net loss of Rs 4206.38 crore in the March 2020 quarter

Sales rise 13.39% to Rs 1798.05 crore




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Reliance Capital reports consolidated net loss of Rs 2124.00 crore in the March 2020 quarter

Sales decline 33.91% to Rs 3580.00 crore




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Reliance Infrastructure reports consolidated net loss of Rs 153.84 crore in the March 2020 quarter

Sales decline 9.01% to Rs 3625.86 crore




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PMK's CM candidate Anbumani trails

Anbumani is trailing in Pennagaram constituency.




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Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India reports consolidated net loss of Rs 164.57 crore in the March 2020 quarter

Sales decline 2.83% to Rs 616.61 crore




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Adani Transmission consolidated net profit declines 35.72% in the March 2020 quarter

Sales rise 25.20% to Rs 3186.96 crore




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ICICI Bank consolidated net profit rises 6.92% in the March 2020 quarter

Total Operating Income rise 11.47% to Rs 21740.68 crore




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Chidambaram welcomes Centre's decision to borrow additional 4.2 lakh cr

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Saturday welcomed the Centre's decision to borrow additional 4.2 lakh crore and said it should be used to provide relief to the poor and re-start the economy. "After resisting our appeals, especially through statements of the CEA, the government has finally decided to borrow an additional amount of Rs 4.2 lakh crore taking the projected fiscal deficit to 5.38 per cent. We welcome the decision," he said in a statement. The senior Congress leader, however, said, "It is not enough to borrow more unless the amount is used to provide relief to the poor and to re-start the economy. We look forward to the revised expenditure budget for 2020-21." Echoing similar sentiments put forth by several eminent economists, he had appealed to the central government to shed its reservations and borrow more in 2020-21. "In our view, the budgeted fiscal deficit of 3.5 per cent should not be a constraint in these extraordinary times," he said in the statement. The ...




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Mahindra Holidays posts Rs 161.51 cr loss in Q4

Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India Ltd on Saturday reported a consolidated loss after tax of Rs 161.51 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 2020. The company had posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 52.35 crore in the same period a year ago, Mahindra Holidays & Resorts India said in a regulatory filing. Revenue from operations in the fourth quarter stood at Rs 616.61 crore, as against Rs 634.59 crore in the year-ago period. The company said in the fiscal ended March 2020, it posted a consolidated loss after tax of Rs 134.26 crore. It had posted a consolidated profit after tax of Rs 59.57 crore in 2018-19. Revenue from operations in 2019-20 stood at Rs 2,371.87 crore, as compared to Rs 2,238.99 crore in the previous year.




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ICICI Bank Q4 consolidated profit up 6.91 pc to Rs 1,251 cr; sets aside Rs 2k-cr for virus impact

ICICI Bank on Saturday reported a 6.91 per cent growth in March quarter net at Rs 1,251 crore on a consolidated basis, after setting aside over Rs 2,000 crore in provisions for potential impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. On a standalone basis, the second largest private sector bank's profit grew 26 per cent to Rs 1,221 crore as against Rs 969 crore in the year-ago period. For fiscal year 2019-20, it reported a 135 per cent jump in standalone profit to Rs 7,930.81 crore. From an asset quality perspective, the bank reported an improvement in gross non-performing assets (NPAs) ratio to 5.53 per cent as against 6.70 per cent in the year-ago period and 5.95 per cent as of December 2019, despite over Rs 5,300 crore in fresh slippages during the reporting quarter. ICICI Bank President Sandeep Batra said it had slippages of Rs 4,300 crore in the preceding December quarter, and the additions on this front can be attributed to two accounts -- a West Asian healthcare company and a Singaporean oil




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My Budget: Prasad Bidapa

What is the best thing about the Budget?One, the finance minister seems really serious about bringing black money back. The second is the PM Suraksha Bima Yojana scheme that offers coverage of Rs 2 lakh for a premium of Rs 12.And the worst?The ...




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Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai : Unique example of solidarity


Muzaffarnagar and Shamli districts in western Uttar Pradesh had their long standing communal harmony destroyed by the riots that took place there in September 2013. Shoma Chatterji reviews the powerful documentary Muzaffarnagar Baaqi Hai which looks closely into the how, why and the aftermath of these riots.




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Watching the candidates


A citizens' committee in Karnataka decides that the people can aid the Election Commission's efforts at reducing the presence of criminals in politics.