Trudeau’s Ex-Attorney General: ‘Veiled Threats’ Were Made to Drop Case

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Patient Shoots Doctor at Florida Veterans Affairs Hospital, Officials Say

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On Politics: Michael Cohen Testifies

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Cohen’s Testimony Is a Test for Both Parties in the Year Ahead

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White Man Who Shot Black Men After Hurricane Katrina Dies Days After Sentencing

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Quotation of the Day: Confessed Liar Meets With Ardent Partisans to Set the Record Straight

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Tampa Bay and Calgary Keep Streaks Alive by Beating Rangers and Devils

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Warriors Host Survivors of the Parkland School Shooting

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Corrections: February 28, 2019

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Blue Jays

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The phone-makers bringing buttons back

Several phones at MWC are sporting physical keyboards rather than relying on touchscreens.

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Iris-scanning phone pitched at refugees

UK firm IrisGuard hopes to help refugees access banking and services with its device.

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Pokemon: Nintendo announces two new games, Sword and Shield, for the Switch

This is the first 'real' Pokemon game to appear on consoles, following successful titles on handheld and mobile.

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OneWeb launches mega-constellation pathfinder satellites

A London-based start-up's multi-billion-pound project to take the web everywhere gets off the ground.

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Energizer 'thick boi' phone gives 50 days of battery life

Could chunky smartphones be the future for our pocket tech? This huge new handset has tech experts talking.

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Momo challenge: Police advise over 'freaky game'

The "game" on WhatsApp has been accused of encouraging children to self-harm.

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Lack of equipment, staff leave 80% cybercrimes unsolved

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Pulwama attack: Zilla members donate salary

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HC directives to curb overstaying by foreigners

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‘Punish those who dump rural waste in urban areas’

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5 Old Goa structures now lightning proof

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India-Pakistan tensions: Getting arrested IAF pilot back may not be easy

P D T Acharya, a constitutional expert and a former secretary-general of the Lok Sabha, said it was unlikely the pilot would be repatriated soon

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Mukesh Ambani's plans to take on Amazon and Walmart hit a legal firewall

A senior Reliance executive says that any data sharing on customers between the two, could run into a legal wall

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Cognizant's Brian Humphries to be highest-paid among Indian IT firms' CEOs

Humphries, slated to join the Nasdaq-listed firm April 1, will also receive restricted stock units of $3 million (Rs 21 crore) within one month of joining

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Income Tax dept raids 'terror funding avenue'; searches in Kashmir, Delhi

The operation was conducted in four places in the Kashmir Valley and three places in the national capital

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Oil jumps after US crude stocks drop, Opec stays firm on supply cuts

Crude inventories fell by 8.6 million barrels last week, compared with analysts' expectations for an increase of 2.8 million barrels

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Pakistan airspace a no-go, airlines in spot over cost of diverting flights

For Air India and Jet Airways, an airspace closure over Pakistan would mean their flights to the US and Europe will have to take a longer route

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Today's picks: From L&T to Wipro, hot stocks to buy on Thursday

For Larsen & Turbo, keep a stop at Rs 1,275 and go long

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Centre proposes agricultural power lines, but some states don't agree

While the Centre's emphasis was on household electrification, power for agriculture had so far not been pushed with much enthusiasm

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Pak aircraft shot down, India seeks immediate return of captured IAF pilot

Both shoot down each other's jets; New Delhi seeks immediate return of captured pilot

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Rs 2 per kg hike in MSP to improve sugar mills' cash flow: Report

Additional inflow of funds is set to reduce cane arrears, which surged to Rs 20,000 crore in January

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Why you must buy comprehensive insurance cover throughout your car's life

Add-on covers like return to invoice, zero depreciation will cut your out-of-pocket expenses

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CBDT chairman tells taxmen to boost collection without harassing taxpayers

In an internal communication to principal chief commissioners of I-T on February 26, the apex body for direct taxes asked the officials to maximise revenue collection

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'An ingeniously Indian enterprise'

One critical contribution in the book is the author's focus on the "compromised fourth estate"

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Search narrows for UTI MF chief; board indecision dragging appointment

