Thursday Morning News Brief, August 31

Thursday morning brief Aug 31 2017

Good morning! Here's everything you need to know to start your day... Finance minister Arun Jaitley said after demonetisation, government's next step will be to put an end to black money in the elections. He said that the government was in the final stages of giving shape to the policy to eradicate use of black money in the elections. Reacting to the charge demonetisation had failed as almost 99% of scrapped Rs 1,000 and Rs 500 notes were deposited, Jaitley said the measure was being confused with confiscation of currency. "Confiscation of money was not the objective of demonetisation," he added. Potholes is equal to damaged cars Monsoons & Potholes are synonymous, gear your car for both with Bajaj Allianz Motor Insurance Recommended by Colombia Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar ruled out his resignation over alleged mishandling of the law and order situation in the state. "There will not be any change in leadership. Anybody can say anything but we are satisfied with our work. Whatever we did was right," he told reporters at Haryana Bhawan after submitting to BJP chief Amit Shah a report on state government's response to the law and order challenge in the wake of Dera chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim's conviction. The CBI registered 18 cases for alleged irregularities in the land deals in Bikaner by companies, including one firm linked to Robert Vadra. "As many as 18 FIRs are registered. Four of them are against Vadra's company which were allegedly involved in illegal purchase of nearly 275 bigha land. All the 18 FIRs are in connection with the purchase of close to 1,400 bigha land in fake names," Rajasthan Home Minister Gulab Chand Kataria had said on August 22 after referring the matter to the CBI. घर बैठे सिर पर बाल उगाना हुआ बेहद आसान, अपनाएं 1 देसी नुस्खा Recommended by Colombia The Centre said it has decided to extend the deadline for linking Aadhaar to various government schemes from September 30 to December 31. This is the second such extension; earlier, the Centre had fixed June 30 as the deadline for every citizen to furnish Aadhaar to be eligible to avail benefits under social welfare schemes. The deadline was then pushed back to September 30. Telecom companies like Airtel, Telenor and Reliance Communications sought a revenue-share model from the content creators. At an open house session called by Trai on the issue of net neutrality on Wednesday, telecom companies demanded commercial arrangements with content creators to further monetise their mobile networks.The telecom players have been pushing for a share of the advertising pie generated by content companies, saying that they have made investments in network and spectrum. Unsubscribe Copyright @ 2017 Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd.