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Mirabai Chanu’s US trip cleared by SAI; to train in St Louis

Mirabai Chanu’s US trip cleared by SAI; to train in St Louis

Friday, April 30, 2021 20:36

Weightlifter Mirabai Chanu, one of India’s strong medal hopes at the Tokyo Olympics, will fly out for St Louis in the US on Saturday morning to train under strength and conditioning coach, Dr Aaron Horschig, till the Summer Games in July-August, while also looking ...

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Reliance Retail net profit jumps 45% to Rs 2,247 cr

Friday, April 30, 2021 20:30

For the full financial year, the company recorded net revenues of Rs 1.39 lakh crore, marginally lower than revenues of Rs 1.46 lakh crore posted in FY20.

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Adani Group to start Covid care facility in Ahmedabad

Friday, April 30, 2021 20:15

The facility aims to lighten the load on the city’s government and private health infrastructure and will take care of those who are isolated from their families. This isolation facility will also protect their other family members and contribute in slowing down the spread of Covid, the company said in ...

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Salman's stylist Ashley on Jacqueline’s dress

Salman’s stylist Ashley on Jacqueline’s dress

Friday, April 30, 2021 20:04

While the wait for Salman Khan’s much-anticipated film ‘Radhe: Your Most Wanted Bhai’ continues, the makers are adding to the curiosity with songs and trailer releases of the film. Today, the dance number ‘Dil De Diya’, featuring Salman Khan and Jacqueline Fernandez was released. ...

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Persistent posts 64.35%% profit after tax in Q4

Friday, April 30, 2021 20:00

Sunil Sapre, executive director & CFO, Persistent Systems, said on Friday that the fourth quarter has traditionally been a soft quarter for the company, but it has reversed the trend in Q4FY21 because of the tailwind the industry has seen on account of digital acceleration.

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Covid-stricken boxer Simranjit Kaur dropped from India squad

Covid-stricken boxer Simranjit Kaur dropped from India squad

Friday, April 30, 2021 19:53

National champion and Olympic-bound boxer Simranjit Kaur has been dropped from the Indian squad for the Asian Boxing Championships to be held in Dubai from May 21 as she is still recovering from Covid-19.

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TCS appoints Samir Seksaria as CFO

Friday, April 30, 2021 19:45

The board of directors, at its meeting held on April 12, had appointed Seksaria as CFO. Seksaria started his career in TCS in 1999 and spent his early years in consulting assignments involving regulatory compliance and M&A spin-offs, among others

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Shikhar Dhawan donates Rs 20 lakh for buying oxygen cylinders

Shikhar Dhawan donates Rs 20 lakh for buying oxygen cylinders

Friday, April 30, 2021 19:34

Veteran India opener Shikhar Dhawan has donated Rs 20 lakh to an NGO for buying oxygen cylinders and concentrators, doing his bit to help the Indian hospitals ravaged by a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Closely watching events in India, says Amazon

Friday, April 30, 2021 19:30

A clutch of Indian states have imposed mini lockdowns and weekend and night curfews to tame the spike in cases. In some markets, including Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, e-commerce companies are allowed to deliver only essentials. Essentials typically include food, grocery items and medical supplies.

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View: How prophetic is our exit poll?

Friday, April 30, 2021 19:02

After its Bihar exit poll fiasco in 2015, polling agency Today’s Chanakya had explained, ‘A simple computer template coding marking the alliances got interchanged at our end. Due to this our seat numbers remained the same, but respective alliances got interchanged.’ And the reason given was that the day this ...

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