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Virat Kohli, De Villiers to auction cricketing gears to raise funds for fight against COVID-19

 The items to be auctioned also include their respective gloves and shirts from that particular game where both of them had scored centuries to power RCB to a challenging 248 for three against Gujarat Lions. RCB had won the match by 144 runs. 




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ICC Test Rankings: India lose top spot to Australia, drop to third spot

India dropped in the ladder largely because the record of 12 Tests victories and just one Test defeat in 2016-17 was removed in the latest chart, the ICC said in a statement.




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Rohit Sharma has an edge over Virat Kohli in terms of impact in white-ball format, says Gautam Gambhir

Talking further about Kohli and Rohit, the 2011 World Cup winner said, "It is very difficult to compare both of them. Virat Kohli is unbelievable. His stats prove that. "But when your reputation is such that when you get out after a hundred, people say he has missed out on double hundred, that speaks volumes about you."




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Coronavirus: Govt launches 24×7 helpline for visa, travel queries

With coronavirus cases swelling in the country, the central government had on Monday banned the entry of passengers from the European Union countries, Turkey and the UK from March 18 till 31. 




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Coronavirus scare: Ready to pay? Aerocity hotels to reserve rooms for quarantine with meals, laundry, WiFi

Three premier hotels in Delhi's Aerocity directed to reserve rooms for quarantine.




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Taurus Horoscope for May 9, 2020

Playing with kids would give you a wonderful healing experience. Any advice from your father can prove to be beneficial at the workplace. Domestic life will be peaceful and adorable Could experience the pleasure of love. Rituals/hawans/auspicious ceremonies will be performed at home. Looks like, you are going to get special attention from your spouse. Shopping with family seems to be on cards this weekend, however you may spend more than necessary.




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One on One: Connecting Global Audiences With Lilian Leong, COO, 9GAG

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Paul Gauguin painting said to fetch $300 million

A sensuous Paul Gauguin painting of two Tahitian girls has been sold from a Swiss private...




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Saudi Arabia’s think-tank studying hypothetical world sans OPEC

The study is the second in a series, after an earlier report found that OPEC’s spare capacity reduces oil price volatility and generates as much as $200 bn of annual economic benefits for the world economy.




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Indian-American Neomi Rao to replace Kavanaugh on DC Circuit

Prominent Indian-American lawyer Neomi Rao has been nominated by US President Donald Trump to fill Justice Brett Kavanaugh’s seat on the powerful DC Circuit Court of Appeals.




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Federal Reserve may get less bang for the buck if it repeats 2016 rate pause

For the Federal Reserve, 2019 has started out looking a lot like 2016: The last time uncertainty over global growth roiled financial markets for months on end.




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Pakistan confers highest civilian award on Saudi crown prince Mohammad bin Salman

Pakistan on Monday conferred its highest civilian award Nishan-e-Pakistan on Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman for his “outstanding support” in reinvigorating the ties between the two countries.




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Fear of Trump walking on Xi haunts China as trade talks near end

As Trump claims to be the first American president to stand up to Beijing, his aides have built a possible deal on a foundation of distrust.




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Short-term impact of COVID-19 will be severe in all segments: K Paul Thomas, CEO, ESAF

ESAF has more than 96% of its exposure in the micro-segment with the average ticket size of the loan being Rs 33,000.




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ICICI Bank launches voice banking services on Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant

This novel facility offers customers yet another way to connect with their bank from home at a time when they are advised to stay indoors in the wake of the nationwide lockdown, ICICI Bank said in a release.




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Loan moratorium may haunt banks even after getting lifted; Moody’s explains post moratorium credit landscape

The loan moratorium, as suggested by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) last month and subsequently implemented by various lenders across the country, might be able to provide some temporary relief for now but could also play a hand in changing the credit landscape of the banking sector.




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COVID-19 effect: Most applied for moratorium out of caution, not stress, says HDFC Bank

The percentage of applicants is in low single digit as a share of the loan book, the bank said, but this could go up as it has not put a deadline or a cut-off for people to apply.




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April 23 Auction: PSL breather for TLTRO 2.0

Vydianathan Ramaswamy, director, ratings at Brickwork Ratings, said that the extension of deployment period to 45 days gives banks a better lead time to lend to a wider set of non-banks.




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Over Rs 68,600 cr loans of wilful defaulters, including Mehul Choksi, Vijay Mallya firms, written off: RBI in RTI reply

In the last Parliament session, Rahul Gandhi had asked the government to provide a list of top 50 bank loans defaulters in the country, leading to sharp exchanges and uproar in the Lok Sabha.




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Top 50 wilful defaulters caused write-offs worth Rs 68,600 crore: RBI

In a response to an RTI filed by Saket Gokhale, the central bank declined to offer names of wilful defaulters as on February 16, 2020, stating that this data is not available.




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Banks set to declare Cox and Kings exposure as ‘fraud’ account

This classification will require banks to make provisions of 100% of the total amount due to them as per Reserve Bank of India (RBI) guidelines.




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AU Small Fin Bank Rating: Target price to be revised after earnings call

AU Small Finance Bank (SFB) reported an increase of 3.5% year-on-year in PAT to Rs 120 crore (our estimate: Rs 180 crore), affected by higher provisions of Rs 150 crore.




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ISRO to launch GISAT-1 satellite on GSLV rocket as high as a 16 storey building!

The launching vehicle of GISAT 1 has evinced much interest before the launch of the mission. GSLV -F10 is a humongously tall vehicle - as tall as a Sixteen storey building, and weighing approximately 4,20,300 kilograms..




