khaskhabar: January 2021

Sunday, 31 January 2021

Andrew Brooks, who developed a coronavirus spit test, has died at 51.

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Draft NBFC norms: How to ensure compliance

It is hard to have a fool-proof system that cannot be dodged by determined participants. This has happened in banking as well as NBFCs, and having stringent regulation is only one part of the story.

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Non-personal data norms: Too much, too soon?

Even if there are positive externalities to some data, there seem to be significant potential costs for the whole digital economy under the NPD framework.

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Privacy puzzle: WhatsApp diktat and competition

India may become the next battleground against data monopoly of the Silicon Valley

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Good show from India Inc

At Ultratech volumes were up 14% y-o-y on the back of demand from rural and urban housing and government-led infrastructure.

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Coronavirus

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Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears

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G-Sec norms for bond indices likely

G-Sec norms for bond indices likely

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Demand for top-level talent shows uptick

“The job churn also allowed companies to hire relatively experienced talent at affordable costs especially in non-IT roles, lowering the demand for entry level roles,” he explained.

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January GST collection highest at Rs 1.2 lakh crore

It added that the during the month, revenues from import of goods was 16% higher and the revenues from domestic transaction (including import of services) are 6% higher than the revenues from these sources during the same month last year.

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Axis Bank Rating: buy- Earnings were weak in the third quarter

Prudential provisioning to aid earnings; FY22/23e EPS up 21/10%; maintain ‘Buy’ with target price of Rs 750

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Budget 2021: Digitisation, job creation, youth skilling key for economic growth; may aid Atma Nirbhar Bharat

Budget 2021: Digitisation, job creation, youth skilling key for economic growth; may aid Atma Nirbhar Bharat

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BFSI sector eyes privatisation of PSBs, boost in infra, internet connectivity, others in Union Budget 2021

BFSI sector eyes privatisation of PSBs, boost in infra, internet connectivity, others in Union Budget 2021

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Bank of Baroda Rating: buy-Performance is on improving trajectory

Sustenance is key; 3/5/7% rise in FY21/22/23e BV; TP raised to Rs 88; ‘Buy’ retained

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Hindustan Unilever Rating: add- Focus on volumes showed in results

Investing in business despite margin pressure likely to pay off; estimates tweaked; ‘Add’ retained with TP of Rs 2,625

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Petrol prices to spur use of CNG vehicles

With petrol prices rising due to a steep increase in taxes in the recent past, the adoption of CNG-driven vehicles is set to go up, CRISIL has said.

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Melvin Capital, Squeezed by Its Bets Against GameStop, Lost 53 Percent in January

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Effort to Include $15 Minimum Wage in Relief Bill Poses Test for Democrats

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If Marjorie Taylor Greene Isn’t Beyond the Pale, Who Is?

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77 Days: Trump’s Campaign to Subvert the Election

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Black Power: Now or Never

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Captain Tom raised millions for Britain’s coronavirus response. Now he is hospitalized with Covid-19.

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Myanmar Leader, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, Is Detained Amid Coup Fears

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Saturday, 30 January 2021

What do bats have to say about being blamed for COVID-19

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Shelf Life: Masala Lab is an essential read for serious cooks

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Why the road has been long and hard for Padma Shri awardee Birubala Rabha, Assam’s crusader against witch-hunting

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Audrey Truschke on why religious identity was not of primary importance in pre-modern India

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In the ‘new normal’ of being housebound, a look at how the drawing room has evolved through the ages

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Sai Paranjpye’s memoir gives a close look at her career, but has some glaring omissions

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What would it be like to live Sita’s life?

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Why the young woman needs to reclaim her body and how to go about doing it

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Rajasthan Municipal Election Results 2021 Live Update: Counting of votes for 90 seats to begin at 9 AM

Rajasthan Local Body Election Results Live, Rajasthan Municipal Election Results 2021 Live Updates: The districts where voting was held included Hanumangarh, Jaisalmer, Jalore, Jhalawar, Pratapgarh, Chittorgarh, Churu, Dungarpur, Jhunjhunu, Nagaur, Pali, Ajmer, Banswara, Bikaner, Bhilwara, Bundi, Rajsamand, Sikar, Tonk and Udaipur.

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Federal officials pause plan to vaccinate Guantánamo detainees.

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Protesters disrupt motorists from entering Dodger Stadium vaccination site.

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Tamil Nadu nod to Tata’s Rs 5,763-crore plan to build mobile parts unit

The Cabinet also cleared the Tamil Nadu government’s new industrial policy, 2021, which will be unveiled soon.

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Sundance Diary, Part 3: Documentaries That Don’t Despair

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Pentagon Halts Plan to Vaccinate the 40 Prisoners at Guantánamo Bay

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Joseph Sonnabend, Early Force in Fight Against AIDS, Dies at 88

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Redesign EVMs, count more paper trails for fair polls: Civil society group

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To beat Internet ban, khaps turn to temple loudspeakers in Haryana

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Demand for warehousing to remain strong in 2021

Gxpress director Praveen Vashistha said that warehousing, which comprises around 10% of the overall logistics cost, has a significant impact on optimising the remaining 90% that includes transportation, inventory management, material handling, packaging, etc.

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Covid-19: Serum Institute of India to launch second vaccine in June

“Our partnership for a Covid-19 vaccine with Novavax has published excellent efficacy results. We have applied to start trials in India,” Poonawalla tweeted on Saturday.

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Offer to put farm laws in abeyance stands: PM Modi tells Opposition parties

With the farmer groups clinging to the maximalist position that nothing less than the abrogation of the laws would be acceptable to them, both sides could not even decide on the date of the next round of talks.

