Daily Newsletter | Friday, February 26, 2016 | | | Suresh Prabhu zooms in on comfort in Rail Budget | | A T20 knock in terms of passenger amenities and a more patient Test innings in restructuring railway finances – that was the thrust of rail minister Suresh Prabhu’s budget on Thursday, with the longer innings ironically targeted on 2020. And all of this with no hike in fares or freight rates. |
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| | Kids to 'Kiddle' their queries now | | ech-friendly schoolchildren of the city can safely access their parent’s smartphones and tablets for legitimate content without any risk of being exposed to malicious or unwanted content. |
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| | Xiaomi Mi 5: Here's why it fails to excite | | Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi finally announced its flagship smartphone Mi 5 at an exclusive event in Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, Spain. The smartphone has been under speculations for months now. Xiaomi VP Hugo Barra said that the all-new Xiaomi phone Mi 5 has lots to offer, several tech enthusiast are not convinced.So, here is all that's new in Xiaomi Mi 5 and why it fails to excite us. |
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| | Pakistan gets government go-ahead for World T20 | | The Pakistan government has cleared the PCB to send the national team to India for next month's ICC World Twenty20, with board chairman Shahryar Khan saying that he would request the ICC to arrange for additional security details for Shahid Afridi's squad. |
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| | RBI to infuse Rs 12k cr via open market operations | | To ease the current liquidity crunch which could also help in lowering yields, the RBI on Thursday announced it will infuse up to Rs 12,000 crore into the market through open market operations (OMOs) on March 3. |
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| Banks may have to issue swipe machines in proportion to cards | | Cardholders can look forward to making cashless transactions at many more retail outlets with the RBI set to issue a direction to banks for improving the acceptance infrastructure. Besides asking banks to install point of sales (POS) terminals in proportion to the number of cards they have issued, the RBI will also come out with regulations rationalizing the merchant discount rate - the charges imposed by card companies on retailers. |
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| Disappointment over railway budget dents markets | | Disappointment over the railway budget, coupled with negative Asian indices and derivatives expiry, subdued Indian equity markets on Thursday. This led to the Sensex provisionally closing the day's trade down 113 points, or 0.49 per cent. |
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| | Movie Review: Aligarh | | Aligarh stays with you much after you see it, especially for Bajpayee and his nuanced portrayal of a man brutally put to shame by an intrusive and insensitive society. |
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| 'Senseless to have item numbers in films' | | The voice behind songs like Iktara and Tumhi Ho Bandhu, Kavita Seth is delighted that her new song Jeete Hain Chal from Neerja has been received well by the audience. The singer, who is known for her penchant for Sufi music, talks about being selective, why item numbers are just a fad and how Sufi music is gaining popularity. |
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