Daily Newsletter | Thursday, March 17, 2016 | | | UP polls: Want BJP ticket, bring 25k likes on FB | | BJP's national president Amit Shah reportedly told UP assembly hopefuls that their social media presence will determine their suitability for the 2017 polls. The state BJP members must have 25,000 followers or likes to get a ticket. |
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| TN polls shaping up to be multipolar fight | | Can DMDK, PMK, PWF Queer Pitch For Big Guns in Tamil Nadu? The clichéd maxim, “no permanent friends or foes in politics”, has been turned around with the smaller parties, barring the Congress, becoming foes of the main Dravidian parties |
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| | | Bengaluru pals building India’s first driverless car | | A few years ago, Bengaluru-based techie Roshy John was one his way home from the airport in a taxi when the sleepy driver almost ran into another vehicle. John took the wheel and drove the driver and then himself home — but the near-death experience got him thinking. |
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| | World T20: Gayle's 47-ball century smashes England | | Put into bat, England put up 182/6 without a single batsman touching 50, but that total was made to look 20 runs short as Chris Gayle waded into their attack to hasten a six-wicket win with 11 balls left at the Wankhede Stadium. |
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| | India signs big energy deals with Russia’s Rosneft | | Indian state oil companies inked multibillion-dollar energy deals with Russia's Rosneft to buy into its most promising Siberia assets, stepping up a drive to cut India's dependence on imports. The Indian PSUs will now have almost 50% stake in Vankor oil field and buy about 30% of Taas-Yuriakh field. |
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| Finance ministry body recommends steel import duties | | The chief of the Directorate General of Safeguards, a division of the finance ministry, has recommended maintaining import duties on some steel products until March 2018, a government document showed on Wednesday, in a move to support the local steel industry and protect mills from cheaper imports. |
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| China’s Premier Li says confident about economy | | Li defended the country's economic policies on Wednesday, repeating well-worn lines that there was more opportunity than risk and vowing there would be no hard landing for the world's second-largest economy if the government presses ahead with reforms. |
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| | Arijit: Would thank TOIFA for nomination | | The noticeable nuances of his voice, his firm hold over Indian classical music and his modest disposition has propelled Arijit Singh to the top echelon of Bollywood playback singing. |
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