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Trump axes controversial Steve Bannon from NSC
06 Apr 2017
Trump to cut US banking regulations
06 Apr 2017
Truckloads of applications pour in as H-1B season opens
05 Apr 2017
When the gates swung open at the government visa processing centre in Orange County, the very first truck in line, a FedEx rig, carried 15,000 packages – and that was just the start
Swedish company to implant microchips in employees hands
04 Apr 2017
Some Swedish workers have got microchips already implanted in their bodies to allow their bosses to track their every move
Trump may seek role in Indo-Pak disputes: Nikki Haley
04 Apr 2017
The US said today that it would try and "find its place" in efforts to de-escalate India-Pakistan tensions and not wait till "something happens", indicating that President Donald Trump could seek to play a role in such endeavours
Trump signs 2 orders targeting `trade cheats’
01 Apr 2017
Trade talks only after other issues are resolved, Tusk tells May
01 Apr 2017
European Union President Donald Tusk on Friday made a small concession to British Prime Minister Theresa May by indicating he would allow some talks to run side by side before Brexit is finalised, potentially towards the later part of the year
S Korea ex-president Park Geun-hye jailed as court denies bail
01 Apr 2017
The Seoul Central District Court ordered Park’s arrest on charges of bribery, abuse of authority, coercion, and leaking government secrets, after a marathon court hearing
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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