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Virat Kohli reacts in anger as Cheteshwar Pujara survives 2 run-outs in same over - Watch Video

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In the 18th over of the match, bowled by Adil Rashid, Pujara just made the crease after a diving effort in attempt to take quick single. Last Updated: Thursday, November 17, 2016 - 13:30

Indian Banks in China Not to Accept Demonetised Currency Notes

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Beijing: Indians living in China cannot deposit the scrapped currency notes of Rs 500 and 1,000 at Indian bank branches here. The Indian embassy in an advisory said the demonetised bank notes "cannot be deposited at branches of Indian banks located in China or Hong Kong". One will have to authorise in writing enabling another person in India to deposit the notes into his or her bank account. "The person so authorised has to go to the bank branch with the specified bank notes, the authority letter given by you and a valid identity proof," the embassy said. Thousands of Indians live in China, mostly in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Of the seven India banks here, two are from the private sector. "I couldn't be more grateful," Isha Luthra, who works in Beijing, reacted sarcastically. "I am glad I have a trip back home before December 30," Luthra told IANS. December 30 is the last date to deposit or exchange the spiked currency. India o

Sunny Leone’s documentary that she has disowned, to be shown in India

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Like it or not, the Sunny Leone documentary Mostly Sunny directed by photographer-filmmaker Dilip Mehta will soon release in India. Sources say Sunny and her husband Daniel Weber did “everything within their power” to stop the film from being played in India. It isn’t very clear what the couple’s objection to the documentary is (they refuse to comment on the subject). Throughout its making Sunny and Daniel were, in Dilip’s words, “extremely co-operative” going as far as to volunteer information on her past and sharing rare pictures. Things began souring between the couple and Mehta when the film was to be premiered at the Toronto Film Festival earlier this year. Sunny and Daniel wanted certain visuals pertaining to Ms Leone’s nudity in her past vocation (she was a star of adult-content cinema, and that’s politest way of putting it) as shown in the documentary, to be edited out. Dilip politely refused. Sunny and her husband retaliated by not attending the Toronto premiere of the docu

India announces measures to ease cash crunch for farmers

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India's government on Thursday allowed farmers to draw money from banks against loans sanctioned to them to buy seeds and fertilisers in the ongoing sowing season, as it responds to criticism against the move to cancel high-value rupee bills. Farmers will be able to withdraw up to 25,000 Indian rupees per week against their crop loans, Economic Affairs Secretary Shaktikanta Das told reporters, adding the time limit to pay crop insurance premiums has also been extended by 15 days. Millions of Indian farmers, however, have no bank accounts and depend on local moneylenders to fund sowing. (Reporting by Nidhi Verma and Neha Dasgupta; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani)