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US charges 2 Japanese auto-parts firms with price-fixing

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The United States charged two Japanese auto-parts companies and five executives with price-fixing Wednesday in a long-running investigation into illegal competitive practices in the parts industry. A federal grand jury in Ohio indicted Tokai Kogyo and Maruyasu Industries and their US subsidiaries on charges of participating in international conspiracies to rig bids and fix prices […]

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OnePlus 3 Launched in India: Price, Release Date, Specifications, and More

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OnePlus launched its flagship smartphone – the OnePlus 3 – on a virtual space station on Tuesday. The company’s fourth smartphone is priced at Rs. 27,999 in India, and while it was scheduled to be available at 12:30am IST via Amazon India, it is already available with a ‘lightning deal’. Though the company has finally

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Latin America pips Africa to be India’s largest auto export market

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NEW DELHI: Latin America, the furthest export market for India, has overtaken Africa to become the largest for vehicles shipped out of India. As much as a quarter of vehicles exported out of India in value terms went to Latin America in the last financial year, compared with 21% the year before, latest industry data

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Badminton Asia Championship: Saina Nehwal books semi-final berth after hard-fought win

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Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal continued her consistent run in international circuit, reaching yet another semifinal at the USD 200,000 Badminton Asia Championship in Wuhan on Friday. In a battle of long rallies, the 26-year-old Indian held her nerves in tricky situations to eke out a 21-16 21-19 win over former World Champion Shixian Wang

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Confident Vijender ready to continue winning run against ‘tough’ Royer

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None of his four fights so far have gone the distance and Indian boxing star Vijender Singh is not keen on a longer contest either even though he does not expect this weekend’s faceoff with Frenchman Matiouze Royer to be an easy one. Vijender, who has won all his previous four contests via Technical Knockouts

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N Korea gives Korean-American 10 years hard labour: Xinhua

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North Korea today sentenced a detained Korean-American, Kim Dong-Chul, to 10 years hard labour on charges of subversion and espionage, China’s official Xinhua news agency said. The announcement, which comes at a time of elevated military tensions on the Korean peninsula, followed an even harsher sentence of 15 years hard labour passed last month on

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Archery World Cup: Day after world record, Deepika Kumari makes shock quarter-final exit

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A day after her world record equalling feat, Deepika Kumari made a shock quarter-final exit on a forgettable day for the Indians in the individual events of the Archery World Cup first stage at the Yuanshen Stadium in China on Thursday. The top seed Deepika, who got a bye into round three following her world

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Dutee Chand shatters national record, misses Olympic qualification by 0.01 second

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Two national records were shattered with 100m sprinter Dutee Chand hogging the limelight on the opening day of the Federation Cup National Athletics Championships in New Delhi on Thursday. Odisha athlete Dutee clocked 11.33secs in women’s 100m dash to win the gold and erase Rachita Mistry’s 16-year-old earlier national record of 11.38 secs. Another Odisha

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Lava launches Lava A72 and A76 entry level 4G smartphones, announces Lava A89

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Lava International Limited launched two entry level 4G smartphones, aimed to give a faster mobile browsing experience. The A72 and the A76 are launched, while the A89 is announced. All these phones have 1.5 GHz Quad Core Processor and 1 GB RAM. Lava A72 is priced at Rs 6,499. It has a 5 inch display.

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Here’s Every WWE Superstar To Kick Out Of The Undertaker’s Tombstone Piledriver

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WWE put together a compilation of everyone who’s ever kicked out after an Undertaker Tombstone Piledriver … all eight of them, from the first official kickout from Kane to the most recent, from Brock Lesnar. The video’s a great nostalgic look back, but you’ll notice a trend: there’s almost a decade before the first kickout

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What is The Undertaker’s WWE WrestleMania Record?

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The Undertaker has compiled a Wrestlemania record of 23 wins and one loss. Beginning with his victory over Jimmy “Superfly” Snuka at Wrestlemania VII in 1991, The Undertaker has competed at 24 of 26 Wrestlemania’s including three main events, two of which were world championship victories. His two matches with Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania’s 25

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Another Freedom 251? Docoss X1 Smartphone Launched at Rs. 888

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The Indian smartphone segment saw a buzz in February when Ringing Bells unveiled its Freedom 251 smartphone at an incredible price of Rs. 251. The smartphone made headlines for few weeks, and caught attention of the entire nation. The Freedom 251 from Noida-based start-up Ringing Bells however soon lost its sheen. The smartphone was surrounded

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‘Motorsport not male-dominated’: Shreya Iyer becomes first woman in Indian National Rally championship

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TVS Racing on Tuesday signed their first woman rider, Shreya Sunder Iyer, for the Indian National Rally championship. Speaking to reporters, Shreya said it is not true that motorsport is only for men because there are many women motorists, who have achieved big feats in the sport world over. “Motorsport has always been considered a

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WWE Payback 2016: Predictions, Match Card For First PPV After WrestleMania 32

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The first pay-per-view after WrestleMania is always an interesting one, as WWE has the challenge of holding the fans’ interest following the biggest event of the year. Less than a month after over 100,000 fans saw WrestleMania 32 in person, WWE Payback 2016 could deliver a few important moments on Sunday in Chicago that will

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Apple’s 9-Year iPhone Juggernaut Stops With First Sales Decline

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Apple Inc on Tuesday posted its first-ever decline in iPhone sales and its first revenue drop in 13 years as the company credited with inventing the smartphone struggles with an increasingly saturated market. The company’s sales dropped by more than a quarter in China, its most important market after the United States, and it also

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Datsun redi-GO – Specifications, Pictures, Launch & Booking Details

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Datsun rediGO hatchback made its world premiere in India on April 14, 2016. Referred as the country’s first ‘Urban Cross’, the Datsun rediGo is built on the CMF-A platform which is the same that is used for the Renault Kwid. Despite sharing the platform, the Datsun RediGo weighs 25kg lighter than its hatchback sibling. This

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Swipe Elite Note With 5.5-inch Display, 4G Support Launched at Rs. 7,999

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Swipe Technologies has launched a new smartphone in India, the Elite Note, priced at Rs. 7,999 exclusively on Flipkart. The handset is the company’s third in the ‘Elite’ lineup after the Swipe Elite and the Swipe Elite 2, the latter of which launched in November last year. The Swipe Elite Note is a dual-SIM (LTE+GSM)

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