Apple, Google employee shuttles under attack in California

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Apple and Google have been forced to reroute their shuttles ferrying employee after the vehicles were attacked with either pellet guns or rocks several times on the way to office.According to a report in Slate Magazine on Friday, six buses operated by these tech companies to shuttle employees to their offices have been attacked on the highway over the past week."The California Highway...

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Banks stocks shoot up on 100% FDI in private banks reports

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Banking stocks on Thursday zoomed following reports that the government may allow 100 per cent foreign direct investment (FDI) in private sector banks. The S&P BSE banking index surged by 1.64 per cent -- almost 500 points higher -- with stocks of major private banks in the lead. Around 1.30 p.m., stocks of Yes Bank traded higher by 2.99 per cent, followed by HDFC Bank (up 2.79 per...

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Kohli clinches top ICC awards (Second Lead)

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); After a prolific run with the willow last year, India skipper Virat Kohli on Thursday swept the International Cricket Council (ICC) annual awards as the 29-year won the prestigious Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy for being the World Cricketer of the Year 2017.Kohli was also named as ICC ODI cricketer of the year 2017 and the captain of both ICC Test and ODI teams. It is the second time Kohli has...

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Ex-CIA officer suspected of helping China arrested

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A former CIA officer suspected by investigators of helping China dismantle Washington's spying operations and identify informants has been arrested, the Justice Department said.Jerry Chun Shing Lee, a naturalised US citizen, was held after arriving at New York's JFK airport on Monday. Lee worked for the CIA between 1994 and 2007. He later left for Hong Kong.When Lee returned to the US in 2012, FBI agents searched his hotel rooms in Hawaii and Virginia and found finding two small books with...

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Hyderabad University student killed in car crash

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A female student of Hyderabad Central University was killed and two techies were injured in a car crash on Outer Ring Road on the city outskirts early on Tuesday, police said. Ananya Goel, 22, hailing from Uttar Pradesh's Shamli, was on long drive with her two friends after celebrating birthday of one of them when the accident occurred. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle ||...

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Direct tax collections up 18% in April-December

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); India's direct tax collection between April and December in the current fiscal at Rs 6.56 lakh crore was 18.2 per cent higher than for the corresponding period last year, according to an official announcement on Tuesday. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); A Finance Ministry statement said the collections till December represent 67 per cent of the total budget estimates...

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Governor's 'indictment' proof of J&K government's failure: Omar

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Tuesday accused the Mehbooba Mufti-led collation government of "failure on all fronts".Abdullah said the "open criticism of the coalition government by the Governor was proof of its failure on all fronts".The National Conference leader was referring to Governor N.N. Vohra's statement during a commemoration function here on Monday...

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