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ISRO’s Gaganyaan: SAIL’s Bhilai plant sending high strength special steel to make satellite launch vehicle

Special grade steel plates have been procured from the Bhilai plant of the Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) to be used in the launch vehicle.




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GISAT-1 launch: ISRO postpones March 5 launch; Here’s why

ISRO's GISAT-1, which weighs around 2,268 kgs, was slated to be the first Earth observation satellite to be placed in the Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit.




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Chandrayaan-3 to be launched in first half of 2021: Govt

The Indian Space Research Organisation had then resolved to launch the project again. It had said the project is likely to be launched by the end of the year.




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ISRO’s Chandrayaan-3 launch schedule revealed, Gaganyaan mission on track

The Union Minister also said that the upgraded configuration in Chandrayaan-3 will make the spacecraft more robust in terms of design and it will also have an enhanced spacecraft capacity without compromising with the heritage of Chandrayaan-2.




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Space jam! Over 12,000 aspiring astronauts apply for NASA’s Moon, Mars mission! Check details

A total of 12,000 applicants applied to become astronauts at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).




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China to launch communications satellite named after Wuhan

Despite its proximity to the epicentre of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the company staff worked hard to ensure the success of the mission, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.




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Supermoon 2020: After a beautiful ‘Pink Moon’ on Tuesday night, viewers share pics on Twitter

Explaining the difference between a normal Full Moon and a Supermoon, Brown told The Guardian that the Supermoon is just closer to the Earth than the usual Full Moon.




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Expedition 63: NASA astronaut Cassidy, two Russian cosmonauts land on International Space Station

NASA astronaut Chris Cassidy along with two Russian cosmonauts Anatoly Ivanishin and Ivan Vagner reached the International Space Station (ISS) for a six-month-long mission named Expedition 63.




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China names its Mars mission Tianwen-1 ahead of its planned launch this year

China National Space Administration (CNSA) named the Mars mission as "Tianwen," which means Heavenly Questions or Questions to Heaven, a poem written by China's well known poet Qu Yuan (340-278 BC).




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Not just water and sky, dinosaurs also lived in water, a new study has found!

A dinosaur species, one of the largest carnivorous dinosaurs known to man, had a giant fin tail as well as a centre of gravity which was highly suitable for swimming.




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NASA astronaut Sunita Williams to Indian students stuck in US: Stay home, reflect and be part of something bigger

During a virtual interaction, she compared the Indian students' experience to her being in space in a spacecraft “where you don't get to go, see your family and friends and give them a real hug.”




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China launches its most powerful rocker carrier; 10 years of hard work pays off for Dragon

CALT head Wang Xiaojun said the new rocket, a version of China's largest carrier rocket, the Long March-5, would further expand China's aerospace activities. The Long March-5B is about 53.7 meters long, with a core stage 5 meters in diameter and four boosters 3.35 meters in diameter.




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One on One: Connecting Global Audiences With Lilian Leong, COO, 9GAG

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Railways Orders Comprehensive Probe Into Today's Aurangabad Accident

The Railways has ordered a comprehensive probe into the Aurangabad accident in which 16 migrants workers who were sleeping on the tracks were run over by a goods train early on Friday morning. They...




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Unable to Overcome Impact Of Tragedy: Aurangabad Train Accident Survivor

A survivor of the Aurangabad train tragedy says that the disturbing images of the death of his companions in front of his eyes were haunting him and left him with the mental trauma that he will never...




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Lebanese Philharmonic Orchestra goes online with Strauss

Maestro Harout Fazlian led the 90 performers of the LPO from their respective homes, recording them using mobile phones, laptops and Zoom chat




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SLAUGHTER BEACH RD REHABILITATION, SOUTH, 2019

SLAUGHTER BEACH RD REHABILITATION, SOUTH, 2019




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Culture goes virtual: Content creators, performers find innovative ways to keep their audience entertained

In the light of recent regulations, many artists and cultural organisations have taken to the internet to continue with their events.




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After salary defaults, Maharashtra private school teachers seek RBI intervention

The MESTA said the government, schools and parents should work together to ensure salaries are paid, while simultaneously minimising the financial impact on parents.




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Online database to depict fish landing centres’ proximity to COVID hotspots in Kerala launched

The Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has launched an online GIS based database depicting the proximity of fish landing centres to Covid-19 hotspots in Kerala.




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Net inflows into equity MFs halve in April compared to March, as investors turn cautious

Industry experts say that lump-sum investments have stopped and even some investors are stopping their SIPs, due to the unpredictable equity markets.




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Maiden round-the-clock renewable energy auction gets tariff of Rs 2.90/unit

Since renewable energy is unpredictable in nature, other sources of energy are required for balancing it, increasing the actual cost of such power, dissuading state-run power distribution companies from buying such electricity.




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Mukesh Ambani in no mood to rest; trying to get more investors for Jio, talks on with rich Saudi wealth fund

Saudi Arabia’s $320 billion sovereign wealth fund is exploring a potential investment in Reliance Industries Ltd.’s digital unit.




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Why Xiaomi didn’t talk about its software quirks during Mi 10 5G India launch

Why did Xiaomi not talk about one of Mi 10 5G’s biggest highlights at launch, or after? The reason is simple.




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Rs 411 crore loan fraud: After defaulters flee India, SBI complains to CBI

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) did not carry out any searches in the matter because of the coronavirus-induced lockdown.




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LG Polymers says vapour leak caused accident at Vizag plant

The firm said a special task force has been set up to help victims and families to resolve any issues and provide every assistance to the bereaved families.




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Glucon-D and Tonic Worldwide launch #EnergyGharKi campaign to celebrate mothers

The campaign applauds mothers for their unwavering energy at all hours of the day