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Rs. 35,000 cr. to ease rural cash crunch Manojit Saha Vikas Vasudeva

Centre relaxes curbs, allows farmers to buy seeds with old Rs. 500 notes.

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People queue up with old banknotes outside an SBI branch in NewDelhi on Monday. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma

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Pence defends Trump on his meeting with Indian partners VARGHESE K. GEORGE

U.S. Vice-President-elect promises separation of govt. decisions from Trump's business interests.

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Demonstrators raise slogans during a rally against U.S. President-elect Donald
Trump in Seattle, Washington, on Sunday.

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Take out Virat’s runs, we had put India under pressure: Cook PTI

The scorecard may have indicated a huge English defeat but Cook said there were many positive to take from the match.

England captain Alastair Cook plays a shot during the fourth day of the second Test cricket match in Vishakhapatnam. Photo: K.R. Deepak

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Rs. 35,000 cr. to ease rural cash crunch

Manojit Saha Vikas Vasudeva Centre relaxes curbs, allows farmers to buy seeds with old Rs. 500 notes.

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India and China reiterate call for border peace

Atul Aneja Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Dalbir Singh, who is on a visit to China, and top Chinese military officials, on Monday, reiterated their call to maintain peace along the India-China border, and keep up the momentum of high-level military exchanges between the two countries.General Dalbir Singh met General Xu Qiliang, the vice-chairman of Central Military Commission (CMC). Earlier, he had been welcomed by General Li Zuocheng, of the People's Liberation Army (PLA), with a guard of honour. “Du

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SEBI to auction Sahara group’s five more land parcels PTI

Moving ahead with sale of Sahara assets to recover money, regulator SEBI today lined up as many as five land parcels of the beleaguered group for an e

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Pope gives priests permanent right to pardon abortion

AFP The Pope said he had to “restate as firmly as I can that abortion is a grave sin, since it puts an end to an innocent life”.

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Tech worker visas face uncertain future under Trump, Jeff Sessions

The main U.S. visa program for technology workers could face renewed scrutiny under President-elect Donald Trump and his proposed Attorney-General, Senator Jeff Sessions, a long-time critic of the skilled-worker program.H-1B visas admit 65,000 workers and another 20,000 graduate student workers each year. The tech industry, which has lobbied to expand the programme, may now have to fight a rear-guard action to protect it, immigration attorneys and lobbyists said.Mr. Trump sent mixed signals on

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Night conservancy to clear extra waste

M Karthik Over 1,100 tonnes of garbage cleared before dawn

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Lenovo partners with Paytm for cashless purchases

IANS Chinese technology company Lenovo has partnered with Paytm to ensure hassle-free cashless transactions that will benefit laptop buyers who are facing cash crunch after demonetisation.The company’s entire notebook portfolio is covered under this initiative and is currently rolled out in 40 cities covering 350 retail partners of Lenovo.“We have designed these schemes specially for our consumers and channel partners so that they can have a convenient and comfortable buying experience,” said Rajesh

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Vodafone ties up with Google Cloud

IANS Vodafone Business Services (VBS), the enterprise arm of Vodafone India, on Thursday announced it has tied up with Google Cloud to offer G Suite to bring people together and help them work smarter.The “G Suite” has a set of intelligent apps — Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, Hangouts designed with real-time collaboration and machine intelligence. Vodafone enterprise customers can conveniently and securely access G Suite in a pay-per-use, software as a service (SaaS) model, the company said in a stat

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Twitter launches Android TV app to stream videos

IANS Micro-blogging website Twitter has launched Android TV app allowing users to stream National Football League (NFL) and other live videos available on its platform.“Users can also watch a feed of curated tweets and a live broadcast side-by-side, and there is no need to log in or even have a Twitter account to access live streams through the app,” entertainment website Variety reported on Thursday. Earlier this year, Twitter launched a new version of its app for digital media players — Apple TV, A

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