Daily Newsletter | Wednesday, July 19, 2017 | | | As Pak rains shells, 217 kids trapped in schools | | At least 217 students and 15 teachers trapped in three schools close to the LoC during a deadly rain of mortar shells from Pakistan were rescued on Tuesday in a daring operation conducted by police and the district administration. One of the school buildings in the Nowshera sector took direct hits but there were no casualties. |
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| Privacy a fundamental right? SC bench will decide | | The Supreme Court will shortly decide whether right to privacy is part of the fundamental rights of a citizen, in what is set to be a landmark verdict that will define the width of privacy citizens can enjoy as well as the right of the state to restrict it. |
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| | | Huawei launches Band 2 and Band 2 Pro fitness trackers | | Huawei has launched two new fitness trackers -- Band 2 and Band 2 Pro. Both wearables come in Blue, Black and Red colour options. The company has not revealed any details about the price and availability of the devices yet. |
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| | Arun is India's bowling coach, Bangar assistant coach | | The Indian men's cricket team will have its first bowling coach in over a year in the capacity of the man who last held the position - former India medium-pace bowler Bharat Arun, who on Tuesday was reappointed to the role he fulfilled during Ravi Shastri's tenure as team director from August 2014 to April 2016. |
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| Women's HWL Semi-Final: India go down 1-4 to England | | Drag flicker Gurjit Kaur (57th minute) was India's lone scorer, while Giselle Ansley (6th), Alex Danson (13th), Susannah Townsend (42nd) and Hannah Martin (60th) sounded the board for England in the quarter-final of the Women's Hockey World League Semi Final on Tuesday. |
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| | Desi fizzy drinks add juice to cut GST | | Local beverage players, numbering in hundreds, have firmed up plans to add fruit juice to carbonated beverages as part of their attempts to lower the Goods and Services Tax (GST) burden. While fizzy drinks such as Coke, Pepsi cola and Sprite attract 40% tax under GST, beverages based on fruit pulp or fruit juice fall in the 12% tax slab. |
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| Hindustan Unilever Q1 net profit up 9% at Rs 1,283 crore | | The company had posted a standalone net profit of Rs 1,174 crore in the same period of the previous fiscal. Net sales during the quarter under review stood at Rs 9,094 crore as against Rs 8,662 crore in the corresponding quarter a year ago, showing a rise of 4.98 per cent. |
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| Air India net loss reduces to Rs 3,643 crore | | The airline saw its total revenue, including exceptional and extraordinary items, increase to Rs 22,146 crore in 2016 -17 period, as per provisional numbers provided by Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha to the Rajya Sabha. |
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