Curated News Articles - 20-08-2018 10 hrs
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Vasan unveils party flag sporting images of Kamaraj, Moopanar Former Union minister G K Vasan, who quit the Congress recently, unveiled a tri-colour flag for his yet-to-be named party on Wednesday. |
Black money: Trinamool MPs protest with black umbrellas in Parliament Armed with the umbrella painted with the slogan "Kaala dhan wapas lao, wapas lao", the MPs stormed into the well and shouted slogans against the government until Speaker Sumitra Mahajan was forced to adjourn the House till noon. |
472 Maoist surrendered this year, highest in 3 years: Govt Maoist surrenders have seen a quantum jump this year, with 472 surrenders being reported until October 31 against 283 for the whole of 2013. |
Sensex surges over 200 points on global cues Above-normal monsoon so far and narrowing of the country's trade deficit perked up mood, brokers said. |
Sensex surges over 200 points on global cues Above-normal monsoon so far and narrowing of the country's trade deficit perked up mood, brokers said. |
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Share market update: Auto stocks on an upward trajectory; Tata Motors surges over 4%  The BSE Auto index was trading 1.02 per cent up at 24,625 around 02:30 pm. |
BSE to delist 17 companies from tomorrow  In July, BSE had delisted 222 companies, while in May, it had delisted over 200 firms. |
Share market update: BSE Telecom index in the green; Idea Cellular jumps 5%  Equity market was trading higher on gains in most sectors, barring IT and consumer durables. |
| India Unlimited |
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This is what govt should do to safeguard tribals’ trade interests  The intervention by the govt to safeguard the tribals’ trade-interests is still pending. The result is that the forest-tribal areas continue to remain hotbeds of Left-wing extremism. |
President Ram Nath Kovind visits Gandhiji's birthplace, declares rural Gujarat open defecation free  "Cleanliness is a multi-stakeholder national movement and not just the responsibility of the sanitation personnel and government departments," the president said. |
Uttar Pradesh tops all states with 3.2 lakh toilets built in 17 days  UP was followed by Rajasthan, which constructed 2,54,953 toilets, and Karnataka, which got 2,41,708 toilets built in the same period, it said. |
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