T Rowe had alleged that conditions had been created to delay the selling of stake as required by regulatory norms

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Weak demand, intense competition may dent Hero MotoCorp's margins

Lacklustre wedding season, intense competition likely to dampen sales

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The Saudi pivot to Asia and India's role

Mohammed bin Salman was trying to signal his intent to align his country more closely with Asian powers, including China and India

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Late-stage fundraising for start-ups may be hit as tech stocks fall: Survey

Changes in FDI rules on e-commerce could discourage investors as they like stability in the regulatory regime

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Recovery in global business crucial for Godrej Consumer bounceback

Despite P/E ratio being attractive, it is better for investors to wait for pick-up in domestic business

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Playing with fire in Kashmir

The crisis in Kashmir is political and must be resolved politically

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Southern cement players in a sweet spot on higher prices across regions

This is good news for South Indian cement firms, which have seen a spell of weak prices and rising expenses impact their earnings growth

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Kotak India Affordable Fund to invest Rs 40 cr in Shriram's Kolkata project

This project will be launched in 2019 as part of Shriram Grand City, an integrated township with over 33 million sq ft of saleable area under development

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Beyond PCA

Public sector banks need a new governance structure

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Kotak Realty bets Rs 350 crore on stressed property deals over a year

Kotak Realty Fund is one of the country's initial real estate PE funds

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Stock valuations attractive after correction; good long-term bet: Analysts

Experts said the correction seen in the past one year was inevitable as valuations had become unsustainable

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Avoid escalation

India must act with responsibility and restraint

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Currency in circulation may touch around Rs 20.9 trillion by FY19

Had there been no demonetisation, the expected amount at the end of FY19 would have been Rs 22.45 trillion

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States expect subdued revenue receipts in FY20; cut expenditure growth

With revenues expected to grow at a slower pace, states have curtailed their expenditures

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Off the PCA hook, banks bet on loans to small biz and agriculture sector

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has taken out six of the 12 banks from PCA

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Banks say tough for them to reduce interest rates, cite market dynamics

Reserve Bank of India's rate cuts are proving to be ineffective in lowering rates

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Recapitalisation funds to take a while before accelerating credit growth

Bulk of the recap funds to banks will go towards provisioning, and it will take time before it leads to acceleration of credit growth

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Trump, North Korea's Kim end Vietnam summit with no agreement

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un failed to reach an agreement on denuclearization of the Korean peninsula at their summit in Vietnam on Thursday, the White House said.

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China says hopes U.S., North Korea dialogue can continue

China's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that it hopes dialogue and communication between the United States and North Korea can continue.

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No gas? No votes. Subsidy cuts imperil Ukraine leader's reelection bid

Ukrainian pensioner Nadiya Ignatiy says she has had the plum and cherry trees in her garden cut down for firewood since the government raised gas prices late last year.

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World powers call for calm as India and Pakistan trade fire in Kashmir

Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire briefly along the contested border in Kashmir on Thursday morning, a day after the two nuclear powers both downed enemy jets, with Pakistan capturing an Indian pilot.

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Trump says hopefully India, Pakistan conflict coming to an end

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he hoped the conflict between India and Pakistan will be coming to an end, after the two nuclear powers clashed across a contested border in the disputed Kashmir region.

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Trump says talks with Kim failed over North Korean sanctions demands

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam had failed to reach agreement due to North Korean demands to lift punishing U.S.-led sanctions.

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Britain's Labour Party backs Brexit referendum

Britain's opposition Labour Party will support a new referendum on Brexit after parliament defeated its alternative plan for leaving the European Union, the party's leader Jeremy Corbyn said.

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Thousands scramble as Thai Airways cancels flights over Pakistan

Thousands of travelers were left scrambling on Thursday when Thai Airways International canceled more than a dozen flights to and from Europe after Pakistan closed its airspace amid rising tensions with India.

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Trump, Kim go for brief walkabout after meeting, joined by envoys

U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un took a brief stroll on Thursday in the courtyard of the Hanoi hotel where they are meeting for the second day of summit talks.

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