Gold worth Rs 2,700 crore bought with banned notes in Hyderabad

On November 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the existing notes of Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 would no longer be valid currencies. Some relaxations were also announced for the use of discontinued notes. Buying gold was one of the options. Now, records obtained by Enforcement Directorate show that Hyderabad madly went after the yellow metal. ED investigations have […]

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Forget ID cards, use Aadhaar number to fly

You may soon not have to worry about carrying physical identity documents at metro airports as a plan for biometric authentication of flyers is all set to take off. After the successful pilot run for Aadhaar-based airport entry authentication for passengers at the Hyderabad airport, the Mumbai and Bengaluru airports are planning to take up similar pilot projects.

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BWF Super Series Finals: PV Sindhu bows out, loses to Sung Ji-hyun in semis

Olympic Silver medallist PV Sindhu’s brilliant run at the BWF World Super Series Final came to an end after she suffered a narrow defeat against World No 5 Korean Sung Ji-Hyun in the women’s singles semi-finals, here on Saturday. It was a contest between Sindhu’s power and Sung Ji’s precision and unfortunately the Indian failed to break the Korean’s impregnable […]

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