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ICICI Bank net profit up 19% at Rs 4,940 crore

The lender has provided one-time restructuring to borrowers worth Rs 2,536 core. The Reserve Bank of India had allowed restructuring for accounts impacted by Covid-19.

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Part of Highway 1 in California Falls Into the Ocean

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Product Misplacement

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Friday, 29 January 2021

Chandigarh environmentalists urge administration to halt practice of putting lights and using nails on trees

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Environment society sends notice to Mohali admin for non-compliance of NGT orders

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Jaishankar, Blinken discuss India-US ties, Indo-Pacific region

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Realising real estate gains: Government needs to give tax benefits to developers and buyers

Demand sustenance is crucial to keep up the momentum. The never before budget 2021 is brimming high on positive outlook wherein real estate sector aims to work hand in glove with the government.

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Freeing up the agri-sector: India must make every effort to attain global competitiveness in agriculture

Some implementation issues indeed need to be resolved separately, but empirical evaluation reveals that the recent farm reforms address long-standing issues in Indian agriculture.

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Infrastructure: Call for more robust PPP framework

Infrastructure: Call for more robust PPP framework

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Bank loans: Forbearance emergency medicine, not staple diet, says Economic Survey

An Asset Quality Review (AQR) exercise must be conducted immediately after the forbearance is withdrawn and the legal infrastructure for the recovery of loans needs to be strengthened de facto, they added.

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Economic Survey: ‘Be relaxed about public debt, India’s growth higher than its cost’

Economic Survey: ‘Be relaxed about public debt, India’s growth higher than its cost’

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Maruti Suzuki: Net sales grow 13.3% to Rs234.6 billion

Higher other income boosted PAT growth by 24% to Rs19.4billion (v/s our estimate of Rs20.3billion.

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JSL to finalise plan to nearly double capacity at Jajpur plant

“Currently, the Jajpur plant has 1.1 mtpa capacity. We will start working on the expansion sometime this year to increase the capacity to two mtpa in three years,” JSL’s managing director Abhyuday Jindal said.

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Economic Survey 2020-21: ‘Growth rebounding to 11% in FY22’

Economic Survey 2020-21: ‘Growth rebounding to 11% in FY22’

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Biden Visits Walter Reed, the Hospital That Treated Both Him and His Son

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A ‘Race’ to Vaccinate, After South Africa Variant Is Detected in South Carolina

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Why Did the N.Y.P.D. Solve Fewer Crimes Last Year?

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Violence in Afghanistan May Delay U.S. Troop Withdrawal

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For Dreamers, Action Will Speak Louder Than Words

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It’s Been 10 Months, and I Still Don’t Know When to Replace My Mask!

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Automakers’ Transition to Electric Cars Got a Jolt From G.M.

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Behind the Stock Market’s Wild Ride This Week

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Tet Is Full of Traditions, but You Can Have It Your Way

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Coronavirus Briefing: What Happened Today

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What to Watch: Televised Spies

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The Texas attorney general will investigate brokers’ decisions to limit GameStop trades.

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Thursday, 28 January 2021

Joe Biden, the Irishman

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Biden Moves to Expand Health Coverage in Pandemic Economy

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Pentagon May Send Troops to Assist With Vaccines, Enlarging Federal Role

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Yankees’ Off-Season Yields a Few Gambles, and One Sure Thing

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Eleanor Torrey West, Preserver of Her Inherited Island, Dies at 108

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California moves to help tenants hit by the pandemic pay their back rent.

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Reeling Texans Set to Hire David Culley as Head Coach

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American Airlines subsidiary grounds fleet for inspections.

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L&T flags off heavy reactors for HPCL

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Amit Shah meets injured cops: ‘Proud of their courage’

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At Palwal, farmers return home

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Probe on after businessman ‘kidnapped for Rs 3.30 crore ransom’

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Vehicles damaged after road caves in at Metro site

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India Today takes Sardesai off-air, docks salary over wrong tweet

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Surplus livestock at agricultural universities after sale restriction

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UP Police book Tharoor, six journalists for sedition

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‘Compulsory retirement without reason’ Notice to state after assistant prof moves HC

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Ghazipur ripples in Haryana, Punjab; back-up calls go out

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Delhi confidential: Making A Point

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ATS arrests 55-year-old Afghan national for staying in state using fake documents, IDs’

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Deployment up at Singhu, farmers stand ground

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‘Discrepancies’ in GLDC audit, two CAs arrested

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Bharti Airtel emerges as first telecom operator in country to demonstrate 5G readiness

Since 5G spectrum bands in 3.5 GHz is yet to be auctioned, what Bharti did was that it used spectrum sharing technologies and operated 5G technology using its existing spectrum bands like 1800/2100/2300 MHz and sub-GHz bands 800/900 MHz.

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Wednesday, 27 January 2021

Covaxin is effective against UK variant, shows study: what this means for India

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Capital chaos dominates talk at subdued protest site, many admit fault but say unfair to discredit movement

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Explained: Viruses, their variants, and vaccines

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Apple revenue tops $100 Billion for first time on iPhone sales

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Kanpur Dehat: 3 journalists booked over ‘fake news’

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Not planned, says family of man who hoisted Nishan Sahib

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PILs in Supreme Court seek probe, direction to media

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Repeal farm laws at once: Maya, Akhilesh to Centre

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Uttar Pradesh: Covid vaccination for rest of frontline workers after Feb 5

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Farmers’ stir: Cracks within, unions call off Parliament march, allege plot to break them

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The Anthropocene era has placed an ethical challenge before the human race

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Farmers’ stir: Parliament march called off, two unions end protest, key bodies stick to stand

However, leaders of Samyukt Kisan Morcha (SKM) sought to downplay the development, claiming these organisations were not part of the umbrella body and declared that the protest against the three contentious farm laws would continue till they are repealed.

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