Daily Newsletter | Saturday, January 14, 2017 | | | Here's why PM Narendra Modi walked out of a presentation | | Unhappy with the presentation made by a group of secretaries, PM Modi recently asked them to rework the presentation. On another occasion, he left midway when a group was making a presentation last week. He mostly sits through entire presentations and also takes part in discussions that follow. |
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| PAC can’t summon PM to answer note ban queries | | Public Accounts Committee chair K V Thomas had to backtrack on his remarks suggesting PM Modi could be summoned to answer queries on demonetisation with the panel concluding that this is against rules.Members vehemently objected to his comments, arguing that he had quoted precedents incorrectly. |
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| Government impinging on RBI autonomy: Unions | | Various employee unions of the central bank have objected to the government “impinging on RBI autonomy” and have written to governor Urjit Patel to take action against the “unwarranted interference”. |
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| | | Facebook down in multiple parts of the world | | The world’s largest social networking website is reportedly not working properly. Thousands of Facebook users from different parts of the world have complained that they are not able to post anything or check updates on their news feed. |
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| HTC to trim smartphone launches in 2017 | | The recently announced HTC U Play and the HTC U Ultra may be two of the six-seven handsets the company plans to launch this year. In addition, Chang said that users can expect HTC to launch some ‘Desire’ branded smartphones for ‘fun and affordable’ m... |
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| | Sports ministry revokes suspension of IOA | | The sports ministry said that it was revoking the suspension of deemed recognition of IOA handed down on December 30 last following its admission of "faux pas" while making Suresh Kalmadi and Abhay Singh Chautala as life presidents. |
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| | Government impinging on RBI autonomy: Unions | | Various employee unions of the central bank have objected to the government “impinging on RBI autonomy” and have written to governor Urjit Patel to take action against the “unwarranted interference”. |
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| SpiceJet strikes Rs 1.5 lakh crore deal with Boeing for 205 planes | | SpiceJet announced it will buy up to 205 Boeing planes worth $22 billion or Rs 1.5 lakh crore at list price. The low-cost carrier increased its existing order of 55 single aisle B 737-8 by 100 to 155 planes. An additional 50 planes have been placed as optional order, taking the total to 205. |
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| | Deepika to have a dance track in ‘xXx’ sequel | | On Thursday evening, popular Bollywood stars descended on the red carpet to attend the mega premiere of Vin Diesel and Deepika Padukone’s action thriller ‘xXx: Return Of Xander Cage’ in Mumbai. |
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